Facebook Connect plug-in [Archive] - Vivvo CMS Support Forums

boccio

04-15-2009, 11:32 AM

casca

04-15-2009, 01:09 PM

We just released Facebook Connect plug-in, as 1.0 Beta version. You can see it in action on http://www.myvivvo.com (http://www.myvivvo.com/) and login using your Facebook account.

This plug-in will let your visitors seamlessly connect their Facebook account and information with your site, find their friends who also use your site and share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook.

The plug-in is completely free and available for download to all Vivvo users with valid license subscription.

http://www.vivvo.net/resources/downloads/plugins/facebook_connect.html

ok this is FUCKING cool. Sorry :) I'm the first one to have it installed whoot! (http://www.reviewboard.com) I just invited all my friends... this is a neat app. Good job guys!

Now here is the question... say someone logs in with their facebook info. What if they click newsletter signup? Also... they don't exist in my user database, so for instance there is no way to flag me as an admin then I guess right?

lidija

04-15-2009, 01:53 PM

is it working with 4.0.3?

casca

04-15-2009, 02:10 PM

is it working with 4.0.3?

Good reason to upgrade ;)

krcko

04-15-2009, 02:23 PM

Now here is the question... say someone logs in with their facebook info. What if they click newsletter signup?
They wont be able to signup for newsletter. to make that work newsletter plugin will need to be changed, and this might be included in next version of newsletter plugin.
until then you can hide newsletter box by wrapping it with:

<vte:if test="!{FACEBOOK_USER}">
... newsletter box here ...
</vte:if>

Also... they don't exist in my user database, so for instance there is no way to flag me as an admin then I guess right?
hmm.. they do exists in users table. every user which connects trough facebook is added to vivvo users table (with username in form FBUSR-id, where id is facebook user id), unless user already have account on vivvo, in that case his account gets connected with facebook.

let me explain you a bit further how it works:
- during plugin installation (step 2) existing vivvo users are being "registered" with facebook, by "registered" i mean that hashed (encrypted) email addresses of your users are sent to facebook (this is perfectly safe as you don't send plain email addresses, and those hashes cannot be decrypted - thats why they are called hashes)
- when someone wants to login to your site with their facebook account for the first time, plugin will check if email hash of that user already exists in vivvo database, if it does then that vivvo account is connected (bound) with facebook account (it gets updated with information from facebook).
and if there is no user with same email address, new one is created (and connected in same way)

theoretically, if your admin user is registered with same email address you used to register with facebook then you should be able to login with your facebook account and preserve admin privileges. aldo this is beta version of plugin and it may have some quirks (if you notice anything please report so we can fix it)

@lidija: no it wont work with 4.0.3, plugin requires 4.1.2

casca

04-15-2009, 02:51 PM

They wont be able to signup for newsletter. to make that work newsletter plugin will need to be changed, and this might be included in next version of newsletter plugin.
until then you can hide newsletter box by wrapping it with:

<vte:if test="!{FACEBOOK_USER}">
... newsletter box here ...
</vte:if>

hmm.. they do exists in users table. every user which connects trough facebook is added to vivvo users table (with username in form FBUSR-id, where id is facebook user id), unless user already have account on vivvo, in that case his account gets connected with facebook.

let me explain you a bit further how it works:
- during plugin installation (step 2) existing vivvo users are being "registered" with facebook, by "registered" i mean that hashed (encrypted) email addresses of your users are sent to facebook (this is perfectly safe as you don't send plain email addresses, and those hashes cannot be decrypted - thats why they are called hashes)
- when someone wants to login to your site with their facebook account for the first time, plugin will check if email hash of that user already exists in vivvo database, if it does then that vivvo account is connected (bound) with facebook account (it gets updated with information from facebook).
and if there is no user with same email address, new one is created (and connected in same way)

theoretically, if your admin user is registered with same email address you used to register with facebook then you should be able to login with your facebook account and preserve admin privileges. aldo this is beta version of plugin and it may have some quirks (if you notice anything please report so we can fix it)

@lidija: no it wont work with 4.0.3, plugin requires 4.1.2

ah I just found a bug though.. when a user comments from facebook the article template gets hosed... at least it does on my site. The article becomes a blank screen. I fixed it by removing the fbcomment.tpl and putting the old comment.tpl in... So there is an issue there for sure... I submitted a bug report so we'll see what happens.

