Facebook integrationΒΆ

To enable Facebook integration in CM Social Connect, first you need to create a Facebook application.

Go to https://developers.facebook.com/, under menu item “My Apps” you click “Add a New App”.

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Select “Website” in the popup.

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Enter your application name and click “Create New Facebook App ID”.

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Select a category, click “Create App ID” button.

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Enter the URL of your Joomla! website and click “Next”.

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Now you see a “Finished!” message at the bottom of the page.

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You scroll to the top of the page, click “Skip Quick Start” button on the right side to access your new application’s configuration quickly.

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In the Dashboard of your application, you click “Show” button of App Secret to see the app secret.

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Enter your Facebook password.

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Now you can see your app secrect. You need to enter your app ID and app secret on your Joomla! site.

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In your back-end, go to Extensions -> Plugin Manager, search for “CM Social Connect - Facebook integration” plugin.

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Edit the plugin, you set “Status” to “Enabled”, enter the app ID and app secret you see in your Facebook application dashboard.

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Save the plugin. Go to your site’s front-end, now you can see the Facebook icons in registration form, login form and login module.

Login form:

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Registration form:

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Login module:

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