Is Janrain-ing on Your Parade?

Jes Rodriguez

Has your attempt to successfully configure Janrain before the New Year (or more importantly the Gigya cutoff deadline of 12/31) got you feeling like you’ve been left out in the rain?  If so, take cover; this posting is for you.  



While the new platform improvements such as increased social provider options and improved social login/sharing are significant, I have to admit, not everyone is having the ideal configuration experience.  When it comes to social sharing in particular, some social providers (*cough* Facebook *cough*) require additional configuration steps that can seem to be a bit, well, cloudy in explanation.



In order to make sure we’re providing a more seamless transition, we’ve created a couple of guides to walk you through the steps to configure both Janrain and more importantly, your Facebook Developer app for social sharing.    Now, having gone through the process myself, I can tell you that the steps to configure social sharing for Facebook is in a word – convio, I mean, convo-luted.  The reason for this, I beleive, is that the sharing functionality for Facebook requires a special permission called "publish_actions" that requires a "few" additional steps beyond the basic setup for Social Login.  Some of these items include writing a long description of your app and step-by-step instructions on how your app is going to be used along with adding screenshots and screencasts of your Facebook app in action. Now, while there's not a Dislike button for this process, there is the Facebook Developer App Guide we've created.  Hopefully, it will eliminate a lot of the guesswork in completing this part of the configuration.



You can find the guides in the following Knowledgebase articles:



How do I configure Social Login and Social Sharing with Janrain?

How do I set up a Facebook App to use with Janrain for Social Login and Social Sharing?



In addition, we have added a listing of new Janrain Knowledgebase articles that will cover some Frequently Asked Questions.



Still have questions? Do not contact Janrain Support.  Contact Luminate Online support with any issues or questions not found in the Knowledgebase. ​