G Friend Connect

Installing Google Friend Connect

I just went through the process of installing Friend Connect on this site and specifically, for this blog. It was a very simple process, but a little more challenging than installing a simple Google Gadget because you must first download and add two files (canvas.html and relay_rpc.html) to the root of your website's domain. If you don't control the root of your domain then this could present a problem, but there do seem to be workarounds and on Blogger.com the files are already present.

Installing Friend Connect was so simple that I didn't really need any help. The basic steps were:

• Login to the Friend Connect site
• Choose the Setup a New Site option, enter your site's URL and title
• Download canvas.html and relay_rpc.html and add them to your site
• Pick the gadgets you want, copy-and-paste the HTML/JavaScript code into your site

If you need some additional guidance, there are some how-to guides around the web:

• How to install Google Friend Connect on your Wordpress blog
• How to install Google Friend Connect on your blog

You can see the resulting Member Gadget in the left sidebar of this blog. Try it out. I believe you must login via your Google account, but then you can choose to join via either your Plaxo, Orkut or Twitter networks. I'll have to do some more experimentation.

Posted at 12:05PM Feb 17, 2009 by Dave Johnson in Notes  |  Comments [0]