Facebook widget issue for WD9 Premium

[steve62]

Firstly, is there anyone out there who has successfully included a fully functioning Facebook activity feed widget in their website? If so, how do you do that?

I have tried inserting the widget from design gallery and then copied two parts of code into a placeholder on an as yet unpublished WD document via the Web Properties/Placeholder tab. The result (bizarrely) has been the feed from an unrelated Facebook page has appeared on the l/h side of pasteboard (ie outside of webpage) in preview?! Hv tried playing with the pixel dimensions etc in widget dialogue but no joy.

Secondly, what are the steps for publishing website, as this ain´t too well explained in the Help guide. I guess I need to export it first and then transfer it to ftp server, but have never done this before (believe it or not). Also, is it possible to make selective changes to graphic or text elements on individual pages (eg switch pics etc) once it is published without actually republishing the whole site?

Feedback from cyberspace would be appreciated!

[gwpriester]

Here are some links from the Xara support page

http://support.xara.com/index.php?/K...-your-web-page
http://support.xara.com/index.php?/K...share-menu-for

[steve62]

Thanks, but the link is really just a generic guide that does not actually apply to this specific task. When I drag the Facebook Plugins widget into WD pasteboard, it throws up the FB developers page with various plug-in options. I select Activity Feed and get a dialogue that asks me for App ID (?), domain, size etc. Lacking specific guidance from Xara on how to fill in these fields, I found this video: http://www.theresasheridan.com/how-t...bsite-or-blog/

However, when I type in the domain ´Sentermenigheten´(feed from my church in Norway), copy code and then paste it into placeholder, guess what happens? I get a placeholder linking to the FB page ´How to stop the fight against Ebola´, ie a totally unrelated page. How weird is that?! (And yes I am logged into FB when I am doing this).

This is just incomprehensible and very frustrating.

[gwpriester]

The app ID suggests that this is for an Android or iOS device.

Check out this page http://johndoesdesign.com/blog/2011/...-to-a-website/

You will need to register as a Facebook developer.

This page offers a Wordpress plug-in http://smashballoon.com/custom-facebook-feed/ It is not free and I am not sure it will work in Xara.

Acorn - If you see this post do you think either of these solutions will work in Xara?

[signmaster]

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/activity

example

http://www.bogaskies.com.au/news.htm