Topic-icon Trying to Login and Get a Channel Going

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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #53847 by blue_Shift
Trying to connect FB to websites has always made me feel stupid. (Could be because that's true, but I digress). I am trying to complete a facebook channel so I can bring the activity feed into (what is now) a staging site not yet operating with it's eventual url.

The confusion begins with getting the FB login working and connecting it to a user. As it happens, I am an admin of the FB page and the superadmin of the Joomla site. So I placed a login module on the front page but when I click the Facebook icon I get.... nothing. Nothing at all happens.... a jquery blocking a modal or something?

--> dev link <-- bottom page

(eventually, we probably don't want any users on the site - so this prominent button needs to disappear before the production site is published.)
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10 years 11 months ago - 10 years 11 months ago #53854 by blue_Shift
Well - past square one. In Configuration > Settings, I changed Show 'Login Credentials' in popup to NO, and then good things started to happen. :)

At the moment, the Feed is not showing in the assigned module position, but if I keep pushing random buttons, something is bound to happen, eventually. :rolleyes:


EDIT: Got it going.
Last edit: 10 years 11 months ago by blue_Shift.
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10 years 11 months ago #53861 by alzander

Well - past square one. In Configuration > Settings, I changed Show 'Login Credentials' in popup to NO, and then good things started to happen.

If that's what it took, you're first guess about jQuery issues were probably correct. Another option would be to ensure that the 'Include jQuery / Bootstrap' setting in JFBConnect is enabled.

At the moment, the Feed is not showing in the assigned module position, but if I keep pushing random buttons, something is bound to happen, eventually. current/roll

Once you authenticate with Facebook, you need to create a "Channel". The Channel is what connects your site to your Facebook Page. You can do that in the Channels area of JFBConnect and, hopefully, it's pretty straightforward. JFBConnect tries to guide you through the process as you're setting it up. We also have a documentation page on setting up a channel below:
www.sourcecoast.com/jfbconnect/docs/post...reate-social-channel

After the channel is setup, you can select the Channel in the SCSocialStream module that you want to display.

(eventually, we probably don't want any users on the site - so this prominent button needs to disappear before the production site is published.)

That's not a problem. Once the SCSocialStream and Channel are setup correctly, you can disable the login button so no users can use it. JFBConnect stores a special authorization token for your Facebook user in the database and can use that to fetch the Facebook feed on your behalf, even if you haven't logged in with Facebook in a long time.

I hope that helps,
Alex
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