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14 years 4 months ago #2463 by bktabinga
Checking the forum the last few weeks, this appears to be happening frequently. I had no issues with status messages being posted to FB...but a week or so again, I noticed it stopped working. In fact, I checked the demo site to see if the demo site would work, which it normally does, but it doesn't post either. I checked the app settings and the apps in question, including the SourceFourge app, has the "Publish stories to wall" block checked.

Did Facebook change up their API?
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14 years 4 months ago #2474 by alzander
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I think you're posting to the wrong FB component. We don't have a "Publish stories to wall" setting and we're not posted on SourceForge.

Please verify your component. I believe you're probably talking about Joomla-Facebook which hasn't been supported/developed in over a year, and, last I checked, had a major security vulnerability.
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14 years 4 months ago #2489 by bktabinga
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I'm confused...I'm talking exactly about Facebook Connect. What I'm talking about is when you login using FB Connect, you're supposed to have your Facebook status updated with the fact you "logged in" or whatever status message you set.

It is now not working even though I haven't changed anything.

And the SourceForge was a typo...I meant SourceCoast...I used your demo site, and in the past, loggin into your Demo Site using Facebook, my facebook would get the status updated. It is now not working...is this a problem once again with my browser?
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14 years 3 months ago #2514 by alzander
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Sorry, just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. Posting to our wall is still working for us from our demo site and some other dev sites we have.

In Facebook, if you go to Settings (top right) -> application settings and then set the drop-down to "Authorized", make sure that our demo site (or whatever site you're testing) is in there and the permissions are set correctly. If not, it obviously won't post.

We ask for permission to post to a user's wall on registration, but that can be revoked on Facebook's site in a number of ways.

Hope this helps, let us know if you figure anything out!
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14 years 3 months ago #2521 by Holmes
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I am having a similar issue.

How do I ask the user if it's ok or not please????

cheers

Cameron Holmes

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14 years 3 months ago #2522 by Holmes
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Just checked the app status and it says that it is allowed to post to my wall.

please assist!
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14 years 3 months ago #2545 by Holmes
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no reply as yet guys!

Please respond!
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14 years 3 months ago #2596 by alzander
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Sorry for the delay. We haven't been on a full staff over the holidays, so mainly focusing on critical issues over the period.

We're not sure why you aren't seeing updates if you have that field approved in FB. I just registered on your site, and got "Just joined <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.thataudioguy.net">www.thataudioguy.net" on my wall. Do you ever get any update?

Facebook is smart enough not to post the same status to a wall repeatedly, so if your last post was "Just joined <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.thataudioguy.net">www.thataudioguy.net", and you try to register again, it won't get re-posted.

Have you tried with different Facebook accounts? We're stumped as to why it won't post for you when you've given permission. We're hoping to have some updates on re-requesting permission after the initial join soon.
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14 years 3 months ago #2599 by Holmes
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Thanks for getting back to me

it's good to hear it worked for you. I removed the app on FB, re installed it, and it still has not posted. and does not post when I log in either. it's a weird one!

IS it worthwhile giving you an admin acct on my site so you can poke around?
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14 years 3 months ago #2648 by alzander
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Sure, feel free to. Though, if there's a problem, it's likely in your Facebook app or the FB user you're testing with.

Before I do testing, I'd recommend these 2 things:
1) Try with a 'fresh' FB user who's never connected to your site. Who knows what info FB keeps on their end, even when you remove an app. This will help narrow down if it's the FB user or the FB app itself that's causing issues.
2) Create a new FB app altogether. Then, update your API/Secret keys in JFBConnect and try to log in. See what happens then.

Between the combination of the above 2 things, we should be able to narrow down where the problem lies. If nothing works, then it may be in JFBConnect, but we're just not able to recreate that on our sites.
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