FB Community SidebarHere at Dogear Nation headquarters we are big fans of the TWiT podcast network. On episode 82 of net@night last week, Amber MacArthur was talking about the Facebook Connect plugin for WordPress, so we thought we’d take a look.

The plugin is a great idea. It lets you use your Facebook profile information as an account on a WordPress site. We just added Facebook Connect here on the Dogear Nation blog, and you’ll see a “Facebook Community” panel in the right-hand sidebar. You can authorise with our Facebook application, and then when you comment on the blog it will use your Facebook profile information. Your comment can optionally also be posted to your Facebook wall / news feed – see the check box just underneath the comment field.

Here’s an example of what it might look like in your Facebook feed.

If you want to add the plugin to your own site, it is worth watching the installation and configuration video as there are one or two steps that you may not be familiar with if you are not a Facebook application developer.

Of course, if you’re not a Facebook user or you want to use your Google Profile to join our Dogear Nation community, we have Google Connect integrated too – it’s right there in the sidebar.

If you’re a Facebook user, you might also want to check out our fan page where we post weekly show updates, photos, and other extras.