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Hello,
My site (lr417.com) is under construction, and I am a total newbie to all of this, so please forgive my ignorance.

I am using the Customizr theme with WordPress 4.5.2 and BuddyPress 2.5.3. What I am trying to accomplish is setting up a social site to compliment a group page I manage on Facebook. For now, I’d like my site to allow users to contribute blog posts. I would like them to be able to Register as well as Log in using their Facebook account (for users that have one).

I have installed Nextend Facebook Connect, but all I can get it to do is allow someone to register/login through the wp-admin page. Like I said, I’m new here, but I don’t think this is what I’m looking for it to do. I want users to register for blogging. (This plugin is still activated)

Next I activated WP-FB-AutoConnect and filled in the same App ID/Secret that I successfully used for Nextend. Now I am seeing Login and Register links at the top of my page. The Login link goes to a page that is once again some sort of WordPress login. The Register link take you to the BuddyPress page for registration.

I’m really at a loss for understanding how to achieve the registration/login process that I am looking for, and I do not know of any sites using the same or similiar theme/plugins that I am using that I can look at to see how they work.

Please be patient with me while I learn all this, and thank you in advance for your help.
Jim