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14 years 5 months ago #16905 by aarcer
JFBC Invite was created by aarcer
I am hoping this one is fairly simple. Is there any way to create a {JFBCInvite} tag or, at least, customize the height / width of the JFBCInvite module? I find the sizes listed in the module to be too restrictive, as there are only 3 sizes to choose from. I would prefer to customize it to the width of my site.
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14 years 5 months ago #16913 by alzander
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Aaron,
There's no tag, and no other dimensions possible. The Invite module uses an old system from Facebook and it's pretty restricted.

With that said, with the 4.1 release (coming in a week or so), we're moving to the new "Requests" system. With this, the invite module isn't displayed inline, it's either a link or an image that user's click on. When they do, a much better looking popup will appear and it will work from there. There will be a {JFBCRequest} tag, and even more, you'll be able to track requests that have been sent, and actually acted upon. The only caveat to all of this is that the new Requests system from Facebook -requires- an SSL certificate installed on your site. SSL certs are pretty cheap (down to like $15/year, I think) and pretty easy to install, nowadays though.

So, I wouldn't stress too much about the Invite module. We'll still be including it in the 4.1 release, but in June, Facebook is going to be removing support for it altogether.

Hope that helps,
Alex
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14 years 5 months ago #16927 by aarcer
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Thank you very much. I am guessing there will be an easy upgrade path for 4.0 to 4.1? I am new to the component and just purchased it the other day.
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14 years 5 months ago #16940 by alzander
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Upgrading is meant to be a cinch. We try to make all of our basically just install upgrades. You don't need to uninstall first. Once done, everything should work as before. We always recommend checking your settings though, as new features may be added that you want to configure. Beyond that though, it's in our best interest to make sure an upgrade goes pretty smoothly.

Hope that helps!
Alex
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