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]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Maybe steam was down?

Nope, seeing it's been going on for over a week now.

[D_S]

First of all thanks for the mod.
Everything is ok, except steam icon.
I checked the "Add Steam Icon to postbit" is active, Steam Web API Key is ok because I can login via steam connection. And I added {vb:raw post.steamicon} manually.
I am using vb 4.2.2 , what can be the problem for steam icon that cant be seen?

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by D_S

First of all thanks for the mod.
Everything is ok, except steam icon.
I checked the "Add Steam Icon to postbit" is active, Steam Web API Key is ok because I can login via steam connection. And I added {vb:raw post.steamicon} manually.
I am using vb 4.2.2 , what can be the problem for steam icon that cant be seen?

Not sure, do you use any special templates?

Are you sure everything is correctly set up and the product with all its plugins is active? If you check the source code of your forum and search with STRG+F, can you find any hints to this html snippet?

<span class="stc_signinbutton linked">

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Nope, seeing it's been going on for over a week now.

Hm, can be a variety of problems, like
- your provider blocked certain posts/php functions/curl which is needed to fetch the steam api data
- your disk is full
- harddrive failure
- cache directory not writable
- cache directory not set up properly in the settings
- steam api blocked your ip
- steam api blocked your api-key (maybe too many requests? Have a big forum?)

Does this get you anywhere?

Originally Posted by tenizmenu

hey, everytime I want to install this mod, he give me this text: Importing Product, Please Wait...

[:]

Please upload all files as instructed in the README file!
Click here to retry the installation process."

I install all the files in ftp, but still the same problem. How could I fix?

The installer checks for the file functions_steamconnect.php in the includes directory. Please make sure it exists, is readable by the webserver and is properly uploaded. (not empty)

[D_S]

Originally Posted by Disasterpiece

Not sure, do you use any special templates?

Are you sure everything is correctly set up and the product with all its plugins is active? If you check the source code of your forum and search with STRG+F, can you find any hints to this html snippet?

<span class="stc_signinbutton linked">

Well I didnt deactive any plugin and I installed as the instruction.

I am using this theme https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=287728

I searched <span class="stc_signinbutton linked"> and found it.

Could 4.2.2 version cause this?

[Disasterpiece]

if you can find it in the sourcecode it probably is just misplaced. Can you send me a link to your forum?

[Skyrider]

Disasterpiece, the fetching issue was caused by "timecreated" in the additional fields. It appears to be no longer working.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Disasterpiece, the fetching issue was caused by "timecreated" in the additional fields. It appears to be no longer working.

I see, the json parser is fairly weak in my old implementation, I just might change that until the next

Thanks

[TheEliteGaming]

Does this support 4.2.2 or are there any errors? Have there been any changes?

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Originally Posted by TheEliteGaming

Does this support 4.2.2 or are there any errors? Have there been any changes?

No errors for me or my website...

[unreal1089]

How do i get the steam stuff to show in profile page and the signature on the forum part