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Greeting to my fellow TnT's.

As most of you know I tend to do a lot of programming on this site.

I made that little Google Earth program and a few other bits and pieces.

So a while back when we last did the big site overhaul, someone made the comment about not liking the fact that we web users always have to create new accounts, new usernames and new passwords.

It's not the first time I've heard that... I'm usually the one complaining.

So I started building a plug-in for the phpBB boards that lets users log in using an account they already have, like Windows Live, Facebook, MySpace and others.

So after months of work, I have finally come up with something that can be called a beta version. I just need people to help test it.

So if any of you can, I would appreciate it if you could attempt to register at my beta site using a different login method to the phpBB boards standard method.

The site can be found here: http://www.consof.com/phpBB/index.php

A set of instructions can be found here: http://www.consof.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9

If you would like a copy of the module to test on your own site then please feel free to ask. The module is completely free.

If you could also take the poll afterwards: http://www.consof.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10&start=0

Once you are happy with your log in, could you also take a look at the Alternate Login page in the User Control Panel. You will see that you can revert your account to a standard phpBB account or even change it to log in with a different method altogether.

Here is short summary of what might be some peoples worries about privacy.

YES - A user needs to provide a username and e-mail address.

NO - The module does not record, or even require them to enter their password at the phpBB board. All that is handled by the site they wish to log in with.

NO - Nothing is marked on the user personal page at the site they logged in with. (i.e. No alerts saying "John Doe has joined ConSof phpBB" on Facebook profiles.)

I hope you guys can help me as I would like to release this thing for general usage soon. I have numerous sites that could benefit from it but it needs a good testing first.

Many thanks,

Mjimeyg

I tested this feature only with facebook account. I do not have others. And I posted there my report.

Ludmila wrote:I tested this feature only with facebook account. I do not have others. And I posted there my report.

I saw... many thanks... the more testers the better the bugs get squashed!

If you can get it to take gmail registrations, I'll try it.

Alelou wrote:If you can get it to take gmail registrations, I'll try it.

Alas, it is on my to-do list for the next version.

But I will be working on it soon.

Thanks for offering though!

Will this work with Safari?

Grrr

Grrr wrote:Will this work with Safari?

Grrr

Yep, it should be browser independent.

Hey Grrr,

I asked the same question at the ConSof board but could you answer this one for me?

Which number do you have problems at?

1) You click the Register button on the phpBB board.

2) You accept the Terms and Conditions.

3) You click the Facebook button at the top of the register page.

4) You are taken to the Facebook site where you are asked to log in and allow access to the ConSof phpBB Plugin.

5) You log in to Facebook.

6) You are returned to the phpBB board and asked if you want to register with your Facebook account.

7) You accept the Terms and Conditions (again).

You are taken back to the registration page where the Facebook button is now missing as is the password boxes.

9) You enter your details and click submit.

10) You are given a message (Failure or success).

And that is supposed to be an '8' and a ')' not a !