While developing a new Facebook application I stumbled upon a very common app development bug: redirecting users to authorize your app from within an Iframe-based Facebook application. This post explains how to easily solve the problem

I just finished my first Facebook app, called My Wishlist.  It allows users to publish a wishlist of items on Facebook that their friends can view and use for gift ideas.  My goal is to make a new kind of Facebook application: one that’s truly useful and not just a time waster.  Did I achieve my goal? Check out My Wishlist, rip it apart, and leave your feedback in the comments!

It began as a trickle.  An email from Windows Live on behalf of my friend Tricia.  An hour later three more arrive from something called Flixter on behalf of three other friends who signed up for whatever it is the site has to offer. As more websites adapt the new Facebook for Website’s interface in a grab for a slice of their 300 million users, Facebook will quickly become the glue that holds the Web [...]

As the developer responsible for my employer’s website (a technical school for high school students and adults) I was also made responsible for creating and cultivating membership to the school’s Facebook page.  Our school is different from a high school in that we aren’t guaranteed enrollment from year-to-year, and so we’re constantly looking to improve our marketing. Facebook was the perfect candidate, but what was initially viewed as a great marketing and communications tool is [...]