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It's been brought up a bunch of times so I finally decided to try and make this happen. It might have helped had I been familiar with facebook since I had to learn what was what on the site and how things worked over there. At that point I spent a good week figuring out how to code something to get the two sites talking. But enough back story, on with the good stuff!
In your dashboards you'll notice a new "Connect to Facebook" button. Click that and follow the facebook prompts. You *should* get a permissions prompt immediately after connecting your account to DGCR, if you don't I think it should come up at some point (maybe a page reload) but you'll need to authorize the site to post on your wall, etc. Also, if you want the connection to remain active, you'll need to remain logged in to facebook (click the remember login thing) or you need to login to facebook in the same browser session prior to visiting DGCR.
Once you're connected, you should see a list of preferences there for what you want to share. The only "share" that is automated is adding a played course as it's just a button click on the site. For the rest of the items, you will see a checkbox at the bottom of the review/score/schedule forms with a checkbox to indicate whether you want to share this particular review/score on Facebook.
The dashboard preferences control these check boxes. So if you turn "New Reviews" on then the checkbox on the review form will always be checked by default. If you set it to off, then the checkbox will be off by default (you can always click it to on if you want to share reviews/scores on a case by case basis).
If your facebook account is not connected to DGCR or you're not currently logged in to facebook, you will not see any facebook options other than the connect button on the dashboard.
Wow.. that was wordy but hopefully somewhat clear as to what's what. As always, if you run into problems let me know. I'm guessing their may be a few as this facebook stuff is very new to me but I tested everything out and it seems to be working so fingers crossed :)
RussMB
02-01-2010, 09:06 PM
Sweet!!! Thank you sir! You are the Man!
jkdisc
02-01-2010, 09:10 PM
just added it... looks good
Cool, glad to hear it works for someone besides me :) I noticed some stuff seems to take a little longer on occasion if you're doing the facebook thing since it has to send a message off to facebook and do some login checks. I'm talking 1 or 2 seconds at the most so it wasn't too bad
gcoghill
02-01-2010, 09:32 PM
Awesome Tim! I was able to connect OK but haven't tried any of the sharing features yet. Great job! Once again DGCR trumps all the other DG sites out there :)
gcoghill
02-01-2010, 09:36 PM
Just recorded a fake score, worked great and the entry in the FB wall looks cool, I like how you pulled in a photo of the course & linked back to the course page.
Hopefully this will give some extra FB exposure to other DGers in FB who aren't aware of DGCR.
Clark
02-01-2010, 09:38 PM
This is going to be an awesome source of traffic back to DGCR! Way to go!
zud00
02-01-2010, 09:43 PM
Awesome feature Tim, yet again! I'll have to check it out. I don't use facebook much, but I'll check this thing out for sure:D.
Very cool, glad you guys like it and that it's working well so far! :)
Trashthrasher
02-01-2010, 09:58 PM
Just added it & will have to see how it works coming up!
bcr123psu
02-01-2010, 11:12 PM
Thanks for all the legwork timg!
NothinButChing
02-01-2010, 11:16 PM
I like how the whole thing looks try some other things out later
AdamCaudle
02-02-2010, 12:36 AM
:clap:Just added it!
solomon.trenton
02-02-2010, 07:41 AM
Just recorded a fake score, worked great and the entry in the FB wall looks cool, I like how you pulled in a photo of the course & linked back to the course page.
Hopefully this will give some extra FB exposure to other DGers in FB who aren't aware of DGCR.
seconded. im very pleased and cant wait to log in real scores
tamahawk
02-02-2010, 09:08 AM
great new feature, timg!
Dfwdscglfr
02-02-2010, 10:04 AM
im an idiot whats my dashboard?
Apothecary
02-02-2010, 10:06 AM
top of the page in the header. you may have to sign in to the non-forum side of the page.
Dfwdscglfr
02-02-2010, 10:10 AM
that was the first time ive ever signed in there i always just went to the forum
Your last login there was back in September. It's been a while :)
Miller
02-02-2010, 11:17 AM
Very cool Tim. Now if I make a DGCR group in my Facebook and can convince my friends to make up and share a schedule it makes for a nice way to see who's playing when. Kind of what Google Latitude does, but for disc golf only.
cc0049
02-02-2010, 12:29 PM
I can't wait to get home to do this. I can't access Facebook at work. Cool feature Tim!
skinner21
02-02-2010, 12:29 PM
very cool tim, nice job.
cblack129
02-02-2010, 12:30 PM
now if only i had any facebook friends that played disc golf
cc0049
02-02-2010, 04:59 PM
Really cool! The only thing that I noticed that might be a problem is on the posting of a recorded round. If you go back and edit the round, then it does not update on Facebook. This may only really apply to when you make a change to the notes section or a change to the overall score.
