We have just released a killer feature for Yonkly – Facebook integration.  We think this will allow you (the network owner) to grow your network very rapidly and virally.  It will also allow your users to invite their Facebook friends easily, so they can communicate and collaborate with the people they already know.  You can imagine how powerful this is and how fast it can grow your network.  We hope this will translate into more users, more conversation and more ad revenue for YOU.

Currently, this is an opt-in feature and if you would like to enable it, just visit your Admin Control Panel, click on Settings and check the “Enable Facebook Connect” checkbox at the bottom of the page.

This will add a Facebook Connect button to the login and signup page.  So you and your users can simply click it and automatically log in.  It is that simple.

The first time you or your users click the button they will be prompted to authorize your Facebook application to access their Facebook account.

Once they do they will be asked to link their existing Yonkly account or create a new one.  From then on, all they have to do login is click the “Connect with Facebook” button.

Once they authorize your site access to their Facebook profile, they will be able to invite their friends to join your network by clicking the “Invite” link on the top navigation bar.

Best of all this feature is free and available to all network owners even free accounts.  But if you are using a custom domain such as in the case of www.christtr.com and www.hotwitter.com then you have to do a couple of extra steps.  The reason is that Facebook uses your domain name to verify that you are a valid user and not just someone trying to steal Facebook accounts.  So, if you are using a custom domain and want to setup Facebook Connect then read this.  This has the added benefit to completely customize the experience for your users, even the Facebook prompt has your logo and your site name as shown in the above screen shots from www.christtr.com.  They will never know anything about Yonkly – a true white-label experience.

As always, please let us know what you think or if you are having any problems.  You post your questions, comments, complaints and compliments in our Google Group.