What's the difference between JFBCContent and JFBCSocial?

The JFBCSocial plugin is what we use to look for the {} tags on the page and replace with them with the correct Facebook calls. These are the { JFBCLike}, { JFBCComments}, etc tags and can either be put manually on a page (in the template, in an article, etc), inserted by one of our modules, or inserted by the JFBContent plugin.

The JFBContent plugin is used to automatically insert the Like and Comment boxes on content pages of your site. This is done by automatically inserting the {} tags for each into the articles, which is then replaced with the JFBCSocial plugin.

So, you should always have the JFBCSocial plugin enabled. You can choose whether you want the JFBContent plugin enabled.

The reason the likes differ unfortunately, is that we send a unique identifier to Facebook within the JFBContent plugin. We create this id based off the type of page you're displaying along with the id of the content.. so the identifier would be something like 'content_12' for article 12. The reason we generate this ID, instead of letting Facebook do it automatically, is because on many Joomla sites, you can reach the same page in numerous ways. For example:
index.php?option=content&view=article&id=12 (A page only showing article 12)
index.php?Itemid=27 (which would be a menu item to show article 12)
index.php?option=content&view=blog&catid=12 (A blog layout, each article could have it's own like box).

The last case is the most important, because when using the JFBContent plugin, we'll put like buttons on each article, but each like button would be unique to that article, not to the 'blog' page itself.

Hope that explains the function of the two plugins. You can use the Content plugin to insert the Like button at the top of the article, and the comments at the bottom and they should both line up. If you use the { JFBCLike} tag or module on the page though, you'll want to make sure you use the same id that the Content plugin is specifying (you can find it in the HTML).

We're working on streamlining some of the plugins for a future release to make it less confusing. Right now, we have a ton of ways to do similar things, and each one fits certain needs.

Hope this helps, but if you have any questions, let us know.

Thanks!

No problem. Let us know if you have any other questions. If you run into issues, or have suggestions on how to improve things, we're always listening.

Yup, what you did should work. Additionally, you could use the JFBCLike module and add it to the menu item that displays your articles, and set the ID in there. If you don't have a good menu item (or a few) that covers all your items, you could try using the Advanced Module Manager from NoNumber.nl which has a lot more configuration options for where a module is displayed, and you can use that to insert a module on any article page.

Of course, if you've got something working how you want, that's great. Hope it's not too confusing, and certainly, if you have some suggestions on how to improve the adding of Like buttons (or anything else), let us know!

Thanks, and good luck!

Spandey,
The Share button shouldn't be used anymore. Please see the following article on our site, which also links to some other articles discussing the discontinued nature of the share button. It's possible this is causing some of the issues you're experiencing:
www.sourcecoast.com/extensions/jfbconnec...tions#share-conflict

As for the {JFBC} tags, it's possible that you will have different Like buttons depending on how you include the tag. Since an article can be displayed in a blog layout, on your front page, in a module, or other places, when using the JFBCContent plugin, we'll try to use the same unique ID for each instance. That way, even on separate pages, the Like button would all be for the same article. The same goes for a page that shows one article. You could have a Like button for just that article, but then a Like button for the entire site (set the xid id to 'site' or something like that).

Hope that helps makes sense. It doesn't state how you should use it though, because it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you have something specific you're looking to do, let us know and we can help let you know how to do it!