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timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:51:01 +0000

More recent threads pertaining to the new addition of a Facebook like box widget are found here:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/facebook-likebox-widget?replies=28
and here http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/facebook-like-1?replies=10

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:47:57 +0000

This NEW Facebook Like Box widget for fan pages and not for profiles was just introduced days ago without an announcement. And, this thread is an old one dating back to Sept 16, 2010, 3:18 PM

bostonpeng on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

bostonpeng — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:54:37 +0000

I saw this widget on my Widgets config page for my WP.com blog and I have to say I'm confused. If it's not available for WP.com users why is the widget on the page? You can see the cause for my confusion in this screenshot: http://nancib.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/wp-widget-page-2011-07-201.png

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:17:14 +0000

@technicalcopywriter
Thanks for the kind words. Most of all thank you for reading the threads you post into. Hopefully, others may pick up on that and start doing that too. :)

technicalcopywriter on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

technicalcopywriter — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:38:49 +0000

Timethief - reading through this post, I firmly believe that you are the most patient person in the world! Time again you patiently point people to the solution, when all they had to do in the first place was read earlier postings before asking a question. I bow before your humongous patiencitude!

raincoaster on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

raincoaster — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:48:26 +0000

Jasa is a spammer.

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:43:43 +0000

I'm happy you have whatever makes you happy.

alabamiemamie on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

alabamiemamie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:41:46 +0000

@jasa1987 @timethief Thanks for all your help with my problem. And yes @timethief I have a free wordpress.com account but you will be happy to know I do have a solution for the problem anyways. Check it out!!

http://alabamiemamie.wordpress.com/

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:49:40 +0000

@jasa1987
I believe but don't know for sure as no URL to the blog in question has been posted that she has a WordPress.com free hosted blog. If that's the case then nothing you can do can change this > iframe codes are stripped out of wordpress.com blogs to preserve security and stability as this is a multi-user blogging platform > http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

jasa1987 on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

jasa1987 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:22:03 +0000

@ alabamiemamie what timethief says is right. My blog aint hosted in wordpress.org. N tats y my code worked. If u have ur blog on some other host other than wordpress.org let me know so that i can help you..

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:01:15 +0000

Of course it did not work. I posted why that was above and the same has been revealed numerous times in this thread by other Volunteers. iframe codes are stripped out of wordpress.com blogs to preserve security and stability as this is a multi-user blogging platform > http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

alabamiemamie on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

alabamiemamie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:58:45 +0000

Thanks anyways

alabamiemamie on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

alabamiemamie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:56:50 +0000

I did what you said and it still didn't work. HELP?! LOL

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:34:20 +0000

@alabamiemamie
What jasa1987 posted will not work on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. I will only work on a self hosted WordPress.ORG install. iframe codes are stripped out of wordpress.com blogs to preserve security and stability as this is a multi-user blogging platform > http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

alabamiemamie on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

alabamiemamie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:32:31 +0000

@jasa1987
Where do you find your page id?

timethief on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

timethief — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:26:53 +0000

@jasa1987
Please read this > iframe codes are stripped out of wordpress.com blogs to preserve security and stability as this is a multi-user blogging platform > http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

jasa1987 on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

jasa1987 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:21:25 +0000

Hi all,

I was having the same trouble but I somehow figured out a solution. Just a small tweak in the code helped me successfully install the like box in my blog facebookgoogleplus.com

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?id=111111111111111&width=330&connections=10&stream=false&header=false&height=255" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:330px; height:255px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>

Replace the 1s with your page id. This is how I did it ppl :) Hope it'll help you as well. Have a nice day

alabamiemamie on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

alabamiemamie — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:32:18 +0000

Why hasn't there been any STAFF answered the question or given an alternative solution to fix this problem? For God sakes it's Facebook not some off the wall website that no one has heard of!

came83 on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

came83 — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:37:00 +0000

lame

raincoaster on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

raincoaster — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:10:36 +0000

WordPress.com is also a free hosting platform.

If you didn't read the thread, you did waste an entire morning. Because the instructions are in the thread.

whatsyourzen on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

whatsyourzen — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:07:25 +0000

i suppose blogger, as a free hosting blog platform, is a better choice than wordpress.com... wordpress is only worthwhile if you plan to spend time on customization. i have 2 customized WP.org sites, and wanted to quickly put together a 3rd one on WP.com with minimal customization. but never imagined it wouldn't even allow FB like or other 3rd party codes.

Great. I just wasted an entire morning.

raincoaster on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

raincoaster — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:17:15 +0000

Which admin? Staff? In order to contact staff, use the Help button on your dashboard.

You can have it in your posts, just not in your sidebar.

takebacksa on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

takebacksa — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:14:19 +0000

I have read the whole post and my comment is that while admitting that having the Facebook Like page is not possible at the moment, it would be also nice from the admin to ACKNOWLEDGE at least how important many bloggers consider it to have on their site.

thesacredpath on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

thesacredpath — Thu, 12 May 2011 07:49:23 +0000

Your friend most likely does NOT have a wordpress.COM blog. Your friend most likely has a self-hosted blog on a third-party hosting service such as godaddy, bluehost, etc. What will work here at wordpress.COM and what will work on a self-hosted wordpress blog are worlds apart.

thelinparty on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

thelinparty — Thu, 12 May 2011 07:15:08 +0000

we have a wordpress.com and a friend does too. he has facebook like button on his. I asked him and he said he just copy and pasted the Like Box code from facebooks iframe into a "text or arbitrary html" widget and it worked fine for him. I did the exact same thing and it doesn't show up at all or it just shows a mess on the sites widget area after saving. Note: i don't know if it's a matter at all but he pays for the domain name and we're not.

kteis on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

kteis — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:28:25 +0000

This is sooo lame, WP!

Get that iframe feature already, it's 2011 for god's sake :)

edenhopehistory on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

edenhopehistory — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:39:18 +0000

@airodyssey thanks yes I did read all the comments and realise that I can't use facebook like box on the .com site but can only use badge etc. just want to point out that like box is better than badge. I still don't understand why iframes are security risk on .com site but not the .org ones. hopefully facebook come up with solution soon. thanks.

airodyssey on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

airodyssey — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:57:25 +0000

@edenhopehistory: Reading your response, I'm not sure if you browsed through this thread to get the answer you needed. Have you read this thread in full?

edenhopehistory on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

edenhopehistory — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:46:52 +0000

I want to put like box in a text widget in the sidebar - can do it in wordpress.org site but not .com site like box is better than like badge and yes get traffic to and fro - both wordpress and facebook sites offer different things so i need both.

raincoaster on "Text Widget Not Accepting Facebook Like Box"

raincoaster — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:51:16 +0000

Facebook badges function exactly the same as Like boxes. If you don't like the text, you can just edit it.

You can also do a Like box on each post this way:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/its-possible-facebook-share-and-like-buttonsat-the-same-time?replies=73