vBulletin CMS Widgets - 8WayRun.Com - XFBML Facebook Like Box

I was looking a while for a good Facebook Like Box widget, but EVERY SINGLE ONE of them here on VB.org uses the IFRAME version, which is absolutely horrible and not customizable. It is ugly and I just didnt want to use it. So I figured out how to get XFBML working on VB4, and you can customize it. The Facebook platform must be enabled in your settings for this widget to work.

DEMO: http://www.8wayrun.com/content/

INSTALL:

1. create a new file "facebook.css" and upload to /clientscript.
   

   .fan_box .connect_widget_facebook_logo_menubar  {
   	display: none;
   }
   
   .fan_box .connect_top {
   	background: #EDEFF4;
   }
   
   .fan_box .connections {
   	padding: 5px 0px 3px 10px;
   	min-height: 0px;
   	background: #FFFFFF;
   }
   
   .fan_box .connections_grid .grid_item {
   	padding: 2px 11px 3px 5px;
   }

2. open "vbulletin_facebook.js" and find:
   

   xfbml:false

   replace with:
   

   xfbml:true

3. create a new widget, with STATIC HTML
   

   <fb:fan profile_id="PAGE-ID" stream="0" connections="6" logobar="1" width="214" height="206" css="FORUM/clientscript/facebook.css?1"></fb:fan>

4. replace PAGE-ID with the ID of your facebook page.
5. replace FORUM with the URL to your forum.

NOTES:

• This like box by defualt does NOT show the stream, and it only shows 6 connections. You can change these settings easily in the widget code. If you disable the logobar, the widget will add "on Facebook" to the title of your page.
• Width and Height are set for no stream, with 6 connections in a 240px widget bar. If you want to change these settings, you will need to change the width and height to fit your forum and settings.
• Facebook CACHES your CSS file! If you change your CSS file, you MUST change the ?1 in your widget to a new number in order to tell the widget which version of your CSS file to use.
• The CSS file already included is what I use on my forum. You can change this CSS very radically to get your widget to look like anything. You can even make the facebook widget transparent to match your skin.

[zelnik]

Argh I hate Facebook at times!

I'm using the iframes version and some of my users have just reported that you get an permission error if you view it and you're not currently "logged in" to FB..

Thought I'd try your version and you get a blank box if you're not logged into FB.

I've looked on the developers forum and it seems everyone is having the same issue and some claim the javascript SDK version works?!

[ravencr]

Yep, this is true...doesn't ever seem like anything is perfect, that's for sure. If someone isn't registered on Facebook, let alone logged in, wouldn't it be nice to still have it there to help those that aren't sign up or sign in? Duh!

[zelnik]

I've worked it out!

This should work for all versions: Iframe, Jaxels & JS SDK

It's down to permissions really, Check the settings for your FB group page and make sure that:

The country access is set to all and FB age is 13+ and that's should 'fix' it!

[ravencr]

You da man...mine was set to that, but after I went in to save it again, it worked. Before, even though it appeared to be setup that way, it didn't work. Nice work...

Chris

[svaghari]

Awesomeness!

[Helmut71]

does this work with 4.1.? Not for me..anyone else got problems?

[stl7997]

Worked for me on 4.1.2.

[hyperviperx99]

I've done the steps. I see the widget, but it only shows a "partial of it" - I could only see the top left corner of it. How do I fix this problem?

[frankie.]

Awesome! I love it,. works for me on Version 4.1.4

Using it on http://shiftslow.com only

[oldfan]

Would like work for sidebar also?