Facebook Module

Id be interested

But as always and everything my interest -> action ratio is dictated by cost

But yes a vote for interested from me.

facebook

I would be keen for this one.

Interested and willing to work on the development also

I would be very interested in this! I am extremely happy with your Quick Checkout module, btw.

- forums.digitalpoint.com has a very good facebook login/register integration.

- rpx (janrain now) has a module that is also very interesting

Why expend your energies on a Facebook module David? If Templatecodes could unify login between 68C and Joomla that would immediately open up access to Facebook, MySpace, Dugg, Twitter and most other social networking platforms.

I've been using the Jomsocial extensions on a number of Joomla sites. The marketing power of creating a community around your 68C site is obvious - I'm very happy with my own attempt at this.

Straight question. Would Templatecodes consider creating a 68C/Joomla login module? I would pay for that and so, I believe, would a huge section of the Joomla community.

Michael

Micheal,

I have actually already been down this road and the cheapest quote I got was $2500 .... Not something im capable of or even willing to partly pay towards

Although im not using it at present I have the ability to drag the top level menu out of the joomla database and output it on its own in a php file for inclusion on the 68c site.

I think having a usershare with joomla is ok as a get by but to have a fuller integration would be more ideal so you can place various things in various module positions.

Just my thoughts...

68classifieds is a standalone script and should be used as such. Integration with other scripts is a overkill and i don't see any advantages for this.

The facebook module, to come again to the topic, should only extend the functionality and improve the usability of 68classifieds for end users. Everything else is, again, overkill.

I'm using the rpx (janrain) wordpress plugin on one of my websites and this has the whole set of unified logins, so people with yahoo, msn, twitter, facebook accounts can login and participate in the website. Great for users,
great for the site, great for me.

The facebook plugin for 68classifieds, yes i will support this.

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...

How do you mean David?

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...

sharing

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.

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...

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.