More on Facebook Connect

As I've been busy these days fine tuning the new User Management features, I've also enhanced the TopOfGuitar integration with Facebook.

I'm talking about the "Connect with Facebook" and "Share" buttons that are now part of the TopOfGuitar experience. 

The way it works is simple: you can login to TopOfGuitar by clicking on the "Connect with Facebook" button located on the top right section of each page.

Once you're logged in using Facebook, you will see the "Share" button next to each bookmark's thumbnail.

If you want to share that bookmark with your Facebook friends, just click on the "Share" button and this will initiate the same steps as if you were posting a link from your Facebook page. 

Simple! Hope you like it.

Ernesto

Finally, Facebook Connect and a new User Management feature!

I'm very happy to announce TopOfGuitar.com has now an improved User Management system! You might know already TopOfGuitar.com is developed using Google App Engine, which leverages Google Accounts for authentication. You need to be logged-in if you want to submit a bookmark or vote for one. This has been available since day one.

However, TopOfGuitar wants to go beyond that, so User Management is very important for the roadmap of this site. On the other hand, I didn't want to impose our visitors user management just for the sake of it. Making it useful and easy. That's the idea.

Well, that's why I chose Facebook Connect in combination with Google Accounts. The principle is, no need for new usernames! In addition, I want to enable users to connect with each other based on their guitar needs and interests (if you play in a band, or are looking for one, or provide services relevant to guitar players, etc.)

So this is an important step in a series of future improvements aimed at making TopOfGuitar.com the best web experience for guitar players! So, wait no more and create your TopOfGuitar user!

Hope you like it!

Ernesto

(you can see my profile here)