Create a Facebook App to enable your members to sign up using their Facebook account. Follow the detailed instructions below.
You must be registered as a developer on https://developers.facebook.com
- Go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps;
- Click Add a New App in the top left corner of the screen;
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_1.png)
- Select a “Consumer” app type to connect the Login Facebook feature.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_004-585x442.png)
- Fill in the Add an app name and App contact email fields and click the Create app button;
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_001-585x276.png)
- Enter your Facebook login password.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_002-585x302.png)
- Click Set Up on the Facebook Login card;
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- Select the “WEB” platform for your app;
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_5.png)
- In the Site URL field, insert your network URL (e.g., network-name.ning.com) and save the changes;
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_6.png)
- Go to PRODUCTS > Facebook Login and select Settings;
- Insert the following URL in the Valid OAuth Redirect URIs field:
https://auth.ning.com/socialAuth/facebook
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_7.png)
- Save the changes;
- Go to Setting > Basic;
- In the App Domains field, insert your network URL (e.g., network-name.ning.com);
- Fill in the Privacy Policy URL and Terms of Service URL fields.
You can use the link to your network’s default Terms Of Service* in both fields, e.g., https://network-name.ning.com/main/authorization/termsOfService?previousUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftestbdlz-zav.ning.com%2Fprivacy
*You can get the following link by going to your network’s home page (network-name.ning.com) and scrolling to the bottom. At the bottom right corner, you’ll see a link to your network’s “Terms of Service”.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_003-1-585x300.png)
- Choose “Data deletion callback URL” in the User deletion URL, and paste the following URL, which addresses the profile settings page, where member can delete their profile page: https://network-name.ning.com/main/profilesettings/edit.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_004-1-585x270.png)
- Select any category from the Category drop-down menu and save the changes;
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_005-585x270.png)
- Toggle the “OFF” switch in the top Facebook App panel;
- Click Switch Mode on the pop-up notification (the switch will become “ON”);
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_9.png)
- In Settings > Basic, copy your App ID and App Secret;
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_10.png)
- Paste the App ID and Secret in the corresponding fields of the pop-up that appears in your NING admin panel’s Sign-Up & Sign-In page.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_11.png)
- Click Test.
- In the newly opened window, log in using your active Facebook account.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_12.png)
- A notification will appear if the settings are correct, confirming that the test was successful. Click Save to save the settings.
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot_13.png)
After that, do not forget to save the changes on the Sign-Up & Sign In page:
![](https://www.ning.com/ning3help/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Selection_006-585x858.png)
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