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Facebook Connect with ASP.NET using Facebook Toolkit

I have done the following steps here http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/How_Connect_Authentication_Works but I'm stuck at number 8. I've added the DLL's but for some reason this line: API api = new API(); always comes up with this error: Compiler Error Message: CS0246: The type or namespace name 'API' could not be ...

Publish limit on Facebook's Graph API

Hey guys, I've been using the Graph API for a while. One feature of my application is that it allows a user to post a message on their friends walls (dont worry it is not spam). Anyway...there is a limit on the API and it will only allow a certain number of posts before failing. I've read on the facebook bucket allocation limits but ...

users.setStatus - Adding emoticons or images to a Users Status

Hello, As seen in this example: http://apps.facebook.com/status-emoticon/ The application in question uses 'users.setStatus' to allow the publishing of small emoticons to the users status. The images are added to the post using colon tags which act similarly to BBCode. How exactly is the application doing this? I would like to replica...

Is it possible to express "Like" on a Facebook album picture outside Facebook himself using API?

Hi all! I've tried in vain to manage how to adapt the Like Button Plugin found at http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like trying to make it works in do-like action on a picture instead of a page. Can someone kindly tell if is this possible via the Open Graph protocol and metatags to like an album picture published ...

facebook ignore javascript events

hi, I have a fbml app with a contact form and inputs like this one: <input type="text" tabindex="1" value="Name" name="name" id="name" onfocus="if(this.value=='Name')this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value='Name';" /><br /> Does anybody know why facebook ignore this javascript: onfocus="if(this.value=='Name')this.value=...

Facebook How to Format HTML Page so that Share picks up an image

Hello! When I use facebook.com/share.php?u=mysite.com, what must I do in my index.html document so that it gets an image as well? Setting Title and META Description will populate the title and the description of the link. I don't know how to do that to show an image. (index.html has Flash in it, no images). Thank you! ...

How to use Facebook authentication return "session" parameter?

After successful authentication, Facebook redirects me to the canvas callback url with the parameter installed and session. the session parameter is like this... &session= {%22session_key%22%3A%222.cQWUqNcffzsWReDAcctOmA__.3600.1281524400-100000327994753%22%2C%22uid%22%3A100000327994753%2C%22expires%22%3A1281524400%2C%22secret%22%3A...

Facebook 'Like' buttons and # URL strings?

What does Facebook make of 'Like' buttons in a ajax web app if they are referring to the same page but with a different # string? Does it treat them as different pages to 'like'? for example if i get 4 like clicks: mysite.com/articles#story1 mysite.com/articles#story2 mysite.com/articles#story3 mysite.com/articles#story4 what will...

[Facebook API] Can we post on authorized-user's friends walls with offline_access and stream_publish?

Hey there :) I wanted to ask a question... Let's say there are 2 people: Peter and Paul. 1) Peter goes to my app and authorizes it (stream_publish, offline_access and everything else what's necesary). 2) He is now in the app and let's say there is an option like this: Send gift to your friend Paul. 3) Can we post now on the wall of...

CURL a Photo to Facebook that isn't local...

So I am trying to use the facebook API to send a photo. I've got it all working, but the issue is that due to our server environment (everything is stored at s3) there is no concept of local file paths, so when I'm supposed to do this: 'source' => '@'.realpath($FILE_PATH) I can't because all I technically have is the URL. I know that it...

How to Add a "Like" Button to my FaceBook Landing Tab?

My FaceBook Page is setup so that users who have not "Liked" the page yet (and attempt to view the page) are presented with the content of a particular tab instead of the default "wall" view. The tab that these users arrive at contains an application I made. It is a simple application that lists information about the business. The appl...

Can I use an @tag in the Facebook REST API?

I want to post to my newsfeed via the old REST API. If I use OpenGraph I can include in the content @1234567.. tags to tag other people in a post. Is that possible in the REST API? EDIT: I added a 50 point bounty on a similar question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1787413/is-there-a-way-to-insert-an-mention-into-a-facebook-status-u...

How to modify url to get iphone version of facebook page?

I'm creating a facebook page for my application and I want it readable on mobile safari for iPhone, but the normal facebook pages don't show up properly (see attached image) The wall, info, discussion pages don't show up. I know I can prepend m.facebook to a url to make it the mobile version, but what about the iphone version? touch.fac...

I'm getting this error on my Facebook App tab - illegal tag "body" under "fb:tab-position"

I'm using IIS and have heard that I may need to configure IIS to accept Post request can someone walk me through this. The app works just fine as a stand alone it's only when the tab gets displayed that the problem occurs and I get the above error. I have a thorough understanding of the postbackURL and the tab url as that is not the pr...

Facebook - assign username to a variable by calling FB.Facebook.apiClient.users_getInfo()

I am developing a facebook app and I seem to have got stuck on an issue. I am trying to assign the username to a variable by calling the below code, but the variable is returning null. var current_user =''; var arUser = FB.Connect.get_loggedInUser(); FB.Facebook.apiClient.users_getInfo(arUser, ["name"], function (user, exec) { //...

Can't get Facebook multi-friend-selector working in Facebox

I'm trying to place the Facebook multi-friend-selector in a Facebox (don't want to use fb:dialog as it pops a new window). The problem I'm having probably stems from escaping quotation marks in javascript, but I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out. Is there a better way to do this? $('#test_button').click(...

Facebook Like Button - Doesn't always show Open Graph data

I have all my Open Graph data set exactly as it is defined in Facebook's documentation, yet for some reason, every now and then when I click 'Like', it'll post to my profile as "...likes .http://mywebsite.com/mypage on .http://mywebsite.com" (inserted periods to prevent hyperlinks). Sometimes it'll get the name right but still display th...

Facebook - Jscript in address bar safe?

I got this in my Facebook messages telling me to paste this in my address bar to help them get some item in some game. Of course I didn't do it yet, but is this okay to do? Did my friend catch a virus or is this actually part of the game? If not, what does this actually do? Thanks for any help in advance. //Note: Don't Try This Yourself...

Facebook API returning weird String

Hi, I'm facing a strange problem right now... I'm trying to use Facebook API to gather some informations on users on my App, which I can but the returning string is weird.. Here is what I have : $params = array("method" => "fql.query", "query" => "SELECT first_name, last_name FROM user WHERE uid = $this->userId", ...

Open Source Help Center/Knowledge Base

I wonder if there is any software that is specifically for the Help/FAQ section for a website like: Facebook Help ...