So yesterday we got the notification from FB that they're updating their templates, and I saw today that they're officially switching to iframe tab pages! Yay!

Are there any special changes we need to make on the module side, other than feeding iframes to the tabs now?

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Dave Cohen commented

Cool, I can get rid of fb_tab.module now!

I don't know what else changes. This is news to me.

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pbeakley commented

Yeah, this is just a few hours old.

Side note, probably requires a separate issue: If I try to view the tab page and I'm not logged into FB, I get no tab content at all. And if I try to view the tab page and I AM logged into FB, the tab page automatically logs me into the source website. So I'm not super-sure what the sequence of events there is, or how to bypass the requirement to log in. Really I just want to show iframe content on the tab page and call it good!

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Dave Cohen commented
Title: New updated Facebook iframe Tabs! » support iframe tabs
Category: support » task

Well one difference is that canvas pages will be 760px wide and tabs will be something else, maybe 560?

There's some code in fb_settings.inc and maybe elsewhere that tries to determine whether a given request is for a tab (as opposed to canvas or connect page). Wherever that code is it may need to change for the new session params.

I think otherwise everything fb_tab.module does will be OK, it just needs to be configured to use a regular theme instead of FBML.

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mellenger commented

The new tabs are 520px wide just like the old page tabs. I need to switch all my FBML product page tabs over to iframes before March 10th. I'll be able to switch over to using Drupal for Facebook now? I really just need to make each tab editable by a facebook page admin, do you think that would be possible? I'm pretty sure they pass a variable in the URL if you are an admin.

let me know what you think,

thanks!

Andrew

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jpstrikesback commented

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jack_tux commented

Having a few issues with tabs.

1. When a user has accepted the app and they come back to the the tab (via FB) the drupal for facebook doesn't seem to log them back in. If I have fb_registration enabled it shows their picture but wont log them in.
2. Even tho I have set my theme in the tab section of the applications setup, it always uses the default theme.

What is the best setup to use iFrame tabs in FB??

Thanks

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Dave Cohen commented
Title: support iframe tabs » Update tab documentation from FBML to iframe
Component: Canvas Pages (iframe) » Documentation
Issue tags: +fb-volunteer

Having a few issues with tabs.

Submit a few issues, so each can be tracked.

I'm moving this task to documentation, because fb_tab.module does now support iframe tabs. the documentation still talks about FBML.