Show Thread Enhancements - Add Facebook comments to threads

This modification will integrate Facebook comments directly into the posts, at the bottom of the page.

What is needed for this modification:

• A standard facebook account.
  
• A facebook application, anyone can set one up and it's simple http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php Be sure to add your site URL to the "Connect URL" and take note of your API Key.

Once that is done it's time to add the code to the SHOWTHREAD template.

Find:

{vb:raw similarthreads}

Add this above:

	<!-- FB Comments -->
	<h4 class="threadinfohead"><span class="optiontitle">Facebook Comments</span></h4>
	<div id="thread_tags_list" class="thread_info_block">
		<div class="inner_block">
			<div id='tag_list_cell'>
<script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/connect.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">FB.init("YOUR API KEY");</script><fb:comments> </fb:comments>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<!-- /FB Comments -->

Be sure to add your API key.

[Dave234]

It didn't work.

[Dave234]

There is a note at the bottom of my forum that now says "The comments plugin requires an href parameter." and it's flashing.

Also, how can I get the facebook comments thing onto the main pages, like the news sections and the blogs?

[David_R]

I am unable to get the facebook APP ID. I have already created a page for my website on facebook but I am unable to find a api key for the same.

[Dave234]

Do "Create App".

I believe you actually create the app, if I'm not mistaken.

But the integration into the code is the part that stumps me. It just isn't 100% integrating once it's in there (please see my posts right above)

[Dave234]

Can anyone help with this??? Got a couple people here who really want to add this feature to our website, but it doesn't seem to work for us.

[Dave234]

How do we do this? It's not working for me.

[Dave234]

At the bottom it is saying: "The comments plugin requires an href parameter." and it is constantly trying to load, but nothing loads. Can someone please help??

[K!nG]

with 4.1.12 its not working... showing 2 iframe boxed in threads randomly ... i had it installed but removed because of these iframe boxes.

[Dave234]

Is it also not working for 4.1.11? Is this why I'm seeing the "The comment plugin requires an href parameter" and an icon next to it that is trying to load something? (But nothing happens)?

[coolankur49]

Well, people who are experiencing difficulties can use my method,

open showthread.php and search for this code

<vb:if condition="!is_browser('ie') AND $show['wysiwyg']">
	<!-- Mozilla work around for focusing on QR in WYSIWYG mode -->
	<div id="qr_scroll"></div>
</vb:if>
</form>

Add this below it and save.

<div class="fb-comments" data-href="http://www.helpline3d.com/showthread.php?t={vb:raw threadid}" data-num-posts="5" data-width="960"></div>

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