CIVICRM

Very sorry for not responding back to this sooner. Yes, you're correct that we don't currently have any plugins for importing Facebook data into CiviCRM. Of course JFBConnect does create 100% standard Joomla users, so anyone that registers with JFBConnect / Facebook will be able to be used by CiviCRM or any other Joomla extension without issue. Obviously though, importing profile data can be very helpful too.

I've honestly never used CiviCRM, so I don't know about the hooks it provides. While we keep intending to create a profile plugin for the User - Profile plugin that comes with Joomla, we've simply never had any requests for it. It actually surprises us a bit as well, but most people that want profiles seem to opt for more powerful solutions like JomSocial, Kunena, or Community Builder which also support avatars and more flexibility.

As for creating your own plugin, we'd definitely recommend checking out our JFBConnect Profile Plugin developer guide . That guide was created for the 4.0 version and hasn't been updated enough recently, but it's pretty accurate and should give you a good overview. Looking at other profile plugins may help as well.

If you do plan to create a User - Profile integration plugin, we can gladly help out with any questions you have. We'd help with any questions either way, but obviously, we'd like to get that plugin out as well.. so that may help push us a bit if you're already going to be working on something.

Once created, if there are hooks in CiviCRM to pull in that data, great! That should do what you're looking for, but again, I haven't used CiviCRM, so I can't guarantee anything beyond what you've told me.

Hope that helps,
Alex

amg,
I'm never going to say we can just whip out a plugin, or it would already be done There's always a ton of things for us to be working on that are highly requested. This actually isn't highly requested, but we do think it would be a good addition. Additionally, at the end of this week, we're presenting and attending the Joomla Day Chicago conference. I can tell you that we'll increase the priority of this plugin and shoot to have something out by the end of this month, but that's about all I can say. It likely won't be overly difficult to do, it's mainly just a matter of time, planning, and testing.

One thing that won't be possible is the storing of the user's avatar. Since the User - Profile plugin doesn't store avatars, we won't either. We also don't have a method to just dump the avatar into a directory somewhere on your site. While that is possible, it's something we'd really need to think about and plan for so that all user's won't be surprised if there's a random directory just filling up with avatars.

Hope that makes sense, and any feedback is definitely welcome!
Alex