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Create social media application and configure Janrain settings

Under Social media, select Create social media application. Additional fields appear.

In the Domain field, enter the fully qualified domain for the social media application. For example, you might enter signin.yoursite.com. To qualify a domain, you must create a CNAME (canonical name) record and an A record (referred to as the @) to map to Janrain's domain and IP address. We recommend you contact Janrain for detailed configuration information.

Note: Blackbaud provides a standard preconfigured domain, rpxnow, that you can use for free. You may want to use this domain if your organization does not have its own domain configured with Janrain. To use the rpxnow domain, enter it in this format: name.rpxnow.com, where “name” is the name you want to assign to the social media application. For example, the domain for a Blackbaud NetCommunity for ABC Organization may be “abcorganization.rpxnow.com.”

Tip: Registering domain names and creating CNAMEs and A records requires advanced knowledge of the DNS (Domain Name System). If you do not have this knowledge or experience, contact the appropriate system administrator at your organization for assistance.

In the Email field, enter the email address to use for communication from the social media authentication service about your account.

Click Create. The application creates and you receive an email from the authentication service. The email provides a link to your Janrain account so you can configure it.

To save the settings, click Save.

Note: After you save the social media application, use Clear Settings with caution. When you clear settings, the Domain and Email fields remove, but the social media application does not delete from Janrain. If you create a new social media application, you cannot use the same domain again. To delete the Janrain account, you must do so on Janrain's website.

Open the email from Janrain and click the link to access your account. On the Janrain website, you identify website domains and select the social networks to display on Blackbaud NetCommunity login pages.

To identify website domains, review the following steps.

Under Deployment, select Application Settings. The Settings screen appears.

In the Whitelist field, enter all Blackbaud NetCommunity website domains that you want to use the social network application.

Click Save.

To select social networks to display on login forms, review the following steps.

Select Deployment, Provider Configuration. A page appears for you to select the social networks to enable for the account. The account supports Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Windows Live, LinkedIn, OpenID, Google, and Yahoo. Although you can add other network providers to the list, auto match may not work properly.

Select the social network to configure. Then, click Configure at the top of the page. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the social network configuration.

Repeat this step for each social network you want to include on your website's login page.

To preview a social network login page as it appears for a website user, click a social network icon. The page displays your social media application name so website users know your application is requesting access to the information.

To configure the appearance of the social network options on login forms, perform the following steps.

Select Deployment, Sign-in for Web. The Sign-in configuration page appears.

Select Widget from the list of configurable options.

Note: The Legacy Widget is only supported in Blackbaud NetCommunity versions 2.95 and earlier.

Under Configure Widget, select the layout settings, sign-in providers, and styles to appear as necessary.

Note: Under Layout, in the Type field, we recommend you select the embedded option.

Note: The maximum width for event login pages is 325 pixels.

Select Save and Publish.

Click Publish.

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You can configure the ability for users to post activity updates on your website to social networks. After a user registers for your site, a social media share screen appears to generate the post on the social network. For example, users can select to post to Facebook or Twitter. To provide this ability, perform the following steps.

Select Deployment, Social Sharing for Web. The Social Share configuration page appears.

Select Social Share Widget from the list of configurable options.

Note: The Legacy Share Widget is only supported in Blackbaud NetCommunity versions 2.95 and earlier.

From the Configure Widget tab, under Share Mode, select Share Only.

Under Email Providers, leave the Enable Share by Email checkbox unmarked.

Under Share Providers, select the providers to appear on the share screen.

Under Modal Styles, select the styles to appear on the share screen. If you do not select styles, the program uses default options.

Select Save this configuration on the Engage servers.

Click Save.

You can now enable the social media application on User Login parts. For more information, see Enable social website login on a User Login part.