I've applied for a grant with the Knight Foundation, which would fund considerable development of the Drupal for Facebook project. For the application to be considered, it needs some votes in favor of it. So please help out this project by reviewing the application. Leave your comments and vote favorably.
In order to be accepted, it needs some positive votes. So, please head on over an vote for this session. Especially if you're going to DrupalCon. Hope to see you there!
Here's advance warning about some changes that are on the way. Anyone using Drupal for Facebook will need to manually alter settings when these changes take effect.
What you need to be aware of is that all callback URLs will change. Right now, if your site is, say, www.drupalforfacebook.org, then the callback URL (as specified in the app settings form on apps.facebook.com/developer) is http://www.drupalforfacebook.org/. This will change to http://www.drupalforfacebook.org/fb_cb/NNN/, where NNN is the id used by Drupal to identify the app. I'll document this in the README and elsewhere when the change gets checked in.
Drupal for Facebook still needs work when it comes to authmapping existing (drupal) accounts and facebook user ids. I've made some progress and it would be nice to have some extra eyeballs taking a look at it before check-in.
Submitted by Dave Cohen on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 16:53.
I plan to give a talk about Drupal for Facebook at the upcoming Drupal Convention in Boston. If you're there, I hope you'll attend. The presentation is aimed at those familiar with Drupal but unsure what Facebook integration means, and also experienced Drupal wanting to understand how Drupal for Facebook works.
Here's another poll question for the DFF community...
If you're using Drupal for Facebook you're aware that it will create a Drupal account when facebook users use your app. You're also aware that it uses the facebook name for the drupal account name.
Trouble is, Drupal account's need to be uniquely named, while facebook accounts do not. Also, your drupal install may already have a user with the same name as a facebook user.
Submitted by Dave Cohen on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 12:42.
At the recent Bay Area Drupal Camp, I presented Drupal for Facebook. I built a small Facebook Application and walked through how I used Drupal to create it. Now the details of this presentation are available in two screencasts.
