I'm happy to hear these comments because I'm currently working on a sample that does just this :) Technically this is possible with the client libraries and some workarounds today, but the FC team is working on making this a lot easier for developers, and we're hoping to have a fully functional demo site open sourced soon in order to show you how this is possible.
~Arne On Feb 12, 3:36 pm, cornelius <smileyreco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > lets take the friendconnect route that was mentioned > > signup + login is very easy just add the widgets (so far so good) > > but thats where the fun stops > > since these are done in iframe? theres no way for the underlying php > app accessing this info > > So maybe an article on how to use php5, friendconnect and opensocial > api to help add further functionality (from the underlying server > layer not yet more javascript) > > Thanks > > P.S: seems ZDnet are thinking along the same > lineshttp://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1040 > > On Feb 12, 10:20 pm, Chris Chabot <chab...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hey Gary, > > > It kind of makes sense when your familiar with the history of OpenSocial, > > first we had a JavaScript API (gadgets) and people who offered that API > > ("containers" as we call them), and then we added a REST API to allow for > > all kinda of nifty things like using OpenSocial on mobile devices and/or in > > server to server situations. Add some OAuth and OpenID to the mix, and > > Google Friend Connect became possible, as well as many other interesting > > applications. > > > You can really pick whatever makes sense to you. For people who have a great > > idea it's a real time saver to make a social app, so you don't have to > > attract an audience to your site, deal with advertising, writing login > > handlers, a cms, etc etc.. Simple write an OpenSocial app, and put it on the > > existing social sites and leverage their existing user base. > > > If you have a site where you would like to add social too it, if you have > > the resources and technical know-how, using shindig gives you all the > > freedom and flexibility you want, but again it does take a bit of work .. > > > For people who don't have the time, resources or background to do that, > > FriendConnect is an amazing option, cut and paste some html and your already > > a social site that can host OpenSocial apps, using GFC's login , friend > > lists and posting activities back to those social networking sites (so their > > friends see it, and visit your site too, great way to make the attention > > circle connect). > > > And indeed, as the last option, using what we often refer to as "The Open > > Stack", a combination of various technologies allowing people to > > authenticate, grant access and retrieve social information in a portable and > > open way (meaning "Open" as in: open source, open spec & open specification > > processes) with technologies like OpenID for identity, OAuth for granting > > access to resources, and PortableContacts and/or OpenSocial for social > > information (friend lists, activities, messages, etc); > > > An example of such server to server scenario would be, well say that you had > > a site with movie quotes ranked by popularity .. using OAuth and > > OpenSocial's people end point, you could import someone's friend list and > > show not only the general ratings, but also the much more valuable and > > interesting ratings and comments of your friends. > > > Friend Connect in it's self is indeed also a great example of how to use > > these technologies, OpenID (& a few others) for identity, OAuth for > > permission, and OpenSocial's people and activities end points for as the > > data exchange standard. > > > A fun resource to learn a bit more about what's happening in this 'Open > > Stack' area is "the social web tv":http://thesocialweb.tv/ > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Gary <gary.freder...@jsoft.com> wrote: > > > > Great post, > > > > Are the 4 options in a faq? > > > Is Friend Connect an example of option 3? > > > > and I wasv also feeling somewhat deflated. We have some small social > > > groups, mostly mailing lists with some stuff on web pages and getting > > > them more social sounds like a good idea. I tried Friend Connect and > > > it went well to build a few hello world kinds of examples. > > > > I was about to install shindig (php version for that first test) but > > > now think I need to also look more at OpenID and OAuth. > > > > Lots to look into. > > > > Gary --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
