Jqeury: facebook + coca-cola on facebook

lauthiamkok · September 22, 2010, 5:07pm

Hi,

Does any one know how can I make programme like Coca-Cola on Facebook, where you can click on the images, and you will see a facebook popup, then you can comment on the image?

Is it a javascript default code from facebook itself or a developer has to create it?

Can I use jquery on facebook by the way or any way to get around to using jquery on facebook?

Thanks!
Lau

frank1 · September 30, 2010, 3:55pm

yup …
jquery …javascript…mootools doesnt work with fbml…
they have FBJS their version of javascript…
plus you need to be careful with variable name…function name with that …(some times it can be annoying)
if you really want to use jquery with in app or fbml
then have a look at
fb:iframe

lauthiamkok · September 30, 2010, 5:13pm

I totally agree with your OP,

frank1:

which is the most chaos platform you have seen?

for me,the award goes to Facebook app (development) platform.
Scattered code
Very very poor support,they have just installed forum and left, i bet they have any one staff or real pro answering any thing there…
Documentation is wiki where any one can write what he thinks right i have found it in many places…(which always confuses people)
forum full of people who are trying to earn than help
frequently changing standard and deprecated codes, u can find lots of people saying “it use to work but it doesnt work now ”
No clear tutorials any where…must tutorials are like puzzle
Books which are outdated…some of the books are cheating people by still selling them as many codes there doesnt run any more…(esp feeds…)
Own javascript which doesnt support many new advanced features…

so list goes on…

but sad story is they have users and some people are bound to program for it…any way i think i can say it is most chaos platform i have been…would seriously need to hire some pro guru to have total relook and esp hire some real good people for support(i sometime feel that forum admin himself is not sure how the platform is suppose to run )

we almost can’t find any documentation for developing facebook applications from facebook itself! now I know, what a suck social network but I’m one of the frequent facebook users!

frank1 · September 30, 2010, 4:56pm

I have nothing against any platform…but read this as well
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=640058

lauthiamkok · September 30, 2010, 4:20pm

thanks for the link!

I’m hating it! sign :sick:

frank1 · September 30, 2010, 4:14pm

sorry…
any way this is that documentation page
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fbml/iframe

any way this is facebook version of iframe…so you can use jquery or javascript within a page and include it using fb:iframe…

I have found it is more easier than learning fbjs…

about annoying …more annoying things will come …latest being deprecation of fbml… so if you really want to do fbml…prepare yourself for it…it is part of programming…

Shaun · September 24, 2010, 6:31am

[FONT=“Georgia”]It is.

I forgot what it’s called, but it’s Facebook’s equivalent of a Javascript alert();

You’ll have to do some reading in the FBML documentation (I can’t remember what it is off hand, sorry).[/FONT]

Can I use jquery on facebook by the way or any way to get around to using jquery on facebook?

[FONT=“Georgia”]I doubt.

Facebook seems to be pretty restrictive in their support of Javascript, so I suspect you’d have to work with whatever tools are currently available to you through FBJS.

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lauthiamkok · September 30, 2010, 4:09pm

thanks. yes now I have learned that FBJS or even FBML is very annoying!

sorry the link you gave doesnt have anything on that page,

cheers,
L

lauthiamkok · September 24, 2010, 11:39am

thanks i will have a look on FBJS