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5 years 6 months ago #64677 by vipHL
Greetings,
We have been testing out JFBConnect on our Pre-Production site for user registration and authentication. We have been impressed by how easy it makes Log-in and initial Registration.
A few hours ago we saw reports that Google might shut down Google+....and now we just saw confirmation. Do you know if it will still be possible for users to use a Gmail account to Register and Log-in if Google+ is in fact shut down?
Please advise - also we relize and full appreciate that this was just announced and that this may take some time to determine....so any info or insight on this is greatly appreciated whenever it is available.
Many thanks! Rounds
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5 years 6 months ago #64679 by alzander
We've seen those reports as well and are still investigating fully, but for now, I don't think there will be major impacts to our integration.

Back in May with the 8.0 release of JFBConnect, we switched the authentication method we were using with Google from the Google+ API to the newer (generic) Google API (non-plus). To our knowledge, the non-plus Google API is not going away in any form and it's the authentication method for almost all of Google properties (GSuite, GMail, YouTube, etc). The biggest thing we need to change is the icon from the red Google+ to something more Google-generic.

Again, this is new news, and Google has said it will be a gradual shutdown over the next year or so, and you can bet we'll be watching closely and adjusting as necessary.

Thanks,
Alex
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5 years 6 months ago #64680 by vipHL
Many thanks Alex.....and I am glad to hear it! It sounds like you guys will be ready to roll with whatever changes they throw. Additionally, I would be surprised too if they get rid of Google sign-in in total. Thanks again! Rounds
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