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Drupal and Facebook
This page is an example of my process for selecting a Drupal module
First I need to define what I am trying to do:
- My primary goal is for people to be able to”
- Like any page (and that somehow be reflected back to facebook)
- Log in to the Drupal site using Facebook credentials (which may populate one or more profile fields).
- Additional (optional) goals might be to somehow integrate comments on the site with comments on their facebook page
Here are the resources that I found.
The second thing I do is to make a list all the resources out there, particularly module comparisons and evaluations.
Articles comparing Drupal/Facebook solutions:
- groups.drupal.org/node/65268 Large list of Facebook modules, (with a table that is somewhat out of date).
- drupal.stackexchange.com/…tion —Compares FB, FBconnect & FBoauth and recommends FB
- fuseinteractive.ca/…rupal-site Tutorial page for setting up OAuth
- www.grasmash.com/…pal-easy-way compares Drupal for Facebook, Facebook Connect and FBOAuth. He concludes that Facebook OAuth (fboauth) is the only viable solution.
- www.softinn.eu/…cebook-account How to login to Drupal with Facebook account, doing it yourself with the oauth and oauthconnector modules
Drupal Facebook Projects (in order of popularity)
Finally I make a list of all the potential modules, with their # of downloads and what they can do.
- Features: ♥=like, ☛=login, ✎=comment
| Project | Sites | Features | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
24,400 |
♥ |
This module will automatically add “Like this on Facebook” code to the end of each chosen node type. | |
18,000 |
Designed for building Facebook apps with Drupal rather than enabling FB on a Drupal site. It can even write to your timeline! There is a demo at www.drupalforfacebook.org | ||
12,300 |
♥ ✎ |
The following plugins are currently implemented: Like Button, Comments, Like box, Recommendations , Facepile ,Live stream ,Activity Feed , Send button , Subscribe button | |
6,600 |
☛ |
Simply provides login services. From Lullabot | |
4,400 |
(♥) |
This seems to be similar to a “Like”. It “enables Drupal site administrators to add a Facebook Share button to selected content type nodes”. | |
3,100 |
✎ |
Implement Facebook commenting with settings on the level of both content type and node. This module comes with a Facebook Comments block so you can have comments anywhere on your site. | |
1,500 |
Facebook Pull is a fast and efficient module for displaying Facebook feeds on your site. It is analogous to the twitter_pull module. | ||
3,100 |
☛ |
This module allows users to login on a Drupal website through the Facebook Connect API – using their Facebook login and password. | |
259 |
☛ |
Looks good, but not many users. A fork of Facebook Connect | |
155 |
May be good, but not many users |
Conclusion
- For FB like (and maybe commenting) I will use Facebook social plugins integration (fb_social) and for loging in, I’ll use Facebook OAuth (fboauth).
Setting up Facebook social plugins integration (fb_social)
- Almost all the work is on the facebook side of things. Here are some sites that helped:
The only thing that was tricky was setting up no moderation, which required going to the right tools menu.
Setting up Facebook OAuth (fboauth)
- The instructions are in the README.TXT file. Follow the 7 steps.
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