The installation of Drupal for Facebook is not the same as all other Drupal modules. So please pay close attention to the steps below.
You will need to download two files:
If for some reason you need to install Facebook's libraries in some other directory on your server you must tell modules/fb where to find it. Edit your settings.php to include a line similar to this (add this to the end of section where the $conf variable is defined and hange the path to exactly where you placed facebook.php):
$conf['fb_api_file'] = 'sites/all/libraries/facebook-php-sdk/src/facebook.php';
In order to support Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) it is necessary to make this small change to your theme. If you're not using IE right now you can come back to this later. If you are using IE you might want to re-evaluate your whole life and also make this change.
In order to display XFBML tags IE requires the attribute: xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" in the <html> tag, which is part of your theme. Manually edit your theme's page.tpl.php file, adding that attribute alongside the others in the <html></tag>.
The final tag might look like:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php print $language ?>" lang="<?php print $language ?>" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml">
Note the exact tag will vary depending on the theme you use. So it is best to find the <html> tag near the top of page.tpl.php and edit it, adding just: xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" to the end of that tag.
Note the page.tpl.php file is still used in Drupal 6, but html.tpl.php has been introduced with Drupal 7 and it is located in modules/system/html.tpl.php and contains the html header information.
Under Admin >> Site Building >> Modules, you'll see that Drupal for Facebook comes with a number of modules. For now let's enable just what we need to get started.
As always, after enabling a new module, go to Admin > User Management > Permissions and give appropriate role permission to administer applications.
To quickly confirm that XFBML tags now work, place this markup in a page node (or block) on your website. In the body field type in the code shown here:
<fb:like></fb:like>
Note: When placing this markup in a node or block, you must choose an appropriate input format. That means don't leave the default "filtered html", instead choose "full html" or "php". Otherwise, Drupal will strip the <fb:like> tag before rendering the page. In some cases, even in "full html", you may need to uncheck "Correct faulty and chopped off HTML."
Once you save the configuration, you will see the Facebook Like button as shown below:
On the previous page we displayed a Like Button, an example of social plugins, which are a relatively easy way to add social features to
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