The project required careful handling of abstract concepts of user identity. Users sign into their wConnect account through their regular Facebook account, and merging these identities while managing issues of user privacy, and technical implementation was one of the most interesting parts of the project.
Developing satisfactory visual branding for the app was also a challenge. wConnect needed a modern, clean look and feel that integrated into the Facebook frame nicely–but communicated ownership of the content we were responsible for.
wConnect Facebook Application
During the summer of 2008 I worked with in the Computer Supported Collaboration and Learning Lab at PSU’s School of IST. My work focused on developing a facebook application for wConnect, a social alliance of women in information technology headed by Mary Beth Rosson, using PHP and the Facebook API.
The project required careful handling of abstract concepts of user identity. Users sign into their wConnect account through their regular Facebook account, and merging these identities while managing issues of user privacy, and technical implementation was one of the most interesting parts of the project.
Developing satisfactory visual branding for the app was also a challenge. wConnect needed a modern, clean look and feel that integrated into the Facebook frame nicely–but communicated ownership of the content we were responsible for.
Some screenshots after the jump…
Skills: PHP, SQL, Facebook API, HTML, CSS, Photoshop