A few days ago I set about the task of writing an authentication system for DropoutUK based around Facebook Connect / Facebook Login Button. I was pleasantly surprised to learn just how simple it seems to be these days, compared to the first implementation I played with back in 2009. Which, OK is 2 years now, but the new social plugins make life so much easier.
So what is involve? Just 4 simple actions
- Create a new facebook application
- Add your website URL to it
- Add the facebook Login Button to the page
- Check for the facebook cookie and process a login action if possible.
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