Facebooker talk - Sep 2008 - fb_comments and fb_board not working

It would sure be nice if these would work.

I have the following in my home controller:

<%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>

it renders:

<fb:board xid="golf_board1" />

The discussion board shows on my page, but when I click start new topic, it
reloads the previous URL (default callback) and continues to display "Start
new topic".

fb_comments does the same thing.


Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new topic"

http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751

thanks

I made a small change:
<%= fb_board("golf_board1", :callbackurl =>
url_for(:controller=>"home",
:action=>"index", :only_path=>false)) %>

The discussion board then shows up if I click on start a new topic. 
However once I enter a topic and post, and return back to the main page, 
it still shows I have no topics entered.


Allen Walker wrote:
> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>
> I have the following in my home controller:
>
> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>
> it renders:
>
> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>
> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I click start new 
> topic, it reloads the previous URL (default callback) and continues to 
> display "Start new topic".
>
> fb_comments does the same thing.
>
>
> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new topic"
>
> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>
> thanks
>

I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get fb_comment working.  The
instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t quite
complete and I had to look at the source code for chapter 8 to get
things working.  I had the same problem
with you (or at least I think it''s the same problem).  Basically I
type some comment in the text area and click
submit and nothing ''happens''.  When I look into the database
table the
new comment is there so what I was
missing was to pull the comments out from the table and display them.

My code structure is pretty much the same as karate poke.  I have this
code snippet in my view:

<% form_for Comment.new do %>
  Comment on gifts: <br />
  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver, @user.id %>
  <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
<% end %>

<div id="all_comments">
  <%= render :partial=>"comments/comments" %>
</div>

I was missing the <div>...</div> portion before.  Do you have that
and
the _comments.erb partial in place?

Zhao

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>
> I have the following in my home controller:
>
> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>
> it renders:
>
> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>
> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I click start new topic, it
> reloads the previous URL (default callback) and continues to display
"Start
> new topic".
>
> fb_comments does the same thing.
>
>
> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new topic"
>
> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>
> thanks
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>


-- 
Zhao

Actually I''m not even doing that. You are internally storing you own 
comments.

I''m simply attempting to use facebooks built in servers to run my 
dicussion boards and comments via the <fb:board> and <fb:comments>
code.
It should be rather trivial and for some reason it''s not working. It 
must have something to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not 
correctly mapping it to the xid.

Zhao Lu wrote:
> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get fb_comment working.  The
> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t quite
> complete and I had to look at the source code for chapter 8 to get
> things working.  I had the same problem
> with you (or at least I think it''s the same problem).  Basically I
> type some comment in the text area and click
> submit and nothing ''happens''.  When I look into the
database table the
> new comment is there so what I was
> missing was to pull the comments out from the table and display them.
>
> My code structure is pretty much the same as karate poke.  I have this
> code snippet in my view:
>
> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>   Comment on gifts: <br />
>   <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
>   <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver, @user.id %>
>   <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
> <% end %>
>
> <div id="all_comments">
>   <%= render :partial=>"comments/comments" %>
> </div>
>
> I was missing the <div>...</div> portion before.  Do you have
that and
> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>
> Zhao
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
>   
>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>>
>> I have the following in my home controller:
>>
>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>
>> it renders:
>>
>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>>
>> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I click start new
topic, it
>> reloads the previous URL (default callback) and continues to display
"Start
>> new topic".
>>
>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>>
>>
>> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new topic"
>>
>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>
>> thanks
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>>     
>
>
>
>

Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what you have done, which 
theoretically is much harder than just using the built in facebook 
comments tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board, it really 
behooves me to figure this out b/c a discussion board is much more 
advanced than just comments.

Zhao Lu wrote:
> you are ahead of me, again.
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
>   
>> Actually I''m not even doing that. You are internally storing
you own
>> comments.
>>
>> I''m simply attempting to use facebooks built in servers to run
my dicussion
>> boards and comments via the <fb:board> and <fb:comments>
code. It should be
>> rather trivial and for some reason it''s not working. It must
have something
>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not correctly mapping it
to
>> the xid.
>>
>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>     
>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get fb_comment working.
The
>>> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t quite
>>> complete and I had to look at the source code for chapter 8 to get
>>> things working.  I had the same problem
>>> with you (or at least I think it''s the same problem). 
Basically I
>>> type some comment in the text area and click
>>> submit and nothing ''happens''.  When I look into
the database table the
>>> new comment is there so what I was
>>> missing was to pull the comments out from the table and display
them.
>>>
>>> My code structure is pretty much the same as karate poke.  I have
this
>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>
>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver, @user.id %>
>>>  <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
>>> <% end %>
>>>
>>> <div id="all_comments">
>>>  <%= render :partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>> </div>
>>>
>>> I was missing the <div>...</div> portion before.  Do
you have that and
>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>>>
>>> Zhao
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>>>>
>>>> I have the following in my home controller:
>>>>
>>>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>>>
>>>> it renders:
>>>>
>>>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>>>>
>>>> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I click start
new topic,
>>>> it
>>>> reloads the previous URL (default callback) and continues to
display
>>>> "Start
>>>> new topic".
>>>>
>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new topic"
>>>>
>>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>

Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to internally store the comments
because I wanted to be able to search them.  As far as discussion board
goes, I''d really love to use the fbml rather than implementing it.

Since I''m new to this whole rails thing, all I can think of is to look
at the
test cases (rails app should be well tested, right?).  I found a bunch
of tests under
vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.  rails_integration_test.rb
contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.  I was hoping to figure
out the usage of them by merely looking at the test case.  I''m not sure
if
you''ve looked at those and if they''re helpful to you.
I figured if they aren''t then it means the test coverage can be
improved.  So
you (or facebooker users like us) could probably improve it by adding new test
cases, which should also help with debugging our problems as well.

Zhao

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what you have done, which
> theoretically is much harder than just using the built in facebook comments
> tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board, it really behooves me to
> figure this out b/c a discussion board is much more advanced than just
> comments.
>
> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>
>> you are ahead of me, again.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Actually I''m not even doing that. You are internally
storing you own
>>> comments.
>>>
>>> I''m simply attempting to use facebooks built in servers to
run my
>>> dicussion
>>> boards and comments via the <fb:board> and
<fb:comments> code. It should
>>> be
>>> rather trivial and for some reason it''s not working. It
must have
>>> something
>>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not correctly
mapping it
>>> to
>>> the xid.
>>>
>>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get fb_comment
working.  The
>>>> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t quite
>>>> complete and I had to look at the source code for chapter 8 to
get
>>>> things working.  I had the same problem
>>>> with you (or at least I think it''s the same problem). 
Basically I
>>>> type some comment in the text area and click
>>>> submit and nothing ''happens''.  When I look
into the database table the
>>>> new comment is there so what I was
>>>> missing was to pull the comments out from the table and display
them.
>>>>
>>>> My code structure is pretty much the same as karate poke.  I
have this
>>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>>
>>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
>>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver, @user.id %>
>>>>  <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
>>>> <% end %>
>>>>
>>>> <div id="all_comments">
>>>>  <%= render :partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>>> </div>
>>>>
>>>> I was missing the <div>...</div> portion before. 
Do you have that and
>>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>>>>
>>>> Zhao
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the following in my home controller:
>>>>>
>>>>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>>>>
>>>>> it renders:
>>>>>
>>>>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>>>>>
>>>>> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I click
start new
>>>>> topic,
>>>>> it
>>>>> reloads the previous URL (default callback) and continues
to display
>>>>> "Start
>>>>> new topic".
>>>>>
>>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new
topic"
>>>>>
>>>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>


-- 
Zhao

Not totally sure what your issues are but did you look at the comments
section on the facebooker tutorial.

They appear to be working there, although in there simplest form.

http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments

I haven''t tried the board yet though.



