Integration with vBulletin - Facebook Connect - Allow your users to login with their Facebook account (for 3.8)

Staff Note: Moved to Graveyard - this will never work now that the old style facebook authentication is no longer available.


Facebook Connect
This add-on allows your guests and existing users to login with their Facebook account through Facebook Connect.

There is NO NEED to upgrade or reinstall if you already installed this mod for 3.7

Upgrade to 2.0.6 so that users with the new super long IDs will be able to login.


This mod conflicts with PhotoPost vBGallery!
Quick fix:
Disable the following PhotoPost vBGallery plugins:

• Userinfo Merge
• Integrate Postbit Showthread

Benefits of Facebook Connect

• Users can simply login with their Facebook account without going through the registration process.
• Increase user interaction and your traffic through Facebook notifications and news-feeds!

Features
Facebook users will be able to receive Facebook notifications when:

• There is a reply to their thread or a thread that they're subscribing to
• They receive a new PM

News-Feed will be published on to the user's wall when the user:

• Logs in for the first time
• Replies to a thread
• Creates a new thread

Fetch user data from Facebook
Fetch data like name, location, profile picture and use it on your forums! (NOTE: Some data may not be available for some users)

Automatically befriend user's friends
If any of the user's friends are also registered on the forum, they will automatically be friends!

Professional Install/Upgrade/Support Services
Want this mod professionally installed? It's guaranteed to work on your forum! Download the archive and see INSTALL.html/UPGRADE.html for more details!

Troubleshooting
Server Requirements:
PHP 5

If you get an error:

The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL http://www.SITEURL.com/xd_receiver.h...%220.699%22%7D must have the application's callback URL http://www.SITEURL.com/forums/ as a prefix. You can configure the callback URL in the application's settings.

Means that there is something wrong with your callback URL. Your callback URL must be where xd_receiver.htm is; so when you enter [callbackurl]/xd_receiver.htm into your browser you should see a blank page (not a 404 page not found error or anything else).

If you get a continues this means there is a javascript error. Make sure you've done all the template edits correctly (especially footer & navbar). Clear your cache and reload the page.

If nothing happens when you click the Facebook Connect button make sure your callback url domain is the same as you forum domain (the one set in your forum settings) - more specifically make sure that there is a www (or isn't) in both domains.


Many more features may be implemented in the future so keep checking for updates.

[stonner]

Originally Posted by sllik

Does that page have the footer template?

My site (having the same error on ibProarcade-page) has the footer-template.

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by Roxie

The avatar issue is only when Data Mapping is enabled.

Couldn't you just turn off that portion of datamapping?

[Armyqt]

I'm a new VB owner and this is my first hack. I've DLed the files and printed out the instructions. Step 2 says to upload the necessary files? In what directory? Do I just drop the entire folder in the forums directory? Thanks in advance.

[Armyqt]

Ok, I figured out the last question. I've installed the XML file. Now I'm on step 4: Go to FB Connect Options>Settings and set your api key......Where is this located because I don't see it in my Admin CP.

[GlamRockTalk]

Armyqt,

Go to your admincp and click on vBulletinOptions (should be one of the top options on the left hand side) and then click on the dropdown until you find "FB Connect". I haven't installed this yet, but I looked at the screenshot and noticed it there.

[scottct1]

I have installed this but have a few issues...

One is my users who have viewing of avatars turned off see the avatar of the user who logged in with facebook.

Two is on my vBulletin CMPS homepage I do not have a navbar on my page, instead I the login found in useadv_portal_welcomeblock_lean login box and thus the connect with facebook is not shown on the vbadvanced page.

[Armyqt]

Originally Posted by GlamRockTalk

Armyqt,

Go to your admincp and click on vBulletinOptions (should be one of the top options on the left hand side) and then click on the dropdown until you find "FB Connect". I haven't installed this yet, but I looked at the screenshot and noticed it there.

Thanks Glamrock. I had FINALLY figured that out, now I'm stuck on the next step. While I am very grateful for this hack, the instructions are not comprehensive for a newbie. And I am good at following instructions.

I'm currently stuck on step 5.

[GlamRockTalk]

Armyqt,

I can see what you mean....

Step 5:

Go to FB Connect Options > News-Feed Templates and register default templates. Then Go to FB Connect Options > Settings and save your settings (even if you don't change anything).

......I downloaded this mod last night and I was planning on adding it to a test site to check it out. But, I'd get stuck on that one too. Any further clarification on this Step from anyone that has it working? What does "register default templates" mean and how do you do it?

[Armyqt]

Ok, so edited the templates. However, I still did not complete step 5 and step 7. Where is FB Connect Options>Settings for new settings and FB Connect Options>Data Mapping located?

Please someone help. I have to go to work tomorrow and I don't want the board to be down all day.

[Armyqt]

What is this?

Warning: Unknown([path]/includes/facebook/facebook.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_login.php(409) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: (null)() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/lotus14/public_html/forums/includes/facebook/facebook.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/lotus14/public_html/forums/includes/functions_login.php(409) : eval()'d code on line 1

Seriously, someone please help. I would be more than happy to pay to get this done, but how will I ever learn. What has gone wrong here?