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authorZach Copley <zach@status.net>2009-10-21 17:53:23 -0700
committerZach Copley <zach@status.net>2009-10-21 17:53:23 -0700
commitec92cab6ff0005da4d4bbf2a9548f831dc215fdf (patch)
tree4750466f0b166a966a9b557921a44b2aa078a94f
parent6a2185a26b6d9e7b41fb0da1043000d677714141 (diff)
Removed Facebook stuff from the StatusNet README and wrote a new README
for the Facebook plugin.
-rw-r--r--README49
-rw-r--r--plugins/Facebook/README130
2 files changed, 125 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index ee75b802e..03064ba18 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -526,8 +526,6 @@ This will run eight (for now) queue handlers:
of registered users.
* xmppconfirmhandler.php - sends confirmation messages to registered
users.
-* facebookqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices to Facebook for users
- of the built-in Facebook application.
Note that these queue daemons are pretty raw, and need your care. In
particular, they leak memory, and you may want to restart them on a
@@ -545,53 +543,6 @@ our kind of hacky home-grown DB-based queue solution. See the "queues"
config section below for how to configure to use STOMP. As of this
writing, the software has been tested with ActiveMQ (
-Built-in Facebook Application
------------------------------
-
-StatusNet's Facebook application allows your users to automatically
-update their Facebook statuses with their latest notices, invite
-their friends to use the app (and thus your site), view their notice
-timelines, and post notices -- all from within Facebook. The application
-is built into StatusNet and runs on your host. For automatic Facebook
-status updating to work you will need to enable queuing and run the
-facebookqueuehandler.php daemon (see the "Queues and daemons" section
-above).
-
-Quick setup instructions*:
-
-Install the Facebook Developer application on Facebook:
-
- http://www.facebook.com/developers/
-
-Use it to create a new application and generate an API key and secret.
-Uncomment the Facebook app section of your config.php and copy in the
-key and secret, e.g.:
-
- # Config section for the built-in Facebook application
- $config['facebook']['apikey'] = 'APIKEY';
- $config['facebook']['secret'] = 'SECRET';
-
-In Facebook's application editor, specify the following URLs for your app:
-
-- Canvas Callback URL: http://example.net/mublog/facebook/
-- Post-Remove Callback URL: http://example.net/mublog/facebook/remove
-- Post-Add Redirect URL: http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
-- Canvas Page URL: http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
-
-(Replace 'example.net' with your host's URL, 'mublog' with the path
-to your StatusNet installation, and 'yourapp' with the name of the
-Facebook application you created.)
-
-Additionally, Choose "Web" for Application type in the Advanced tab.
-In the "Canvas setting" section, choose the "FBML" for Render Method,
-"Smart Size" for IFrame size, and "Full width (760px)" for Canvas Width.
-Everything else can be left with default values.
-
-*For more detailed instructions please see the installation guide on the
-StatusNet wiki:
-
- http://status.net/trac/wiki/FacebookApplication
-
Sitemaps
--------
diff --git a/plugins/Facebook/README b/plugins/Facebook/README
index a8aaa1066..bf2f4a180 100644
--- a/plugins/Facebook/README
+++ b/plugins/Facebook/README
@@ -1,9 +1,129 @@
+This plugin allows you to use Facebook Connect with StatusNet, provides a
+Facebook application for your users, and allows them to update their
+Facebook statuses from StatusNet.
-// Facebook plugin
-require_once(INSTALLDIR . '/plugins/Facebook/FacebookPlugin.php');
-$fb = new FacebookPlugin();
+Facebook Connect
+----------------
+Facebook connect allows users to register and login using nothing but their
+Facebook credentials. With Facebook Connect, your users can:
-TODO:
+- Authenticate (register/login/logout -- works similar to OpenID)
+- Associate an existing StatusNet account with a Facebook account
+- Disconnect a Facebook account from a StatusNet account
-- Integrate this and the FB Connect plugin \ No newline at end of file
+Built-in Facebook Application
+-----------------------------
+
+The plugin also installs a StatusNet Facebook application that allows your
+users to automatically update their Facebook statuses with their latest
+notices, invite their friends to use the app (and thus your site), view
+their notice timelines, and post notices -- all from within Facebook. The
+application is built into the StatusNet Facebook plugin and runs on your
+host.
