Gigya Socialize
Gigya Socialize provides a single API that aggregates authentication and social APIs from Facebook Connect, MySpace ID, Twitter, and OpenID webmail providers including Google, Yahoo, and AOL. The Gigya module for Drupal is fully configurable, requiring little time to install.
The Gigya Socialize module makes it easy for Drupal site owners to:
- Authenticate users via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other OpenID providers enabling an increase in site registration rate by more than 30%.
- Increase user acquisition by enabling users to invite friends to the site, or to share site content or a specific event.
- Increase site traffic by sending user status updates, tweets and newsfeed events to social networks. Drupal site owners can couple user actions on the site with sending social network status updates, tweets, and publishing newsfeed items.
- Customize the user experience by making it easy for sites to integrate user profile and social graph data
- Easily configure the user experience, design, and module functionality using the Drupal administration panel.
We invite you to watch our Webinar, which provides a walkthrough of the Gigya Socialize Module and tips for implementing it on your Drupal site.
Installation
This module requires more than downloading and enabling to work properly. Please be sure to see the installation section of the documentation for instructions on how to configure the module.
Its imperative that you run update.php after updating the module. Although db changes are usually rare, this can be a common reason why an upgrade results in odd errors.
Last update to the install script: Aug-31-2009 12:00 PST (update 6004)
Dependencies
The Gigya module requires the Popups API and an account for Gigya Socialize. Administrators can either setup applications on the social network or have Gigya provision those applications for your site.
Although it is not an absolute requirement most of the functionality of the module comes when using Trigger module to configure triggers for actions such as sending a status update to social networks when a user registers for the site, updates their profile, or posts a comment.
Server time settings are critical to the Gigya Module. In order to secure the process of communicating with the server it is important that the server's time and timezone be set to the correct time.
Popups API Patches
Gigya module requires the following patch to function properly with Internet Explorer:
The following patches to the Popups API are recommended for optimal functionality:
- #516772: Make auto close delay a configurable setting
- #519014: Reposition popup when browser window is resized
- #528342: Messages inside the popup body instead of the title
If you are unfamiliar with how to use patches please see the handbook page on applying patches
Until these patches are acted upon there is a patched version of Popups API available.
Before reporting bugs please make sure you are running the latest -dev version or version from CVS.
Releases
| Official releases | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-1.0-beta7 | 2009-Nov-16 | 40.86 KB | Download · Release notes | Recommended for 6.x |  |
| Development snapshots | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-1.x-dev | 2009-Nov-17 | 40.86 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot |  |
