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How to install Facebook Ecard Application ?

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Answer

  1. Extract zip files on desktop.
  2. Copy the extracted content into componnets/com_odudecard folder
  3. Option Facebook Application ID, API key & Application Secret Facebook Applicatoin at Facebook.com
  • First you need to log in to the Facebook Developer application:Go to the Facebook Developer App
    After following the link, click “Allow” to let the Developer application access your profile.
  •  Begin setting up a new application. Go to the Developer application and click “Set Up New Application”. Give your application a name, check to accept the Terms of Service, then click Submit. You'll see some basic information about your application, including:
    Application ID : ID of your facebook application.
  •  Your API key: this key identifies your application to Facebook. You pass it with all your API calls.
  • Your application secret: Facebook uses this key to authenticate the requests you make. As you can tell by its name, you should never share this key with anyone.
  •  Set Convas Callback URL to your website URL to where you wish to open a page after login.
  • Set Connect URL to your base domain name.

Site configuration at Joomla (As in demo):

  1. Facebook Application ID : 212093995500149
  2. Facebook API Key : 212093995500149
  3. Facebook API Secret key : dfefb577bee3b65af75b8987sdfh
  4. Facebook Convas URL : https://apps.facebook.com/maxecard/
  5. Facebook Cancel URL: http://maxecard.com

Facebook configuration at http://www.facebook.com/developers/ (As in demo) :

  1. Site URL : http://maxecard.com/
  2. Site Domain : maxecard.com
  3. Canvas Page : http://apps.facebook.com/maxecard/
  4. Canvas URL : http://maxecard.com/index.php?option=com_odudecard&view=facebook&format=raw
  5. Secure Canvas URL : http://maxecard.com/index.php?option=com_odudecard&view=facebook&format=raw
  6. IFrame Size: Auto-Resize
  7. Canvas FBML/iframe : IFrame
  8. App Type: Web
  9. Sandbox Mode: DISABLE
  10. OAuth Migration: DISABLE
  11. Forces use of login secret for OAuth call and for auth.login: DISABLE
  12. Require manage_notifications permission: Enable
  13. Upgrade to Requests 2.0: Enable
  14. Timezone-less events: Enable
  15. signed_request for Canvas: Enable
  16. Stream post URL security: DISABLE
  17. Remove Deprecated Auth Methods: Enable

Demo : http://apps.facebook.com/maxecard/

Note:

  • if www is used, use it everywhere else skip it so that it works for all sub domains
  • URL with / at the end matters. So check it carefully.

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#1 Miguel Diaz 2011-09-01 20:32
Hey, I recently created and app, and I can login to chat only some accounts =/ The only difference I've found is that the "Forces use of login secret for OAuth call and for auth.login" option is not visible in my advanced settings. Any thoughts? Regards!
 

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