title: Website/Facebook Interface Requirements for Minimal Information Retrieval
body: <p>I am working on a website which will allow registered users to link with their Facebook account and periodically, the site will poll their information and post back to their Facebook page.</p>
  
  <p>The site is Joomla based, so using the PHP API seemed most sensible, but I'm not sure.
  I've looked at the Facebook documentation and it seems confusing. Do I need to write an app and get it approved, or is there a simpler way?</p>
  
  <p>If I need to write an app, is there anyway to develop and debug the app before getting approval and only turn off sandbox mode after approval has been achieved?</p>
  
  <p>What would be the simplest way to implement this so I can retrieve some Facebook info and make posts to Facebook pages at later dates?</p>
  
  <p>In future, I may wish to allow users who are logged into Facebook to automatically login to my site, but for now, I do not want this.</p>