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13 years 6 months ago #27970 by y021ahe
I have installed the latest version of all the JFBConnect component, modules, plugins.

I note that when I click on the send button in my article, it does not show a well formatted box that I can successfully make use of on my site.

Could you please explain what I need to do to improve the height of the box.

Rich
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13 years 6 months ago #27976 by alzander
In your /templates/allrounder-j1.6/css/joomla.css file, at line 36, you have the following tag:
.items-leading, .items-row {
overflow: hidden;
}
Remove or comment out that overflow hidden part, and it will fix your issue. The problem is that the Send button 'overflows' the content div it's in, and that CSS tag hides that popup.

Hope that helps, but if you need more info, we'll be here!

Thanks,
Alex
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13 years 6 months ago #27990 by y021ahe
Alex, I changed the values in the joomla.css entry to those below as requested, but when I tested this is firefox it does not seem to be making any difference.

Are you able to offer any further advice?

Rich

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.items-leading, .items-row

/* 251112 - Removed overflow:hidden; as recommended by JFBConnect to enable comments box to be sized properly

{
overflow:hidden;
}

*/
--
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13 years 6 months ago #27994 by ellver
I Have eaxcly the same problem...
Can you make the send button otherwise link to the sharer.php which opens in a new window?
Can it be customised?

On more reason to use the sharer.php - it gives me the possibility to post directly to a page, which is not possible with the send button.


Ellen
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13 years 6 months ago #27995 by y021ahe
Ellen,
Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry I dont know how to change the send button to use the sharer.php.

Would you please be able to help me understand how to do this?

Rich
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13 years 6 months ago #27999 by alzander
Rich,
Beyond that CSS change, I don't think I'm going to be able to help much without being able to see the actual Like button cut off on your page. Can you re-enable it and we'll look into it later today? If you don't want that on your home page, if you can find an interior page that also has the issue, you can enable it there and just let us know where to look.

Ellen,
The Share button (which is implemented by the sharer.php file) has been deprecated by Facebook for over 2 years now and hasn't been recommended for use by Facebook or implemented within JFBConnect since then. They now only recommend using the Like button with Open Graph tags, which JFBConnect fully supports. I'm not sure what you mean about the "Ability to post directly to a page". Can you explain that more, and we may be able to help you implement something similar in JFBConnect.

Thanks,
Alex
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13 years 6 months ago #28004 by ellver
Hi Alex,

Thanx allready for the quick replies ;-)

Two Scenario's:
1)
What I'd love to do is whenever I make a new post in the "News" Category, it would be automagicly added as a new post to our facebook page, with a custom image (maybe set by tags if necessary).

2)
If the above is not possible, and maybe it is not the best solution, I'd like to be able to use a button which does the similar as the old sharer.php.
Other then with the send button now, where you can choose between friend, group and emailadress you cannot choose a page as destination, neither can you select the image to be specified in the post.

Any solution for the above scenario's?

Kindly regards

Ellen
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13 years 6 months ago #28008 by y021ahe
Alex,
I have pushed this into my test website www.fgatest.com which I am able to leave available for you to review.
I have made the joomla.css template entries and I have set up the like button on the home page Latest News for you to review.
You can see that it seems to be OK if it is at the Top of the page, but seems to have issues at the bottom of the page.
Ive included the screen prints for my test below which I hope will give you a few pointers.
Worst case scenario, I'll have to set it up with the like button at the top of my articles, if we cant set it.
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Rich
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13 years 6 months ago #28013 by alzander
Ellen,
We don't have a way to auto-post new articles to Facebook, and we don't recommend it. It's prone to errors, it's not very personalized for Facebook users, and it isn't great for promotion as you aren't controlling when the post goes out.

Instead of the old Share button, I'd recommend using the Open Graph tags which JFBConnect can help you implement. With them, you can set the image(s) that represent a page. Then, go to your FB Page and use the "Status Update" functionality. From there, you can type your message and include a link to the article. That will then let you choose the photo (from the Open Graph images you've set) and create a much more personalized introduction to your article than Share or an auto-post could do. Additionally, if anyone else links to your post, the title, description and image you set with the Open Graph tags will be used. Again, this helps make sure your message is right.

With the Share button, Facebook will try to guess the title, description and images that represent your page, which isn't always optimal.

Rich,
You enabled the Comment box, which is 'growing' the area a bit so the Send button seems to work. Without being able to see it fail, I can still make a good guess that the problem is the following CSS issue in the joomla.css file:
.item-page, .item, .leading-0, .leading-1, .leading-2, .leading-3, .leading-4, .leading-5 {
overflow:hidden;
Try removing that, and testing again. Let us know how it goes!

Thanks,
Alex
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13 years 6 months ago #28022 by ellver
Hi Alex,

Autopost function: Completely agree!

As for the share button:
I implemented it with the use of another plugin, although the "look" isn't as nice as expected, as the button is now not inline with yours.
The share button way is still the default method here in Belgium, even the national TV uses the sharer.php instead of the opengraph/send verion.
I would really prefer to have it inside your plugin!

You can see it now at our homepage www.musicalonstage.be

Regards
Ellen
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