Setting up the Facebook application

Michael :

Ok, so I figured that out... it's asking for the "Canvas URL" but really...... it just was the url stem not the whole thing, even though everwhere in Facebook that mentions a thing called Canvas URL has the whole URL listed. So, other than the warning about being developer only (I have it in sandbox mode for now), everything seems to be set up, except, you know... everything.

Where does one begin on these PageBuilder pages? What about all those callback pages Facebook mentions? I'm not sure I really understand where to begin. I'd love some advice from people who have already gone through the developement process.

It has been a while since I did it, but I think I started from the sandbox in facebook, and tried to match up everything that I saw with what was in pagebuilder. You can often see what URL it is looking at in facebook.

I did not end up touching all the pages in pagebuilder -- some are just examples, aome you may not end up using at all. Note also that not all the page builder files begin with fb_ (reus_fbstyle, reus_fbgiftstyle, and contactus I think are the ones that do not ).

I think there is one or two snippets of text (that I think appear in feeds) that are edited in the developer app in the settings for your application.

Another few tips:

• add facebook to the description to all the files (so it is easy to search for them)

• turn off the WYSIWIG, some of the FB code in there has the WYSIWIG not working right

• definitely be sure to create new versions of a page when you are working it (rather than working on the active version)

• break up pages like the homepage that might mix up a lot of FB code, and text that people might edit

Beyond that I think its more about having an idea of what you want out of it.

Here's ours:

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