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Facebook: and canvas page POSTing

February 22, 2008 | by Cappy Popp

I came across this issue today where I was getting an error when trying to add the to a canvas page of a page-only app. The app was installed on a Facebook Page of which I was an admin.

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Bebo platform is still down, but some new features coming

February 19, 2008 | by John Maver

Bebo is still working on fixing performance problems, and the applications are still down. In a blog post today, the Bebo developers talked about some features that they will be releasing in the near future.

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Bebo application platform is turned off!

February 18, 2008 | by John Maver

Bebo posted this today: Bebo is slow. Sorry! It's been growing a lot recently and we're not quite keeping up with the demand. Even though apps has nothing to do with the problem, we turned off apps temporarily to help reduce the load. We're working hard on a permanent fix ...

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Dealing with MySQL Too Many Connections error

February 18, 2008 | by John Maver

Doorbell on Bebo is growing steadily, despite some randomness in the Bebo platform uptime. One side effect of its popularity was a new error – Too Many Connections. Here is a quick overview of the cause and a solution.

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Facebook API: Undocumented Cookie Management REST APIs

February 15, 2008 | by Cappy Popp

The Facebook API does have a way to set and get cookies, but it is in beta so is not currently part of the FB PHP libraries. I found it out by searching through forums, by trial-and-error, and on the FB Beta docs page. There are 2 functions available:

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Facebook vs. MySpace/OpenSocial Development

February 8, 2008 | by Cappy Popp

After having looked at MySpace's OpenSocial implementation I wanted to provide a comparison between it and the Facebook development platform. They are based upon completely different models and moving from one to the other is not as easy as one would hope.

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Introduction to the Facebook Data Store API

February 8, 2008 | by John Maver

Facebook released the Data Store API Beta a few months ago, but I hadn’t had a chance to try it out until recently. There are many blog posts discussing the merits of its implementation, but I felt it would be useful to post a quick how-to guide to using it. The Data Store ...

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PHP's mystical __set_state method

February 2, 2008 | by Cappy Popp

PHP 4.x introduced magic methods with the __serialize and __unserialize methods. Since then many have been added. Love them or hate them as a language abomination magic methods are here to stay. Most are well-documented but one, the __set_state() magic method, is not. I ...

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A quick Flash sound player to use on Facebook and Bebo

January 31, 2008 | by John Maver

For Doorbell on Bebo, I needed an easy way to play an arbitrary doorbell ring. Previously, I had been creating individual .swf files for each ring, and then using the tag to put them on the page. I was using an AJAX callback to add them when the user clicked a ...

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Hidden Facebook API feature - Preload FQL

January 17, 2008 | by John Maver

I happened across this today as I was going through the Facebook developer forums.

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Most Recent Articles on Programming

Facebook: and canvas page POSTing

Bebo platform is still down, but some new features coming

Bebo application platform is turned off!

Dealing with MySQL Too Many Connections error

Facebook API: Undocumented Cookie Management REST APIs

Facebook vs. MySpace/OpenSocial Development

Introduction to the Facebook Data Store API

PHP's mystical __set_state method

A quick Flash sound player to use on Facebook and Bebo

Hidden Facebook API feature - Preload FQL

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