Facebook Module

[T0m1 +]

ombre,

I think it could be argued by others dependant on their needs.
For you it would be overkill, plus you believe in keeping every script seperate. I on the other hand like to offer people a seemless experience.
EG if they are browsing say a joomla based site, I want them to be able to manage their account details for a single account from a single location. Same as if new listings appear if I have it setup these should appear next time the page is refreshed. If forums are setup Ideally their profile should include the details from 68c. Keeping all this seperate makes it easier to update, but makes it harder to navigate for the end user and find any info.

Anyway as I said above it depends on every individuals idea and viewpoint of functionality.

Going back to the facebook module,
full user registration/login has got to be a must. This way the details on facebook are copied over to 68c on login and accepting the detail sharing. From there on in the obvious,"Like Button", "Share" button, not sure about comment...

[seymourjames +]

only makes sense to enter Facebook username and password into 68C registration. Then the details are extracted from Facebook to make an account on 68C. I think you would still need to still have the login on 68C independent of whether you are logged in on facebook or not.

[T0m1 +]

Originally Posted by seymourjames

I think you would still need to still have the login on 68C independent of whether you are logged in on facebook or not.

How do you mean David?

[seymourjames +]

I was thinking just the same about what you mean.

[T0m1 +]

When ever ive been faced with a facebook "module" or similar its alsways been a button saying connect with facebook.

The idea is simple, you login with your facebook details using the button, this authenticates against facebook. In the process a user see's a box pop up saying would you like to allow this site to access certain info, if user clicks yes, login = successful, if user clicks no login = failed please try again.

If the user does fully login in, then the details are copied across from facebook, for username, email, name, phone and address if present. The user than has the ability to login only to the 68c site if needed.

As an example if I am logged in on facebook and I then click on a button on a site that says (Connect with Facebook) or similar I dont have to enter a user and pass and then see this



This is only basic info for leaving comments on a site (I only know this as it is another one of my sites).

The ability to have LIKE and SHARE buttons would be cool so that on facebook it shows as "Harry Potter Likes '350 Ltr 3 x 2 x 2 fish tank with drilled base'" or what ever. Drives people toyour site from facebook...

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Tom,

The ability to "like" or "share" on facebook does not need to use the FB API at all, nor does it need to even be a module for that matter, I do this all the time on clients sites. It's simply a matter of having the correct URLENCODED link. This is universal to all of the different share/social network type of sites. You just need to know what the syntax for the individual site needs to be and that it is urlendoded correctly.

This is what addthis.com and share.com don't want you to know, because they add all sorts of javascript voodoo to their code, tracking your users as well as your site traffic. That is why I don't use their services any more.

I've actually been considering developing a module for it, simply so that an admin could just insert the smarty plugin code and enter which sites they want to show.

As a side note, FaceBook has enhanced their share links to automatically go to the link when "shared" and will automatically add a thumbnail and description if available via the link which is very cool, especially for listings.

[ccs +]

The problem with sharing on facebook that is a problem for me is that although you can share to a profile you cannot automatically share on to a business page you have to manually copy a link and paste it.

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Originally Posted by ccs

The problem with sharing on facebook that is a problem for me is that although you can share to a profile you cannot automatically share on to a business page you have to manually copy a link and paste it.

That would require the FB API's, but I do believe they have that available.

[T0m1 +]

Ahh,

with the twitter module going bust recently and having to find another solution to fit the bill, twitterfeed allows you to publish to a businesspage.

I think the problem is that you have to be the owner or an admin in order to do it automatically, as I only had the choice of those I was an admin for and not the ones I had liked...

[T0m1 +]

Originally Posted by Mike-N-Tosh

Tom,

The ability to "like" or "share" on facebook does not need to use the FB API at all, nor does it need to even be a module for that matter

Hi Mike,

I had a look into the Like button following your comments above. I knew there was something which prevented me from using the button, but couldnt remember what it was until I looked again.

I have the Like Box on the website as it merely asks people if they want to "Like" the facebook page not not the currently browsed page.

The problem with wanting to use the current url is that you need to be using their XFBML call which ultimately means using their Javascript SDK.

This means the handling of sessions and cookie data and before you know it...you need to be a coder/developer.

Unless you could clarify this at all and offer some pointers (which would be awesome and much appreciated).

Manyt hanks,

Tom.