Facebook Fanbox
Joomla Module that displays Facebook Fanbox into Joomla 1.5 websites. A lot of people have downloaded module and did not know how to add it and configure so I have created this short tutorial to help you on how to configure Facebook Fanbox for joomla.

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Module has following parameters:

API Key:
Page ID:
You can obtain Facebooki API key and Page ID by following the following method:

Go to your facebook page and then clicking on Add Fan Box to your site. A new page will open where you will have some text in a box looking like this following,


<script src="http://static.ak.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">FB.init("THIS IS YOUR API KEY");</script><fb:fan profile_id="THIS IS YOUR PAGE ID" stream="1" connections="10" width="300"></fb:fan><div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wear-Aloud/112854738515">Wear Aloud</a> on Facebook</div>

Note: You do not need to copy anything else!


Enable Connect Script: Enable this if you are not using any other module or code which uses connect script.
Include Stream: Select Yes if you want to display pictures of your fans.
Number if fans: Select how many pictures you want to show
Width: Sets width of Fanbox
Height: Sets height of Fanbox.
Link to Page: Enable to display a link to your Facebok page
Page Name: Enter text that you want to show as a clickable link.
Link: Actual URL link of your facebook page or any other page.
Target: Select New Window if you want the link to open in new window or Parent window if you want the user to stay on same page.
Text after name: Enter text to display after Page name text. (Not clickable)

File mod_fbfanbox.zip module zip file has following zip files included:

mod_fbfanbox.php 
main php file that calls helper file
mod_fbfanbox.xml  
xml file that cotains all settings for module
helper.php helper file contains all code
index.html empty html file for security
tmpl/default.php template file that displays output
tmpl/index.html empty html file for security



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