[FX.php List] FaceBook Connect

[Jonathan Schwartz]

OK. That makes sense.

In order to keep things straight, I guess that the system has to keep 
track of which method was used to log in and then allow user access 
to edit login credentials as appropriate.  For instance, If a person 
logged in from Facebook, then there would be no login credentials 
stored in FMP....unless a further step was taken to request 
additional info.

I think I get it.

Jonathan


At 9:08 AM +1000 6/17/12, Tim 'Webko' Booth wrote:
>Dear Jonathan,
>>
>>Here's a new one...
>>
>>A client has asked me to deploy a FaceBook login on the web project 
>>we are developing...in addition to the standard login we already 
>>have in place..  After a day or two, I figured out the technical 
>>component of this request: I have a Facebook login button on the 
>>site and it does in fact allow a user to log using a Facebook 
>>dialog, returning the available Facebook user info in an array.
>>
>>Great.
>>
>>My question is...how is this best implemented with an existing 
>>login process?  I suppose that this is the same question as if I 
>>were to use OpenID ...which I haven't used either.
>>
>>Anyone been down this road before?
>
>Yeah, I've got a system where there can be three different ways of 
>logging in. You need *something* that is known to the FileMaker 
>system as well that is passed back by FaceBook. You then use a page 
>that sets the session variables the same as your FileMaker system 
>would for a login, and all the subsequent pages should work as 
>normal.
>
>In my case, there is a StudentID that all three relevant systems 
>know about, so I can use that as a key for each of them when they 
>hit the FM based pages...
>
>Cheers
>
>Webko
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