Well, I can't remove or update a post on your page so I'd have to create another one if you change your score, etc. which I thought might get annoying.
I did include updated reviews and the same rules apply as on the site where if you update it in less than 24 hours then the review here isn't shown as updated and there isn't an "update" post to your facebook page. After 24 hours, your review will show the updated tag on DGCR and a post will be sent to facebook about your updated review.
Donovan
02-02-2010, 08:42 PM
Well, I can't remove or update a post on your page so I'd have to create another one if you change your score, etc. which I thought might get annoying.
I did include updated reviews and the same rules apply as on the site where if you update it in less than 24 hours then the review here isn't shown as updated and there isn't an "update" post to your facebook page. After 24 hours, your review will show the updated tag on DGCR and a post will be sent to facebook about your updated review.
When you say it will publishes your posts...what does that mean exactly?
is that just onthe social page, or is it every post we make here or what? Sorry I am facebook stupid. I'va had forever and only been in there a handful of times.
If you connect your DGCR account to facebook, you will be able to share the following items (and only these items) on facebook:
New review
Updated reviews
New scores in the scorebook
New scheduled rounds
New courses added to your played list
steven2361
02-02-2010, 10:08 PM
Great Work Timg. Thumbs UP!
Miller
02-02-2010, 11:29 PM
So when I add a round to my schedule though it posts to my Facebook right away. Which means it would get lost in all the feeds on my friends' pages by the time the actual day rolls around. So is there any way to delay the posting of the schedule until the day it happens?
I think there is a way but it's much more involved since I'll have to update your page without you being actively logged in to facebook. It's something I can investigate when I get a chance.
WillACarpenter
02-03-2010, 08:18 AM
OK, I'm liking it so far. I marked a course played that I hadn't marked off yet so I could see it work.
I also realized that I don't have many DGCR facebook friends...so add me!
My Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/people/Will-Carpenter/11821452#!/profile.php?id=512977296&hiq=will%2Ccarpenter)
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billnchristy
02-03-2010, 11:10 AM
Did I say teats yet? If not...TEATS!!
prerube
02-03-2010, 12:28 PM
just added it... looks good
I don't see any differences, what changes?
There isn't really a visible change on the site. What happens is that if you post a new review, score, etc. DGCR will make a post on your facebook wall that you wrote a new review or whatever the case may be.
zenbot
02-03-2010, 12:42 PM
There isn't really a visible change on the site. What happens is that if you post a new review, score, etc. DGCR will make a post on your facebook wall that you wrote a new review or whatever the case may be.
Can I push out my old reviews? I was able to send the link to my home course.
*edit*
I have a better idea. Why don't I just look for myself?
Nope. Can't do that.
dgaficionado
02-03-2010, 12:46 PM
What a nice feature. It works well and looks great. Thanks for the continued improvement to this site.
I think you used the share thing for your home course which is completely separate from the facebook stuff I put together for reviews, scores, etc. As far as old reviews, there isn't a way to push them out. If you update them, they'll get pushed out so if/when you do that it will post a thing on your facebook page.
homebrew
02-03-2010, 12:52 PM
Very nice.
jedwards
02-03-2010, 02:20 PM
OK, I'm liking it so far. I marked a course played that I hadn't marked off yet so I could see it work.
I also realized that I don't have many DGCR facebook friends...so add me!
My Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/people/Will-Carpenter/11821452#!/profile.php?id=512977296&hiq=will%2Ccarpenter)
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ok -- added :clap:
WillACarpenter
02-03-2010, 07:11 PM
ok -- added :clap:
And confirmed. :hfive:
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100 people have connected their facebook accounts to their DGCR accounts. Very cool to see it being used :)
cc0049
02-25-2010, 12:30 PM
It's a cool feature! I only let my good rounds go to Facebook though. :)
RussMB
02-25-2010, 12:52 PM
I love it. I didn't realize that I had checked the post updated reviews, So as I finally got around to posting the addresses for GPS's in my reviews, All of my facebook friends got blasted with the Review updates. Haha It's good for them! lol It keeps them informed! It beats getting a post that is asking for help with Farmville or Fishville or whatever the latest game is! lol
Why would you post the addresses in your reviews instead of on the actual course page? Far more people would see it on the course page.
cmcolomb
02-25-2010, 01:14 PM
Thanks Tim!!
