InBoundNow has posted a quick and simple video on how to set up an iFrame app for your Facebook pages to replace FBML, which is being
phased out.
Advantages
Pulling a page you create and host into Facebook allows for a much more
dynamic experience within Facebook and allows you to
continue to use your programming skills rather than having to learn the Facebook API.
Since you are pulling in an existing page, you can
code and develop on your live site without having to log into Facebook, which adds a layer of security to credentials (i.e., some people can administer Facebook, others can access the live site).
You don't have to use trial-and-error with the code you enter in FBML being
stripped out by the parser.
Disadvantages
It adds a layer of
unnecessary complexity if all you want to do is create a static page of content and images.
You
must have a webpage to show in the iFrame. If you're a small organization without a website or using a free service like a WordPress blog for your web presence, this is a problem.
It will be interesting to see 6 months from now it iFrames have fully replaced FBML or if we see an FBML-lite option still available.
Published on February 22, 2011 06:31