Setting up Social Login for your community
Overview
Enabling social login allows members to log in using their existing accounts from available social media platforms, like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn instead of creating a new username and password.
Who can enable social login?
Only the community hosts can enable social login in your community.
How to enable social login
- Go to Settings.
- Click Social Login under Single Sign-On.
Click Configure on the right-side of the app you want to configure.
Before proceeding, you must create an app on the respective social platform,
For LinkedIn,
- Click the link given below the title header. (https://www.linkedin.com/developers/apps)
- In the page, enter the configuration details and create an app.
- Once the app is created, go to the Auth tab and copy the Client ID and Client Secret.
- Back in your community, click Configure next to LinkedIn.
- In the pop-up, paste the Client ID into the Application ID field and the Client Secret into the Application Secret field.
- Once done, click Save.
- After saving, copy the Redirect URL shown in the Social Login settings.
- Go back to the LinkedIn Auth tab, click + Add redirect URL under OAuth 2.0 settings.
- Now, paste the copied URL and click Update.
That's it! LinkedIn social login is now set up for your community.
For Facebook
- Click the link given below the title header (https://developers.facebook.com/) and log in with your Facebook for developers account.
[If you're new, you must create a developer account to proceed] - Click My Apps in the top-right corner, then click Create App.
- Choose Allow people to login with their Facebook Account and click Next.
- Select whether you'd like to connect with a business portfolio or not and click Next.
- Enter your App Display Name and App Contact Email, then click Create App. You may need to complete a quick security check.
- You’ll be taken to your app dashboard.
- Search and select the Facebook Login app and click Set Up.
- Once set up, go to QuickStart.
Enter your Site URL (eg, https://zoho-communityspaces.com). Click Save and then Continue.
Click Next for the further steps because since they don't require any configuration. - Go to App settings from the left menu.
- Copy the App ID and App secret from the page while entering other details.
- Back in the community, click Configure next to Facebook.
- In the pop-up, paste the copied App ID and App secret.
- Now, copy the redirect URL on the same page.
- Go to the Facebook once again, click Advanced underApp settings.
Paste the copied redirect URL in the Share Redirect Allow List. - Once done, click Save Changes.
That's it! Facebook social login is now ready for your community.
What happens after enabling social login?
Once enabled social login, members can login to the community with their social media account.
Even if social login is enabled in your community, users can still use traditional sign-up and login. Okay
With Social Login, your community is even more accessible to users with a quicker sign-in experience. For more details or queries, send us an email at support@zohocommunityspaces.com. We're happy to assist!
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