fb_xd_fragment Facebook Bugfix

My server suddenly logged a rash of weird requests with something like ?fb_xd_fragment= in the URL. This is not good, because if you try this manually it renders a blank page, and blank pages are BAAAAAAAD! So upon googling I found it’s a bug with new Facebook API and (you guessed it) . . . → Read More: fb_xd_fragment Facebook Bugfix

New Facebook “Like Button” Dorkage

FaceBook-LogoFacebook, as you may know, is attempting to own a greater share of the web by allowing you to put a facebook “like” button and other social widgets on any web page.   Think what you like about Facebook, their questionable privacy, and their evil plans, but the fact remains that it is the #4 most visited website today and growing.  I’ve just sort of accepted that if someone really wants to they can know pretty much everything I’ve ever done online.  Meanwhile, getting Likes in lots of people’s profiles could be some some potent leverage for me.

I’m not going to reiterate the details.  I’ll just link to them and/or quote them if necessary.  It boils down to this:  There are two ways to do a “Like” button, either insert an iframe in your site (with all the attendant ugliness of iframes), or actually enable your page and use the facebook SDK yourself.
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A hack for my Hubpages fans

This is a prototype expression of thanks in the form of Linky LUV in appreciation of my fans over on Hub Pages It randomly displays one of their widgets right here in an IFRAME. This has been upgraded so it will do anybody’s fans, not just mine. If you don’t . . . → Read More: A hack for my Hubpages fans