Dave

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu <zhao.lu.us at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to internally store the
comments
> because I wanted to be able to search them.  As far as discussion board
> goes, I''d really love to use the fbml rather than implementing it.
>
> Since I''m new to this whole rails thing, all I can think of is to
look at
> the
> test cases (rails app should be well tested, right?).  I found a bunch
> of tests under
> vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.  rails_integration_test.rb
> contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.  I was hoping to figure
> out the usage of them by merely looking at the test case.  I''m not
sure if
> you''ve looked at those and if they''re helpful to you.
> I figured if they aren''t then it means the test coverage can be
improved.
>  So
> you (or facebooker users like us) could probably improve it by adding new
> test
> cases, which should also help with debugging our problems as well.
>
> Zhao
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what you have done, which
> > theoretically is much harder than just using the built in facebook
> comments
> > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board, it really behooves me
to
> > figure this out b/c a discussion board is much more advanced than just
> > comments.
> >
> > Zhao Lu wrote:
> >>
> >> you are ahead of me, again.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Actually I''m not even doing that. You are internally
storing you own
> >>> comments.
> >>>
> >>> I''m simply attempting to use facebooks built in
servers to run my
> >>> dicussion
> >>> boards and comments via the <fb:board> and
<fb:comments> code. It
> should
> >>> be
> >>> rather trivial and for some reason it''s not working.
It must have
> >>> something
> >>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not correctly
mapping it
> >>> to
> >>> the xid.
> >>>
> >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get fb_comment
working.  The
> >>>> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t quite
> >>>> complete and I had to look at the source code for chapter
8 to get
> >>>> things working.  I had the same problem
> >>>> with you (or at least I think it''s the same
problem).  Basically I
> >>>> type some comment in the text area and click
> >>>> submit and nothing ''happens''.  When I
look into the database table the
> >>>> new comment is there so what I was
> >>>> missing was to pull the comments out from the table and
display them.
> >>>>
> >>>> My code structure is pretty much the same as karate poke. 
I have this
> >>>> code snippet in my view:
> >>>>
> >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
> >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
> >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
> >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver, @user.id %>
> >>>>  <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
> >>>> <% end %>
> >>>>
> >>>> <div id="all_comments">
> >>>>  <%= render :partial=>"comments/comments"
%>
> >>>> </div>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was missing the <div>...</div> portion
before.  Do you have that and
> >>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
> >>>>
> >>>> Zhao
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk
at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have the following in my home controller:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> it renders:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I
click start new
> >>>>> topic,
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> reloads the previous URL (default callback) and
continues to display
> >>>>> "Start
> >>>>> new topic".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new
topic"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanks
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Zhao
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
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Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial. It''s very straightforward
and I''ve tried
it as it says with no luck. I''ve gotten everything else to work so
i''m quite
puzzled. It must have something to do with routing and url recognition is
the only thing I can figure, as I believe the fb:board and fb:comments tag
map based on the URL and the xid=value.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements <digidigo at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Not totally sure what your issues are but did you look at the comments
> section on the facebooker tutorial.
>
> They appear to be working there, although in there simplest form.
>
> http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>
> I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu <zhao.lu.us at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to internally store the
comments
>> because I wanted to be able to search them.  As far as discussion board
>> goes, I''d really love to use the fbml rather than implementing
it.
>>
>> Since I''m new to this whole rails thing, all I can think of is
to look at
>> the
>> test cases (rails app should be well tested, right?).  I found a bunch
>> of tests under
>> vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.  rails_integration_test.rb
>> contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.  I was hoping to
figure
>> out the usage of them by merely looking at the test case.  I''m
not sure if
>> you''ve looked at those and if they''re helpful to you.
>> I figured if they aren''t then it means the test coverage can
be improved.
>>  So
>> you (or facebooker users like us) could probably improve it by adding
new
>> test
>> cases, which should also help with debugging our problems as well.
>>
>> Zhao
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what you have done, which
>> > theoretically is much harder than just using the built in facebook
>> comments
>> > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board, it really behooves
me to
>> > figure this out b/c a discussion board is much more advanced than
just
>> > comments.
>> >
>> > Zhao Lu wrote:
>> >>
>> >> you are ahead of me, again.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Actually I''m not even doing that. You are
internally storing you own
>> >>> comments.
>> >>>
>> >>> I''m simply attempting to use facebooks built in
servers to run my
>> >>> dicussion
>> >>> boards and comments via the <fb:board> and
<fb:comments> code. It
>> should
>> >>> be
>> >>> rather trivial and for some reason it''s not
working. It must have
>> >>> something
>> >>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not
correctly mapping
>> it
>> >>> to
>> >>> the xid.
>> >>>
>> >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get
fb_comment working.  The
>> >>>> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t quite
>> >>>> complete and I had to look at the source code for
chapter 8 to get
>> >>>> things working.  I had the same problem
>> >>>> with you (or at least I think it''s the same
problem).  Basically I
>> >>>> type some comment in the text area and click
>> >>>> submit and nothing ''happens''.  When
I look into the database table
>> the
>> >>>> new comment is there so what I was
>> >>>> missing was to pull the comments out from the table
and display them.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> My code structure is pretty much the same as karate
poke.  I have
>> this
>> >>>> code snippet in my view:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>> >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>> >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
>> >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver, @user.id
%>
>> >>>>  <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
>> >>>> <% end %>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> <div id="all_comments">
>> >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>> >>>> </div>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I was missing the <div>...</div> portion
before.  Do you have that
>> and
>> >>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Zhao
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker
<auswalk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I have the following in my home controller:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> it renders:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The discussion board shows on my page, but when I
click start new
>> >>>>> topic,
>> >>>>> it
>> >>>>> reloads the previous URL (default callback) and
continues to display
>> >>>>> "Start
>> >>>>> new topic".
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start new
topic"
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> thanks
>> >>>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Zhao
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>
>

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Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the tutorial at all.  Each
lesson has it own comment block with just and xid.

Dave


On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial. It''s very
straightforward and I''ve tried
> it as it says with no luck. I''ve gotten everything else to work so
i''m quite
> puzzled. It must have something to do with routing and url recognition is
> the only thing I can figure, as I believe the fb:board and fb:comments tag
> map based on the URL and the xid=value.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements <digidigo at
gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Not totally sure what your issues are but did you look at the comments
>> section on the facebooker tutorial.
>>
>> They appear to be working there, although in there simplest form.
>>
>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>
>> I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu <zhao.lu.us at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to internally store
the comments
>>> because I wanted to be able to search them.  As far as discussion
board
>>> goes, I''d really love to use the fbml rather than
implementing it.
>>>
>>> Since I''m new to this whole rails thing, all I can think
of is to look at
>>> the
>>> test cases (rails app should be well tested, right?).  I found a
bunch
>>> of tests under
>>> vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.  rails_integration_test.rb
>>> contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.  I was hoping to
>>> figure
>>> out the usage of them by merely looking at the test case. 
I''m not sure
>>> if
>>> you''ve looked at those and if they''re helpful to
you.
>>> I figured if they aren''t then it means the test coverage
can be improved.
>>>  So
>>> you (or facebooker users like us) could probably improve it by
adding new
>>> test
>>> cases, which should also help with debugging our problems as well.
>>>
>>> Zhao
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what you have done,
which
>>> > theoretically is much harder than just using the built in
facebook
>>> comments
>>> > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board, it really
behooves me
>>> to
>>> > figure this out b/c a discussion board is much more advanced
than just
>>> > comments.
>>> >
>>> > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk
at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Actually I''m not even doing that. You are
internally storing you own
>>> >>> comments.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I''m simply attempting to use facebooks built
in servers to run my
>>> >>> dicussion
>>> >>> boards and comments via the <fb:board> and
<fb:comments> code. It
>>> should
>>> >>> be
>>> >>> rather trivial and for some reason it''s not
working. It must have
>>> >>> something
>>> >>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not
correctly mapping
>>> it
>>> >>> to
>>> >>> the xid.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did get
fb_comment working.  The
>>> >>>> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t
quite
>>> >>>> complete and I had to look at the source code for
chapter 8 to get
>>> >>>> things working.  I had the same problem
>>> >>>> with you (or at least I think it''s the
same problem).  Basically I
>>> >>>> type some comment in the text area and click
>>> >>>> submit and nothing ''happens''. 
When I look into the database table
>>> the
>>> >>>> new comment is there so what I was
>>> >>>> missing was to pull the comments out from the
table and display
>>> them.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> My code structure is pretty much the same as
karate poke.  I have
>>> this
>>> >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>>> >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>> >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
>>> >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver,
@user.id %>
>>> >>>>  <%= submit_tag ''Post'' %>
>>> >>>> <% end %>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> <div id="all_comments">
>>> >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>> >>>> </div>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I was missing the <div>...</div>
portion before.  Do you have that
>>> and
>>> >>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Zhao
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker
<auswalk at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I have the following in my home controller:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> it renders:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1" />
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> The discussion board shows on my page, but
when I click start new
>>> >>>>> topic,
>>> >>>>> it
>>> >>>>> reloads the previous URL (default callback)
and continues to
>>> display
>>> >>>>> "Start
>>> >>>>> new topic".
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking "start
new topic"
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> thanks
>>> >>>>>
_______________________________________________
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Zhao
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>
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Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different pages. I wouldn''t
think
it would pull in the comments from  the other page right?

