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Are you still trying to figure out how to publish news feed stories from your Facebook Connect enabled website? Last night Dave Morin published a tutorial for developers to learn how to enable this functionality in a 10 minute tutorial. I’ve been receiving daily requests from individuals having trouble with their Facebook Connect development so hopefully this tutorial will be of assistance.
This is simply one way for publishing feed stories as there are additional ways to publish feed stories without going through the feed publisher tool provided by Facebook. Facebook’s Wordpress plugin (found here) is a good resource for viewing a PHP implementation of Facebook Connect. If you need additional resources check out Facebook Connect in the developer wiki.
Good! Tnx!
Nick, I finally got around to watching this video, and one thing that instantly popped out at me as I viewed it actually has very little to do with Facebook Connect integration. What I noticed as they showed Ronnie’s Wall Feed is something that seemed to be attached to most feed stories: A “Like” action. You can see it clearly at 0:44 and 8:04, as well as multiple other points in the screencast. It appears directly after the expected “Comment” action, and it is not currently in Facebook proper. Do you have any idea of what that is, and if not, would it be possible to ask around? I’d rather not offer guesses about future bookmark functionality or feed algorithm inputs; Perhaps you can get a clearer answer. Thank you in advance.
Ugh… I just lost my entire comment when I tried to “Connect with your Facebook Account.” That aside — Any advice on where to find a straight forward non-technical explanation of what you can do with Facebook Connect? All the documentation, videos, etc. that I see are by developers for developers — assuming, I guess, that developers are the ones who make the business decisions? Developers don’t make those decisions in my universe, and I suspect not in much of corporate America. I’m on the business/marketing/product development side and I can understand technical concepts, but why do I have to wade through the implementation details to understand on a user and business level what Facebook Connect can do and how it can be used? Facebook is no longer just a platform for developers hoping to build applications that will make them rich. I think Facebook understands this, but I don’t see much effective communication to non-developers that reflects that understanding. All the info I can find on Facebook about Facebook Connect ultimately leads to the Developers Wiki. I just want to know what Facebook Connect can do without knowing the specific javascript, fbml, or API calls. Where’s the Business/Marketing Wiki? Is this info out there, and I’m just missing it? I would LOVE the answer to that to be “Yes.”
Facebook connect is going to change the way we use the internet, its got huge potential!
bit complicated, but nice experience
Appreaciated for the tutorial!!
Appreciated for the tutorial.
Must the user be logged in to facebook for the application to post a story or is the user’s facebook id enough to be able to post?
It really very good , I learn a lot from it.
Thanks for the Video.
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no video
the video has been removed!
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re-up please
it would be nice if the video were actually there… what’s the point?
does it work?
This is interesting
I am not logged in.
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Where is the tutorial
The video doesn’t work…boo!