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How To Turn The Facebook Fan Box Into A Button According To Facebook’s Terms

This morning I wrote a short tutorial about how to create a fan button from within your Connect-enabled site. According to Facebook however, the code that we posted was technically against their terms and they asked us to remove the post. CSS hacks, while possible, are something that Facebook wants to avoid and having a page which explains how to do a simple hack could set a bad precedent.

As such I’ve gone ahead and removed the post even though any competent developer will know how to isolate the button. Instead they would prefer that you use the fan box…


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Facebook Launches Live Stream For All Websites And Developers

Remeber CNN’s live stream of the inauguration? How about the TNT’s live stream of the NBA All Star game? All services implemented the Facebook Connect-enabled live stream widget and now all websited and developers can have a version of their own. Later today Facebook will announce details about this new feature which will make it easy for instant conversations to take place across the web.

Ultimately the Live Stream Box is not just for live streaming events but that’s what it’s intended for. Facebook has released instructions about how to embed the service into your site or application. What’s most…


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Social Cash Launches Headliners Ad Platform

Social Cash, a D.C. based Facebook ad network, began testing out the Facebook platform in 2007. In 2008 the company launched publicly and quickly realized that there was stiff competition from networks that were using aggressive creatives. Social Cash decided that rather than trying to chase after competition that leveraged misleading creatives it would be better to develop a more robust platform for serving ads which produce more sustainable performance.
Today Social Cash is announcing the launch of a new ad engine called “Headliners”. The ads display socially relevant information (as displayed in the demo below) and according to the…


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