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements <digidigo at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the tutorial at all. 
Each
> lesson has it own comment block with just and xid.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial. It''s very
straightforward and I''ve
>> tried it as it says with no luck. I''ve gotten everything else
to work so i''m
>> quite puzzled. It must have something to do with routing and url
recognition
>> is the only thing I can figure, as I believe the fb:board and
fb:comments
>> tag map based on the URL and the xid=value.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements <digidigo at
gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Not totally sure what your issues are but did you look at the
comments
>>> section on the facebooker tutorial.
>>>
>>> They appear to be working there, although in there simplest form.
>>>
>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>>
>>> I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu <zhao.lu.us at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to internally
store the comments
>>>> because I wanted to be able to search them.  As far as
discussion board
>>>> goes, I''d really love to use the fbml rather than
implementing it.
>>>>
>>>> Since I''m new to this whole rails thing, all I can
think of is to look
>>>> at the
>>>> test cases (rails app should be well tested, right?).  I found
a bunch
>>>> of tests under
>>>> vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.  rails_integration_test.rb
>>>> contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.  I was
hoping to
>>>> figure
>>>> out the usage of them by merely looking at the test case. 
I''m not sure
>>>> if
>>>> you''ve looked at those and if they''re helpful
to you.
>>>> I figured if they aren''t then it means the test
coverage can be
>>>> improved.  So
>>>> you (or facebooker users like us) could probably improve it by
adding
>>>> new test
>>>> cases, which should also help with debugging our problems as
well.
>>>>
>>>> Zhao
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what you have
done, which
>>>> > theoretically is much harder than just using the built in
facebook
>>>> comments
>>>> > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board, it really
behooves me
>>>> to
>>>> > figure this out b/c a discussion board is much more
advanced than just
>>>> > comments.
>>>> >
>>>> > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker
<auswalk at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Actually I''m not even doing that. You are
internally storing you own
>>>> >>> comments.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I''m simply attempting to use facebooks
built in servers to run my
>>>> >>> dicussion
>>>> >>> boards and comments via the <fb:board> and
<fb:comments> code. It
>>>> should
>>>> >>> be
>>>> >>> rather trivial and for some reason it''s
not working. It must have
>>>> >>> something
>>>> >>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL and not
correctly mapping
>>>> it
>>>> >>> to
>>>> >>> the xid.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but I did
get fb_comment working.  The
>>>> >>>> instruction in the beta _book_ wasn''t
quite
>>>> >>>> complete and I had to look at the source code
for chapter 8 to get
>>>> >>>> things working.  I had the same problem
>>>> >>>> with you (or at least I think it''s
the same problem).  Basically I
>>>> >>>> type some comment in the text area and click
>>>> >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look into the database table
>>>> the
>>>> >>>> new comment is there so what I was
>>>> >>>> missing was to pull the comments out from the
table and display
>>>> them.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> My code structure is pretty much the same as
karate poke.  I have
>>>> this
>>>> >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>>>> >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>>> >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %> <br />
>>>> >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag :comment_receiver,
@user.id %>
>>>> >>>>  <%= submit_tag ''Post''
%>
>>>> >>>> <% end %>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> <div id="all_comments">
>>>> >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>>> >>>> </div>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I was missing the <div>...</div>
portion before.  Do you have that
>>>> and
>>>> >>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Zhao
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen Walker
<auswalk at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> It would sure be nice if these would work.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> I have the following in my home
controller:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> <%= fb_board("golf_board1")
%>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> it renders:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> <fb:board xid="golf_board1"
/>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> The discussion board shows on my page, but
when I click start new
>>>> >>>>> topic,
>>>> >>>>> it
>>>> >>>>> reloads the previous URL (default
callback) and continues to
>>>> display
>>>> >>>>> "Start
>>>> >>>>> new topic".
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking
"start new topic"
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> thanks
>>>> >>>>>
_______________________________________________
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>> > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>> > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Zhao
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>
>
>

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Well it has to somehow resolve ambiguities at least at an application level.

Again for some reason this isn''t working properly. Maybe someone else 
who''s using these tags would chime in.

David Clements wrote:
> Yeah, I would think that it would do this. 
>
>
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com 
> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different pages. I
>     wouldn''t think it would pull in the comments from  the other
page
>     right?
>
>     On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements
>     <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at gmail.com>>
wrote:
>
>         Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the tutorial
at
>         all.  Each lesson has it own comment block with just and xid.
>
>         Dave
>
>
>
>         On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker
>         <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>>
wrote:
>
>             Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial. It''s very
>             straightforward and I''ve tried it as it says with no
luck.
>             I''ve gotten everything else to work so i''m
quite puzzled.
>             It must have something to do with routing and url
>             recognition is the only thing I can figure, as I believe
>             the fb:board and fb:comments tag map based on the URL and
>             the xid=value.
>
>
>             On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements
>             <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Not totally sure what your issues are but did you look
>                 at the comments section on the facebooker tutorial.
>
>                 They appear to be working there, although in there
>                 simplest form.
>
>                
http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>
>                 I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>
>
>
>                 Dave
>
>
>                 On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu <zhao.lu.us
>                 <http://zhao.lu.us>@gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                     Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to
>                     internally store the comments
>                     because I wanted to be able to search them.  As
>                     far as discussion board
>                     goes, I''d really love to use the fbml rather
than
>                     implementing it.
>
>                     Since I''m new to this whole rails thing, all I
can
>                     think of is to look at the
>                     test cases (rails app should be well tested,
>                     right?).  I found a bunch
>                     of tests under
>                     vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.
>                      rails_integration_test.rb
>                     contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.
>                      I was hoping to figure
>                     out the usage of them by merely looking at the
>                     test case.  I''m not sure if
>                     you''ve looked at those and if they''re
helpful to you.
>                     I figured if they aren''t then it means the
test
>                     coverage can be improved.  So
>                     you (or facebooker users like us) could probably
>                     improve it by adding new test
>                     cases, which should also help with debugging our
>                     problems as well.
>
>                     Zhao
>
>                     On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker
>                     <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>                     > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what
>                     you have done, which
>                     > theoretically is much harder than just using the
>                     built in facebook comments
>                     > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board,
>                     it really behooves me to
>                     > figure this out b/c a discussion board is much
>                     more advanced than just
>                     > comments.
>                     >
>                     > Zhao Lu wrote:
>                     >>
>                     >> you are ahead of me, again.
>                     >>
>                     >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen Walker
>                     <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>                     >>
>                     >>>
>                     >>> Actually I''m not even doing that.
You are
>                     internally storing you own
>                     >>> comments.
>                     >>>
>                     >>> I''m simply attempting to use
facebooks built
>                     in servers to run my
>                     >>> dicussion
>                     >>> boards and comments via the
<fb:board> and
>                     <fb:comments> code. It should
>                     >>> be
>                     >>> rather trivial and for some reason
it''s not
>                     working. It must have
>                     >>> something
>                     >>> to do with how facebook is reading the URL
and
>                     not correctly mapping it
>                     >>> to
>                     >>> the xid.
>                     >>>
>                     >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>                     >>>
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> I haven''t tried fb_board but
I did get
>                     fb_comment working.  The
>                     >>>> instruction in the beta _book_
wasn''t quite
>                     >>>> complete and I had to look at the
source code
>                     for chapter 8 to get
>                     >>>> things working.  I had the same
problem
>                     >>>> with you (or at least I think
it''s the same
>                     problem).  Basically I
>                     >>>> type some comment in the text area and
click
>                     >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look
>                     into the database table the
>                     >>>> new comment is there so what I was
>                     >>>> missing was to pull the comments out
from the
>                     table and display them.
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> My code structure is pretty much the
same as
>                     karate poke.  I have this
>                     >>>> code snippet in my view:
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>                     >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>                     >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %>
<br />
>                     >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag
:comment_receiver,
>                     @user.id <http://user.id> %>
>                     >>>>  <%= submit_tag
''Post'' %>
>                     >>>> <% end %>
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> <div
id="all_comments">
>                     >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>                     >>>> </div>
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> I was missing the
<div>...</div> portion
>                     before.  Do you have that and
>                     >>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> Zhao
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Allen
Walker
>                     <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>>
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> It would sure be nice if these
would work.
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> I have the following in my home
controller:
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> <%=
fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> it renders:
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> <fb:board
xid="golf_board1" />
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> The discussion board shows on my
page, but
>                     when I click start new
>                     >>>>> topic,
>                     >>>>> it
>                     >>>>> reloads the previous URL (default
callback)
>                     and continues to display
>                     >>>>> "Start
>                     >>>>> new topic".
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> fb_comments does the same thing.
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> Btw my URL is this after clicking
"start new
>                     topic"
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>>
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>> thanks
>                     >>>>>
_______________________________________________
>                     >>>>>
>                     >>>>>
>                     >
>                     > _______________________________________________
>                     > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>                     > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>                     <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>                     >
>                     http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>                     >
>
>
>
>                     --
>                     Zhao
>                     _______________________________________________
>                     Facebooker-talk mailing list
>                     Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>                     <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>                     http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>
>
>
>
>             -- 
>             http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>
>     _______________________________________________
>     Facebooker-talk mailing list
>     Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>     http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>

Have you tried the absolute basics?

<fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5" returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/titans/
"> <fb:title>Discuss the Titans</fb:title> </fb:board>

and stick that on a static html page?