+
+Quick setup instructions*
+-------------------------
+
+Install the Facebook Developer application on Facebook:
+
+ http://www.facebook.com/developers/
+
+Use it to create a new application and generate an API key and secret. Add a
+Facebook app section of your config.php and copy in the key and secret,
+e.g.:
+
+ // Config section for the built-in Facebook application
+ $config['facebook']['apikey'] = 'APIKEY';
+ $config['facebook']['secret'] = 'SECRET';
+
+In Facebook's application editor, specify the following URLs for your app:
+
+- Canvas Callback URL : http://example.net/mublog/facebook/app/
+- Post-Remove Callback URL: http://example.net/mublog/facebook/app/remove
+- Post-Add Redirect URL : http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
+- Canvas Page URL : http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
+- Connect URL : http://example.net/mublog/
+
+ *** ATTENTION ***
+ These URLs have changed slightly since StatusNet version 0.8.1,
+ so if you have been using the Facebook app previously, you will
+ need to update your configuration!
+
+Replace "example.net" with your host's URL, "mublog" with the path to your
+StatusNet installation, and 'yourapp' with the name of the Facebook
+application you created. (If you don't have "Fancy URLs" on, you'll need to
+change http://example.net/mublog/ to http://example.net/mublog/index.php/).
+
+Additionally, Choose "Web" for Application type in the Advanced tab. In the
+"Canvas setting" section, choose the "FBML" for Render Method, "Smart Size"
+for IFrame size, and "Full width (760px)" for Canvas Width. Everything else
+can be left with default values.
+
+* NOTE: For more under-the-hood detailed instructions about setting up a
+ Facebook application and getting an API key, check out the
+ following pages on the Facebook wiki:
+
+ http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Connect/Setting_Up_Your_Site
+ http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Creating_your_first_application
+
+Finally you must activate the plugin by adding the following line to your
+config.php:
+
+ addPlugin('Facebook');
+
+Testing It Out
+--------------
+
+If the Facebook plugin is enabled and working, 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.
+
+To try out the plugin, fire up your browser and connect to:
+
+ http://SITE/PATH_TO_STATUSNET/main/facebooklogin
+
+or, if you do not have fancy URLs turned on:
+
+ http://SITE/PATH_TO_STATUSNET/index.php/main/facebooklogin
+
+You should see a page with a blue button that says: "Connect with Facebook"
+and you should be able to login or register.
+
+From within Facebook, you should also be able to get to the Facebook
+application, and run it by hitting the link you specified above when
+configuring it:
+
+ http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
+
+That link should be present you with a login screen. After logging in to
+the app, you are given the option to update their Facebook status via
+StatusNet.
+
+* Note: Before a user can disconnect from Facebook, she must set a normal
+ StatusNet 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 StatusNet account, and therefore
+ haven't already set a local password.
+
+Offline Queue Handling
+----------------------
+
+For larger sites needing better performance it's possible to enable queuing
+and have users' notices posted to Facebook via a separate "offline"
+FacebookQueueHandler (facebookqueuhandler.php in the Facebook plugin
+directory), which will be started by the plugin along with their other
+daemons when you run scripts/startdaemons.sh. See the StatusNet README for
+more about queuing and daemons.
+
+TODO
+----
+
+- Invite Facebook friends to use your StatusNet installation via Facebook
+ Connect
+- Auto-subscribe Facebook friends already using StatusNet
+- Share StatusNet favorite notices to your Facebook stream
+- Allow users to update their Facebook statuses once they have authenticated
+ with Facebook Connect (no need for them to use the Facebook app if they
+ don't want to).
+- Re-design the whole thing to support multiple instances of StatusNet