I apologize if I tagged this in the wrong category, I am a bit new to this whole process so please bear with me. I have created a simple module that will add a Facebook Like/Recommend button (http://drupal.org/node/779498) and was wondering if there was plans to integrate this in with the Facebook connect module. While I am strongly against directly patching this directly into this module (making people install a new authentication system for a simple feature is just not good imo) it would compliment it nicely.

The big question is: Should this be a different module or should I create a patch to put this into the Facebook connect module?

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HS’s picture

HS commented

+1

m_z’s picture

m_z commented

+2 ;-)

JamieR’s picture

JamieR commented

+3

mandclu’s picture

mandclu commented

I'd vote for it as a separate module (and soon!). It seems to be the use case for your module is very different.

It might be worth exploring if there's significant overlap in the two modules, though. If that were the case, it might be worth looking at something like an Open Graph API or FB API module that could house common elements (such as connecting to Facebook). That could encourage even more use, and also allow both modules to evolve more quickly as Facebook updates its APIs.

My $0.02

chawl’s picture

chawl commented

Separate +1

vectoroc’s picture

vectoroc commented
Priority: Normal » Minor

Yes. Originally this module was developed to provide only auth functionality

pointsi’s picture

pointsi commented

There is already a new module for this. See the "Facebook social plugins integration" at http://drupal.org/project/fb_social

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beauz commented

It seems modules using the new Javascript SDK like http://drupal.org/project/fb_social are not compatible with the older modules that implement facebook connect (fbconnect and fb - Facebook for drupal).

Eagerly awaiting some news on what the outlook is for this module updating to the new SDK...

marcus178’s picture

marcus178 commented

Is there any news on when fb connect will be updated to the new sdk?

vectoroc’s picture

vectoroc commented

it's already in progress. See 2.x branch.

vectoroc’s picture

vectoroc commented
Version: 6.x-1.0-beta9 » 6.x-2.x-dev
vectoroc’s picture

vectoroc commented
Priority: Minor » Normal
Status: Active » Postponed

#852582: Integrate with another fb* modules

HS’s picture

HS commented
Status: Postponed » Active

So, 6.x-2.x-dev and http://drupal.org/project/fb_social should work together now because fbconnect is using the new SDK, OR has the new request for integration postponed the whole thing and set us back?

Robardi56’s picture

Robardi56 commented

Why bother with a module, why don't you just hardcode fblike and other share stuff into node template ?

vectoroc’s picture

vectoroc commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)