I'm getting closer to an answer, I found this link which talks about linking accounts (your users and facebook users):
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Account_Linking If I get this working, I'll post an update. Dino On Jan 12, 9:22 pm, "dino d." <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Conrad. I'm still confused though. I have a model called > User that has the following: > > has_many :comments > > Now, when my user logs in and leaves a comment, I say something like > > comment = Comment.new > ... > user.comments << comment > > Now, suppose a Facebook user authenticates with FB connect. Now > what? How do I keep track of this users comments? > > I've read both of those links but they don't really address how you > treat a facebook user as a data point in your site. > > On Jan 12, 5:40 pm, "Conrad Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
