Comments on: Resources on How to Write a Facebook Application http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/ The Gruesome Diary of an Online Marketer Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:51:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Chris Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:21:22 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=50#comment-2782 You might want to also consider giving zembly a try. zembly (http://zembly.com) is a new kind of integrated development environment (IDE) from Sun Microsystems that offers developers streamlined, collaborative, browser-based development and cloud hosting for social applications, widgets, and web APIs. Zembly targets applications for Facebook, OpenSocial, meebo, and general web platforms. You might want to also consider giving zembly a try. zembly (http://zembly.com) is a new kind of integrated development environment (IDE) from Sun Microsystems that offers developers streamlined, collaborative, browser-based development and cloud hosting for social applications, widgets, and web APIs. Zembly targets applications for Facebook, OpenSocial, meebo, and general web platforms.

]]> By: Aaronontheweb http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Aaronontheweb Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:57:25 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=50#comment-1332 On the iframe page itself (i.e. the page hosted on your own server) you can still use external stylesheets, just not on pages that render any FBML. For my FBML applications I actually use an external stylesheet that gets parsed by a User Control into <code><style></code> tags by the file system at run-time. I then use declarative output caching (2 hour duration, shared across all HTTP requests) to decrease the number of hits to the file system to a negligible number (the file system is hit only once every 2 hours regardless of the number of HTTP requests). On the iframe page itself (i.e. the page hosted on your own server) you can still use external stylesheets, just not on pages that render any FBML.

For my FBML applications I actually use an external stylesheet that gets parsed by a User Control into

tags by the file system at run-time.

I then use declarative output caching (2 hour duration, shared across all HTTP requests) to decrease the number of hits to the file system to a negligible number (the file system is hit only once every 2 hours regardless of the number of HTTP requests).

]]> By: scott http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 scott Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:58:01 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=50#comment-1326 No external style sheets; even within an iFrame. No external style sheets; even within an iFrame.

]]> By: Ian from www.thenewsroom.com http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Ian from www.thenewsroom.com Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:58:48 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=50#comment-40 This one provides an excellent monetization model...http://apps.facebook.com/thenewsroom This one provides an excellent monetization model…http://apps.facebook.com/thenewsroom

]]> By: Aaronontheweb http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Aaronontheweb Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:43:02 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=50#comment-16 If you're using an iframe I'd imagine you'd have to make your own duplicate copy of the Facebook CSS code, as I don't think you'd be able to inherit the CSS properties on the Facebook page opening the iframe itself. According to the <a href="http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/UsageNotes/CSS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">facebook developer's wiki</a> you're not allowed to reference external stylesheets but I assume that this is only for FBML applications. Correct me if I am wrong. If you are, in fact, not allowed to use an external stylesheet for Iframe applications, I suppose you could always just create a server-side include that writes a style element to the header of your HTML output. If you’re using an iframe I’d imagine you’d have to make your own duplicate copy of the Facebook CSS code, as I don’t think you’d be able to inherit the CSS properties on the Facebook page opening the iframe itself. According to the facebook developer’s wiki you’re not allowed to reference external stylesheets but I assume that this is only for FBML applications. Correct me if I am wrong.

If you are, in fact, not allowed to use an external stylesheet for Iframe applications, I suppose you could always just create a server-side include that writes a style element to the header of your HTML output.

]]> By: vjeran http://www.marketing-ninja.com/facebook-app/resources-on-how-to-write-a-facebook-application/comment-page-1/#comment-14 vjeran Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:28:29 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=50#comment-14 I wonder do u make your CSS layer or do u follow facebook css. I wonder do u make your CSS layer or do u follow facebook css.

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