Integration with vBulletin - Facebook Connect - Allow your users to login with their Facebook account

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

WORKS WITH 3.8!

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!

How to Upgrade From 2.0.0 to 2.0.1

• Upgrade the product. (Import the product XML again and set overwrite to yes).
• Update Feed Template IDs in the settings (make sure they are the same as at: FB Connect Options -> News-Feed Templates)

How to Upgrade From 2.0.1 to 2.0.2
See UPGRADE.html

• Fixed the notification problem (notifications were sent to wrong people)
• Login button will now be displayed on vbAdvanced pages

How to Upgrade From 2.0.2 to 2.0.3
See UPGRADE.html

• Fixed the Facebook avatar displayed for the wrong people problem.
• Added Facebook UID & Profile URL field to data map.

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.

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

can you help me with step 1?

Step 1:

Set up a new Facebook Application through which vBulletin and Facebook will be communicating. When setting up the application set the Callback URL to your vBulletin url. Set up a new Facebook Application here: http://www.facebook.com/developers/ (no coding skills required)

when trying to submit, I get

"You need to have at least 5 users before you can submit your application."

for those who got this working, how did you get around the bold statement?

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by nascartr

I tested with my facebook account and after I entered what username I wanted to use it created a new account on my forum for me.

By the way, I'm running this on vB 3.8 RC1. Works great so far.

so all my users who log in to my forum with this hack will have to use a new account?

[jammiedodger546]

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

for those who got this working, how did you get around the bold statement?

I didn't get that

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by jammiedodger546

I didn't get that

really? maybe I'm doing it wrong. you have to create a facebook application right? when I click submit I get that error --- "You need to have at least 5 users before you can submit your application."

[jammiedodger546]

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

really? maybe I'm doing it wrong. you have to create a facebook application right? when I click submit I get that error --- "You need to have at least 5 users before you can submit your application."

I went to http://www.facebook.com/developers/#...ditapp.php?new
put a name in (just gave it my forums name)

Then you have to click optional fields. In Callback URL, enter your forums URL. Scroll down and check the tickbox and click submit

[macc]

which nick should we use when make facebook connection- and why database error?

my antivirus program show attack every time when i come to my board and attack come from facebook server static.ak.facebook.com ...??

some help

regards

macc

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by AlexanderT

Ahh ok. So that nickname is then permanently tied to the person's facebook id?

the "nickname" will be your forum's new username.

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

can you help me with step 1?

Step 1:

Set up a new Facebook Application through which vBulletin and Facebook will be communicating. When setting up the application set the Callback URL to your vBulletin url. Set up a new Facebook Application here: http://www.facebook.com/developers/ (no coding skills required)

when trying to submit, I get

"You need to have at least 5 users before you can submit your application."

Originally Posted by jammiedodger546

I went to http://www.facebook.com/developers/#...ditapp.php?new
put a name in (just gave it my forums name)

Then you have to click optional fields. In Callback URL, enter your forums URL. Scroll down and check the tickbox and click submit

You're submitting the wrong button. You're trying to submit it to the Application Directory. Scroll down and hit "save", that's what you need.

[fattony69]

I subscribed. I want to wait until this becomes more stable (going by other's posts). Looks great and can't wait for it!

[jlew24asu]

ok thanks guys for the feedback. I was doing it wrong. I installed everything and when I click

"Connect with Facebook" (at login) I get this....

Invalid Argument

The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL (http://www.sundeviltalk.com//xd_rece...%220.402%22%7D) must have the application's callback url (http://sundeviltalk.com) as a prefix. You can configure the callback url in the application's settings.

[macc]

works not for me ... myself can not use this on my board - get # in my link -webpage when click to facebook connect...and users get database erorrs when should write nickname...

unistall

regards

macc