Facebook and Blackbaud NetCommunity Part 3

For those of you who have been following along in my series on Facebook integration, we have discussed why you should use Facebook integration and how to configure Facebook to work with Blackbaud NetCommunity (BBNC).  Now it's time to talk about Facebook functionality in BBNC and allowing users to integrate their BBNC and Facebook accounts.

What do I need to get started?

• A Facebook account (Join Facebook)
• A BBNC User Account with Rights to create Pages and Parts within Blackbaud NetCommunity

How do I integrate BBNC user accounts with Facebook accounts?
To integrate accounts between systems, you need to create a Facebook Profile Link part so users can link up their accounts. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the page you wish to add the link part to.
2. Click on the placeholder where you wish to insert the part, and then click New Part.
3. From the part type selector, choose Facebook Profile Link.
   Note: If the part is not visible, your configuration may not have completed.  Review this article and double check your settings.  If that doesn't help, create a case and an analyst will be happy to assist.
4. Enter a name for your part and click next.
5. Type any changes to the default prompt text.
6. In the Generate Profile Update drop-down, select the The Raiser's Edge phone type to add the users Facebook profile link to. Once a user links their account, a profile update will download to the BBNC Plug-in in RE with the link for the phone type you selected.
7. Define the redirect text and link so when users link their accounts, it will point them to a page.
8. Click Save.

Now that the part is added to the website, you can test it by previewing the page and linking your own user account to Facebook.  If you didn't change the text the default part, it will look like this:

So now that my account is linked, what options do I have available in BBNC?
This depends on what you have setup in BBNC.  If you have Team Fundraiser, Personal Pages, User Networking, or any other part that allows users to add photos, users  will be able to add them directly from their Facebook accounts.  The screenshot of this functionality is below:

The other option you have available is in the User Networking Manager.  If you have the Friends tab enabled, users linked to Facebook will see an option to view their friends list and click through to their profiles.

Is that it?
For now that is the only out of the box functionality offered in BBNC. You can use custom parts and other solutions to further utilize the integration.  Our next post will cover these topics and provide some examples.

More Information:
We talked about User Networking parts but we didn't really get into how they are configured or what they do.  For more information, check out the User Networking Guide in our User Guides section.

Posts in this series:
Facebook and Blackbaud NetCommunity Part 1
Facebook and Blackbaud NetCommunity Part 2
Facebook and Blackbaud NetCommunity Part 3