This plugin allows you to utilize Facebook Connect with Laconica. Supported Facebook Connect features: - Authenticate (register/login/logout -- works similar to OpenID) - Associate an existing Laconica account with a Facebook account - Disconnect a Facebook account from a Laconica account Future planned functionality: - Invite Facebook friends to use your Laconica installation - Auto-subscribe Facebook friends already using Laconica - Share Laconica favorite notices to your Facebook stream To use the plugin you will need to configure a Facebook application to point to your Laconica installation (see the Installation section below). Installation ============ If you don't already have the built-in Facebook application configured, you'll need to log into Facebook and create/configure a new application. Please follow the instructions in the section titled, "Setting Up Your Application and Getting an API Key," on the following page of the Facebook developer wiki: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Connect/Setting_Up_Your_Site If you already are using the build-in Laconica Facebook application, you can modify your existing application's configuration using the Facebook Developer Application on Facebook. Use it to edit your application settings, and under the 'Connect' tab, change the 'Connect URL' to be the main URL for your Laconica site. E.g.: http://SITE/PATH_TO_LACONICA/ After you application is created and configured, you'll need to add its API key and secret to your Laconica config.php file: $config['facebook']['apikey'] = 'APIKEY'; $config['facebook']['secret'] = 'SECRET'; Finally, to enable the plugin, add the following stanza to your config.php: addPlugin('FBConnect'); To try out the plugin, fire up your browser and connect to: http://SITE/PATH_TO_LACONICA/main/facebooklogin or, if you do not have fancy URLs turned on: http://SITE/PATH_TO_LACONICA/index.php/main/facebooklogin You should see a page with a blue button that says: "Connect with Facebook". Connect/Disconnect existing account =================================== If the Facebook Connect plugin is enabled, there will be a new Facebook Connect Settings tab under each user's Connect menu. Users can connect and disconnect to their Facebook accounts from it. Note: Before a user can disconnect from Facebook, she must set a normal Laconica password. Otherwise, she might not be able to login in to her account in the future. This is usually only required for users who have used Facebook Connect to register their Laconica account, and therefore haven't already set a local password. Helpful links ============= Facebook Connect Homepage: http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php