How to Prepare for Facebook’s Secure Hosting HTTPS Requirement
As of Saturday, October 1, Facebook will require ALL applications and page tabs to support HTTPS secure hosting, to “ensure that users browsing Facebook over HTTPS will have a great experience over a...
View ArticleTutorial: Add an iFrame Application to your Facebook Fan Page – Fall 2011
IMPORTANT: Facebook announced that as of February 1, 2012 they are removing App Profile Pages, and the new way is pretty great. Read our article on the App Profile Pages being removed. Updated...
View ArticleFacebook Unnamed Apps Showing Up in the App Developer Area
Have you noticed some “Unnamed Apps” in your Facebook App Developer page? If you’ve created a Facebook Like Button or other Facebook Social Plugin on your Web page, you may find that when Like Button...
View ArticleTutorial: How to Create a Facebook Application to Get an App ID for your...
Facebook has updated the way you integrate your website into its Open Graph, and how you set up Insights, Facebook’s analytics tool, to see how users are interacting with the social plugins — primarily...
View ArticleTutorial: Integrate your Website with Facebook’s Open Graph & Social Plugins
Now that you have created a Facebook App ID for your website, you need to associate that App ID with your website, by modifying the <html> tag for your site and, on each page, adding the Open...
View ArticleFacebook Removing App Profile Pages on Feb 1, 2012
UPDATED March 14, 2012: Facebook announced on the Developer Blog that they’re now including an “Add App to Page” option under the “gear” menu on App Page for the App (which you now set up via the...
View ArticleHow to Migrate your App Profile Page to a Facebook Page
UPDATED March 14, 2012: Facebook announced on the Developer Blog that they’re now including an “Add App to Page” option under the “gear” menu on App Page for the App (which you now set up via the...
View ArticleHow to Create a Facebook App for your Timeline Page Tab
In order to create a custom Page Tab for your Facebook Timeline Page, you need to first create a Facebook application. Here’s how: Creating your Facebook App Go to the Facebook Developers app page. If...
View ArticleWhen Facebook Users Opt for Secure Browsing, What Do They See on Non-Secure...
When you create a custom Page Tab for your Facebook Fan Page, you must specify both a “Page Tab URL” and a “Secure Page Tab URL” in your Application “Basic” Settings: Facebook announced the...
View ArticleHow to Load PHP Form-Validation Errors on a Facebook Custom Tab Form
I recently built a PHP/MySQL-based sign-up form for a fan-gated page on Facebook. It tested perfectly when the page’s URL is accessed directly. However, when viewed and tested on Facebook (which places...
View ArticleFacebook Secure Browsing (HTTPS), iFrame Tabs & Mixed Content Warnings
RELATED: When Facebook Users Opt for Secure Browsing, What Do They See on Non-Secure Page Tabs? RELATED: How to Prepare for Facebook’s Secure Hosting HTTPS Requirement on October 1, 2011 — All you...
View ArticleFacebook Send Button – New Way to Invite Friends & Share
Facebook’s new Social Plugin Send Button, like all the Social Plugins, can be used on both external websites and Fan Page iFrame tabs. In this article, I focus on using the new Send Button and the...
View ArticleTutorial: Create a Facebook Share Button to your iFrame Tab Application
If you’re NOT on the HyperArts Blog, CLICK HERE! NOTE: Updated 12/7/11 to change JavaScript SDK script to ansynchronous, and various modifications and additions. As Facebook continues to encourage the...
View ArticleHow to Create a Facebook Application to Get an App ID for your Website
If you’re not on the HyperArts Blog, click here! In this article, I’ll show you how to set up a Facebook application for your website domain so you can integrate Facebook features on your website, such...
View ArticleTutorial: How to Add a Facebook Share Button to your Website Pages
If you’re not on the HyperArts Blog, CLICK HERE. In a previous post, Bill Dailey provided detailed instruction on how to add a “classic” Facebook Share Button to your custom iFrame tabs, and replicate...
View ArticleSet Up your Website to Control Images & Text in Facebook Status Update Links
If you’re not on the HyperArts Blog, CLICK HERE! When someone includes a link to your website in a fan page or personal profile status update, it is very important that the image(s) and text Facebook...
View ArticleIt's Time to Say Goodbye to Facebook's Static FBML
NOTE: At the f8 Developer Conference in Sept 2011, Facebook announced that on June 1, 2012 FBML will be completely disabled: “1. FBML Deprecation: FBML apps will no longer work on Platform. All FBML...
View ArticleTutorial: Add Google Analytics Social Interaction Tracking to your Facebook Tabs
If you’re NOT on the HyperArts Blog, Click here! The New Google Analytics Social Interactions Tracking On June 29, Google announced its new Analytics feature: tracking the +1 button (Google’s version...
View ArticleHow to Track Your Facebook Comments Box with Google Analytics Social Tracking
If you’re NOT on the HyperArts Blog, click here! In a previous post on the new Google Analytics Social Interactions tracking, I showed how to have social actions (send, share, etc.) tracked in your...
View ArticleLow-cost SSL Hosting for your Facebook Page Tabs
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