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15 years 7 months ago #5561 by fb_721883146
Hi i'm back again :) . I am having problems with my JFBinvite. Ok the first thing is, i have positioned the module in a jomsocial position on the profile page of a user, now when a user picks there friends and then presses send the invite preview box pops up at the right had side and expands all my template past it's usual parameters. How do i get it to pop up on the left hand side of the module so that it doesn't disrupt my template?
So that my first problem now for the second (sorry)
After the invite is sent to the facebook user and the precipitant tries to click the invite it takes them to this url: advancedsearch.virginmedia.com/assist.ph...ingchun-kungfu.co.uk do you have any idea whats happening here??????? It looks like it's just adding
This is my site address my site
Thanks for the help so far...........
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15 years 7 months ago #5564 by alzander
The link you posted for your site isn't working for me, so I can't 'look' at the problem directly. I'll give what little advice I can from the descriptions you gave.

1) Template disruption: Unfortunately, there may not be much we can do about this. The invite module is done through an iFrame to Facebook. They force this so that the code isn't on your page, which prevents pesky admins from forcing users to send invites or (even worse) do it silently without the user knowing. Because it's in an iFrame though, when the "Send confirmation" pops up, the iFrame doesn't automatically resize. This is a Facebook issue that's been ranted about by developers for a long time. We have some javascript to automatically increase the width of the div that the invite module is when we detect that the confirmation dialog box has appeared. As you can tell, in some situations, this causes problems as it 'blows' up the sidebar or whatever the invite module is contained in.
Unfortunately, there's not much else we can do about this, as the alternative is to not 'grow' the invite module at all (which then cuts off the confirmation box). Our best suggestion is to try the "Full View" instead of the condensed (if that's what you're using). Many people like it better, and it generally doesn't have to 'grow' as much, depending on how it's configured.

Whew.
2) Invitations. The URL you posted that it's taking the user to looks like an ISP trying to search for something with a mis-spelled URL. In your case, it looks like you have 4 wwww's. Try removing that extra one and see if it works. Again, the URL you posted for "This is my site" didn't work for me, but that could just be some random network issue.. hopefully.

Good luck!
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15 years 7 months ago #5565 by alzander
Ah, yes, your "My site" link was missing the 2nd 'n' in wingchun.

For the invite module, I went to my Profile page and noticed the full module was already there (at the bottom). It resized well for me and the URL in the invitation, when accepted, brought me to your page. Not sure if you already found the wwww issue.
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15 years 7 months ago #5573 by [email protected]
I have a similar problem - after inviting I get sent to this page: www.connect.facebook.com/widgets/serverfbml.php

What is wrong?

We are a non-profit non-gouverment organization who really would like to make this work.
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15 years 7 months ago #5581 by alzander
Check to ensure your "Invitee Welcome URL" is correct. It needs to start with http:// and should be a page on your site (though, I don't think this is a requirement). If you think that's setup correctly, send us a link to the URL that the Invite module is published at, and we can likely diagnose the issue quickly.

Thanks!
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15 years 7 months ago #5586 by fb_721883146
Thanks for that Alex, i put an extra w in with the site address when i was setting it up. Ha ha i feel a bit silly now, but guess that what happens you have your head buried in computers for hours. And as for the invite module positioning yes i did move it to the bottom, it was just so people weren't getting confused, so it will be fine in that position.
And Robert my advice to you is to go through all the settings again including the setting within your facebook application and just make sure everything is set up correctly Good luck i hope you find your problem

Many Thank Neil:)
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15 years 7 months ago #5589 by alzander
That's for posting back Neil, and letting us know you got it going. If you run into anything else, or need help, you know where to find us!
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