Are there known issues with Facebook login and IE

answered 2010-11-19 16:53:32 -0500

Evgeny
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updated 2010-11-19 21:12:37 -0500

I've just tried on IE8 and it worked for me if I'm logged out of FB in the first place, but there seems to be a glitch when I'm already signed on to facebook, but not yet in askbot. I'll investigate this one. Thanks.

Actually, maybe it's not just an IE issue, I see this in chrome js console: "FB.login() called when user is already connected."

edit I think I've fixed the issue - try the new update, there was just a bug of course. After applying the update increment the number in the skin settings - it's not automated yet - to push the updated script onto the users when they try to log in next time.

For anyone who is interested, the working button handler looks like this:

var start_facebook_login = function(){
    if (typeof FB != 'undefined'){
        //used to have just FB.login() here
        FB.getLoginStatus(function(response){
            if (response.session){
                signin_form.submit();
            }
            else {
                FB.login();
            }
        });
    }
    return false;
};

The key is to call FB.getLoginStatus() with the actual login callback.