Friday, March 11, 2011

Facebook says goodbye to FBML, its language "home"

"Pages" of Facebook, dedicated to businesses and individuals, are revamped. First visually, with a design that sembable profiles of individuals (who had been amended in December), but also at the heart of the code, with the disappearance of 11 March FBML language, created by and for Facebook, the advantage of the iFrame, which allows the use of the Web standard languages \u200b\u200bsuch as HTML, CSS or JavaScript.

Changes that promise to simplify the work of directors. FBML language has emerged in 2007 to allow companies to customize their own page, with the addition of custom tabs to incorporate such a poster advertising a Twitter or a survey. On paper, FBML tags very similar to HTML. But in fact, the range of possibilities offered by the FBML is quite limited.

Directly using the tools provided by Facebook, the administrator tags had only sketchy, and the inability to integrate dynamic content. The addition of more advanced tabs often forced the company to use outside companies specialized as BuddyMedia United States. NEW TOOLS FOR THE "COMMUNITY MANAGERS" The arrival of iFrame changer.

An iFrame can integrate a page coded in HTML, CSS or JavaScript to another page on the principle of nesting dolls. By removing the obligation to use its proprietary code language, so Facebook allows developers to be much freer and create tabs, now known applications, more innovative. However, programming freedom is not total.

Developers must comply with new rules, such as the prohibition to automatically play animations, video or music when a user goes to the fan page. This must click on the element to see the video or listen to a song. The current page will not be obsolete as long as from 11 March. The majority of FBML tags continue to be accepted, for an indefinite period.

However, it is now impossible to create an application using FBML (Facebook's show calendar for developers). Other new features also allow administrators to simplify the work of pages, including "community managers". They will have the opportunity to write on the fan page, for example in the comments under their name or their business, and to comment on the pages of other companies or individuals.

Now, it is also unnecessary to go on the wall of the page to check how many users have posted links, put comments, or clicked the button "I". These indications are now listed as notifications, as for a Facebook account classic. A time saver for administrators.

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