On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:25 PM, dino d. <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Slightly off topic, but I'm exploring FB connect integration with my
> rails site.
>
> Right now I have an application with a User model, and that user model
> links to all of my other models, such as comments, votes, etc.  As I
> understand it, FB connect lets users log in without having to log in
> to my site.  So what do I do, just create a pseudo user for each
> facebook connect login?
>

This really depends on how you configure your site.  If you use the privacy
controls that's provided by the framework, then they would be properly
authenticated
to your site as they are to facebook.com.


>
> Alternatively, can I / should I have existing users associate their FB
> accounts with my site's user accounts?


> If two users log in to my site using only FB connect, and they're
> friends on FB, is there any way for me to tell that?
>

I would highly recommend reading the development documents at

http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Connect

Also, you'll find a live demo here:

http://www.somethingtoputhere.com/therunaround

Good luck,

-Conrad

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