If that works, try it with a rails page with a specific route to make  
sure all http methods can hit it.

We''re using the board tag with success.

Mike

On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
> Well it has to somehow resolve ambiguities at least at an  
> application level.
>
> Again for some reason this isn''t working properly. Maybe someone  
> else who''s using these tags would chime in.
>
> David Clements wrote:
>> Yeah, I would think that it would do this.
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com
<mailto:auswalk at gmail.com
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>    Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different pages. I
>>    wouldn''t think it would pull in the comments from  the
other page
>>    right?
>>
>>    On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements
>>    <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at gmail.com>>
wrote:
>>
>>        Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the
tutorial at
>>        all.  Each lesson has it own comment block with just and xid.
>>
>>        Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>        On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker
>>        <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>>
wrote:
>>
>>            Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial. It''s
very
>>            straightforward and I''ve tried it as it says with
no luck.
>>            I''ve gotten everything else to work so i''m
quite puzzled.
>>            It must have something to do with routing and url
>>            recognition is the only thing I can figure, as I believe
>>            the fb:board and fb:comments tag map based on the URL and
>>            the xid=value.
>>
>>
>>            On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements
>>            <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                Not totally sure what your issues are but did you look
>>                at the comments section on the facebooker tutorial.
>>
>>                They appear to be working there, although in there
>>                simplest form.
>>
>>               
http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>
>>                I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>>
>>
>>
>>                Dave
>>
>>
>>                On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu <zhao.lu.us
>>                <http://zhao.lu.us>@gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>                    Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had to
>>                    internally store the comments
>>                    because I wanted to be able to search them.  As
>>                    far as discussion board
>>                    goes, I''d really love to use the fbml
rather than
>>                    implementing it.
>>
>>                    Since I''m new to this whole rails thing,
all I can
>>                    think of is to look at the
>>                    test cases (rails app should be well tested,
>>                    right?).  I found a bunch
>>                    of tests under
>>                    vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.
>>                     rails_integration_test.rb
>>                    contains some test cases on comments and fb_board.
>>                     I was hoping to figure
>>                    out the usage of them by merely looking at the
>>                    test case.  I''m not sure if
>>                    you''ve looked at those and if
they''re helpful to
>> you.
>>                    I figured if they aren''t then it means the
test
>>                    coverage can be improved.  So
>>                    you (or facebooker users like us) could probably
>>                    improve it by adding new test
>>                    cases, which should also help with debugging our
>>                    problems as well.
>>
>>                    Zhao
>>
>>                    On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker
>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>                    > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement what
>>                    you have done, which
>>                    > theoretically is much harder than just using
the
>>                    built in facebook comments
>>                    > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion board,
>>                    it really behooves me to
>>                    > figure this out b/c a discussion board is much
>>                    more advanced than just
>>                    > comments.
>>                    >
>>                    > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>                    >>
>>                    >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>                    >>
>>                    >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen
Walker
>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>                    >>
>>                    >>>
>>                    >>> Actually I''m not even doing
that. You are
>>                    internally storing you own
>>                    >>> comments.
>>                    >>>
>>                    >>> I''m simply attempting to use
facebooks built
>>                    in servers to run my
>>                    >>> dicussion
>>                    >>> boards and comments via the
<fb:board> and
>>                    <fb:comments> code. It should
>>                    >>> be
>>                    >>> rather trivial and for some reason
it''s not
>>                    working. It must have
>>                    >>> something
>>                    >>> to do with how facebook is reading the
URL and
>>                    not correctly mapping it
>>                    >>> to
>>                    >>> the xid.
>>                    >>>
>>                    >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>                    >>>
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> I haven''t tried fb_board
but I did get
>>                    fb_comment working.  The
>>                    >>>> instruction in the beta _book_
wasn''t quite
>>                    >>>> complete and I had to look at the
source code
>>                    for chapter 8 to get
>>                    >>>> things working.  I had the same
problem
>>                    >>>> with you (or at least I think
it''s the same
>>                    problem).  Basically I
>>                    >>>> type some comment in the text area
and click
>>                    >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look
>>                    into the database table the
>>                    >>>> new comment is there so what I was
>>                    >>>> missing was to pull the comments
out from the
>>                    table and display them.
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> My code structure is pretty much
the same as
>>                    karate poke.  I have this
>>                    >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do %>
>>                    >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>                    >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body %>
<br />
>>                    >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag
:comment_receiver,
>>                    @user.id <http://user.id> %>
>>                    >>>>  <%= submit_tag
''Post'' %>
>>                    >>>> <% end %>
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> <div
id="all_comments">
>>                    >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>                    >>>> </div>
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> I was missing the
<div>...</div> portion
>>                    before.  Do you have that and
>>                    >>>> the _comments.erb partial in place?
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> Zhao
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM,
Allen Walker
>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>>
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> It would sure be nice if these
would work.
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> I have the following in my home
controller:
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> <%=
fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> it renders:
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> <fb:board
xid="golf_board1" />
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> The discussion board shows on
my page, but
>>                    when I click start new
>>                    >>>>> topic,
>>                    >>>>> it
>>                    >>>>> reloads the previous URL
(default callback)
>>                    and continues to display
>>                    >>>>> "Start
>>                    >>>>> new topic".
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> fb_comments does the same
thing.
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> Btw my URL is this after
clicking "start new
>>                    topic"
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>>
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>> thanks
>>                    >>>>>  
>> _______________________________________________
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >>>>>
>>                    >
>>                    > _______________________________________________
>>                    > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>                    > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>                    <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>                    >
>>                   
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>                    >
>>
>>
>>
>>                    --
>>                    Zhao
>>                    _______________________________________________
>>                    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>                    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>                    <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>                   
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>            --             http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    --     http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>
>>    _______________________________________________
>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org
>> >
>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
--
Mike Mangino
http://www.elevatedrails.com

Tried that tag specifically. Couldn''t get it to work. Same deal. The 
discussion board comes up but when I enter a topic and data and click 
POST, nothing is populated.

I have to believe the HTTP POST is not being routed correctly and 
therefore the POST data is lost. I think therefore my routing is not 
setup correctly to handle this. Please note fb:board is being used on 
the "home" controller view  .. i.e. apps.facebook.com/myapp/home   in 
app/views/home/index.fbml.erb

Here''s my routes.rb:

ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
  # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> 
highest priority.

  # Sample of regular route:
  #   map.connect ''products/:id'', :controller =>
''catalog'', :action =>
''view''
  # Keep in mind you can assign values other than :controller and :action

  # Sample of named route:
  #   map.purchase ''products/:id/purchase'', :controller =>
''catalog'',
:action => ''purchase''
  # This route can be invoked with purchase_url(:id => product.id)

  # Sample resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions 
automatically):
  #   map.resources :products

  # Sample resource route with options:
  #   map.resources :products, :member => { :short => :get, :toggle => 
:post }, :collection => { :sold => :get }

  # Sample resource route with sub-resources:
  #   map.resources :products, :has_many => [ :comments, :sales ], 
:has_one => :seller

  # Sample resource route with more complex sub-resources
  #   map.resources :products do |products|
  #     products.resources :comments
  #     products.resources :sales, :collection => { :recent => :get }
  #   end

  # Sample resource route within a namespace:
  #   map.namespace :admin do |admin|
  #     # Directs /admin/products/* to Admin::ProductsController 
(app/controllers/admin/products_controller.rb)
  #     admin.resources :products
  #   end

  # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just 
remember to delete public/index.html.
  # map.root :controller => "welcome"

  # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes"


  map.resources :invitations
  map.resources :sports
  map.resources :home


#  map.root :controller=>"home", :action=>"index"

  # Install the default routes as the lowest priority.
  map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
  map.connect '':controller/:action/:id.:format''
end

