Is it possible? I mean an app that works inside the facebook.
Yes it is, every application which is registered in facebook contains a application page. If you click on this page, go to the Info Tab and there you will see the name of the developer.
To get to this page, scroll down while using the app. At the bottom left of the webpage you will see the name of the app. Click it and you will go there. Next, use dooonot's directions.
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I am interested in developing an app for Facebook, however, I am quite bothered by the sidebar on the right side of the screen. Is there a way to disable it so that users of my app won't see it? I have attached a pic to explain exactly which sidebar I am referring to:
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If you're hosting your app on facebook.com (apps.facebook.com/something) then you don't get to control the entire browser window, just the iframe which contains your app.
If you need full control of the browser, host your app off-facebook.
A client wants to have a facebook page tab app, but they don't want the tab to be visible to the public. They're OK with the general public accessing the app if they obtain a link to it somehow, but don't want to advertise the app with a page tab icon at the top of their facebook page.
If I "Remove from favorites" on the page tab icon, the app itself becomes inaccessible. If I put the app in sandbox mode, only admins/testers can access it. All I really want to do is hide the icon itself but the leave the app up and running. Is this possible?
No, it's not possible to have a page tab app which doesn't appear as a tab.
You/They should probably use a canvas app ('App on Facebook' in the settings, accessed via apps.facebook.com) for this purpose.
This also has the advantage of giving them more screen real estate to work with, and it can be kept 'anonymous' by just linking directly to it and not promoting it any other way
I have successfully created a Facebook application. I have successfully added the application to my Facebook "Page". After I do this, no link for the app shows up in the menu on the left. This seems like something that should be simple to do, yet I can't find any documentation that is up-to-date. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Configure the Page Tab settings in your application settings under Facebook Integration.
Go to the developer page where you get the list of your apps.
Click on the more link next to your app, and choose Application profile.
Once you are on the app profile, on the sidebar menu click on Add to my page and choose the page where you want to add the tab.
Note that you must have your app tab configured properly inside your app configuration in order to get this to work i.e. setting the correct domain and tab file.
If you are logged in as the page, I suggest you either creating a profile ID and log in as it, or the solution that #ifaour pointed out, although it will be difficult to find your app inside the search engine that FB provides.
Been searching the FB documentation to find an answer for this, but have been unsuccessful.
Is an application able to appear as a tab on a page/profile, and also in the sidebar of that same page/profile?
So the tab would show the full application details, but the sidebar would give a small breakdown.
Is this possible?
Thanks!
Pages and profiles are different. You didn't used to be able to have a profile box and a tab for one application, but Facebook recently changed this. Probably because they stated the profile boxes are going away.
Adding an application as a tab on a Profile has always been a bit problematic and convoluted. The user had to click on the "+" tab, and your app may or may not appear under the list and/or come up in the search. However, 2 weeks ago Facebook announced support for an "add as tab" button.
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Fb:add-profile-tab
Note that a user cannot add your application as a "profile box" until you have posted content to their profile (profile.setFBML) to be displayed in the box. The you can use the fb:add-section-button tag to display the "Add to Profile" button in your application. Box content is cached, so every time you want to update the content you need to post it to Facebook.
Adding an app as a tab to a Page has always been fairly easy. Go to the apps facebook page (not the app) and click on the "Add to My Page" link in the top left.
Profile Boxes (and the corresponding Boxes Tab) are gone.
The replacement for both of these is Application-Specific Tabs. You are no longer able to push content directly to a user's profile.
james, it is possible. just started developing fb apps three days ago. so far my app sits in my tabs and in my profile box, displaying different infos.
http://www.snipe.net/2008/09/planning-a-facebook-application/
try this.
Ah interesting, found Developer Roadmap and basically lays out that what I am asking to do, won't be possible for much longer. Unfortunate, but I guess answers why I am finding it rather hard to do.
I know how to create an application that can be installed as a tab on a Facebook fan page, but what can I do to get more exposure on the main page.
For example, I would like to install an app that was permanently open in the left hand column of a fan page.
Is this possible? What is this called? How do I get started?
Thanks.
Yes it's possible. It's called the narrow profile box.
Go to the Developer application
View My Applications
Edit the settings
Click "Profiles"
Make sure you have "Narrow" selected
This will let your users install the application into the left hand column of their profile or fan page.
Facebook claims that they will disable this functionality "at some point", but they are notoriously bad at following through on such promises.