Integration with vBulletin - YAFB - Yay! Another Facebook Bridge

This is not just a "port" for vBulletin 4 of this modification, this is the next version of the modification which support both vBulletin 4 and vBulletin 3 family

IMPORTANT: FILE ISSUES HERE: http://code.google.com/p/vbulletinfacebook/issues/list (require a Google Account)

Yay! Another Facebook Bridge 3.3.2
Tested to work with vBulletin 3.7.x and 3.8.x (3.6.x requires some manual edit, contact me for detail instruction)
Tested to work with vBulletin 4.0 (use different .xml import file)
Please note: this product requires PHP5. If you get weird error messages, please check if you PHP version is still 4 (which is very old and you should change to PHP5 as soon as possible). Also, MySQL 5 is strongly recommended

[WHAT IS IT?]
There are many vBulletin - Facebook bridge out there but installing is always the problem for most of forum owner. So I decided to build this product from scratch and provide you the ability to install this Facebook Bridge into your forum in 10 minutes. The detail install instruction can be found below (under the Feature section). A few technical notes: This product uses Facebook Connect to maintance connection between vBulletin forums and complicated (and awesome) Facebook servers. All most everything is automatically done by the script, even the Administrators don't need to do any manual editing (yeah, I'm talking about manual templates editing, you WON'T need to edit templates each time you implement a new style). Once again, most of everything is options which can be enabled/disabled via AdminCP or UserCP interface. All possible type of caching is use to improve performance and reduce heavy PHP load on server side or javascript load on client side. Well, it's quite a long paragraph for introducing. Let's make it work!

[SEE IT IN ACTION]
Screencast:
1. Installation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ComjeipReE4
2. Connecting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7m85O_iX70
3. Posting and Notifications: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBwwiffLvJ8
Demo board:
vBulletin 3.8: http://daohoangson.com/vb38
vBulletin 4: http://daohoangson.com/vb40
Authentication Username: demo. Password: demo.

[MAIN FEATURE]
*** Damn easy to install!
1. Loaded with long list of actions/notifications: posting thread, posting reply, rating thread, sending pm, sending visitor message, uploading image (avatar/profile picture), uploading pictures, comment on pictures. This list are designed to be expandable easily later by me or other people who loves to develope this product (well, if you do, contact me right now!)
2. Ability to quick register with Facebook credential but Administrator can disable this function via AdminCP. Facebook proxied email addresses are handled completely and vBulletin can send email without any problems (of course, the member must grant the Email extend permission). There is a setting in AdminCP to disallow Facebook proxied email addresses also for boards that need email explicitly
3. Ability to auto login with Facebook session (Administrator can turn this on or off in AdminCP and members can enable or disable this feature on their accounts either)
4. Other abilities: Display a profile block on vBulletin member page. Display a wall tab/box on Facebook profile page. Synchronize avatar from Facebook.
5. [AdminCP] Administrator can "edit" template bundle easily. Actually the old template will be deactivated, the new template will be registered and then all action associated with the old template with be updated with the new template bundle id. Oops, why you need to care about all of it? I did it for you already! Just go the the editing page and click Edit. Yay! All done
6. [AdminCP] Staffs can manage connected users and see basic information about them (including granted permissions)
7. [AdminCP] Administrator can decide to: migrate connected users from other products to YAFB, restrict private forums from being posted to Facebook, view detail log of YAFB in action, send notifications to connected users
*. [Experimental] I have added a fun feature that generate the Fans List, the photo will be posted to new thread with friend tagged (if available). The main purpose of this bonus feature is to demostrate the ability of the bridge. If you have an idea, contact me and I will implement it if I can
*. [Experimental] Friend Inviting functionality is added. Access from UserCP > Facebook Bridge > Invite Friends

[CHANGE LOG]
Version 3.3.2 (released on Jun 10, 2010): Register On-the-fly issue with vBulletin 3.8.4 fixed
Version 3.3.1 (released on Jun 08, 2010): Bug fixes and Migration for vBulletin 4.0.3
Version 3.3 (released on Apr 06, 2010): Auto login related features added. User experience reached a new higher level!

[NEW INSTALLATION]
*. Upload all files/folders in folder "upload" into your forum root (Please upload before importing product)
1. Import Product:
1.1. Go to AdminCP
1.2. Plugins & Products ~> Manage Products ~> Add/Import Product:
1.2.1. Browse to the .xml file (use product-yafb.xml for vBulletin 3 and product-yafb_vb4.xml for vBulletin 4)
1.2.2. Click Import

2. Fill the settings:
2.1. Go to AdminCP
2.2. vBulletin Options ~> vBulletin Options ~> Yay! Another Facebook Bridge
2.2. Create a Facebook Application if you haven't had one for your forum. Refer to the Creating Facebook Application below if you don't know how to do it
2.3. Fill the API key and Secret into the approriate fields. You can leave the Template fields untouch (the will be filled automatically). If you want to use the Account Reclamation feature, please place http://domain.com/forums/register.php?do=fbb_reclaim into Account Reclamation URL field. With other fields, it's your decision to made
2.4. Click Save and you are done!

2.* Creating Facebook Application:
2.*.1. Go to Facebook Developer > Create Application page http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php (login if you didn't)
2.*.2. Enter the Application Name. Suggestion: Put your forum name here. Don't forget to tick the Agree radiobox and then click Save Changes
2.*.3. Now you can get your API Key and Secret (that are needed in step 2.3)
2.*.4. And go to the Connect tab, fill your forum url into Connect URL, fill your domain into Base Domain.
2.*.5. You are done with required information. But you can go through other tab and enter more detail about your forum, your application. I suggest putting a nice icon, banner into it. Happy customizing!