Mike Mangino wrote:
> Have you tried the absolute basics?
>
> <fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
> canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5"
> returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/titans/">
<fb:title>Discuss
> the Titans</fb:title> </fb:board>
>
> and stick that on a static html page?
>
> If that works, try it with a rails page with a specific route to make 
> sure all http methods can hit it.
>
> We''re using the board tag with success.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>> Well it has to somehow resolve ambiguities at least at an application 
>> level.
>>
>> Again for some reason this isn''t working properly. Maybe
someone else
>> who''s using these tags would chime in.
>>
>> David Clements wrote:
>>> Yeah, I would think that it would do this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com
>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different pages. I
>>>    wouldn''t think it would pull in the comments from  the
other page
>>>    right?
>>>
>>>    On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements
>>>    <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the
tutorial at
>>>        all.  Each lesson has it own comment block with just and
xid.
>>>
>>>        Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker
>>>        <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>            Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial.
It''s very
>>>            straightforward and I''ve tried it as it says
with no luck.
>>>            I''ve gotten everything else to work so
i''m quite puzzled.
>>>            It must have something to do with routing and url
>>>            recognition is the only thing I can figure, as I believe
>>>            the fb:board and fb:comments tag map based on the URL
and
>>>            the xid=value.
>>>
>>>
>>>            On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements
>>>            <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                Not totally sure what your issues are but did you
look
>>>                at the comments section on the facebooker tutorial.
>>>
>>>                They appear to be working there, although in there
>>>                simplest form.
>>>
>>>                
>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>>
>>>                I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>                On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu
<zhao.lu.us
>>>                <http://zhao.lu.us>@gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                    Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had
to
>>>                    internally store the comments
>>>                    because I wanted to be able to search them.  As
>>>                    far as discussion board
>>>                    goes, I''d really love to use the fbml
rather than
>>>                    implementing it.
>>>
>>>                    Since I''m new to this whole rails
thing, all I can
>>>                    think of is to look at the
>>>                    test cases (rails app should be well tested,
>>>                    right?).  I found a bunch
>>>                    of tests under
>>>                    vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.
>>>                     rails_integration_test.rb
>>>                    contains some test cases on comments and
fb_board.
>>>                     I was hoping to figure
>>>                    out the usage of them by merely looking at the
>>>                    test case.  I''m not sure if
>>>                    you''ve looked at those and if
they''re helpful to
>>> you.
>>>                    I figured if they aren''t then it means
the test
>>>                    coverage can be improved.  So
>>>                    you (or facebooker users like us) could probably
>>>                    improve it by adding new test
>>>                    cases, which should also help with debugging our
>>>                    problems as well.
>>>
>>>                    Zhao
>>>
>>>                    On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker
>>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>                    > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement
what
>>>                    you have done, which
>>>                    > theoretically is much harder than just
using the
>>>                    built in facebook comments
>>>                    > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion
board,
>>>                    it really behooves me to
>>>                    > figure this out b/c a discussion board is
much
>>>                    more advanced than just
>>>                    > comments.
>>>                    >
>>>                    > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>                    >>
>>>                    >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>>                    >>
>>>                    >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen
Walker
>>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>                    >>
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>> Actually I''m not even
doing that. You are
>>>                    internally storing you own
>>>                    >>> comments.
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>> I''m simply attempting to
use facebooks built
>>>                    in servers to run my
>>>                    >>> dicussion
>>>                    >>> boards and comments via the
<fb:board> and
>>>                    <fb:comments> code. It should
>>>                    >>> be
>>>                    >>> rather trivial and for some reason
it''s not
>>>                    working. It must have
>>>                    >>> something
>>>                    >>> to do with how facebook is reading
the URL and
>>>                    not correctly mapping it
>>>                    >>> to
>>>                    >>> the xid.
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> I haven''t tried
fb_board but I did get
>>>                    fb_comment working.  The
>>>                    >>>> instruction in the beta _book_
wasn''t quite
>>>                    >>>> complete and I had to look at
the source code
>>>                    for chapter 8 to get
>>>                    >>>> things working.  I had the same
problem
>>>                    >>>> with you (or at least I think
it''s the same
>>>                    problem).  Basically I
>>>                    >>>> type some comment in the text
area and click
>>>                    >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look
>>>                    into the database table the
>>>                    >>>> new comment is there so what I
was
>>>                    >>>> missing was to pull the
comments out from the
>>>                    table and display them.
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> My code structure is pretty
much the same as
>>>                    karate poke.  I have this
>>>                    >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do
%>
>>>                    >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>>                    >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body
%> <br />
>>>                    >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag
:comment_receiver,
>>>                    @user.id <http://user.id> %>
>>>                    >>>>  <%= submit_tag
''Post'' %>
>>>                    >>>> <% end %>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> <div
id="all_comments">
>>>                    >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>>                    >>>> </div>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> I was missing the
<div>...</div> portion
>>>                    before.  Do you have that and
>>>                    >>>> the _comments.erb partial in
place?
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> Zhao
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM,
Allen Walker
>>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> It would sure be nice if
these would work.
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> I have the following in my
home controller:
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> <%=
fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> it renders:
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> <fb:board
xid="golf_board1" />
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> The discussion board shows
on my page, but
>>>                    when I click start new
>>>                    >>>>> topic,
>>>                    >>>>> it
>>>                    >>>>> reloads the previous URL
(default callback)
>>>                    and continues to display
>>>                    >>>>> "Start
>>>                    >>>>> new topic".
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> fb_comments does the same
thing.
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> Btw my URL is this after
clicking "start new
>>>                    topic"
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> 
>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> thanks
>>>                    >>>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >
>>>                    >
_______________________________________________
>>>                    > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>                    > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>                    <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>                    >
>>>                    
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>                    >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                    --
>>>                    Zhao
>>>                    _______________________________________________
>>>                    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>                    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>                    <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>                    
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            --             http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    --     http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> -- 
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>

Interesting. I was able to get the fb:board to work properly when added 
a "new" action to my home controller. Then I created new.fbml.erb:

<fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5"
returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/home/">
<fb:title>Discuss the
Titans</fb:title> </fb:board>

Went to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/home/new

Created a topic, hit post and it saved it.

Then on my home page the saved topic now appears in the list, but once 
again if I try to create a new topic from this page , nothing is 
populated. It only works when I go to 
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/home/new  and then create and post of 
topic from that page

Bizarre. Any ideas

Mike Mangino wrote:
> Have you tried the absolute basics?
>
> <fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
> canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5"
> returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/titans/">
<fb:title>Discuss
> the Titans</fb:title> </fb:board>
>
> and stick that on a static html page?
>
> If that works, try it with a rails page with a specific route to make 
> sure all http methods can hit it.
>
> We''re using the board tag with success.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>> Well it has to somehow resolve ambiguities at least at an application 
>> level.
>>
>> Again for some reason this isn''t working properly. Maybe
someone else
>> who''s using these tags would chime in.
>>
>> David Clements wrote:
>>> Yeah, I would think that it would do this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com
>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different pages. I
>>>    wouldn''t think it would pull in the comments from  the
other page
>>>    right?
>>>
>>>    On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements
>>>    <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the
tutorial at
>>>        all.  Each lesson has it own comment block with just and
xid.
>>>
>>>        Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker
>>>        <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>            Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial.
It''s very
>>>            straightforward and I''ve tried it as it says
with no luck.
>>>            I''ve gotten everything else to work so
i''m quite puzzled.
>>>            It must have something to do with routing and url
>>>            recognition is the only thing I can figure, as I believe
>>>            the fb:board and fb:comments tag map based on the URL
and
>>>            the xid=value.
>>>
>>>
>>>            On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements
>>>            <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                Not totally sure what your issues are but did you
look
>>>                at the comments section on the facebooker tutorial.
>>>
>>>                They appear to be working there, although in there
>>>                simplest form.
>>>
>>>                
>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>>
>>>                I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>                On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu
<zhao.lu.us
>>>                <http://zhao.lu.us>@gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                    Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I had
to
>>>                    internally store the comments
>>>                    because I wanted to be able to search them.  As
>>>                    far as discussion board
>>>                    goes, I''d really love to use the fbml
rather than
>>>                    implementing it.
>>>
>>>                    Since I''m new to this whole rails
thing, all I can
>>>                    think of is to look at the
>>>                    test cases (rails app should be well tested,
>>>                    right?).  I found a bunch
>>>                    of tests under
>>>                    vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.
>>>                     rails_integration_test.rb
>>>                    contains some test cases on comments and
fb_board.
>>>                     I was hoping to figure
>>>                    out the usage of them by merely looking at the
>>>                    test case.  I''m not sure if
>>>                    you''ve looked at those and if
they''re helpful to
>>> you.
>>>                    I figured if they aren''t then it means
the test
>>>                    coverage can be improved.  So
>>>                    you (or facebooker users like us) could probably
>>>                    improve it by adding new test
>>>                    cases, which should also help with debugging our
>>>                    problems as well.
>>>
>>>                    Zhao
>>>
>>>                    On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker
>>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>                    > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement
what
>>>                    you have done, which
>>>                    > theoretically is much harder than just
using the
>>>                    built in facebook comments
>>>                    > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion
board,
>>>                    it really behooves me to
>>>                    > figure this out b/c a discussion board is
much
>>>                    more advanced than just
>>>                    > comments.
>>>                    >
>>>                    > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>                    >>
>>>                    >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>>                    >>
>>>                    >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Allen
Walker
>>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>                    >>
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>> Actually I''m not even
doing that. You are
>>>                    internally storing you own
>>>                    >>> comments.
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>> I''m simply attempting to
use facebooks built
>>>                    in servers to run my
>>>                    >>> dicussion
>>>                    >>> boards and comments via the
<fb:board> and
>>>                    <fb:comments> code. It should
>>>                    >>> be
>>>                    >>> rather trivial and for some reason
it''s not
>>>                    working. It must have
>>>                    >>> something
>>>                    >>> to do with how facebook is reading
the URL and
>>>                    not correctly mapping it
>>>                    >>> to
>>>                    >>> the xid.
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>                    >>>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> I haven''t tried
fb_board but I did get
>>>                    fb_comment working.  The
>>>                    >>>> instruction in the beta _book_
wasn''t quite
>>>                    >>>> complete and I had to look at
the source code
>>>                    for chapter 8 to get
>>>                    >>>> things working.  I had the same
problem
>>>                    >>>> with you (or at least I think
it''s the same
>>>                    problem).  Basically I
>>>                    >>>> type some comment in the text
area and click
>>>                    >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look
>>>                    into the database table the
>>>                    >>>> new comment is there so what I
was
>>>                    >>>> missing was to pull the
comments out from the
>>>                    table and display them.
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> My code structure is pretty
much the same as
>>>                    karate poke.  I have this
>>>                    >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> <% form_for Comment.new do
%>
>>>                    >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br />
>>>                    >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body
%> <br />
>>>                    >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag
:comment_receiver,
>>>                    @user.id <http://user.id> %>
>>>                    >>>>  <%= submit_tag
''Post'' %>
>>>                    >>>> <% end %>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> <div
id="all_comments">
>>>                    >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>>                    >>>> </div>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> I was missing the
<div>...</div> portion
>>>                    before.  Do you have that and
>>>                    >>>> the _comments.erb partial in
place?
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> Zhao
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37 PM,
Allen Walker
>>>                    <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> It would sure be nice if
these would work.
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> I have the following in my
home controller:
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> <%=
fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> it renders:
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> <fb:board
xid="golf_board1" />
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> The discussion board shows
on my page, but
>>>                    when I click start new
>>>                    >>>>> topic,
>>>                    >>>>> it
>>>                    >>>>> reloads the previous URL
(default callback)
>>>                    and continues to display
>>>                    >>>>> "Start
>>>                    >>>>> new topic".
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> fb_comments does the same
thing.
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> Btw my URL is this after
clicking "start new
>>>                    topic"
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> 
>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>> thanks
>>>                    >>>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >>>>>
>>>                    >
>>>                    >
_______________________________________________
>>>                    > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>                    > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>                    <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>                    >
>>>                    
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>                    >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                    --
>>>                    Zhao
>>>                    _______________________________________________
>>>                    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>                    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>                    <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>                    
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            --             http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    --     http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> -- 
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>

Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.

route.discussion_board  
''discussion'', :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"

Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see if  
that works.

I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time too. I wish I  
could remember the eventual fix.

Mike

On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
> Interesting. I was able to get the fb:board to work properly when  
> added a "new" action to my home controller. Then I created  
> new.fbml.erb:
>
> <fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
> canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5" returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/home/
> "> <fb:title>Discuss the Titans</fb:title>
</fb:board>
>
> Went to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/home/new
>
> Created a topic, hit post and it saved it.
>
> Then on my home page the saved topic now appears in the list, but  
> once again if I try to create a new topic from this page , nothing  
> is populated. It only works when I go to
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/home/new
>   and then create and post of topic from that page
>
> Bizarre. Any ideas
>
> Mike Mangino wrote:
>> Have you tried the absolute basics?
>>
>> <fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
>> canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5" returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/titans/
>> "> <fb:title>Discuss the Titans</fb:title>
</fb:board>
>>
>> and stick that on a static html page?
>>
>> If that works, try it with a rails page with a specific route to  
>> make sure all http methods can hit it.
>>
>> We''re using the board tag with success.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Well it has to somehow resolve ambiguities at least at an  
>>> application level.
>>>
>>> Again for some reason this isn''t working properly. Maybe
someone
>>> else who''s using these tags would chime in.
>>>
>>> David Clements wrote:
>>>> Yeah, I would think that it would do this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different pages. I
>>>>   wouldn''t think it would pull in the comments from 
the other page
>>>>   right?
>>>>
>>>>   On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements
>>>>   <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in the
tutorial at
>>>>       all.  Each lesson has it own comment block with just and
xid.
>>>>
>>>>       Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker
>>>>       <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>           Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial.
It''s very
>>>>           straightforward and I''ve tried it as it says
with no
>>>> luck.
>>>>           I''ve gotten everything else to work so
i''m quite puzzled.
>>>>           It must have something to do with routing and url
>>>>           recognition is the only thing I can figure, as I
believe
>>>>           the fb:board and fb:comments tag map based on the URL
and
>>>>           the xid=value.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>           On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements
>>>>           <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>               Not totally sure what your issues are but did you
>>>> look
>>>>               at the comments section on the facebooker
tutorial.
>>>>
>>>>               They appear to be working there, although in
there
>>>>               simplest form.
>>>>
>>>>              
http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>>>
>>>>               I haven''t tried the board yet though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>               Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>               On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu
<zhao.lu.us
>>>>               <http://zhao.lu.us>@gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                   Hmm that shouldn''t be the case.  I
had to
>>>>                   internally store the comments
>>>>                   because I wanted to be able to search them. 
As
>>>>                   far as discussion board
>>>>                   goes, I''d really love to use the
fbml rather than
>>>>                   implementing it.
>>>>
>>>>                   Since I''m new to this whole rails
thing, all I
>>>> can
>>>>                   think of is to look at the
>>>>                   test cases (rails app should be well tested,
>>>>                   right?).  I found a bunch
>>>>                   of tests under
>>>>                   vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.
>>>>                    rails_integration_test.rb
>>>>                   contains some test cases on comments and  
>>>> fb_board.
>>>>                    I was hoping to figure
>>>>                   out the usage of them by merely looking at
the
>>>>                   test case.  I''m not sure if
>>>>                   you''ve looked at those and if
they''re helpful
>>>> to you.
>>>>                   I figured if they aren''t then it
means the test
>>>>                   coverage can be improved.  So
>>>>                   you (or facebooker users like us) could
probably
>>>>                   improve it by adding new test
>>>>                   cases, which should also help with debugging
our
>>>>                   problems as well.
>>>>
>>>>                   Zhao
>>>>
>>>>                   On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen Walker
>>>>                   <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk
at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>                   > Sadly, to do comments I had to implement
what
>>>>                   you have done, which
>>>>                   > theoretically is much harder than just
using
>>>> the
>>>>                   built in facebook comments
>>>>                   > tag. Now that I wish to use a discussion
board,
>>>>                   it really behooves me to
>>>>                   > figure this out b/c a discussion board
is much
>>>>                   more advanced than just
>>>>                   > comments.
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>>                   >>
>>>>                   >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>>>                   >>
>>>>                   >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM,
Allen Walker
>>>>                   <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk
at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>                   >>
>>>>                   >>>
>>>>                   >>> Actually I''m not even
doing that. You are
>>>>                   internally storing you own
>>>>                   >>> comments.
>>>>                   >>>
>>>>                   >>> I''m simply attempting
to use facebooks built
>>>>                   in servers to run my
>>>>                   >>> dicussion
>>>>                   >>> boards and comments via the
<fb:board> and
>>>>                   <fb:comments> code. It should
>>>>                   >>> be
>>>>                   >>> rather trivial and for some
reason it''s not
>>>>                   working. It must have
>>>>                   >>> something
>>>>                   >>> to do with how facebook is
reading the URL
>>>> and
>>>>                   not correctly mapping it
>>>>                   >>> to
>>>>                   >>> the xid.
>>>>                   >>>
>>>>                   >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>>                   >>>
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> I haven''t tried
fb_board but I did get
>>>>                   fb_comment working.  The
>>>>                   >>>> instruction in the beta
_book_ wasn''t quite
>>>>                   >>>> complete and I had to look
at the source
>>>> code
>>>>                   for chapter 8 to get
>>>>                   >>>> things working.  I had the
same problem
>>>>                   >>>> with you (or at least I
think it''s the same
>>>>                   problem).  Basically I
>>>>                   >>>> type some comment in the
text area and click
>>>>                   >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look
>>>>                   into the database table the
>>>>                   >>>> new comment is there so what
I was
>>>>                   >>>> missing was to pull the
comments out from
>>>> the
>>>>                   table and display them.
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> My code structure is pretty
much the same as
>>>>                   karate poke.  I have this
>>>>                   >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> <% form_for Comment.new
do %>
>>>>                   >>>>  Comment on gifts: <br
/>
>>>>                   >>>>  <%= text_area_tag :body
%> <br />
>>>>                   >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag
:comment_receiver,
>>>>                   @user.id <http://user.id> %>
>>>>                   >>>>  <%= submit_tag
''Post'' %>
>>>>                   >>>> <% end %>
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> <div
id="all_comments">
>>>>                   >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>>>                   >>>> </div>
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> I was missing the
<div>...</div> portion
>>>>                   before.  Do you have that and
>>>>                   >>>> the _comments.erb partial in
place?
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> Zhao
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:37
PM, Allen Walker
>>>>                   <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk
at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> It would sure be nice if
these would work.
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> I have the following in
my home controller:
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> <%=
fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> it renders:
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> <fb:board
xid="golf_board1" />
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> The discussion board
shows on my page, but
>>>>                   when I click start new
>>>>                   >>>>> topic,
>>>>                   >>>>> it
>>>>                   >>>>> reloads the previous URL
(default callback)
>>>>                   and continues to display
>>>>                   >>>>> "Start
>>>>                   >>>>> new topic".
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> fb_comments does the
same thing.
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> Btw my URL is this after
clicking "start
>>>> new
>>>>                   topic"
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>>
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>> thanks
>>>>                   >>>>>  
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
_______________________________________________
>>>>                   > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>                   > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>                   <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>>                   >
>>>>                  
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>                   >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                   --
>>>>                   Zhao
>>>>                  
_______________________________________________
>>>>                   Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>                   Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>                   <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>>                  
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>           --             http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   --     http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>   _______________________________________________
>>>>   Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>   Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk
at rubyforge.org
>>>> >
>>>>   http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Mangino
>> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
--
Mike Mangino
http://www.elevatedrails.com