Might want to hold off installing it until they fix it.

boccio

04-15-2009, 02:53 PM

That's why we call this beta version :p

casca

04-15-2009, 02:56 PM

That's why we call this beta version :p

hehe yep :) It's all good Boccio! Glad to submit the first ticket <grin>. I'm still jazzed as hell about it and it's installed. I just don't have the fbcomments.tpl in place because of the issue. Can't wait to have it all in place. My users are still benefiting from the plugin and able to login directly. This is a very nice idea and nice work.

berto

04-15-2009, 11:52 PM

Yeah might wait a little longer before I install it as I noticed a bug or two on your test site...

Either way, thanks for the great plugin. :cool:

mahong

04-16-2009, 06:28 AM

please make this compatible with 4.0.3 or 4.0.4, coz i haven't upgrade, afraid of losing all my backlinks from google. please dont let me sleep over it making backlinks again from the scratch.

casca

04-16-2009, 07:59 AM

please make this compatible with 4.0.3 or 4.0.4, coz i haven't upgrade, afraid of losing all my backlinks from google. please dont let me sleep over it making backlinks again from the scratch.

The whole idea to new features is to get people to stay current with the versions, I think you are missing the point... They aren't going to keep supporting 4.0.3 forever, they need their users to keep moving forward.

krcko

04-16-2009, 08:10 AM

It's not possible to make this plugin compatible with 4.0.x that easily because user managment is completly rewritten in 4.1 and this plugin relies on it (aldo only templates shipped with plugin require 4.1.2, core of plugin might be able to work on 4.1.0 and 4.1.1)

so, if you need this, you must upgrade :)

v!vv0

04-16-2009, 08:11 AM

Another cool plugin :)

Great work guys , this plugin should drive real traffic to your website if you're an active FB user :p

v!vv0

04-16-2009, 08:11 AM

so, if you need this, you must upgrade

Yeah , and i think it worth to move from 4.0.3 to the new core :)

ustewjt

04-16-2009, 07:25 PM

Will this work alongside the vBulletin bridge?

krcko

04-16-2009, 09:27 PM

no it wont, this plugin requires that user managment is handled by vivvo, and with vbulletin bridge user managment is what vbulletin does.

but i think that there is facebook connect plugin for vbulletin (i know that i've noticed it somewhere but havent used it), you can try that out (aldo i dunno what exact features it brings)

arezkid

04-19-2009, 09:38 PM

Hi: I have a license but cannot figure out how to download this thing. Any idea?

Impaler

04-19-2009, 09:42 PM

just login in the client area and download, its that simple.

Big Island

04-20-2009, 11:19 AM

We've found the VB facbook plugin and installed it successfully. Since we use the VB Bridge for Vivvo, the login works.

One slight problem though...how can we add the login graphic on the Vivvo VB Login box?

In VB, this is what the plugin requires you to add into a few VB templates:

Template: footer

Find:
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

Insert After:

$fbconnect_init

Template: navbar

Find:


Insert After:

<center>
<span class="fbconnect" style="height:21px">
<img src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/loaders/indicator_white_small.gif" alt="Connect with Facebook" />
</span>
</center>


So what we would do to enable this on the Vivvo side as well?

itsabove

04-22-2009, 12:57 AM

Hey guys tried to install got all the way through the install process on fb then on my admin panel got to step 2 and it locked up.

Tried in IE and got a syntax error in Webpage Script Errors

Message: Syntax error
Line: 178
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://mysite.com/admin/plugins.php?plugin=fbconnect&install&step=2

Any idea what i need to do to fix this?

Thanks!

Running 4.1.2 pro

Big Island

04-22-2009, 09:15 AM

Anyone from team Vivvo know how this could be accomplished?

We've found the VB facbook plugin and installed it successfully. Since we use the VB Bridge for Vivvo, the login works.

One slight problem though...how can we add the login graphic on the Vivvo VB Login box?

In VB, this is what the plugin requires you to add into a few VB templates:

Template: footer

Find:
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

Insert After:

$fbconnect_init

Template: navbar

Find:


Insert After:

<center>
<span class="fbconnect" style="height:21px">
<img src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/loaders/indicator_white_small.gif" alt="Connect with Facebook" />
</span>
</center>


So what we would do to enable this on the Vivvo side as well?

PTiCA

04-25-2009, 08:42 PM

hallo,
it is possible combine plugin ipb_bridge and facebook ???

krcko

04-25-2009, 09:06 PM

no, it's not possible, sorry.

quaz

05-06-2009, 01:48 PM

I tried to post a comment and it did fine on vivvo but got this response from FB:

Application response error

img objects must have valid 'src' and 'href' attributes. You can see this because you are one of the developers of the app.