You are the man and we all appreciate your hard work on this amazing website!
I am anti-facebook, but that is a cool idea!
I don't use it except for this DGCR stuff :)
Also, Russ, I added the address info from your reviews to the course pages that had it missing.
cc0049
02-25-2010, 05:35 PM
I am anti-facebook
Pffft. Blasphemy!
RussMB
02-25-2010, 05:41 PM
Why would you post the addresses in your reviews instead of on the actual course page? Far more people would see it on the course page.
Actually, I'm ashamed to say, I didn't think about doing that until a few weeks ago. This was prior to that realization. :o But I got myself into the habit of doing it in the review.
solomon.trenton
02-25-2010, 07:11 PM
i let everything go. i find it makes my page fill up quicker because i dont normally post.
jhgonzo
03-06-2010, 08:05 PM
Finally linked up, and it looks great! Posted a scheduled round and a score, got some comments from FB friends who aren't DGCR members, so hopefully as I continue to litter my page with stuff this upcoming season I'll drive a few people to DGCR.
Tim, do you have a way to see how much traffic gets sent here via Facebook links? If so, we'd all love to see some numbers as more people start using this! If not, maybe you could include a little questionnaire for new members asking how they heard about DGCR (PDGA, Facebook, Google, flyer on a course, website address written in wet cement, etc.).
I can see some facebook numbers but it's all mixed in so I can differentiate whether someone clicked on a link from your wall or you just went to your dashboard and the facebook connect thing loaded.
Glad to hear a few of your friends commented on it :)
billnchristy
03-07-2010, 11:46 AM
My only complaint is now that you have linked the IP (which I understand the reasoning) when I put in my wifes score on her account it posts it to my facebook under my name.
That's just a facebook connect thing I don't have control over. It uses the account of whoever is logged into facebook so if you want it to go under your wife's name you'd have to log out of facebook first, log her in to fb and then come here and enter a score (you might have to re-connect if you haven't to give the site permission to post to her fb).
billnchristy
03-07-2010, 08:17 PM
Ahhh ok, I will try that to see what happens.
craftsman
03-07-2010, 09:31 PM
What's the point of facebook? Seriously, I've only had the net since my join date? I thought it was just for teens and girls
That Chinger Guy
03-07-2010, 10:21 PM
What's the point of facebook? Seriously, I've only had the net since my join date? I thought it was just for teens and girls
It use to be more "school" oriented. It was designed originally for high school graduating seniors to keep in touch with one another as they went off to college. Now it's just pure social networking with no particular theme. :\
billnchristy
03-08-2010, 08:19 AM
Ummm I have found probably about 20 people I went to school with and was in the Navy with that I would have never found. In fact we went to dinner Saturday with a girl from school and her family. I think that is pretty cool.
You can also get groups of people with like minds on something.
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 02:28 AM
Do you need to be logged in to FB before recording a score etc. for it to show up on FB? I recorded a score, but nothing shows on my FB page.
I also made sure I was logged in then edited the round (without making changes) and then saved it, no luck.
Was wondering if the "notes" section for the round would show up on the FB post as well.
I'll have to double-check the notes but I think that will show. You have to be logged in to FB (possibly having checked "remember login" over there). If you see the "Share on Facebook" checkbox on the score entry page (or any other page on DGCR that shares data with FB) at the bottom that means your account is linked properly. You can also go to your dashboard to see if it's connected.
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 02:16 PM
I'll have to double-check the notes but I think that will show. You have to be logged in to FB (possibly having checked "remember login" over there). If you see the "Share on Facebook" checkbox on the score entry page (or any other page on DGCR that shares data with FB) at the bottom that means your account is linked properly. You can also go to your dashboard to see if it's connected.
Dashboard shows it all as linked and all options as "On", but no checkbox on the Score page.
That's really strange. I just went to the scorebook page and it popped right up for me. Which browser are you using?
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 02:45 PM
Safari on OS X 10.6.2. It worked fine when you first set it up, not sure what the deal is.
That's really odd since I haven't touched it since I set it up. If you have Firefox give it a shot there to see if it's something with Safari.
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 03:08 PM
Ok even more odd: Logged in to DGCR via Firefox, and I had to do the FB Connect thing again. Still no checkbox on scorebook edit page.
Tried on Google Chrome, and the FB Connect area on the Dashboard didn't even show up.
Only new scores are sent to facebook, not edited/updated ones so you won't see the checkbox on that page. I'm downloading chrome now to see what's up.
