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

[Disasterpiece]

You need to disable any profilefields which are marked as required. Currently, support for custom profile fields which need to be filled out at the registration are not supported.

[Ambrosine]

Disaster, can you please comment to my issue I posted on the last page regarding not being able to click profile pictures and it linking you to the incorrect page? This only occurs with your addon being installed.

Thank you.

[xTu]

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[Cadellin]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

You need to disable any profilefields which are marked as required. Currently, support for custom profile fields which need to be filled out at the registration are not supported.

Thanks for the reply. It would be really useful to have these included in the next release. Required profile fields is probably the most common anti-bot measure out there so this will affect quite a few people using your (otherwise brilliant) add-on.

[trancegodly]

Is there a way to grab their steam name? Because I would like to put this under their location field.

[dirtysouth]

Hey guys I am having an issue, the steam connect button doesnt show up on any of my skins......



See it here: http://www.dirtysouthservers.com/forum.php

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by dirtysouth

Hey guys I am having an issue, the steam connect button doesnt show up on any of my skins......



See it here: http://www.dirtysouthservers.com/forum.php

It does now, so I guess you have resolved the problem on your own?

[fookaa]

Hi,

Will custom profile fields be added to this mod or not ?

The main point for me is allowing users to quickly register but i cant enable that feature with out the custom profile fields ....

[TheEliteGaming]

Hey, ich frag einfach mal auf Deutsch ^^

I hab gerade alles (richtig hoff.) gemacht was du geschrieben hast.

I wollte wissen wieso die SteamID nirgendwo angezeigt wird.

Hier ist mein profil: http://vbulletin.the-elitegaming.com/member.php?3-sabo

Ich wei? nicht ob ich was falsch gemacht habe aber ich glaube schon :I

[Pittski]

Hey, Disaster

I am curious if you have another update coming soon. Some of my members have been asking about a Steam Plugin. I noticed last Update was November 2012, and I want to do a clean install of this. I rather would wait for the next update if there is one coming.

Also,

- Does not work as "only" way to register. Needs to be parallel with regular registrations

I really don't see this as a issue, The way I see it is, if people get the ability to start registering through steam without having to register through the forums, it could circumvent some user group setups for forums, unless you can still IP ban steam accounts on the forums?