Facebook sidebox -Support Thread

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?

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?

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? :oops:

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

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.

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

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....

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

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

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 :cool:

BillyBoyle:

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 :cool:

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?

Thanks!

I know this is an old thread, but I wondered if anyone else has been having this problem...

I have the Facebook Sidebox on my client's cart and it's fine if you're not logged in to Facebook, or are logged in but aren't already a fan. However, if you're logged in and are a fan you don't see the proper feed, just location information from the page owner.

Has anyone else had this problem, or can anyone suggest how to fix this?

Thanks in advance

Yep. Still works. Facebook occasionally changes their code making the facebook sidebox code unusable. All you need to do is update the code.

I follow Kerrin Hardy's code for the Fanbox Sidebox but have had to update the code (twice in its inception) to reflect the following.

Where it says to type the code in tpl_main_page.php file from includes/templates/template_default/common, the code there is old. The new one needs to be replaced with is

And everything else is the same.