Brian Altenhofel [brianaltenhofel]

CVS edit link for Brian Altenhofel

I have been using Drupal for approximately two years. I have recently started doing freelance website development, with Drupal being my framework of choice.

Recently, I have completed a module to add the new Facebook Like Button to nodetypes that the site admin may select. It also has the option to display this feature in a block with independent settings. It can be seen in action at http://www.altenhofel.com and http://www.vmdoh.com. A screenshot of the admin interface is available at http://www.vmdoh.com/likebutton-ss.gif.

I know there are at least two Facebook modules in contrib already, but I think that both of these are too bulky or technical for the average user who may want to add a "Like" button.

Drupal for Facebook seems more geared towards Facebook application developers looking to integrate Drupal with their application, which is much more than the average user needs.

FBConnect requires an application and API key on Facebook to use, and that is too technical for some users who only desire to be able to add the "Like" button. Many users would rather just plug-and-play.

To use the "Like" button widget from Facebook, you don't need an API key or an application. All you need is a little bit of code conveniently provided by Facebook. No app. No API key. Very little overhead.