Facebook Connect - Allow your users to login with their Facebook account (for 3.8)
Mod Version: 2.0.6, by sllik
This thread is in the Modification Graveyard.
| vB Version: 3.8.x | Rating:  (87 votes - 4.74 average) |
Installs: 803 |
| Released: 25 Jan 2009 | Last Update: 06 Sep 2009 | Downloads: 7705 |
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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:
Benefits of Facebook Connect
Facebook users will be able to receive Facebook notifications when:
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:
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.
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!
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
- Logs in for the first time
- Replies to a thread
- Creates a new thread
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:
Code:
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.
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.
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