JFBConnect RC3 was just released and has the feature that just about everyone has asked for: JomSocial integration.
If you'd rather see it in action, then letting me explain, go to our demo site:
facebook.sourcecoast.com
Log in with Facebook, and you'll see your avatar and JomSocial fields automatically populated.
How does JomSocial Integration Work?
There's a new configuration panel called "JomSocial". In here, you can enable JomSocial Profile creation. The options available are to:
1) Automatically import the users FB avatar into JomSocial
2) Select from 20 different FB profile fields and map them to any JomSocial textarea or textbox fields. These will automatically be populated with the user's FB data upon registration.
Why RC3?
We're software developers and generally agree that a Release Candidate shouldn't have huge new feature in it. However, we chose to add them in before the final release for the following reasons:
1) This way, any module developed in the future will be able to see the 'js_enable' configuration setting and act accordingly. This will make module development and compatibility much simpler.
2) You guys wanted it so much!
Going forward
The next steps for JFBConnect are to find and fix any bugs. We don't plan on any new features before the stable release (hopefully in a week or so).
After that, we plan to give a quick primer on how to make your own modules to integrate with JFBConnect and tie Facebook functionality into your Joomla (and possibly JomSocial powered) website. We will also be creating modules, but anyone in the community will be welcome to contribute their free or paid modules.
We hope you enjoy this release!