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	<title>Widgetbox &#187; facebook app accelerator</title>
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		<title>New Facebook Accelerator Features</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Price</dc:creator>
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As you might know, we have a <a href="http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/app-accelerator/">Facebook accelerator</a> that lets you turn your widgets into full Facebook applications with all the trimmings.</p>
<p>We released a bunch of new goodies for it.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the deal:<br /><strong><br /><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Flash widgets in profile</span></strong><br />Your<br />
#1 feature request was putting Flash widgets in the profile, rather on the<br />
canvas page.&nbsp; &nbsp;Well, here you go.</p>
<p>You can customize the click-to-activate image that Facebook requires on top of all Flash files.&nbsp; You can&nbsp; also include a &quot;click me&quot; overlay to make sure people know what to do.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/11/baseball_screenshot.png" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=401,height=316,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="410" height="323" border="0" alt="Baseball_screenshot" title="Baseball_screenshot" src="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/11/baseball_screenshot.png" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">News Feed mania</span></strong> </p>
<p>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?</p>
<p><img border="1" alt="Boringvsinterestingstory_2" title="Boringvsinterestingstory_2" src="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/13/boringvsinterestingstory_2.png" style="border: 1px solid black;" />
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<p>We added much more interesting default News Feed stories, and gave you a screen to further pimp them out, including adding your own pictures.&nbsp; You can also customize all aspects of your app&#8217;s friend invites.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/11/viralsettingsscreenshot.png" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=413,height=638,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="410" height="633" border="0" alt="Viralsettingsscreenshot" title="Viralsettingsscreenshot" src="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/11/viralsettingsscreenshot.png" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><strong>Notifications API</strong></span></p>
<p>
Widgetbox now provides a <a href="http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/app-accelerator/guide/#api">Javascript and Flash API</a> that you can use inside your widget to:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Send stories to the Facebook News Feed.</li>
<li>Send events to your app&#8217;s profile box.</li>
</ul>
<p>
This API can be used in your existing Flash and HTML/Javascript<br />
widgets. It will not break the widget when the widget is used outside<br />
of Facebook.</p>
<p><strong>News Feed API Example</strong></p>
<p>
If you have a game widget, you could send a News Feed story after the game is played:
</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/11/apinewsfeedexample.png"><img border="1" src="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/11/apinewsfeedexample.png" title="Apinewsfeedexample" alt="Apinewsfeedexample" style="border: 1px solid black;" /></a></p>
<p></strong></p>
<p><strong>Profile Box Example</strong><br />
You can also post events to your app&#8217;s profile, like these Magic 8 Ball answers:</p>
<p><img border="0" alt="Notificationsinprofile" title="Notificationsinprofile" src="http://blog.widgetbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/13/notificationsinprofile.png" style="border: 1px solid black;" />
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In conclusion</span></strong></p>
<p>Hope you enjoy.&nbsp; And as always, please let us know if you have questions, comments or any other feedback.</p>
<p><a href="http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/app-accelerator/">Learn more</a>, or <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/dash/facebook_apps.jsp">jump right into it</a>.</p>
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