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This plugin allows you to utilize Facebook Connect with Laconica.
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Supported Facebook Connect features:
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- Authenticate (register/login/logout -- works similar to OpenID)
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- Associate an existing Laconica account with a Facebook account
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- Disconnect a Facebook account from a Laconica account
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Future planned functionality:
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- Invite Facebook friends to use your Laconica installation
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- Auto-subscribe Facebook friends already using Laconica
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- Share Laconica favorite notices to your Facebook stream
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To use the plugin you will need to configure a Facebook application
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to point to your Laconica installation (see the Installation section
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below).
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Installation
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If you don't already have the built-in Facebook application configured,
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you'll need to log into Facebook and create/configure a new application.
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Please follow the instructions in the section titled, "Setting Up Your
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Application and Getting an API Key," on the following page of the
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Facebook developer wiki:
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http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Connect/Setting_Up_Your_Site
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If you already are using the build-in Laconica Facebook application,
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you can modify your existing application's configuration using the
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Facebook Developer Application on Facebook. Use it to edit your
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application settings, and under the 'Connect' tab, change the 'Connect
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URL' to be the main URL for your Laconica site. E.g.:
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http://SITE/PATH_TO_LACONICA/
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After you application is created and configured, you'll need to add its
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API key and secret to your Laconica config.php file:
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$config['facebook']['apikey'] = 'APIKEY';
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$config['facebook']['secret'] = 'SECRET';
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Finally, to enable the plugin, add the following stanza to your
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config.php:
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2009-08-09 03:38:48 +01:00
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addPlugin('FBConnect');
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2009-07-16 03:03:35 +01:00
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To try out the plugin, fire up your browser and connect to:
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http://SITE/PATH_TO_LACONICA/main/facebooklogin
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or, if you do not have fancy URLs turned on:
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http://SITE/PATH_TO_LACONICA/index.php/main/facebooklogin
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You should see a page with a blue button that says: "Connect with
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Facebook".
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Connect/Disconnect existing account
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If the Facebook Connect plugin is enabled, there will be a new Facebook
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Connect Settings tab under each user's Connect menu. Users can connect
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and disconnect to their Facebook accounts from it. Note: Before a user
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can disconnect from Facebook, she must set a normal Laconica password.
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Otherwise, she might not be able to login in to her account in the
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future. This is usually only required for users who have used Facebook
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Connect to register their Laconica account, and therefore haven't
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already set a local password.
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Helpful links
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Facebook Connect Homepage:
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http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php
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