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Facebook Connect
This add-on allows your guests and existing users to login with their Facebook account through Facebook Connect.
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 1.1.2 to 1.1.3
* Upgrade the product. (Import the product XML again and set overwrite to yes).
* Re-upload fblogin.php
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
Troubleshooting
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.
Many more features may be implemented in the future so keep checking for updates.
This add-on allows your guests and existing users to login with their Facebook account through Facebook Connect.
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 1.1.2 to 1.1.3
* Upgrade the product. (Import the product XML again and set overwrite to yes).
* Re-upload fblogin.php
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
Troubleshooting
If you get an error:
PHP:
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.
Many more features may be implemented in the future so keep checking for updates.