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weboftalent/facebook-tools

Facebook LikeBoxPage, Like Button, Metadata

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
by weboftalent
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Functionality

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* Add a like button to any page * Add a facebook like box to any page * Add facebook metadata to any page, _(*4)

Installation

composer require "weboftalent/facebook-tools:~1"

The name of the output directory does not matter, _(*5)

Usage

Site Configuration

A 'Facebook Metadata' tab will now appear in the Site Config. There you can upload an image that will be shown in Facebook when a link from the site is provided. Otherwise facebook tries to guess from the content., _(*6)

Templates

Facebook API

Add the following to your Page templates, after the body tag., _(*7)

<% include DownloadFacebookJS %>

This will provide the Javascript required to load the Facebook API. It is a necessary step for what follows., _(*8)

Like Button

Insert the following where you would like the Like Button to appear, _(*9)

<% include FacebookLikeButton %>

Facebook Metadata

In the head section of your Page template, insert the following:, _(*10)

<% include FacebookMetadata %>

This will provide basic metadata extracted from existing page information, and also add the logo if you have provided one in the SiteConfig 'Facebook Metadata' tab., _(*11)

Content Types

FacebookLikeBoxPage

Create a page of type 'Facebook Like Box Page'. In the Facebook tab, enter the URL of your page (e.g. http://www.facebook.com/WebOfTalentLtd). If you do not do this an error message will appear on the page in the public version of the site., _(*12)