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Fb Login Signup And Learn More
Fb Login Signup And Learn More
Facebook Login

The Facebook Login is an alternative to Ektron CMS400.NET's standard login. Its advantage is that users can log in using their Facebook username and password, instead of having to set up and remember a separate Ektron CMS400.NET username and password.
Here is an example of Facebook Login control on a Web page.
The Facebook Login control allows both Membership users and Ektron CMS400.NET users log in to an Ektron CMS400.NET Web site. If users already have an Ektron CMS400.NET user profile, they can be prompted to link the Facebook username and password with that profile.

The Facebook Login only provides an ability to log in to an Ektron CMS400.NET site. It provides no other Facebook features, such as viewing or sending messages.

This section explains how to set up and use the Facebook Login feature through these topics. Facebook

Developer Experience: Setup Instructions

Using Facebook Connect Extension with the Targeted Content Widget
Samples of the Facebook Login Feature

You can see samples of the Facebook Login feature in these sites.

Developer Sample site > Social Networking > Facebook Connect

- site root/developer/FacebookConnect/Login.aspx

- site root/developer/FacebookConnect/CustomSignup.aspx

Ektron Tech site has Facebook Login on the home page

Using Facebook Login with Active Directory

You cannot use the Facebook Login feature with Active Directory.
User Experience

Note: The user experience is only enabled after a developer sets up the feature. See Also: Developer Experience: Setup Instructions

If a user clicks a Facebook Login button but is not logged into Facebook, the page below appears

When the user completes this screen or if the user is already logged into Facebook, he is forwarded to a page (see example below) that prompts him to register or log in to Ektron CMS400.NET.

This screen asks the user if he has a membership account and, if so, would he like to connect his Facebook username and password with the Ektron CMS400.NET account. If the user agrees, he will access his membership account via the Facebook Login control with Facebook credentials from now on.

If the user does not have a membership account, he completes the lower half of the screen. This is the same screen that new members use to create accounts. See Also: Membership Server Control

From then on, the user can click the Facebook Login button to log into Ektron CMS400.NET using his Facebook username and password.

When the user logs out of Ektron CMS400.NET, that action does not log him out if Facebook. Conversely, if a user logs out of Facebook, he is not logged out of Ektron CMS400.NET.

Note: Facebook often caches some information in your browser. If you see JavaScript errors or other odd behavior, clear the browser cache, close all browser windows, and try again.
Developer Experience: Setup Instructions

To set up the Facebook Login feature, follow these steps.

Step 1: Connect Facebook to Your Ektron CMS400.NET Web Site

Step 2: Create or Modify a Facebook Login/Signup Page

Alternative to Redirecting to the Signup Form
Step 1: Connect Facebook to Your Ektron CMS400.NETWeb Site

Follow these steps to obtain Facebook keys, paste them into the web.config file, and identify your site to Facebook.

1. In you don't have one, create a Facebook account. Go to www.facebook.com and follow the sign up instructions.

2. Sign in to the Facebook Developer site, http://www.facebook.com/developer.

3. Click +Set up New Application.

4. Enter a name for your application. The name cannot include facebook or any variations, such as FB.

5. A new screen appears, showing your Application ID, API key, and Secret key.

6. Open your Web site's root folder/web.config file.

7. Copy the corresponding Facebook keys into these web.config elements

ek_FacebookApiKey

ek_FacebookSecret

Note: Keys shipped in Ektron sample sites are for localhost.

Note: Make sure the Facebook keys were generated for the host header/URL to which you're applying them. Also, if you are testing using secure site setup, verify that the web.config element ek_useSSLis true.

8. Save and close web.config.

9. Return to the Facebook Basic screen.

10. Click the Connect tab from the left panel.

11. Into the Connect URL field, enter the URL of your Web site.

for a public site, enter its URL. For example, www.ektron.com.

for a shared server or if you are accessing the site from a remote machine, use the IP address. As examples,

for a local server, use localhost. As examples, http://localhost, http://localhost/EktronTech

12. Save and close the Facebook screen.

After setting up your application, you can return to this screen at any time to view the keys, edit the Connect URL setting, etc.
Step 2: Create or Modify a Facebook Login/Signup Page

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Facebook provides a sample form (shown below) that appears if a user clicks a Facebook Login button and is not currently logged into Facebook.

The above form is created by Facebook, not Ektron CMS400.NET. You can customize parts of it, such as the title and site image) using Facebook's Application settings.

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