jwFacebook Comments 2.0! Plugin

jwFacebook Comments has undergone a rewrite to handle the full range of article displays.

It will now be able to be implemented in the Blog Category, Frontpage, and Full Article view, and it has also been given some more connectivity options through the implementation of a 'onReady' Javascript statement which executes when the jwFacebook Comments has renders.

There is also support for the Full CSS and Compact CSS (Compact CSS is used when the FB Comment block is rendered on a Blog Layout or Frontpage component). Likewise there is also support for a Compact JS file to be run, which can be loaded with jQuery (or Mootools) to better manipulate the output.

Sections and Category Whitelisting has been given a revamp as well, and the article exclusion tag has been implemented more effectively.

UPDATES:

2.0.1 - Added Compact Mode Off switch to turn off the comments on the frontpage component and in blog view (basically when this is set to Yes it will restrict the FB Comments output to the full article view only - as per the original code)

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byjoomla36 on November 16, 2009
This plugin does the job very well when it works. Unfortunately it doesn't display in all the articles I'd like, and I can't manage to find what's wrong. I'm using 1.5 version, and I can't download the latest 2.0 version on developer website (the document is being updated).
To sum up : Very good job, but needs improvements...
byblinx on November 13, 2009
Since the Facebook is a must (more or less) this kind of plugin becomes very needed. I found it well working, installation and setup is easy and the developer of this plugin did respond to my comment almost immediately.
bylandforce on November 12, 2009
Very excited for this and I love how it posts to the FB profile... this is going to be big for my site.

In editing the CSS to make it skinnier and fit my template, I noticed that I could modify the width of every div I needed to except the white background behind it all. No luck for hours, it was driving me crazy...

Then, I searched for the color code "000" in the .php file. I found it, and edited the width of it there, fixing my problem!

No, I just need to figure out how to create a useful compact CSS file for the frontpage of my blog that doesn't take up much space on each article.

Any direction here?
bylintang on October 24, 2009
great job for this plugin, but not work in blog layout
Owner's reply

updates are coming to allow you to use the plugin with any layout, and with a little jQuery or Mootools you should be able to prevent the plugin from overcrowding your layouts.

See the jwarlock.com implementation I have done with help of jQuery and a lightbox effect.

bypabloapico on October 2, 2009
Thanks for your contribution.
The extension is perfect except for not being able to be shown in blog_items. It only appears in article default layout and i need it in category-blog layout.
I wouldn't mind to donate but the plugin is suposed to be fired whenever a full article is shown.. and that should include blog items!
I played around with this extension and think this is a really great one, especially for marketing reasons, because comments appear also on the Facebook Profile, which in return attracts more users.

However, there is one important limitation which prevents me (and probably others) to use it: The width the comment field can't be adjusted. This can mess up the whole template in case a colum is to narrow.
Owner's reply

Hi,

Thanks for the review :)
The width of the comment field is controllable via the CSS file you can attach to the plugin. (Keep in mind the URL to the CSS file is supposed to be absolute too).

The CSS file will allow you to change the colors of any targettable element in the iframe output which is being piped back from the facebook FMBL engine.

For example. Adding the following rule to the CSS file which you attach to the comments window would add a red 1 pixel border around the textarea control.

div.composer div.UIContentBox div div div input.DOMControl_placeholder{border:1px solid red;}

byRogant on July 1, 2009
Great Job,
but I could dont have configure
Owner's reply

Hi Rogant,

The configuration at the moment is only available in the plugin's settings page. If you have downloaded the latest version then that version will allow better control of Category and Sections whitelisting.

Thanks for the review :)

bycurrojim on June 9, 2009
Can't adapt to my web.
The style. css fails, there is no way to adapt.
The option to activate the sections and categories dont run well, ever all is activated.

I do not know if the problem is not compatibility of my web.

Good job
bynoartclub on March 9, 2009
good plugin but not use for urls in other languages
Owner's reply

hi noartclub,
Could you please email me with an example of what URLs you are experiencing problems with?
I'll see if there is something I can do with it.

bydharam on March 2, 2009
Thanks Adam, I have decided to signup for this forum because I want to tell you "Superb job"
Owner's reply

Thanks dharam,
It is good to see another member here, and more flattering to know you joined because of this extension.

byn1gh7r4v3n on February 28, 2009
Hi, Very nice! but maybe you can tell people that they have to add - xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" - in the html tag of their template. I discoverd that without this tag the plugin doesnt work in internet explorer (i use ie7) And i still need to figure out how to make the commentarea look different with a css file, but i will surely find that out too. Tnx a lot!
Owner's reply

Hi,

Thanks for pointing this one out. The IE doctype is most certainly important, and I am working on a fix for that one that I will hope to have ready sometime in the next 48 hours.

The CSS file is available at (http://www.jwarlock.com/media/wall.css) and it has a breakdown of 95% of the CSS rules you can apply styles to.

I hope that helps out some.

byCodestream on February 27, 2009
This is a great plugin. Got it working pretty quickly after handling the basic settings on facebook. Having more control over which Joomla sections/categories the plugin is active in would be a great next step.
Super Job Adam!
Owner's reply

I will be updating this in a few days, as well as releasing a few more Facebook related modules.

byogormask on February 26, 2009
When the FB Connect comment "widget" came out the other night I spent an hour trying to install it to my website. It did work but this would have saved a lot of time and energy. I am glad someone has done the work for everyone. I can't comment as to this working but it looks good on the site demo.

Do you have any insight as to getting the full Facebook API working on a Joomla! site? No one has done this yet.

Thanks for the good work so far!