An Overview of What You Can Do With Facebook Connect

Facebook Connect allows you to bring a more social experience to your website. This guide talks about Facebook Connect’s different features and gives examples of great Facebook Connect implementations from across the Web.

Build your site from the ground up using Facebook Connect as your authentication system. By using Facebook Connect you get access to over 250 million authentic users.

Extend Facebook Connect to gather other pieces of information that would be useful for your company (such as email address, personal preferences etc). Frintro.com is an example of a company that uses Facebook Connect as its login system, but also asks for additional information.

Use Connect as a complement to your existing registration system. Companies like JibJab.com allow both methods of login. By leveraging Facebook Connect’s trusted brand you give yourself access to wide pool of users. Learn how to add connect to your blog.

JibJab.com is a site that shares original content – its mission is “to help more people share more laughs than any other company in the history of the world". JibJab’s main page gives users the option on the top right to log in with Facebook Connect.

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When a user clicks the “Login” or “Login with Facebook” button, JibJab displays the dialog below. JibJab uses two registration systems as seen below.
Once a user clicks “Connect with Facebook” the following Facebook Connect dialog (generated by Facebook) appears.
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Once a user completes the above, JibJab shows the user as logged in, in the top right of the page.