Automatic Registration vs Normal Registration

The Automatic registration automatically creates the user an account on your site after they click the Login With Facebook button and approve your application in the popup window. There are no forms or other fields to be filled out.

The Normal registration flow will bring the user to the Login/Register page where they have to fill out a form (username, password, etc).

Both flows require the user to approve the Facebook Application. One just has extra steps where you can let the user tailor their information a little more for your site (choosing their own username, password and other information if you have profile plugins enabled).

The JFBConnect Demo site is configured for Normal registration right now. This site actually uses the automatic registration process. We're working on a whole new demo site which will allow you to change settings at will and test each however you want. That will be available (hopefully) later this month.

Hope that explains, but if you're still unsure of the difference, just let me know.

Glad to help. If you need anything else, just let us know.

Finally, please consider leaving a rating and review on the Joomla Extension Directory for JFBConnect, or our support. It's certainly not required, but very appreciated!
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/social-...ook-integration/7215

Best of luck!
Alex

Yup, each of Joomla's areas have different account systems: community, forums, directory, etc. You'll need to create a new one on the JED to leave a review, if you'd like to.

As for a dual approach for registration, how would you see that working? The auto-registration option works.. well, automatically. Once they click the Login With FB button and approve the app, the account is created. There's no steps in between to offer the user another option. If you have ideas, definitely let us know!

Thanks again for your support, and good luck!
Alex

Sorry for the delayed response... and thanks for the review!

There's no way to offer both options to the user. We've thought about a way to send the user to the Login/Register page while also having a 'Skip' button on that page. It would allow both of what you're saying, although the 'automatic' process would still be multiple steps at that point (click Login w/ FB, approve the application, go to the Login/Register page, find/click 'Skip').

While we've thought about it, we haven't come up with a simple intuitive way for even the Skip button. It would be hard to explain to the user "Fill out this big form, or we'll make something up for you"... so, we leave it to the admin to choose one or the other and 'force' the user down either path.

The flow you mention is similar, and actually could be done right now by doing the following:
1) Create the page you mention... have a Login module or form on the left-hand side and the registration form on the right. These can easily be created or modified from the existing New User Registration templates of Joomla (ask, we can help).
2) Add the {JFBCLogin} tag to both the left and right side.
3) Set JFBConnect's Registration Flow setting to Automatic.

Then, when a user gets to that page, they have the standard Joomla Login and Register forms as you're looking for. Alternatively, they'll see 2 Login With Facebook buttons (if you put one on each side). The only 'issue' with this setup is that both Login with FB buttons would do the same thing, regardless of what side of the page they're actually on:
* If user has already registered through FB - It will log them in
* If user has no account - It will create them one

I think though, that's pretty much what you're looking for. If not, let me know and maybe we can chat more about how to accomplish what you want with the tools already available in JFBConnect!

Thanks,
Alex