facebook fb_invite_app page not working

Amy Sewell

I downloaded the default Convio content for my Facebook app and have been trying to get it all functioning correctly for our first Facebook App.  Most pages are working just fine, but the fb_invite_app page is not working.  What I'm wanting is for the user to be able to click an 'invite a friend' link and be taken to a page where they can select which friends to invite to add our application.  Currently when you go to the fb_invite_app page with the default content all it says is: This only works inside a facebook canvas page.

When I'm viewing it it's located in a facebook canvas page, so I don't understand why I'm getting this message.  The default code from Convio on this page is:

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Does anyone know what code I need to use to create a Facebook invite page that works?

Thanks!

Amy

Adrian Cotter

Hey Amy,

The key question is whether or not you are viewing it in your facebook application itself, or just browsing directly to the page on your convio website.

If the former, then something clearly is wrong. But if the later, then that's the issue... there are some things that are only going to display correctly from within the facebook application (aka the facebook canvass pages).

Amy Sewell

Adrian Cotter:

Hey Amy,

The key question is whether or not you are viewing it in your facebook application itself, or just browsing directly to the page on your convio website.

If the former, then something clearly is wrong. But if the later, then that's the issue... there are some things that are only going to display correctly from within the facebook application (aka the facebook canvass pages).

Hey Adrian,

I am viewing it from the facebook application itself.  So it should be working appropriately.  But all that shows up on my facebook page is "This only works inside a facebook canvas page."

Any ideas on why that might be happening?

Thanks!

Amy

Adrian Cotter

Amy Sewell:

Hey Adrian,

I am viewing it from the facebook application itself.  So it should be working appropriately.  But all that shows up on my facebook page is "This only works inside a facebook canvas page."

Any ideas on why that might be happening?

Thanks!

Amy

So I just checked our invite page at

http://apps.facebook.com/actioncenter/

and this is the code I had on my page, which I think is the same as you had:

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One thing -- when you are editing the pages in pagebuilder, make sure to have the WYSWIG off. James Young said that there were definitely issues with that, at least at one point.

In fact, you might just want to contact James. I think he is conviojames in the community.

Noah Cooper

Amy Sewell:

Hey Adrian,

I am viewing it from the facebook application itself.  So it should be working appropriately.  But all that shows up on my facebook page is "This only works inside a facebook canvas page."

Any ideas on why that might be happening?

Thanks!

Amy

Hey Amy,

Try this -- edit your app in FaceBook, and go to the "Canvas" step. For "Render Method", it sounds like you currently have "IFrame". Choose FBML instead.

Amy Sewell

Noah Cooper:

Hey Amy,

Try this -- edit your app in FaceBook, and go to the "Canvas" step. For "Render Method", it sounds like you currently have "IFrame". Choose FBML instead.

Thanks so much guys!  Selecting FBML instead of IFrame worked perfectly!