Facebook App

[CrAnIuM]

Using the facebook developer kit I have created an app that allows one to comment on a thread and have it post directly to face book.

Nothing super fancy ... just functional.


Look at the bottom of this thread and you will see what it is I mean.





NO LONGER APPLIES .. THIS AP IS DISABLED.

[CrAnIuM]

Yeah ...

If facebook is lagging so will this app.


1. You must be logged into the forum.

2. You must have a face book account.

3. If you use IE you may not be able to use this app.

4. Stop using IE ... its a lame ass browser that does not support a lot of MODERN CSS variations. In other words, I designed the forum in FF and that is the way its optimized.

5. STFU.

[4nik8]

Using the facebook developer kit I have created an app that allows one to comment on a thread and have it post directly to face book.

Nothing super fancy ... just functional.


Look at the bottom of this thread and you will see what it is I mean.


http://swollencranium.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1862

I'm cornfused.

What good would it do for a comment to be simultaneously posted on facebook?
Is the thread transferred as well? Or does it just show up as a random post on your wall?
Not an avid facebook user so this may explain my lack of understanding.

[CrAnIuM]

I'm cornfused.

What good would it do for a comment to be simultaneously posted on facebook?
Is the thread transferred as well? Or does it just show up as a random post on your wall?
Not an avid facebook user so this may explain my lack of understanding.


Right ..

A few members here have face book accounts and they have a very large friend list and for SOME REASON they rarely post anything about this forum on their face book page .... I assume they are just ashamed of us or something.

Anyway... follow this example :

1. I post a thing here that I am proud of, I use the face book app to seed it to my facebook profile ( with a link back to the thread )

2. MY friends see it .. and maybe 1 or a few more comment on it via the actual facebook this now shows up on THEIR page as a comment and will be seen by all of THEIR friends and so on and so on.. etc etc.....


So bottom line : More people will see the stuff ... potentially more will join.

[4nik8]

Makes perfect sense now. Thank you.

[CrAnIuM]

This HERE (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?v=app_2373072738&id=105822976114647#%21/apps/application.php?v=wall&id=105822976114647) is the link to The Swollen Cranium App page.

You can see who is using it .. fan of it .. etc etc ...

[Josie]

Uhhhh.... okay, I really am sorry. As usual, I'm still a little hazy on how this all works.

If I want a post from here to show up on my facebook homepage, I need to (basically) post it twice? In the quick reply box and the facebook comment box at the bottom of the thread?

What if I really like someone else's post... I could c/p it from within that thread and put quotes and a crediting tag at the bottom and stuffs?

[CrAnIuM]

.....

You COULD do it that way I guess ....or:

You make comments here just like you would on your wall.

Or just like you would if you were commenting on something that your friend wrote on facebook.

I put the app here so that people could comment in a thread and that comment and the LINK to this thread would be seen on facebook.

Surely ... this is not that complicated is it?

[CrAnIuM]

give it a try ... it is the easiest way to answer your question

[Josie]

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Surely ... this is not that complicated is it?

you forget you're talking to Josie. I'm technologically challenged something fierce. It all does seem quite simple, but I still have a fat ? stuck to my forehead. I'll play with it and will learn that way. It's all deletable anyhow :D

thanks, btw. app seems pretty nifty.