Just tested chrome and works like a champ on my end.
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 03:14 PM
Ahhhh, OK I am seeing the checkbox when adding a new round in the scorebook (on Safari).
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 03:17 PM
Just tested chrome and works like a champ on my end.
Forgot I had a Flash blocker plugin running on Chrome. Sorry!
So it seems you need to log in to FB Connect with every browser you want to use. I got the "Connect" button on Chrome after allowing Flash.
gcoghill
03-10-2010, 03:22 PM
Still odd that it didn't work last night, but I guess you need to be logged in to FB. Other linked apps have some setting to allow continuously, might want to look into that.
As long as you check the "remember me" button when you login to FB you will always be connected. From my somewhat limited understanding of it, I think the FB Connect stuff uses facebook's cookies to determine if you are logged in to FB or not which is why if you switch browsers you would need to re-login to both DGCR and FB. If you have already connected the accounts before in any browser you will not need to do it again in the new one.
Chainchaser
03-11-2010, 08:34 AM
What's the point of facebook? Seriously, I've only had the net since my join date? I thought it was just for teens and girls
Just about all my family is on facebook and it's a great way to keep in touch with them. I have been using it about 6 month's now and find it to be a useful way to keep in touch with people.
Fender088
03-11-2010, 08:40 AM
Teens use it for other purposes. A lot of people just use it to stay in touch with old friends. I really can't hate on it, because it's allowed me to communicate with friends that I would just be wondering about otherwise.
It's like any other website: you gotta take the good with the bad.
skinner21
03-11-2010, 03:27 PM
When I tested it out, I just put a score into the scorebook and it didn't show on facebook. What I had to do was go to my dashboard home on here (it will show "connected") then I was able to enter in a second round and it showed up on facebook.
Did you go to facebook between attempts? If so, that is probably what made it work. If you don't have remember login checked over on facebook then you'll have to visit there first before the connect thing knows that you're logged in over there.
skinner21
03-12-2010, 09:31 AM
ohhhh... good point.
Another Facebook thingy.. I added "Like" buttons to all the courses on the site. They'll be visible on most course pages except for the review pages since they seemed to get messed up with the other facebook stuff on that page.
etaine
04-29-2010, 06:08 PM
ACK!! facebook connect on vbulletin is such a bi*** to administrate. I have dealt with it on another forum I am the administrator for and its absolutely horrible. Sometimes it works great, others it screws everything up and you cant get it off your apps page.
ACK!! facebook connect on vbulletin is such a bi*** to administrate. I have dealt with it on another forum I am the administrator for and its absolutely horrible. Sometimes it works great, others it screws everything up and you cant get it off your apps page.
Well it's a good thing I'm not using it for vBulletin then. :p
etaine
04-29-2010, 06:39 PM
Well it's a good thing I'm not using it for vBulletin then. :p
lol, by the first post I thought it would be incorporated into the forums as well. If ya dont mind me asking, what CMS is the main site built off of?
I built it all from scratch.
duckkiller73
04-29-2010, 08:44 PM
i have seen it posted before, but i would like to ask, You have mastered fb so will an android app be next? I would love to get texts telling me when my friends are scheduled to play a round and be able to check a map when travelling to a course to see what other courses are around.
I wouldn't say I've mastered fb, just have a very basic understanding of it. As for phone apps, I don't own a fancy phone so I really don't have anything to test on and have no clue where to even start.
juanbond
05-09-2010, 09:57 PM
When I go to enter round scores, my first round always fails to post to FB... The rest work fine. I've double checked that I'm connected on my dashboard, as well as making sure the checkbox is checked on the scorecard page. Not sure whats up with that... Anyone else have this issue?
Keokuk Discer
06-27-2010, 07:57 PM
Are we still integrated with FB? I haven't seen the button selector on the scorebook page nor have any of my recent rounds been posted on FB. :confused:
If you go to your dashboard does the facebook box show you as connected?
volklgirl
06-27-2010, 10:14 PM
It worked for me this morning.
Keokuk Discer
06-27-2010, 10:50 PM
If you go to your dashboard does the facebook box show you as connected?
Yep. Everything is set to on.
No idea then.. maybe you didn't visit facebook first? It won't send the update to facebook unless you have either visited facebook before DGCR (same browser session) or you have "remember login" checked on facebook in which case it doesn't matter.
Keokuk Discer
06-27-2010, 11:28 PM
Nope, FB is my homepage so that isn't it. It just now showed an update after I went back to it, deleted the last score and re-entered it, but not the 4 before it. Strange.:confused:
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