As the name suggests, the Sitecore Social Connected Module allows visitors to log in to the website using their social media credentials. In this case, Sitecore does not access the visitor’s credentials, but instead uses API to communicate with the social network. For instance, if a visitor does not grant access to their profile, the system redirects them back to the website, and the visitor has to login to the website.
When a visitor logs in using his social network credentials, the Social Connected Module gets the information from the visitor profile. The module then saves this information to a Sitecore user profile in the extranet domain and to a contact profile. This user profile has some service data, including access tokens and application ID. On the other hand, the contact profile has information such as interests, age, sex and related data. By using social media credentials to login to the website, users can avoid the registration process.
In a nutshell, Social Connected is a free module from Sitecore that allows websites to:
Installation and Setup
This Sitecore module is only available with version 6.5 and above and comes as a package that needs to be installed within Sitecore. In addition to installation of DLLs, config files and sublayouts, the module creates a /sitecore/system/social content tree.
If you use Facebook as a social connector, then:
Note: You can only add one application for each social network to the default folder.
If you want to enable sign-in on multiple sites, you have to create additional applications as children of the "/sitecore/system/social/applications" item, and you will need to write custom code to wire up your sign-in handler to the proper application item.
The Social Connected module improves the social engagement of your website with the following features:
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