Category Archives: fbml

Facebook to Launch SideWiki-like Recommendation System for Websites

Posted on April 19, 2010 by jessestay

On Saturday I broke news of a few specific XFBML tags Facebook will be releasing as part of its OpenGraph API, as revealed by their open source Javascript Client libraries.  I held back one announcement that I think is almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook connect, facebook platform, fb:recommendations, fbml, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, recommendations, sidewiki, social, Technology, tips, xfbml | 17 Comments

More "Insights" on the Facebook Open Graph API Surface

Posted on April 17, 2010 by jessestay

With Facebook’s F8 Developer’s conference right around the corner, there is a flurry of activity happening as the Facebook team rushes to prepare for many launches at the Conference.  While I know more than I am saying, there is some … Continue reading →

Posted in f8, Facebook, facebook connect, fbml, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, insights, social, Technology, xfbml | 2 Comments

Twitter’s @anywhere and Why it May Be Too Techie for Their Audience

Posted on April 13, 2010 by jessestay

In just one day, we’ll all be sitting in front of Ev Williams and Biz Stone as they announce Twitter’s new Facebook Connect competitor, @anywhere.  This is Twitter’s big statement in the developer ecosystem, stating that they are shifting from … Continue reading →

Posted in anywhere, facebook connect, fbml, fbml essentials, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter | 8 Comments

Facebook’s Like Button for the Whole Internet – Here’s How it Works

Posted on March 25, 2010 by jessestay

Techcrunch today talked about a new “Like Button for the Whole Internet” which Facebook looks to be launching some time soon, and has been tested amongst several developers as they’ve been told.  What they didn’t mention is that you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, fb:like, fbml, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, like, like button, Technology, xfbml | 17 Comments

Announcing the Winners of the Static FBML Contest

Posted on December 19, 2009 by jessestay

Over on Tamar Weinberg’s blog, Techipedia, I wrote an article about how to customize your FBML Page utilizing the Static FBML app on Facebook, along with a few other techniques.  As part of the post we announced a contest.  The … Continue reading →

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How to Customize Your Facebook Page

Posted on December 1, 2009 by jessestay

I get asked a lot how to customize your Facebook Page (that’s with a capital “P”, not to be confused with your personal profile).  I wrote an article over on Tamar Weinberg’s (author of “The New Community Rules”) blog showing … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, fbml, fbml essentials, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, static fbml, Technology | 6 Comments

This New Trend in Facebook Apps Looks Ugly

Posted on September 21, 2009 by jessestay

I was tipped today onto Hulu’s new Facebook app, which seems to be aiming to bring the Hulu website into Facebook by including videos and a stream in the app itself.  The thing is, it’s hardly an app – it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook app, facebook connect, facebook stream widget, fbml, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, iframe, social, Technology | 15 Comments

Facebook Launches Custom Tags, Helps Developers Share Their Code

Posted on January 13, 2009 by jessestay

Facebook just released documentation about a brand new feature surrounding FBML that I think is game-changing. They call the feature “Custom Tags”, and the concept is simple. You create code on your servers that renders Facebook-compatible code. You register that … Continue reading →

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Facebook Development for Beginners

Posted on November 8, 2008 by jessestay

This morning I had the opportunity to present via O’Reilly Webinar on Facebook development. I covered the basics of how to get started in Facebook development, and the resources that would get you going. I mentioned I’d post these slides … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, fbml, fbml essentials, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Social Coding, software development | 5 Comments

Amazon S3 Outage Affecting Book Sales

Posted on July 21, 2008 by jessestay

I was just writing a post about my new book on Facebook development, FBML Essentials, being released, when I realized Amazon’s problems right now are much bigger than S3. Previously, if I did a search for “Facebook“, an entire list … Continue reading →

Posted in amazon, amazon s3, Facebook, fbml, fbml essentials, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, I'm on Facebook -- Now What??? | 2 Comments