Intro To Facebook Development For Widget Guys and Gals WidgetDevCon January 25-26th Washington, DC By Zvi Band, skeevisArts LLC http://skeevisarts.com http://zviband.com [email_address]

What is a Facebook Application? Third Party Code Used by Facebook Users Interacts with Facebook (Platform) Facebook takes care of authentication, user profiles, etc.

Third Party Code

Used by Facebook Users

Interacts with Facebook (Platform)

Facebook takes care of authentication, user profiles, etc.

How Does It Work? f A logged-in Facebook user clicks on your application http://apps.facebook.com/crazycaptions/ You set up your application, and told Facebook your code is at http://skeevisarts.com/crazycaptions/ Your server also works with whatever other things it normally uses Your code on your server does it’s magic. Facebook sends the user’s information, and their request, to you. Your server receives this, and can interact more with Facebook using libraries You return FBML (modified HTML), images, etc….

Elements To Work With Canvas Page (full-size page) Wide Profile Box Narrow Profile Box News Feeds Requests

So Where Do The Widgets Go?? 0 Canvas Page (full-size page) Wide Profile Box Narrow Profile Box News Feeds Requests

Recommended Setup Your application puts a profile box with your widget on their profile User adds your widget application, configures it on canvas page. Other users can click on profile box and see more information, send to friends, add it themselves.

What can you put in a widget? HTML/CSS FBML – Special Facebook Tags Images, Flash, MP3s, Silverlight (for real!) Javascript (modified form, FBJS) Profile Boxes are Cached! You have to push content to profile boxes Look up <fb:ref> and session handling form more info.

HTML/CSS

FBML – Special Facebook Tags

Images, Flash, MP3s, Silverlight (for real!)

Javascript (modified form, FBJS)

Profile Boxes are Cached!

You have to push content to profile boxes

Look up <fb:ref> and session handling form more info.

Facebook Data in External Widgets? Very tricky. API can be limiting. Facebook carefully guards user info. Anything spammy isn’t gonna fly.

Very tricky.

API can be limiting.

Facebook carefully guards user info.

Anything spammy isn’t gonna fly.

The work is already done for you! http://www.clearspring.com/facebook http://facebook.blogfuse.com/ http://www.widgetbox.com/ http://blog.ning.com/2007/06/spread_the_love.html Any others I’m missing?

http://www.clearspring.com/facebook

http://facebook.blogfuse.com/

http://www.widgetbox.com/

http://blog.ning.com/2007/06/spread_the_love.html

Any others I’m missing?

Be My Friend. Thanks! [email_address] http://zviband.com http://fbook.us/zvi http://skeevisArts.com

Thanks!

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http://zviband.com

http://fbook.us/zvi

http://skeevisArts.com