Widgetbox is very excited to announce our official integration with Facebook Connect. The benefits to the Widgetbox community are clear:

- Simple Widgetbox registration and/or user login
- Ability to effectively share your widgets and Widgetbox activity across your Facebook ‘Social Graph’
- Tools specifically intended to make widgets more viral and easier to distribute
- Improved on-Facebook widget integration and messaging
… And we are just getting started!

Below is a quick guide to registering through Facebook Connect and – if you already have a Widgetbox account – linking your account. You’ll realize it’s very easy! Please also read the posts on:

- Sharing / Promoting your Widgets with Facebook Connect

- Commenting and Rating with Facebook Connect

Registering Through Facebook Connect – Or Linking Your Current Widgetbox Account

There are two ways to utilize Facebook Connect for registration / login… and both are very easy.

First, new users are now able to register on Widgetbox either through their Facebook Connect login or directly through Widgetbox by providing an email address, username and password. Both work fine – but if you are an active Facebook user, you will realize that registering through Facebook Connect is simple. To get started, either click the “Join Now” link in the Widgetbox header or press the large “Connect with Facebook” graphic on the right side of the homepage. When you get to the following screen, just press the Facebook Connect button to get started:

If you are currently a Widgetbox user, you can now link your Facebook account via Facebook Connect. To do so, you can either use the same flow above (but instead of clicking “Join Now” simply click “Login” and the initiate Facebook Connect). Or, you can go to the My Account page (linked in the header) and then add your Facebook credentials.

A couple notes regarding Widgetbox and Facebook Connect:

- Connecting your Widgetbox account with Facebook Connect is important as it is a necessary action in using the other Facebook Connect tools / integrations on Widgetbox.

- It is secure and safe as the connection is authenticated through Facebook. For instance, if you logout of Facebook, your Widgetbox session would be ‘disconnected’ and you would need to re-login

- You will notice that, when your account is linked, you will see your Facebook profile photo on your Widgetbox account page. That’s one way you will know it worked!

- You can always disconnect your account through the My Account page. And you can always reconnect it as well.

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