[Guide] XenForo and Facebook Integration

[Hagai]

How to integrate Facebook and XenForo​

written by Hagai for XenFans.com

This guide containes video version and Step-By-Step Version.

The Video version:

The “Step-By-Step” version:

To integrate you XenForo based forum and facebook you need to the following:

Login into your “Admin Control Panel”, then go to options.

In the option list search for “facebook”, click on it.

In the “facebook” options you will see 2 fields, “Application ID” and “Application secret”.

Then press on the link:
Facebook application
it will redirect to the “create an application” page on facebook developers.
Enter the application name and check the “agree” in the terms.

After pressing “Create Application” it will ask for a security check, pass it.
Then you will need to set some setting for the application, go to the “Web site” in the side of the page, Enter you site URL e.g: “http://www.myxf.com/” add “/” at the end of the URL.

Then click Save changes.


You've just finished creating your Facebook application.

copy the “Application ID” and the “Application secret” in the options in your Admin CP.
Click “Save Changes” and you are done

 

[Floris]

Good job! Thanks for posting. I love how it has video and screenshots included

 

[kuyenmotdivad]

Wont work for me I still get a silly error with the email.

Email:
apps+151602638215791.100001712977144.5d9d6718ec83d64ad10a76908b28ccf1@proxymail.facebook.com

 

[erich37]

same Error at my website !

when a user tries to sign-up via FaceBook, then he gets an error-message at the FaceBook Proxy e-mail.

It is working fine here at xenfans.com

What is the trick, Floris ?

Many thanks !

 

[CurveGotti]

Nice job on the tutorial for the people who haven't had to do this before :-)

 

[Floris]

You have to not use the proxy.facebook.com email - change it to a real one, and it will work with xenforo.

 

[kuyenmotdivad]

where do you change the proxy email - think I used my own domain email

 

[Floris]

Here are some infscreens regarding facebook proxied emails.

http://wiki.gigya.com/035_Socialize_Setup/020_Facebook_Settings

The problem is that the mail field probably is 64 in length, but facebook proxied_emails are over 64, a varchar(320) being 64 + 1 + 255 as per rfc could fix this.

Anyway, that's for the xenforo developers to consider, but you as a developer on facebook could change the proxy email.

 

[George G Halstead]

How can i add the facebook login like here floris ?

 

[George G Halstead]

How do i fix this error ?

{
   "error": {
      "type": "OAuthException",
      "message": "Invalid redirect_uri: Given URL is not allowed by the Application configuration."
   }
}

 

[Floris]

How can i add the facebook login like here floris ?

Go into the admin.php and under options > facebook integration.

Click on the link to create an app, set the details as facebook wants, and give xenforo's options page the details from facebook it asks for.

It should then show facebook login/register button.

 

[George G Halstead]

Grrr i figured it out.. LOL Just gotta read some and know my own site settings. Pardon my lack of searching

 

[Floris]

Grrr i figured it out.. LOL Just gotta read some and know my own site settings. Pardon my lack of searching

Don't worry. This is why there's a community where we can all help - and learn. Once you know now, you can help others with the same questions.

 

[Ahmed Nawaz]

Still This Problem..
An error occurred while connecting with Facebook. Please try again later.

 

[Vincent_imported]

I'm not a fan of connecting FB to XenForo, since FB is a little bit fucked up latest time.

 

[George G Halstead]

It works fine for me even in the profile. Just check your app to be sure your secret and app numbers match and your domain is set correctly.