Thanks for any help.

krcko

05-06-2009, 02:22 PM

does your article has abstract image?

Alaali

05-06-2009, 05:26 PM

I tried to install this plugin but get stuck in step 2:
Facebook Connect plug-in will let your visitors seamlessly "connect" their Facebook account and information with your site, find their friends who also use your site and share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook

I just have 5 users and I don't think it will take more than 5 minute to link them. do you think that there is a problem in my configuration?

Thanks

quaz

05-06-2009, 09:44 PM

does your article has abstract image?

yes it does.

krcko

05-07-2009, 08:49 AM

@Alaali:

there is bug in installer, try to install plugin using firefox browser, if that doesn't help apply this fix:
- open {VIVVO ROOT}/plugins/fbconnect/admin/templates/install/step_2.xml
- on line 31 there should be:

<![CDATA[

- replace it with:

/*<![CDATA[*/

- at line 53 you should find:

]]>

- replace it with:

/*]]>*/

also, after install is complete make sure that both files from {VIVVO ROOT}/plugins/fbconnect/modifiers are copied to {VIVVO ROOT}/modifiers/

@quaz: in that case please send support ticket with your ftp details so we can take a closer look at your issue.

Indu

05-15-2009, 04:03 PM

your plug in is very good.

akash210

05-21-2009, 10:23 AM

I got a huge problem with this plugin. When I login via Facebook and try to comment on an article, the comments are automatically published despite the message "It will be shown after moderator's approval". Do I need to play with some user groups here?

Also, when the comments appear, they're a total mess. See attached picture below.

Can the developers please help? Thanks.

By the way, that FB account is a fake one.

krcko

05-21-2009, 12:41 PM

make sure that all files from {vivvo root}/plugins/fbconnect/modifiers are copies to {vivvo root}/modifiers/
it seems that you're missing those files (probably due to permissions set on modifiers folder)...

that should solve problem with comments being messed up. and currently, comments posted by facebook users cannot be moderated. this will be solved in next version of fbconnect plugin, but even then you'll have to choose if you want to moderate comments and in that case disable "publish on Facebook" feature, or you want to have publish on facebook (and thus disable comment moderation)....

akash210

05-22-2009, 06:39 AM

Ok now it seems to work except for the avatar - it doesn't appear. Instead, it's the grey 'unidentified' one that appears.

By the way, why can't "publish on Facebook" feature be used with comment moderation?

krcko

05-22-2009, 09:08 AM

By the way, why can't "publish on Facebook" feature be used with comment moderation?
becouse of facebook terms of service, you must call publishing api function as soon as user makes an action, and if we would wait for admin to approve comment and then post story on facebook we would be breaking those terms.

akash210

05-23-2009, 08:33 AM

I just tried creating a new (bogus) account on Facebook to test the plugin more thoroughly. I uploaded a pic and was going to try commenting on an article. But as soon as I logged in on my website through Facebook Connect, I got a blank page. Nothing would work. I had to clear cookies, authenticated sessions, cache etc in Firefox to get everything back to normal.

Please help...

matteots

05-23-2009, 03:30 PM

Same Problem, i did a quick test for Facebook plugin too following the tip that all files from {vivvo root}/plugins/fbconnect/modifiers are copies to {vivvo root}/modifiers/

The fact is that plugin works but only for people registered on the site. If you want to use Facebook connect and you arent' registered at the site, you're welcome from a white page and the only thing you have to do is to clear cookies to come back to normal browsing inside the site.

Any Advice ?

P.S - Plugin is correctly configured following manual and chmod like previous tips

akash210

05-25-2009, 08:42 AM

Krcko? Is it because the new account I created doesn't have any friends? Because when I asked some other 'established' FB members to login through FB Connect, it worked for them. So I'm thinking you should look into that.

Thanks.

krcko

05-25-2009, 08:59 AM

I've tested with both, my regular account (where i have friends) and test account with no friends. And everything worked as it should.
But thanks for reports I'll look at this as soon as possible.

akash210

05-26-2009, 03:32 PM

You guys forgot to modify the Latest Comments box to cater for those that use the FB Connect plugin. The gravatars currently don't work.

shady101

08-02-2009, 06:21 PM

I'm missing something here
I've installed the blugin as mentioned
and i cant add it to my vivvo

i tried to change comment template included to Vivvo article template by replacing the following line

<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/comments.tpl" />with:

<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/fbcomments.tpl" />

but it didnt work

becuase fbcomments.tpl is not existing on box folder in my template

should i add it by myself or it transfered automaticly ??

andy77

08-03-2009, 06:23 AM

If it's not there, copy it yourself...

shady101

08-05-2009, 11:54 AM

starnge thing !!!!

the user manual didnt mention anything about this
in fact it was real bad that i'm looking for anyone to explain
how come the manual didnt explain how to make the plugin work on vivvo??!!

should i copy any other files too
or its only fbcomments.tpl

LondonParis

08-12-2009, 01:05 AM

Same happens to me. With a new "dummy" user, with old ones, with or without friends ...

