New Facebook Accelerator Features
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 7:05AM
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As you might know, we have a Facebook accelerator that lets you turn your widgets into full Facebook applications with all the trimmings.



We released a bunch of new goodies for it.  Here's the deal:

Flash widgets in profile

Your
#1 feature request was putting Flash widgets in the profile, rather on the
canvas page.   Well, here you go.



You can customize the click-to-activate image that Facebook requires on top of all Flash files.  You can  also include a "click me" overlay to make sure people know what to do.



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News Feed mania



So everyone knows by now that using the Facebook News Feed effectively is the most important thing you can do to help your app spread, right?



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We added much more interesting default News Feed stories, and gave you a screen to further pimp them out, including adding your own pictures.  You can also customize all aspects of your app's friend invites.



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Notifications API




Widgetbox now provides a Javascript and Flash API that you can use inside your widget to:






This API can be used in your existing Flash and HTML/Javascript
widgets. It will not break the widget when the widget is used outside
of Facebook.



News Feed API Example




If you have a game widget, you could send a News Feed story after the game is played:




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Profile Box Example

You can also post events to your app's profile, like these Magic 8 Ball answers:



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In conclusion



Hope you enjoy.  And as always, please let us know if you have questions, comments or any other feedback.



Learn more, or jump right into it.


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