Develop Facebook Application
Facebook Developer Garage Indonesia
Jakarta , March 28, 2009
Kukuh TW -
Web and Mobile Application Freelance Developer
kukuhtw@gmail.com

3 methods to build facebook’s
application
• Third Party
• Iframe
• FBML (Facebook MarkUp Language)

Third Party’s Application
• Make a Quiz (http://apps.facebook.com/makeaquiz/)

Third Party’s Application
• Gift Creator (http://apps.facebook.com/giftcreator )

Iframe
• Iframe is infline frame. HTML element which makes it
possible to embed an HTML document inside another
HTML document.
http://apps.facebook.com/balihotelmap
source : http://BalihotelMap.com

FBML
• Facebook Markup
http://www.facebook.com/apps/
Language
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/in
dex.php/FBML
• enables you to build full Facebook
Platform applications that deeply
integrate into a user's Facebook
experience. You can hook into several
Facebook integration points, including
the profile, profile actions, Facebook
canvas, News Feed and Mini-Feed.

Study Case
• Making Facebook’s Application for Update
Status Facebook Via Kronologger.com

• Go to facebook.com/developers

• Download Facebook php client library, and
install on your server
• http://svn.facebook.com/svnroot/platform/cli
ents/packages/facebook-platform.tar.gz
• Or just go to
http://developers.facebook.com/get_started.
php

Upload php client library on your server , create folder
http://yoruservername.com/yourfacebookfolder

• To update status via your application, you
should set permission for user
– 1. Status update as True
– 2. Offline Access as True
Snippet code for update status
$facebook = new Facebook($appapikey, $appsecret);
$facebook->set_user($user, $session);
$facebook->api_client->call_method('facebook.users.setStatus', array('api_key' =>
$appapikey,'uid'=>\"$user\",'status'=>$messages_posting));

Status_update
if (!$facebook->api_client->users_hasAppPermission(\"status_update\")){
echo '<fb:prompt-permission perms=\"status_update\"
next_fbjs=\"greet()\">Let us update your status from this
application</fb:prompt-permission>';
// your code here if current status update is false
}
else {
// your code here if current status update is true
}

Offline_access
//offline_access
if (!$facebook->api_client->users_hasAppPermission(\"offline_access\")){
echo '<fb:prompt-permission perms=\"offline_access\" next_fbjs=\"greet_oa()\">Let us
update your status (offline access) from this application</fb:prompt-permission>';
// your code here if current offline access is false
}
else {
// your code here if current offline access is true
}

Install Application at
http://apps.facebook.com/statuskronologger

By using offline access, you can post / update status via SMS and the
result will displayed on your facebook’s update status

You can send sms in Kronologger by using Flexi, Indosat, Telkomsel and Esia
For Flexi User : Send to 1001 and post anything you want, it will
appeared on your facebook’s update status. More info see
http://kronologger.wordpress.com/

Thank You !