Facebook FMBL (Facebook Markup Language) is a great application that allows you to customize your Facebook fan page. FBML is very similar to normal HTML. If you have experience with using HTML then you will face no problem with FBML. Even if you didn’t use HTML before, still you can use Facebook FBML very easily. By adding Facebook FBML application into your fan page you are able to make your own website page right in Facebook and have the opportunity to make a unique branded Facebook fan page for your business. Below are some basics for using Facebook static FBML –
- Static FBML can only be added to Facebook fan page such as public profiles, business pages etc.
- JavaScript can’t be used in FBML page without user interaction. You can also use Facebook JavaScript (FBJS) in your page
- Maximum width of Facebook FBML page is 520px
- You should not use <style type=”text/css”> tag in FBML. Though it works in most browsers but create some problem in Internet Explorer. Rather try to use external style sheet via <link href=”http://yourdomain.com/layout/style.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />
- To add an application in your fan page you must have to be administrator of that page
- Include HTML/CSS only between <body> and </body> tags. No <html>, <head>, meta tag etc.
