Facebook Integration

I searched for this, so I hope I did not overlook it.

vb.org has several hacks for Facebook Integration.

There is vBNexus
vB Nexus, Facebook & Google multiple login integration - vBulletin.org Forum

Yet Another Facebook Bridge
YAFB - Yay! Another Facebook Bridge - vBulletin.org Forum

Facebook Connect
Facebook Connect - Allow your users to login with their Facebook account (for 3.8) - vBulletin.org Forum

Is anyone using any/all successfully or have tried them and made any choices?

Thanks for your experience.

 

When it comes to Facebook integrations, I've tried and provided a good deal of support for almost all of them. Here's a pretty decent rundown:

FB Connect:
The mod works, though it can be a bit of a nightmare to configure. If the facebook bridge (connection) is down for any reason, you have no way to get posts on your forums for any users, however.

vBnexus:
Don't even get me started on the unprofessionality of this author, really. Promised support, none provided, buggy code, a really, really bad modification. The intent was great, but I wouldn't install this on any forum. I have it on my own because I thought it'd be better supported than the connect mod was, but it turned out to not be so.

YAFB:
Haven't gotten around to this one yet. Because of certain actions @ .org, I have to find other places to get this stuff, despite being a license holder, which delays me a bit. I'm hearing some good stuff about it though. If I can find a way to import members from nexus (shouldn't be terribly hard), I would give it a try, once I can get my hands on a copy

Given the two I've had experience with, I'd suggest fbconnect, despite it being somewhat complicated and confusing to install and modify.

 

I use facebook connect. Was a bit complicated to install but once installed I haven't had a issue

 

I've installed the facebook connect mod and it worked great with the exception of when facebook was down, it would error out on my site.
I'm also a fan of the facebook fan box, but the same thing applies.. It seems if facebook is having issues, it would slow down my site and that's just something I won't accept.
If the code could be cached on my site, I would give it a shot again but until then, I'll pass.

ps.. I had 56 people sign up with their facebook account in the 2 weeks I had it installed, but the slowness of facebook made me remove it

 

Facebook in general has been slow, and experiencing a ton of database and network errors recently, so I wouldn't be so quick to integrate with them just yet.

 

I agree with Dave. It has been pretty slow, and even tho the causes of the errors are being worked on, they're still fairly prevalent. I wouldn't connect just yet either.

 

I use the Yay! Another Facebook Connect Mod myself and it works pretty awesome.

 

I have used the Facebook Connect and vB Nexus mods, and both have worked fine for me (currently using the latter, no complaints). I haven't tried the other modification yet, due to having no real need for it, but I'd definitely use it if I wanted the functionality just to see how well it works.

 

I'm curious as to how it handles times when it can't connect to facebook?