Facebook Canvas URL

Question

i am trying to set up a Facebook Application to get it working on the localhost. i have redirected localhost.com to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts.

i have set up the following

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And when i try to set the canvas url to

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am getting the following error

Validation failed.

URL must point to a directory (i.e., end with a '/' or a dynamic page (i.e., have a '?' somewhere). Canvas Page can only contain lowercase letters, dashes, and underscores.

possible duplicate of [Running facebook application on localhost](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5133075/running-facebook-application-on-localhost) — ifaour, Mar 15 '11 at 13:35

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '11 at 13:17

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"Canvas Page can only contain lowercase letters, dashes, and underscores.".

You're using a number?

answered Mar 15 '11 at 13:17

Joey Emery

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oh damn. i was trying to look at the canvas url :( – Harsha M V Mar 15 '11 at 13:29
now it says Validation failed. URL must point to a directory (i.e., end with a '/' or a dynamic page (i.e., have a '?' somewhere). – Harsha M V Mar 15 '11 at 13:30
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That means that it should be `http://localhost.com/facebook/` or something like `http://localhost.com/facebook/?page=login` – Manuel Pedrera Mar 15 '11 at 14:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '11 at 13:59

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Leave the canvas page blank. i.e. take out "variable3".

answered Apr 25 '11 at 13:59

Cami

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 16 '12 at 08:26

Canvas Page URL: This is the most confusing part, and wasted me heaps of time. What they want you to enter is basically a directory name for your applcaition. The name must be 7 characters or more, and must be unique from other Facebook applications. I used guessab (so you can’t). When you add http://apps.facebook.com/ to the front you have the Canvas page URL.

NOTE: If you use upper case in the Canvas Page URL, it will be converted to lower case automatically. Also, case is important, so if you use upper case in your links later on they don't work. http://gathadams.com/2007/06/18/how-to-write-a-facebook-application-in-10-minutes/

Facebook Canvas URL

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