Integration with vBulletin - Steam Connect - Sign in with your Steam Account! [RC3]

Steam Connect

INFO

-- Steam Connect Addon for vBulletin 4.2.x;
Development Platform := vBulletin 4.1.3 - 4.2.0, Debian Linux, PHP5, MySQL5, apache2;
Dependencies := lib cUrl (PHP), openid (included);
Author := Andreas "Radon" Rudolph, Disasterpiece;
Contact := radon@purgatory-labs.de, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=198844
Homepage := http://purgatory-labs.de


WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE INSTALLING

This addon is Unsupported as of 2015 until further notice. I have not enough time or interest in vbulletin to keep this alive.

This addon provides a framework for future extensions which make use of the Steam API.
It helps to determine the SteamID of an user. Unless older methods of inserting the steam
id into a user field, the addon lets the user authenticate with Steam OpenID, therefore
you can trust 100%, that this particular user is the same user as the Steam-ID provided.

Users can link their Steam ID to their forum account or they can create a new account
using details pulled from their Steam Profile.
Like the Facebook connect plugin, it allows users to quickly set up a forum account without
having to define a password or an email address. This option can be disabled in the AdminCP,
however it is encouraged to allow users to use this quick-register feature, since they
already authenticated themselves through steam, so any additional password or email
authentication is just unnecessary.

If the user decides to un-link his forum account with his steam-profile, he has to set up
a password and email first, so the forum account remains usable after this.

At the moment, the addon is in its second RC state, which means that the current versions contain mostly bugfixes and are candidates for a full release.
Until now, the product worked without major problems in productive environments. Although it is stable as is, the author doesn't provide any guarantee.
Due to the nature of the addon and how vBulletin manages 3rd party code inclusion, additional
login and register methods have been provided by the plugin. It is discouraged to use the
plugin on high profile communities in this early development state.

If you have any further questions, feel free to post in this thread.


F.A.Q. / General Issues / Error Messages

"There has been a problem with the OpenID libary: No OpenID Server found at http://steamcommunity.com/openid"
- Additionally, a 503 HTTP error is thrown. Simple solution: Wait. Steam Community servers are overloaded/down right now, there's nothing you can do about it

Do NOT uninstall the mod if you want to keep the linked users records. Upgrading means uploading the new product xml file for the new version and choose "overwrite" in the upload dialog.
The Installer will handle the update process by its own. Uninstalling the product will erase all the table fields which contain the steam link data.


STEAM CONNECT ADDONS

- Steam Mini Profiles


INSTALL HOWTO

[Skyrider]

Hey Disasterpiece, I've found a tiny issue with the profile pictures. The URL of the steam avatar plugin is wrong.. It's set to:

$xprepared = array('username' => $userinfo['username']);

The username I assume, is used by friendly URL (SEO). But most boards are using UserID, even with friendly URL being used. As such, unknown user:

This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view.

I personally solved this by altering it to the UserID instead, but later on removed the entire profile picture being non-clickable. But I suppose it's good to let you know of this small issue.

[DannyC55]

Q: Are you able to search steam Id's associated with forum accounts?

[fpiccioli]

awesome job!

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by YantieDan

Q: Are you able to search steam Id's associated with forum accounts?

If you're the admin and you have access to phpmyadmin, you can via query. But it's not implemented as a AdminCP / UserCP feature.

[fpiccioli]

the problem is: if I create a group example "steam users" this group does not have full access to the cms of the forum, you should edit the file to make vbcms_edit_publisher be able to view the new group.
you can find a solution?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by fpiccioli

the problem is: if I create a group example "steam users" this group does not have full access to the cms of the forum, you should edit the file to make vbcms_edit_publisher be able to view the new group.
you can find a solution?

I don't understand your post.

I don't own the vbulletin cms, so I'm not sure I can fix bugs associated with it.

[fpiccioli]

cms has a list of groups to which is granted to display, es:

Administrators
Moderators
Registered Users
Super Moderators
Unregistered / Not Logged In
Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
Users Awaiting Moderation

if I create a new group es: "steam users" this new group will be outside of the list above and then those who subscribe to the forum with your plugin will not display the cms.

[fpiccioli]

it is possible to make visible the new group without modifying anything ............ I just have to look better



thx for support

[fpiccioli]

I do not understand why new users registered with this pugin not enabled the avatar that they use on steam, is there any solution?

[xTu]

I too am unable to link my steam account, it takes me to login2.php but says the Page cannot be displayed. The error log doens't provide any details which is odd. Also with Steam registration enableed, users are unable to login at all. I have to leave Steam Registration disabled. Running VB 4.2.1