25 Jul 2007 » Facebook Markup Language: the Dashboard and Action links
[tags]facebook, fbml, apps, reviewsby.us, symfony, sfFacebookPlatformPlugin, plugins[/tags]
Facebook has the concept of the dashboard:
In case the documentation isn't clear, these are where the top buttons for your app go.
I created the FBMLHelper to help you write links from symfony to facebook.
The dashboard itself is easy to create:
<fb:dashboard>
</fb:dashboard>
The links are fairly simple, but if you use symfony... we like helpers...
So the FBMLHelper has an fb_action method which is similar to link_to:
<?php echo fb_action('My Dining', '@homepage') ?>
Will actually render as:
<a href="http://apps.facebook.com/reviewsbyus/">My Dining</a>
Provided the app_facebook_canvas_url is set to your canvas url (for example, our's is http://apps.facebook.com/reviewsbyus/).
This helper takes care of routing and rewriting the URL to something that will work within Facebook's canvas.
... so start writing some apps. This plugin will be developed further and I'll try to publish tutorials whenever possible.