The only scopes that are accessible for the app are in the User Authentication Settings area. If you want to use Channel features to write back to Twitter, then you'll need 'Read/Write' access. If you want automatic registration where the Joomla user can automatically be created, you'll need to ask for email. Other than that, afaik there's not really a way to turn off some of the app permissions being requested.Now, when I try to log in, I get the proper Twitter page that asks me if I want to authorize the user. The permissions it asks for are huge! Posting and all other privs. I can see why this is needed for the streams and such, but this is asking the huge permissions for regular log in, too!
Regardless, when I say yes, I'm redirected back to my site, but I'm not logged in. When I use the link on the social channels page, it opens a new window and does the same thing. Closing that window once I've done the auth (but am still not logged in), I still can't create a social channel.
It's very possible that we're out of date in our documentation. The social network requirements for app set up change quite frequently.I do note that the documentation is a step behind Twitter's current workflow. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
That's what a normal user will see. For a Channel, more permissions will be required, but that's the normal set for non-channel ownersThis application will be able to:
See Tweets from your timeline (including protected Tweets) as well as your Lists and collections.
See your Twitter profile information and account settings.
See accounts you follow, mute, and block.
See your email address.
At first, I thought something was wrong as well.. but that is the correct page to be redirected to in certain circumstances. If you scroll down on that page, you'll see a view for logging into an existing Joomla account or registering a new one. That is normal behavior of JFBConnect and when you select an option (login or register), the Joomla account is created/updated and associated with Twitter.component/jfbconnect/?view=loginregister&provider=twitter&return=L2luZGV4LnBocA==
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