UPDATE: Since writing this post I have joined the growing ranks of internet citizens who feel that the changes to Facebook's privacy policies are not acceptable. I am deleting my Facebook account. This post will remain as a matter of history.
Geek Warning: If you do not do web development and/or work with Drupal you can probably skip this post.
The weather yesterday was crap, so I decided to stick inside and work in the studio. I was trying not to acknowledge the paper overflowing my inbox and otherwise minding my own business when some friends on Twitter post about Facebook's new Social Widgets. The next thing I know it's past my bed time, and I am sending incoherent tweets about how much IE sucks. But I had managed to completely ignore office work (like I am doing now), and get a few of Facebook's new widgets integrated into the site. Overall, it really was not too hard, but there were a few gotchas I'll cover.
UPDATE: Since writing this post I have joined the growing ranks of internet citizens who feel that the changes to Facebook's privacy policies are not acceptable. I am deleting my Facebook account. This post will remain as a matter of history.
Facebook has just announced the availability of new Social Widgets that allow site builders to integrate important Facebook functionality into their own sites. Perhaps the most recognizable widget is the Like button. Here's how the FB Geeks describe it:
The Like button enables users to make connections to your pages and share content back to their friends on Facebook with one click.
Now, I have not been the quickest person to warm up to Facebook. I have had an account for awhile, but spent most of my time in Twitter to scratch my social networking itch. However, in the last few weeks as I planned and built the new version of this site, I have spent much more time with Facebook and I am starting to see the attraction.
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