Login Module

**GK User** Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:48 pm Reply with quote Report this post

Hi,
I have installed the News2 template, and am playing around with social media logins. I have tried 3 now, and can't get any of them to work, none seem to override the standard login.
How can I alter this to accept the social media logins?
Thanks,
Paul

**teitbite** Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:07 am Reply with quote Report this post

Hi

Template has a build in Login with Facebook functionality. All the settings needed are in template settings for Social and in Facebook Authentication plugin in plugins section.

**GK User** Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:26 pm Reply with quote Report this post

Hi, i've tried that too, and can't get it to work. It opens the popup login screen, I fill out my facebook username and password, then it just goes back to the login screen and fills out 'facebook' for both the username and password?!?

**teitbite** Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:06 pm Reply with quote Report this post

Hi

Please tell me the url to Your site. Sounds like Facebook App is not configured properly.

**GK User** Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:07 pm Reply with quote Report this post

I agree, I think it is too, but it's baffling me. Have sent you a PM with my URL.

**teitbite** Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:44 am Reply with quote Report this post

Hi

I see no problem on Your site. I was able to log in with facebook. Maybe the account You are trying to log with is already registered and app is not reacting.

**GK User** Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:16 pm Reply with quote Report this post

I can get that screen, but when I fill in my facebook login and password, click on OK, it then goes to the blank login screen, doesn't actually create an account or login?!?

**GK User** Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:15 am Reply with quote Report this post

I've been playing around with the Facebook App API settings tonight (after finding a step by step guide on another site) and finally got it to work, but this has thrown a couple of small issues.

The redirect doesn't seem to work and takes users to www.mysite.com/component/users/?view=login which is just a plain white page with a logout button on it. Is there a work around to get the redirect working?

Also, when signing in with facebook for the first time, it uses the person's email address as their username. Is there a way for it to either generate a username based on their name? or pull in their facebook username instead (ie. www.facebook.com/michael.smith639 so use michael.smith369)?

Many thanks.

**teitbite** Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:49 pm Reply with quote Report this post

Hi

Email as username is a must since it's done to speed the regitration up. If You are login to facebook already it's just 2 button clicks.

For redirection try create Login type menu item, can be in a menu You are not gonna use on site. When You will have such page ready You will find an option to select redirection page after login.