Facebook for Widget Developers
This document provides an introduction to developing Facebook applications for widgets. It discusses what Facebook applications are, how they work by interacting with the Facebook platform, and the different elements like canvas pages, profile boxes, and news feeds that applications can utilize. It recommends setting up applications to put widgets in profile boxes and canvas pages. It also outlines the types of content that can be included in widgets like HTML, images, and JavaScript, and notes that profile box content needs to be pushed to stay cached. The document cautions that accessing Facebook user data in external widgets can be tricky due to API limitations and privacy concerns. It provides some resources for ready-made widget development platforms.
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Facebook for Widget Developers
- 1. Intro To Facebook Development For Widget Guys and Gals WidgetDevCon January 25-26th Washington, DC By Zvi Band, skeevisArts LLC http://skeevisarts.com http://zviband.com [email_address]
- 2. What is a Facebook Application? Third Party Code Used by Facebook Users Interacts with Facebook (Platform) Facebook takes care of authentication, user profiles, etc.
- 3. How Does It Work? f A logged-in Facebook user clicks on your application http://apps.facebook.com/crazycaptions/ You set up your application, and told Facebook your code is at http://skeevisarts.com/crazycaptions/ Your server also works with whatever other things it normally uses Your code on your server does it’s magic. Facebook sends the user’s information, and their request, to you. Your server receives this, and can interact more with Facebook using libraries You return FBML (modified HTML), images, etc….
- 4. Elements To Work With Canvas Page (full-size page) Wide Profile Box Narrow Profile Box News Feeds Requests
- 5. So Where Do The Widgets Go?? 0 Canvas Page (full-size page) Wide Profile Box Narrow Profile Box News Feeds Requests
- 6. Recommended Setup Your application puts a profile box with your widget on their profile User adds your widget application, configures it on canvas page. Other users can click on profile box and see more information, send to friends, add it themselves.
- 7. What can you put in a widget? HTML/CSS FBML – Special Facebook Tags Images, Flash, MP3s, Silverlight (for real!) Javascript (modified form, FBJS) Profile Boxes are Cached! You have to push content to profile boxes Look up <fb:ref> and session handling form more info.
- 8. Facebook Data in External Widgets? Very tricky. API can be limiting. Facebook carefully guards user info. Anything spammy isn’t gonna fly.
- 9. The work is already done for you! http://www.clearspring.com/facebook http://facebook.blogfuse.com/ http://www.widgetbox.com/ http://blog.ning.com/2007/06/spread_the_love.html Any others I’m missing?
- 10. Be My Friend. Thanks! [email_address] http://zviband.com http://fbook.us/zvi http://skeevisArts.com