User Authentication with Codeigniter 1.7 using Facebook Connect

In a previous article we covered User Authentication with Codeigniter 1.7 using Twitter oAuth. In this article by Adam Griffiths, author of CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development, we will continue our discussion on how we can utilize third-party authentication methods by using Facebook Connect.

Facebook Connect is just like Twitter oAuth, but for Facebook accounts. It doesn't use the oAuth protocol, so its workings might seem slightly different to developers. To users, however, the difference is marginal. Just like in Twitter oAuth, users do not need to enter any of their account credentials on your website or application—it is all handled by Facebook.

User Extensions and Add-ons in Selenium 1.0 Testing Tools

In this article, by David Burns, author of Selenium 1.0 Testing Tools, we are going to look at how we can expand Selenium. This is for those times when Selenium's API is not verbose enough.

Selenium has the ability to allow developers to create functions, in the same three-column format, to all tests to reuse snippets of code instead of evaluating them with getEval calls.

User extensions and add-ons are all written in JavaScript. This is due to Selenium's core being written in JavaScript. Let's now have a look at user extensions.

In this article, we shall discuss:

• User extensions
• Add-ons

So let's get on with it...

User Interaction and Email Automation in Symfony 1.3: Part1

After developing an application in Symfony 1.3, the next aspect we will cover is creation of forms. Symfony incorporates a subframework that handles forms, which once mastered, makes creating forms an enjoyable task. In this two-part article by Tim Bowler, we are going to see how easy it is to create and validate forms by creating a newsletter signup module for our web site. We will then convert our new module into a plugin so that we can use it with other projects.

By the end of this article you will know how to:

• Add a third-party library to send automated emails
• Create and modify Propel-based forms
• Use flash variables
• Create a plugin and package it up for redistribution

User Interface Design in ICEfaces 1.8: Part 1

In this article by Rainer Eschen, we will take a look at what a desktop-like presentation means to modern web applications. We will learn the design principles and start with a common page layout based on the Facelets templating.

User Interface Enhancement Techniques with Drupal and Ubercart 2.x

In the previous article by George Papadongonas and Yiannis Doxaras, authors of Drupal E-commerce with Ubercart 2.x, we saw how to implement more complex marketing technique such as cross-selling using taxonomy and recommendation systems for Drupal with Ubercart, how to create an alternative layout for products using panels and enhance user interface using views. In this article we show we will you how to offer a better browsing experience to your visitors, and how to use enhanced marketing techniques to attract more clients and to make them spend more money in your store. In this article we are going to show you:

• How to improve the shopping cart
• How to manage product prices and discounts in a better way

User Management in Joomla! 1.5: Part 1

Managing the registered users of your website can be a time consuming process, particularly if you have a large number of them, all of whom have various roles. Each role or user profile has access to certain information or tasks (if they're administrative) within the scope of your website. You have the tools to determine the extent of their access by using the backend interface modules. To explain, we'll use the Party People website to show you how to stay on top of managing your users and their profiles.

In this article by Tracey Porst on User Management, we will look at the User Manager to deal with the scenarios that can, and inevitably will, arise in your role as content editor and web master. These include:

• Managing existing frontend and administrative users
• Establishing and editing new user accounts
• Managing username and password issues
• Dealing with problematic users
• Tying in user profiles with site contacts
• Communicating with users

User Management in Zenoss

We should set up a user name for each person who will be using Zenoss, and all the users should log in using their user account, not as the admin user. Individual users can be granted the same privileges as the admin account. The security of the user accounts is important. Various roles and groups can be assigned to a user. In this article by Michael Badger, the following is discussed:

• How to add new users and edit the properties of their user accounts
• The various available roles and their privileges
• Administered objects such as devices and systems
• Creating and editing custom event views
• Attaching alerts to users or groups of users
• Creating alert escalations
• Customizing alert messages
• Setting a schedule for each alerting rule
• Adding and editing groups and assigning users to groups

Users and Permissions with CMS Made Simple 1.6: Part 1

In this two-part article by Sofia Hauschildt, author of CMS Made Simple 1.6: Beginner's Guide, we shall look into:

• Roles, users, and groups
• Permissions on content
• Special designer permissions
• Archiving and restoring different versions
• Overview of all default permissions
• User notifications

Users, Profiles, and Connections in Elgg

Ever been to a night club on a Monday morning? There's you, there are chairs, and the potential to host a party on the weekend. There are lots of buttons, lots of potential, but no one there except you. Unlike a night club, you don't have to wait for the weekend to host your friends on Elgg. Invite them as soon as you're done setting up the software. Elgg is designed to make it easier for you to invite people. If you've ever setup a blog or rolled out your own website, how long did it take before you could invite your friends over? You had to put up all sorts of content to indulge them, and also fiddle around decorating the portal so that it doesn't look dull.

That's where a social network is different from a regular website. Websites follow a two-way, one-to-many style of interaction, where the owner of the website, or blog, talks to all his visitors who respond with their comments, either on the website, or via e-mail. In this article by Mayank Sharma, we discuss about social networking software that follows a many-to-many style of interaction. Members interact with each other, and create their own content, which is then shared with all. This is then discussed and commented on by everyone. The owner of the site is like the perfect host. They mingle, discuss with everyone, but don't stamp their authority, unless you're naughty. They're like every other member, except for the fact that they own the place. Sounds familiar? So, you don't have to worry about content before inviting your friends. Your friends bring their own content.