Facebook app integration

Phil,
JFBConnect already has an "Automatically Login Facebook Users" option, which should do just about what you're asking. If they've already approved your app, it will log them in automatically. If they haven't approved it, then they'd need to click the "Login With Facebook" button to approve.

There is a small bug with JFBConnect and that setting now where sometimes the user won't be logged in on the first page they visit, but will be on the 2nd page they load. That will be fixed in the upcoming v4.2 release later this month.

Let me know if that answers your question, or if you were looking for something else.

Thanks,
Alex

Phil,
Sorry for the delayed response.

Just to clarify, you want the auto-registration process to happen when they click the Login With Facebook button (first time registration) when they're inside your Facebook Page or Canvas... but if they aren't inside Facebook, you want them to go through the account creation process?

I think that should be pretty easy to do.. but will obviously take a minor code modification. Let me know that I stated it right, and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks,
Alex

Phil,
Very, very sorry for the long delay. I was out of town this weekend, and this issue simply slipped before I left. Hopefully, the below will get you going right away, but if you run into issues, let me know.. I'll be quicker going forward

JFBConnect has a pretty easy way to detect if you're in a Facebook Canvas view. Using that, we should be able to do what you're looking for. To implement it, edit the /components/com_jfbconnect/controller.php file. Around line 71, you'll see:Change it to the following:
Then, just make sure the "User Creation" setting is set to "Full Joomla User". When the user is in the canvas, their account should be created automatically. When not, they should go through the full reg process.

The code above hasn't been tested, but it's pretty straightforward. Please test (a lot), and let us know how it goes!

Thanks,
Alex
Edit: Minor change to the code above to make sure you aren't in the Canvas for the full form to be displayed

Phil,
Ahhh. What you're looking for is Authenticated Referrals. You can enable Authenticated Referrals in your Facebook Application in the "Auth" section. This will make it so that if anyone uses a link from within Facebook to go to your Page, they will have to authenticate before 'seeing' the Page. If a user goes directly to your Facebook Page Tab, the authentication popup will -not- appear (just so you know).

We've helped a few users get the Authenticated Referrals working already so that it will automatically create the account. We haven't helped with the hybrid mode that you're trying for yet, though. With JFBConnect v4.1.x (the current release), it can take a little bit of effort. With the 4.2 release, it won't be official, but we're trying to have pretty 'out-of-the-box' support for Authenticated Referrals. We'll be testing it after 4.2 comes out and promoting that feature in a later release. If you're interested in a quick change that may work for you now though, see the thread below:
www.sourcecoast.com/forums/jfbconnect/jf...ng-joomla?p=1#p20805

Try to get that working, by itself, before you go for the hybrid full registration in some places vs auto in others.. once that's going, then we can try to add on more stuff. Sound good?

Thanks,
Alex