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On this tab, you can adjust settings related to Facebook Connect authentication. This feature enables live site users to register and log on to your website using their Facebook logon credentials.  

 

Before you start configuring the settings, make sure you have the correct site selected using the Site drop-down list at the top left part of the page.

 

Do not forget to click the Save Save button after entering each key or token.

 

General

API key

Key obtained during the registration of your application on Facebook from App ID field.

Application secret

Key obtained during the registration of your application on Facebook from App Secret field.

Facebook Page ID

Specifies the Page ID (approximately 15 digits) obtained from the URL of the Facebook page associated with the website.

Access token

Click the Get button to retrieve a token from Facebook after confirming permissions for the application. The API key, Application secret and Facebook Page ID fields must be filled in.

After the token expires, click the Get button again to renew it.

Authentication

Enable Facebook Connect authentication

Indicates if authentication using Facebook is enabled.

Assign new users to roles

New users registered via Facebook Connect will be assigned to these roles.

Required user data page

URL of the page where the Facebook Connect required data web part resides. If entered, then when a new Facebook Connect user logs in to the site, their user account is not created automatically, but they are redirected to this page and required to enter some additional data (or merge with an existing account) using the web part.

URL shortening

URL shortener

May be used to select a URL shortening service that will be shortening all links in Facebook posts.

 

To obtain these keys, create an account at http://www.facebook.com/ and create a new application at https://developers.facebook.com/apps.

 

 

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Required fields

 

The Facebook Page ID and Access token fields are used only for automatic posting on a Facebook page associated with the website, they are not required for Facebook Connect authentication.

 

 

Additional information can be found in:

 

Developer's Guide -> Development -> Membership, permissions and security -> Third-party authentications -> Facebook Connect