Facebook sidebox -Support Thread

[Chandy]

Hmm, made no difference to me. I still get the login page displayed in the box.

Can this happen if the API info is incorrect?

[bertles86]

Hey guys,

I've got a FB sidebox, I followed this tutorial and it works great...but only in Chrome! I tested it in IE6 and IE7 and it's just a blank/empty sidebox no FB connection at all. Any ideas why it works in one browser and not the other?

[vrans99]

Hi, I did everything like I am suppossed to, but in that little iframe shows my facebook page. And if I click on it, it will take me to my Facebook page. What did I missed? Also, what is the "facebook profile name/number"? Is it the Application ID or the Application Secret or something else?

[trickobrien]

facebook fanbox seems to be unpredictable -no matter which type of script you are using,it will display perfectly one day-disappear the next,or get truncated

thats been my experience anyway

[Delights]

I am having simular problems, tried to remove the logo, still displays..

changed the following

define('FACEBOOK_PROFILE', '/The-Esoteric-Emporium/145421388812693');
define('FACEBOOK_API_KEY', '0ca1681778b5d0e7ea05ec9a86aafe4d');

and still takes me to facebook home page.

[PatF]

Why not install the blank sidebox contribution and paste the iframe code from facebook straight into it. Works for us.

[Delights]

I was actually playing with the idea of putting a little tool bar up the top right hand corner, where the "Home / Log In" is....

[tjrayner]

Is there any way of having a scroll bar on the sidebox as at the moment it shows the uses who like it, but only the top 2 are visibile. If you click and drag within the box you can scroll it down to see the other users but it would be nice to have a scroll bar to make this obvious

[BillyBoyle]

Is there any way of having a scroll bar on the sidebox as at the moment it shows the uses who like it, but only the top 2 are visibile. If you click and drag within the box you can scroll it down to see the other users but it would be nice to have a scroll bar to make this obvious

I know it's old but someone else might need the answer.
open templates/sidebox/tpl_facebook_box.php

and add

style="overflow:scroll"

to the line

(16) $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="">' . "\n";
just after <div

works for all overflow if you get the boxwidth right you only get it down the side for a vertical bar.

Billy

[outbreak]

I know it's old but someone else might need the answer.
open templates/sidebox/tpl_facebook_box.php

and add

style="overflow:scroll"

to the line

(16) $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="">' . "\n";
just after <div

works for all overflow if you get the boxwidth right you only get it down the side for a vertical bar.

Billy

I've been looking for this, thanks! But I tried it and it won't scroll up/down. It only goes left/right.

Is this right?
<div style="overflow:scroll" id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="">' . "\n";

Thanks!