After that we got Internal Error 500 (on IIS) from the server.
helpppppppppppp

neda007

08-12-2009, 09:46 AM

The problem is that you are using old(beta) version of Facebook plug-in. My advice is to download the final version of Facebook plug-in from Resource Center and to copy files again to your {VIVVO_ROOT}plugins/ folder on your server. Then problem should disappear.

wizeflux

09-06-2009, 05:31 PM

i have smal problems with fbconnect plugin
1. After i press login with fb link created user "FBUSER-##########" dosnt get name from FB
2. After i press logout link i was redirected to main page, and nothing happen with log out. I have only one way 2 log out - delete coockies facebook.com and mysite.com
3. After reinstall fbconnect plugin i ave error 500

And few questions
1. how to get password from created account?
2. Where i can find logic and mechanic of this plugin workig )

ElGato

09-09-2009, 05:59 AM

I have found a bug in this plugin.

Facebook user id can be a very big number: 100000239761807 and more. It is more than max INT value 2147483647 (on 32 bit systems). But plugin works with facebook user id as INT value. Therefore all ids that more than that number became 2147483647.

I guess 'facebook_uid' field in Users table need to be corrected as well.

krcko

09-09-2009, 12:30 PM

Thank you for reporting this issue, we will change what needs to be changed and new version of plugin will be released soon.

casca

09-22-2009, 07:43 PM

We just released Facebook Connect plug-in, as 1.0 Beta version. You can see it in action on http://www.myvivvo.com (http://www.myvivvo.com/) and login using your Facebook account.

This plug-in will let your visitors seamlessly connect their Facebook account and information with your site, find their friends who also use your site and share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook.

The plug-in is completely free and available for download to all Vivvo users with valid license subscription.

http://www.vivvo.net/resources/downloads/plugins/facebook_connect.html

Are there installation instructions for this? I'm on a new install and I used the plugin--- but it doesn't seem to be working right..

Alex

09-22-2009, 09:05 PM

sure:
http://wiki.vivvo.net/user_manual/plugin_manual/fbconnect

doodie

09-22-2009, 09:59 PM

Hi all,

as I read in Facebook Connect policies, Facebook is not allowing sharing user email address with site using Facebook Connect, so that is correctly implemented in VIVVO, as I see.

I tested plug-in and it works great, users get registered in VIVVO database, and user email is hidden from Admin.

What I would like to ask is, what are the best policies how to obtain users email addresses, as I think that one of main purpose of registering users on your site is to have their email to, so you can communicate in different ways, but with Facebook Connect, it is not possible.

Or not on usual way, so is there anybody that can help us understand on which way is it possible?

More on same subject but without answer: http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/07/facebook-connect-openid-without-the-email/

Thanks,

D.

v!vv0

10-23-2009, 12:29 AM

Hi

I tested the plugin :
1 - when logged first time from my first accont on FB it was good, i added a comment but not shown.

2- i logged using a another FB user, but i got a blank screen on /login.html
So i had to remove cash, cookies and session to have it back again

My question is :
Where can i find this option : disable "publish on Facebook" feature
so i can have comment added to my vivvo ?

Thanx

apocan

11-16-2009, 05:32 PM

when I log in with facebook account, the login box disappears. what can be the problem?

apocan

11-19-2009, 11:49 AM

no one has this problem? :)

conronom114

11-20-2009, 01:09 AM

I'm still jazzed as hell about it and it's installed. I just don't have the fbcomments.tpl in place because of the issue.

chrisharis

11-20-2009, 07:34 AM

when I log in with facebook account, the login box disappears. what can be the problem?

same for a friend of mine, any solution for this ?
may be due to some cache problems ?

fantasydirtracing

11-22-2009, 04:38 AM

when I log in with facebook account, the login box disappears. what can be the problem?

