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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 |