Most of you know how powerful Wordpress & Facebook have become in both online & offline marketing. But do you know that you can harness the power of both in a single application? We will briefly explain how to build a bridge between your wordpress install & facebook.

Resources:

Facebook Social Install Services

Disclaimer:

The directions here are for the advanced wordpress user and should not be attempted by basic or intermediate users. If would like WardCommunication offers a standard Facebook Social For Wordpress install for only $97.00. You will get Facebook Social For Wordpress installed into your main template. Each additional template you would like it installed to is only $15.00.

Also as with any modification, it is HIGHLY recommended that you do a full backup of your files before attempting these instructions. WardCommunication.com is not liable for any errors or mistakes which may cause data loss or corruption to you wordpress install. PROCEED with EXTREME Caution.

Install:

1. Grab the standard Facebook Social Plugin for worpress from http://olussier.net/demo/facebook-social-plugins/. The plugin offers a lot more than just the comments, it offers a Facebook like button for wordpress, Facebook activity for wordpress and Facebook recommendation feed for wordpress. All these are available via widgets so you can place them in sidebars or any other widget spaces on your template.
2. Install & activate the plugin via the wordpress admin panel, in the plugin section.
3. Now comes the hard part. Everything is built with what we call widget spaces in wordpress. In order to use the comments plugin we must add a widget space to the current template.
   
   
   • First click on editor under Themes in the wordpress admin section. Under the right hand column find the file named Theme Functions or function.php and select it. In the editor scroll all the way to the bottom of the file but above the "?>" and place this line of code.
     
     

     register_sidebars(1, array("name"=>"Custom-Comment",
     "id"=>"Custom-Comment","before_title"=>"","after_title"=>""));

     
     
     
   • The next step is a little different depending on what theme you are using. Find comments.php in the left hand column. It may also be named Theme-Comments or another name relating to comments. Replace the entire contents of this page with this code.
     
     

     <?php
     if (!empty($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]) &&
      "comments.php" == basename($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]))
     die ("Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!");
     if ( post_password_required() ) {
         ?><p class="nocomments"">This post is password protected.
         Enter the password to view comments.</p><?php
         return;
     } ?>
     <?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
     <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
         <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
             <!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. -->
          <?php else : // comments are closed ?>
             <!-- If comments are closed. -->
             <p class="nocomments">Comments are closed.</p>
         <?php endif; ?>
     <?php endif; ?>
     <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
     <div class="CustomComments"">  
     <?php  if (dynamic_sidebar("Custom-Comment")) {  } ?>
     </div>
     <?php endif; ?>
     

     
     
     
4. Go over to http://www.facebook.com/developers/ after signing in you will see a button on the right that says create new application. Click this button and then give you application a name. You will then come to a page that lists out your application ID. Copy this key for future use.
5. After you have you applicationID go back to your worpress administration panel and click on FP Social Plugin under the settings menu. Paste the applicationID you just received into the box that is labeled Application ID.
6. Now we must add the comments widget to your page. Inside your wordpress admin section under appearance click the widgets option. If Step 3-a was completed successfully you will see a widget section named Custom-Comment on the right hand side. If it is not there please repeat Step 3. YOU CANNOT CONTINUE IF THIS DOES NOT SHOW UP. Under Available widgets select the FB Comments widget and drag it into the Custom-Comments space in the right hand column.
7. Now you can set the setting for the actual widget. Under the Custom-Comments Widget click the array in the top right hand corner to drop down the settings menu. Set the width to the width of area where your comments are displayed.

Help Me:

That is all there is to it. To me this seems easy but I know it is not. If you need help installing we can install and set it all up for you for only $97.00/install. That includes 1 template. Each additional template is only $15.00



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Written By:

Dustin N. Ward
The Technology Guru?

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