Im having the same problem thats why I registered to ask that question

apocan

11-22-2009, 10:35 AM

it's nice to hear that I'm not alone :)

Kwhite_PRI

11-24-2009, 04:15 PM

We too are having an issue with our fb connect page.
When adding fbcomments.tpl to the articles/default.tpl the entire article page does not display, this only happens on articles that currently have non-fbconnect comments.

trackpads

03-31-2010, 04:53 AM

Sorry if off topic but how do we get information posted to the applications wall? On Youtube when I post a video it is posted as a tweet and on my facebook wall. Can we do that with vivvo?

GUS

08-28-2010, 07:52 PM

Anyone knows.
Where can I get this plug-in...???

Kindly regards
GUS

Titan

09-14-2010, 02:53 AM

Same here, where can we found the plugins ?
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ePosavje

11-23-2010, 02:37 PM

Is this kinda plugin still available? Or let me ask, if there's somewhere notice how to substitute vivvo comments system with FB system:

http://mashable.com/2008/12/11/facebook-connect-blog/ I tried this, but i didn't come much further than 5:00 (at video), the problem appeared when i don't know how to name (or which vivvo ID to use in comments_add.tpl) "update_user_box" (5:20 at that video)...

So, the idea is too get visitors a chance to choose -> or standard VIVVO commentary platform or FB connect service (to show on FB home tab)...

S, how's bout plugin?;)

tnx for answer!
Blaž

Micha

11-23-2010, 03:28 PM

Have you read this article on Resource center

http://www.vivvo.net/resources/articles/tutorials/facebook-social-plugins.html

It might be helpful.

ePosavje

11-23-2010, 05:51 PM

Sure!!! This was the first thing before posting to forum... I tried once again with both instructions from that link... but with no success... (and i also changed codes in tutorial with my codes (API key, ID))...

I have to say that the original comments form from FB (http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments) are working well, with just one thing -> when someone posting comment, it's not visible in FB wall (i'm sure that i have to connect FB and login form from Vivvo)...

So.. i'm trying to make 2 types of login => that user can choose from standard Vivvo (like anonymous,without registrering) or FB connect registration form...

tnx, be good;)

akash210

11-24-2010, 12:56 AM

You should try the Disqus comment system. It's got everything you need. I use it myself. :)

andy77

11-24-2010, 08:38 AM

^ Disqus is currently probably the best commenting option out there...

ePosavje

11-24-2010, 01:52 PM

Tnx for sharing that! So i tried to install... Downloaded and unzip to server -> folder /plugins/ (whole directory disqus_comments from zip) and nothing happened in plugin admin site -> then i tried to put dir/files to appropriate folders (for example: admin\templates\install to root\admin\temp...) and clicked in plugin admin site...

and got this:
http://www.disketa.si/media/uploads/2010-11/2059ac868f09246b1fb372931507f10f.jpg (http://www.disketa.si/media/uploads/2010-11/c69f8c126c370fc0cbcdfb8721c6d666.jpg)

So i cannot continue with installation as followed in user guide:
http://www.vivvo.net/doc/plugin-guide/disqus-comments-integration.html

Any idea?:(
TNX!

ps. i've already registered site @discus.com and inserted FB API key, etc...

ePosavje

11-24-2010, 03:40 PM

Ok, it somehow went through and installation was successful... But. What's next? I know that old comments are lost, but there none of Discus code in the article page. Layout of article is just ordinary, without any comments div. How come? I tried to call embed code from Disqus helpdesk (http://docs.disqus.com/developers/universal/), but nothing....

So.. I'm (a bit :rolleyes:) lost :)

ry558

11-24-2010, 05:27 PM

Great! This is an excellent plugin to drive more users to your site.

Indrit

11-26-2010, 02:23 PM

Hello,

Can someone instructed me where do I need to place the following facebook LIKe code in my site. I mean what files?

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=www.fieri.com&layout=box_count&show_ faces=true&width=450&action=like&font=tahoma&color scheme=light&height=65" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:65px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
and the other one:
<script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="www.fieri.com" layout="box_count" show_faces="true" width="450" font="tahoma"></fb:like>

ePosavje

11-26-2010, 03:41 PM

remalia

03-22-2012, 03:57 AM

ofoq

04-09-2012, 05:59 PM

guys, i tried to add the Facebook comment widget to my article page using this code:

<div class="fb-live-stream" data-event-app-id="294810540572384" data-width="580" data-height="360" data-always-post-to-friends="false"></div>

by replace it with:

<vte:if test="{article.show_comment}">
<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/{VIVVO_COMMENTS_BOX_TEMPLATE}" />
</vte:if>

but it doesn't appear, and when I but it it in the homepage its work perfect, any clue?