Gigya's API and plug-and-play widgets can help implement a wide range of registration, sharing and engagement use cases in your site. This document include a summary of common features and use cases, together with quick links to get started.
Registration
With Gigya's API and widgets your users can register or Sign-in using one or more social network or OpenID authentication provider. Please choose the use case that best fits your needs:
| Use Case | Use Case Description | Why use it? | Links |
| One-Step Registration | Enable users to register in one click using an existing social network account; saves the User's ID for future reference without saving user profile data. | Increase registration rates and provide a consistent user experience for returning users. | Design Overview Implementation Guide |
| Full Registration | Enable users to register for your site and setup a profile using their social network account. | Increase registration rates. Enables site to capture and own social network profile and additional user data, require users to opt-in to site TOS or other services. | Design Overview Implementation Guide |
| Full Registration with Account Linking | Full Registration, plus enables users to link existing site accounts to one or more social network identities. Enables users to Sign-in to their account using their existing site credentials, or through a social network. | Same benefits as the "Full Registration" use case, plus enables sites to leverage existing user info while enabling that user to sign in with a social identity. | Design Overview Implementation Guide |
| Custom Registration Flow | Enable users to register for your site in a custom designed flow
| Tailor fit your site's user experience and implement your own design using Gigya's platform raw API calls. | |
| Independent Connect | Connecting users to their social network account, without registering them on the site. | Your site can apply social network profile and friends data even if you don't have an existing User Management System. | Design Overview Implementation Guide |
Gigya currently supports the following registration and log-in services: Facebook Connect, Sign-in with Twitter, MySpace ID, Yahoo (Y!OS), LinkedIn, Google, AOL, Wordpress, Blogger ID, Hyves, TypePad, LiveJournal, VeriSignID.
Share
The Gigya platform includes a wide range of tools to enable your users to share content and site activities to their social networks. You can implement one or more features and use cases:
| Use Case | Use Case Description | Why use it? | Links |
| Share Widget | Enable users to share content or activities on your site with friend one one or more social networks with Gigya's plug and play share widget. | Proven UI design, users never leave your site to share content, integrates seamlessly with Registration. After sharing, users remain connected to their social network(s) and can share in one click if they have already connected. | Design Overview Implementation Guide |
| Raw API Share | Use Gigya's raw API calls to update status, publish feed items, and send notifications to Social Networks.
| To custom fit your syndication user experience and get a seamless integration with Registration services. | Design Overview |
| Invite Friends to your site | Adding an invite widget to the registration flow. Currently only available for Facebook users only | Integrates seamlessly with Registration to drive additional friend traffic to your site. | Design Overview Implementation Guide |
| Standalone Sharing | Users are able to share to over 70 destinations. Does not integrate with Registration. | Easy to integrate. | Implementation Guide |
Engagement
Gigya's platform can help power social activity on your site. You can implement one or more features and use cases:
| Use Case | Use Case Description | Why use it? | Links |
| Newsfeed Widget | The Newsfeed Widget displays recent user activities in a feed stream. The stream can be filtered according to different groups: "Everyone", "Friends", and "Me". | The Newsfeed Widget promotes content discovery and user engagement. It also adds an element of real-time activity to the site's user experience. | Implementation Guide | |
| Live Chat Widget | Gigya's Live Chat Widget enables user to chat and share comments in real time. Appropriate for live events that are broadcast online. | Service is fully hosted and can handle large scale online events. Includes detailed reporting. | Read more
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| Customized Engagement Features | Partners can design their own engaging features leveraging the Gigya API to get friends, get user information, post feed items and more. | Customize functionality to your specific site user experience. Includes detailed reporting. | |
