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Facebook Markup Language (FBML) enabled one to build Facebook applications that deeply integrate into a user's Facebook experience. Deprecated as of June 6, 2012. Not to be confused with xfbml.

Facebook Markup Language (FBML) is a way to tell servers how to interpret certain content and convert this markup to . It is an evolved subset of HTML from which Facebook has removed some elements, and added others which are specific to Facebook.

Deprecation

Facebook has decided to move away from FBML and towards IFrames while keeping a small subset of FBML available for social plugins and the JS SDK. As of June 6 2012, FBML will no longer function on applications.

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Facebook Like Button - how to disable Comment pop up?

I'd like to disable the Comment box that pops up when a user clicks the Facebook (fbml) Like button I've placed on my site. Is this possible to do? I can't find any details in the documentation.
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How to link to a specific post on the wall on FB from fbml

How can I create a link to a specific post on a wall from a FBML page? Like when you have a FB notification, click on it, and only the specific post (with its comments) is shown.
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HTML: What is `xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"`?

What is xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"? I've been seeing it in a lot of tags recently. What does it do?
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fb login popup block

I am making using fb login feature but problem comming to me is that whenever I click on the fb login button before page media loading is completed, it blocks the popup for fb login but if I click on fblogin after a second passed to loading event it…
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Mobile users unable to access Facebook page tab

I'm having a problem that I can't see to fund the solution to. I have a tab on my Facebook page (one of those static HTML: iFrame apps). There are no problems accessing it from a PC, however when I try accessing the tab from a mobile device it…
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What does "?ref=ts" mean in a Facebook application URL?

When Facebook drives traffic to an application, it often append &ref=whatever to the query string. This is useful for figuring out which integration points are working or not. I've figured out what some of these mean. For example: ref=bookmarks -…
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Facebook Like Button On My Website To Like A Facebook Page, Not My Website

I have a Facebook like button on my website, however as it works currently it only lets users like the page that they are currently on. Is it possible to make the button like our Facebook page instead of our website?
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Facebook Login Button Vs. OAuth Dialog

What's better? Login Button OAuth Dialog I like the Login Button because it shows profile pictures of the user's friends who have already signed up for your application and it opens a dialog overlay instead redirecting to a new page as does the…
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Does HTML5 support namespaces?

Are we allowed to extend HTML5 with new tags like in HTML5? I ask because the Facebook API includes just this kind of thing**, and our pages are defined as HTML5. More specifically, is it possible to make a HTML5-conformant page that uses…
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Custom skin for facebook like button

Is there an (easy) way to customise the look of the facebook like button implemented via fbml? I am pretty sure I saw this somewhere, but I cant remember where and I cant find any documentation on this.
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Why does ie apparently reflow DOM when encountering fbml elements when correctly using the fbml xmlns?

I have a page containing a number of facebook "Like" buttons, embedded using the inline fbml technique (as opposed to iframe). Simple enough. The page renders fine, everything works as expected. HOWEVER... Once I add the…
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How to remove the "Facebook social plugin" text?

I'm using the comments facebook social plugin When I embed it, the script created an iFrame that has the text "Facebook social plugin" with the facebook logo at the bottom (as seen in the image attached below). I inspected the element using Firebug…
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Creating "Like" buttons for arbitrary elements on my site, and reading back the status - possible?

I'm a total newbie to Facebook programming and would like to know, as a follow-up to this question, whether the following is possible. I have a collection of events on a web site. I'm fetching them from several RSS feeds, and have total freedom in…
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Facebook API's fb:registration returning "Invalid 'client_id'" when not connected to Facebook

I'm trying to use Facebook's registration tool for my website. I would like to allow Facebook users to login seamlessly to my website, but also non-Facebook users to create an account through that unified UI. I'm using the tag for…
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What does "?fref=jewel" mean at the url of facebook?

I had several friend requests in facebook from profiles whose links end with "?fref=jewel". All the links had this ending term in the url. Some of the profiles were probably fake. Can anyone tell me what "?fref=jewel" means?
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