[UPGRADING]
Just upload overwrite files/folders then reimport the xml file. Do not forget to check "Yes" under "Allow Overwrite" to upgrade

[CONFLICT]
Since this product interfere with the registration procedure, I have found some other plugins/products that conficts with this product. Below is the full list of known confict and action taken to resolve the issue
No Spam (Human Verification): Temporary disabled during Facebook registration
vMail (Email Verification): Temporary disabled during Facebook registration

[OTHER PLUGINS/PRODUCTS]
I have developed an easy to use options/permissions system that allow other plugins/products to add it's actions into this bridge and let the forum members experience a whole new era of connections. I did a small demostration with my kBank System (which is a money system with award/thank functionality and a useful hiding feature) and it runs pretty well. If you are interested in testing kBank in action with YAFB, contact me. If you are a developer who wants to integrate your plugins/products with this Bridge, contact me either! You are all welcome
*Also available: Publishing Blog (vBBlog) to Facebook [New! Updated on Jan 10th, 2010]


[KNOWN ISSUES]
FILE HERE: http://code.google.com/p/vbulletinfacebook/issues/list (require a Google Account)

[dangerin]

[QUOTE=mrpaint;1964202]@dangerin: Please post screenshots for: AdminCP (mostly the left navigation area), Forum Home (mostly the navbar section), UserCP (left navigation again). Please note that the connection button doesn't show up with logged in users

Thank for answer and i hope that my screenshots are ok.
i do not understand what do you mean with user cp lef tnavigation.
i do not find it .

[Bouncer222]

Originally Posted by Bouncer222

Where is that? I cannot find it in the options>facebook bridge..?

Originally Posted by Bouncer222

By the way, my facebook connect button doesn't appear at www.brotherhoodofgamers.com anyone know why? I did everything it said in the installation and no errors.

Originally Posted by BBR-APBT

You would put the url in the facebook options on the connect page in the developer settings.

That still doesn't help me unfortunetly
I am kind of new to facebook, could you provide a step by step on how to get there please?
Admincp> then what?

[Bouncer222]

Originally Posted by ScottiG

Bouncer... I posted the help you need several pages back. I was having the same problem in a custom site style and it took me a while to figure out what the problem was, but check here for your answer...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=205

I read the post, but you stated that you have errors with something on there? Has that been fixed?

And what code should I search for in the header template and add it before or after?

[mrpaint]

Originally Posted by gyaronn

i get this error when i pres the user name of any one

vBulletin version please?

[QUOTE=dangerin;1964224]

Originally Posted by mrpaint

@dangerin: Please post screenshots for: AdminCP (mostly the left navigation area), Forum Home (mostly the navbar section), UserCP (left navigation again). Please note that the connection button doesn't show up with logged in users

Thank for answer and i hope that my screenshots are ok.
i do not understand what do you mean with user cp lef tnavigation.
i do not find it .

Did you put in API key and Secret?
About the UserCP navigation, go to UserCP, scroll to the bottom and take the screenshot of the left menu (contains Edit Passwords, etc)

Originally Posted by Bouncer222

I read the post, but you stated that you have errors with something on there? Has that been fixed?

And what code should I search for in the header template and add it before or after?

Put the string at the place where you want the button to display. Or send me an email with your template attached. My email address: daohoangson[at]gmail.com

[Zaiaku]

Originally Posted by mrpaint

@Zaiaku: You can test it on my demo board. Please note that if the Facebook user who commented on one of the published post and his/her comments get synchronized into forums, the time he/she try to register (or connect the Facebook Account with an forum account), all the post will be updated to associate with the forum account.

Ok that sounds good but does it just make all the post at once at the time they registered or does thier post get inserted into the thread with the time they responded on facebook?

Also think there needs to be a update avatar button. Some members avatars aren't updating. They have to change them before syncing.


UPDATE::
If a member comments on a facebook post that was created from a thread it's not sync, bu if they post a reply on the forum it does show up on the facebook. Isn't it suppose to work both ways?

[daniel.l]

Hello
I can´t not see the Connect with Facebook Button on the Navbar?
Thanks for our Info´s

[Bouncer222]

I put $template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]

It shows up under the place where you type the username and password, exactly where I wanted it to, but it shows just the text, is that the wrong code to input??

My button doesnt show up, just a text. how to fix?

[daniel.l]

funktioniert bei mir nicht ?

Originally Posted by hollosch

Hi,
i translated this Addon into german (Du-Version). Frontend is translated for now.
If there are mistakes in the file, please contact me.

Have fun !
Viel Spa? !

[Wakey]

I posted this on the 3.8 thread but haven't got a response from anyone over there but thought someone here might know

Does anyone else have some users experiencing this problem.

When some of my users login they get taken to the a vBulletin error page stating

Default Re: New Facebook Connect Implementation - Bugs
I'm still getting this.

Username, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

It does however log them in fine. If anyone has any ideas of the issue please let me know

[hassshasss]

Warning: html_entity_decode() [function.html-entity-decode]: charset `ISO-8859-9' not supported, assuming iso-8859-1 in [path]/fbb/functions.php on line 823

Turkish language on our website have this problem what can we do?