That worked! Man I am confused on this routing stuff and I''m really
lost
as to why this works and it doesn''t work the default way.

Mike Mangino wrote:
> Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>
> route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
:controller=>"home",
> :action=>"index"
>
> Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see if 
> that works.
>
> I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time too. I wish I 
> could remember the eventual fix.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>> Interesting. I was able to get the fb:board to work properly when 
>> added a "new" action to my home controller. Then I created
new.fbml.erb:
>>
>> <fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
>> canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5"
>> returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/home/">
<fb:title>Discuss
>> the Titans</fb:title> </fb:board>
>>
>> Went to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/home/new
>>
>> Created a topic, hit post and it saved it.
>>
>> Then on my home page the saved topic now appears in the list, but 
>> once again if I try to create a new topic from this page , nothing is 
>> populated. It only works when I go to 
>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/home/new  and then create and post 
>> of topic from that page
>>
>> Bizarre. Any ideas
>>
>> Mike Mangino wrote:
>>> Have you tried the absolute basics?
>>>
>>> <fb:board xid="titans_board" canpost="true"
candelete="false"
>>> canmark="false" cancreatetopic="true"
numtopics="5"
>>> returnurl="http://apps.facebook.com/myapp/titans/"> 
>>> <fb:title>Discuss the Titans</fb:title>
</fb:board>
>>>
>>> and stick that on a static html page?
>>>
>>> If that works, try it with a rails page with a specific route to 
>>> make sure all http methods can hit it.
>>>
>>> We''re using the board tag with success.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well it has to somehow resolve ambiguities at least at an 
>>>> application level.
>>>>
>>>> Again for some reason this isn''t working properly.
Maybe someone
>>>> else who''s using these tags would chime in.
>>>>
>>>> David Clements wrote:
>>>>> Yeah, I would think that it would do this.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk
at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Hmm. well what if you used the same xid on different
pages. I
>>>>>   wouldn''t think it would pull in the comments
from  the other page
>>>>>   right?
>>>>>
>>>>>   On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:56 AM, David Clements
>>>>>   <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       Not sure about that.  I don''t set the url in
the tutorial at
>>>>>       all.  Each lesson has it own comment block with just
and xid.
>>>>>
>>>>>       Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Allen Walker
>>>>>       <auswalk at gmail.com <mailto:auswalk at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           Yeah I''ve looked at that tutorial.
It''s very
>>>>>           straightforward and I''ve tried it as it
says with no luck.
>>>>>           I''ve gotten everything else to work so
i''m quite puzzled.
>>>>>           It must have something to do with routing and url
>>>>>           recognition is the only thing I can figure, as I
believe
>>>>>           the fb:board and fb:comments tag map based on the
URL and
>>>>>           the xid=value.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM, David Clements
>>>>>           <digidigo at gmail.com <mailto:digidigo at
gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>               Not totally sure what your issues are but did
you look
>>>>>               at the comments section on the facebooker
tutorial.
>>>>>
>>>>>               They appear to be working there, although in
there
>>>>>               simplest form.
>>>>>
>>>>>               
>>>>>
http://apps.new.facebook.com/facebooker_tutorial/fbml/comments
>>>>>
>>>>>               I haven''t tried the board yet
though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>               Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>               On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Zhao Lu
<zhao.lu.us
>>>>>               <http://zhao.lu.us>@gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                   Hmm that shouldn''t be the case. 
I had to
>>>>>                   internally store the comments
>>>>>                   because I wanted to be able to search
them.  As
>>>>>                   far as discussion board
>>>>>                   goes, I''d really love to use the
fbml rather than
>>>>>                   implementing it.
>>>>>
>>>>>                   Since I''m new to this whole
rails thing, all I can
>>>>>                   think of is to look at the
>>>>>                   test cases (rails app should be well
tested,
>>>>>                   right?).  I found a bunch
>>>>>                   of tests under
>>>>>                   vendor/plugins/facebooker/test/.
>>>>>                    rails_integration_test.rb
>>>>>                   contains some test cases on comments and
fb_board.
>>>>>                    I was hoping to figure
>>>>>                   out the usage of them by merely looking
at the
>>>>>                   test case.  I''m not sure if
>>>>>                   you''ve looked at those and if
they''re helpful to
>>>>> you.
>>>>>                   I figured if they aren''t then it
means the test
>>>>>                   coverage can be improved.  So
>>>>>                   you (or facebooker users like us) could
probably
>>>>>                   improve it by adding new test
>>>>>                   cases, which should also help with
debugging our
>>>>>                   problems as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>                   Zhao
>>>>>
>>>>>                   On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Allen
Walker
>>>>>                   <auswalk at gmail.com
<mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>                   > Sadly, to do comments I had to
implement what
>>>>>                   you have done, which
>>>>>                   > theoretically is much harder than
just using the
>>>>>                   built in facebook comments
>>>>>                   > tag. Now that I wish to use a
discussion board,
>>>>>                   it really behooves me to
>>>>>                   > figure this out b/c a discussion
board is much
>>>>>                   more advanced than just
>>>>>                   > comments.
>>>>>                   >
>>>>>                   > Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>>>                   >>
>>>>>                   >> you are ahead of me, again.
>>>>>                   >>
>>>>>                   >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM,
Allen Walker
>>>>>                   <auswalk at gmail.com
<mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>                   >>
>>>>>                   >>>
>>>>>                   >>> Actually I''m not
even doing that. You are
>>>>>                   internally storing you own
>>>>>                   >>> comments.
>>>>>                   >>>
>>>>>                   >>> I''m simply
attempting to use facebooks built
>>>>>                   in servers to run my
>>>>>                   >>> dicussion
>>>>>                   >>> boards and comments via the
<fb:board> and
>>>>>                   <fb:comments> code. It should
>>>>>                   >>> be
>>>>>                   >>> rather trivial and for some
reason it''s not
>>>>>                   working. It must have
>>>>>                   >>> something
>>>>>                   >>> to do with how facebook is
reading the URL and
>>>>>                   not correctly mapping it
>>>>>                   >>> to
>>>>>                   >>> the xid.
>>>>>                   >>>
>>>>>                   >>> Zhao Lu wrote:
>>>>>                   >>>
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> I haven''t tried
fb_board but I did get
>>>>>                   fb_comment working.  The
>>>>>                   >>>> instruction in the beta
_book_ wasn''t quite
>>>>>                   >>>> complete and I had to
look at the source code
>>>>>                   for chapter 8 to get
>>>>>                   >>>> things working.  I had
the same problem
>>>>>                   >>>> with you (or at least I
think it''s the same
>>>>>                   problem).  Basically I
>>>>>                   >>>> type some comment in the
text area and click
>>>>>                   >>>> submit and nothing
''happens''.  When I look
>>>>>                   into the database table the
>>>>>                   >>>> new comment is there so
what I was
>>>>>                   >>>> missing was to pull the
comments out from the
>>>>>                   table and display them.
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> My code structure is
pretty much the same as
>>>>>                   karate poke.  I have this
>>>>>                   >>>> code snippet in my view:
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> <% form_for
Comment.new do %>
>>>>>                   >>>>  Comment on gifts:
<br />
>>>>>                   >>>>  <%= text_area_tag
:body %> <br />
>>>>>                   >>>>  <%= hidden_field_tag
:comment_receiver,
>>>>>                   @user.id <http://user.id> %>
>>>>>                   >>>>  <%= submit_tag
''Post'' %>
>>>>>                   >>>> <% end %>
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> <div
id="all_comments">
>>>>>                   >>>>  <%= render
:partial=>"comments/comments" %>
>>>>>                   >>>> </div>
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> I was missing the
<div>...</div> portion
>>>>>                   before.  Do you have that and
>>>>>                   >>>> the _comments.erb
partial in place?
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> Zhao
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at
9:37 PM, Allen Walker
>>>>>                   <auswalk at gmail.com
<mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> It would sure be
nice if these would work.
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> I have the following
in my home controller:
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> <%=
fb_board("golf_board1") %>
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> it renders:
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> <fb:board
xid="golf_board1" />
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> The discussion board
shows on my page, but
>>>>>                   when I click start new
>>>>>                   >>>>> topic,
>>>>>                   >>>>> it
>>>>>                   >>>>> reloads the previous
URL (default callback)
>>>>>                   and continues to display
>>>>>                   >>>>> "Start
>>>>>                   >>>>> new topic".
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> fb_comments does the
same thing.
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> Btw my URL is this
after clicking "start new
>>>>>                   topic"
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> 
>>>>> http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/?fbapp_ec=751
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>> thanks
>>>>>                   >>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >>>>>
>>>>>                   >
>>>>>                   >
_______________________________________________
>>>>>                   > Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>                   > Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>                   <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>>>                   >
>>>>>                   
>>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>                   >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                   --
>>>>>                   Zhao
>>>>>                  
_______________________________________________
>>>>>                   Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>                   Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>                   <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>>>                   
>>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           --             http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   --     http://auswalk.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>>   _______________________________________________
>>>>>   Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>   Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org 
>>>>> <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>>>   http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Mike Mangino
>>> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> -- 
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>

Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic , i.e. 
/articles/8 for example and want comments on those pages. That doesn''t 
work. And I can''t hardcode a route for a dynamic route that I know of 
really.

Mike Mangino wrote:
> Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>
> route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
:controller=>"home",
> :action=>"index"
>
> Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see if 
> that works.
>
> I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time too. I wish I 
> could remember the eventual fix.
>
> Mike

Actually, you can

map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....

Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request to a URL  
that doesn''t support posts. When they try to do that, your application
returns an error and they cancel the posting. By creating a route by  
hand, you are decoupling it from the HTTP method used.

Mike

On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
> Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic , i.e. / 
> articles/8 for example and want comments on those pages. That  
> doesn''t work. And I can''t hardcode a route for a dynamic
route that
> I know of really.
>
> Mike Mangino wrote:
>> Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>
>> route.discussion_board  
>> ''discussion'', :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>
>> Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see  
>> if that works.
>>
>> I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time too. I wish  
>> I could remember the eventual fix.
>>
>> Mike
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
--
Mike Mangino
http://www.elevatedrails.com

That''s what I figured and that makes perfect sense. Thanks for clearing
that up. you might want to put this in your book btw.

Best regards

Mike Mangino wrote:
> Actually, you can
>
> map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>
> Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request to a URL 
> that doesn''t support posts. When they try to do that, your
application
> returns an error and they cancel the posting. By creating a route by 
> hand, you are decoupling it from the HTTP method used.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>> Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic , i.e. 
>> /articles/8 for example and want comments on those pages. That 
>> doesn''t work. And I can''t hardcode a route for a
dynamic route that I
>> know of really.
>>
>> Mike Mangino wrote:
>>> Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>>
>>> route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
:controller=>"home",
>>> :action=>"index"
>>>
>>> Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
if
>>> that works.
>>>
>>> I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time too. I wish
>>> I could remember the eventual fix.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> -- 
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>

Ok I still have a question if what you say is correct: I was able to get 
fb:board to work from /home/new  but not simply /home

Looking at my rake routes:

                POST   /home                            
{:action=>"create", :controller=>"home"}
                          POST   /home.:format                    
{:action=>"create", :controller=>"home"}
                 new_home GET    /home/new                        
{:action=>"new", :controller=>"home"}
       formatted_new_home GET    /home/new.:format                
{:action=>"new", :controller=>"home"}
                edit_home GET    /home/:id/edit                   
{:action=>"edit", :controller=>"home"}
      formatted_edit_home GET    /home/:id/edit.:format           
{:action=>"edit", :controller=>"home"}
                     home GET    /home/:id                        
{:action=>"show", :controller=>"home"}
           formatted_home GET    /home/:id.:format                
{:action=>"show", :controller=>"home"}
                          PUT    /home/:id                        
{:action=>"update", :controller=>"home"}
                          PUT    /home/:id.:format                
{:action=>"update", :controller=>"home"}
                          DELETE /home/:id                        
{:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"home"}
                          DELETE /home/:id.:format                
{:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"home"}
         discussion_board        /discussion                      
{:action=>"index", :controller=>"home"}

If you notice /home does support POST which posts to the "create" 
action. Whereas /home/new only supports GET from the rake routes 
information. Unless of course I''m reading it wrong. My only guess is if
there is a specific RULE for a POST on a URL then it messes up b/c rails 
tries to intercept the POST before facebook can.

Mike Mangino wrote:
> Actually, you can
>
> map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>
> Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request to a URL 
> that doesn''t support posts. When they try to do that, your
application
> returns an error and they cancel the posting. By creating a route by 
> hand, you are decoupling it from the HTTP method used.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>> Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic , i.e. 
>> /articles/8 for example and want comments on those pages. That 
>> doesn''t work. And I can''t hardcode a route for a
dynamic route that I
>> know of really.
>>
>> Mike Mangino wrote:
>>> Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>>
>>> route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
:controller=>"home",
>>> :action=>"index"
>>>
>>> Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
if
>>> that works.
>>>
>>> I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time too. I wish
>>> I could remember the eventual fix.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> -- 
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>

I remember reading that and just didn''t really understand it that well,
basically b/c at the time I wasn''t really fully up to speed on REST. I 
guess the only thing you might add is that if the URL handles a POST 
(not all urls do) then it will cause problems which is why 
/controller/new with work (POSTing to that URL has no rule) whereas 
simply POSTing to /controller is handled by rails (sends to 
:action=>"create") and wont work.

Mike Mangino wrote:
> It''s on page 126 of the newest beta when discussing comments. It
isn''t
> on the boards page. I''ll try to get it added there.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>> That''s what I figured and that makes perfect sense. Thanks for
>> clearing that up. you might want to put this in your book btw.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Mike Mangino wrote:
>>> Actually, you can
>>>
>>> map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>
>>> Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request to a 
>>> URL that doesn''t support posts. When they try to do that,
your
>>> application returns an error and they cancel the posting. By 
>>> creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it from the HTTP
method
>>> used.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic ,
i.e.
>>>> /articles/8 for example and want comments on those pages. That 
>>>> doesn''t work. And I can''t hardcode a route
for a dynamic route that
>>>> I know of really.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>> Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>>>>
>>>>> route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
:controller=>"home",
>>>>> :action=>"index"
>>>>>
>>>>> Then, go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion
and see
>>>>> if that works.
>>>>>
>>>>> I struggled like mad to get this to work the first time
too. I
>>>>> wish I could remember the eventual fix.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Mike Mangino
>>> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
> -- 
> Mike Mangino
> http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>

Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to immerse myself in REST 
wrt Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running "rake routes"
can cause
additional confusion sometimes.

The thing to understand with the problem here is that the URL has to 
accept POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST definition... and 
therefore will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself 
won''t accept a POST and  therefore won''t work with the
fb:comments tag.

Right now I''m so confused that any page I put a fb:comments or fb:board
on I make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really ideal.

Ken Schroeder wrote:
> Been following along with your thread here as I''ve had the same
exact
> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>
> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id''
.... didn''t
> quite undetstand how to input that correctly.
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com 
> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     That''s what I figured and that makes perfect sense. Thanks for
>     clearing that up. you might want to put this in your book btw.
>
>     Best regards
>
>
>     Mike Mangino wrote:
>
>         Actually, you can
>
>         map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>
>         Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request
>         to a URL that doesn''t support posts. When they try to do
that,
>         your application returns an error and they cancel the posting.
>         By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it from the
>         HTTP method used.
>
>         Mike
>
>         On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>
>             Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic
>             , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want comments on those
>             pages. That doesn''t work. And I can''t
hardcode a route for
>             a dynamic route that I know of really.
>
>             Mike Mangino wrote:
>
>                 Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>
>                 route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
>                 :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>
>                 Then, go to
>                 http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
>                 if that works.
>
>                 I struggled like mad to get this to work the first
>                 time too. I wish I could remember the eventual fix.
>
>                 Mike
>
>
>             _______________________________________________
>             Facebooker-talk mailing list
>             Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>             <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>             http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>
>         -- 
>         Mike Mangino
>         http://www.elevatedrails.com
>
>
>
>
>
>     _______________________________________________
>     Facebooker-talk mailing list
>     Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>     http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>
>

just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback parameter
(you need to specify it), this will force rails to interpret the
request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:

user_url @user, :_method => :get


On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to immerse myself in
REST wrt
> Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running "rake
routes" can cause
> additional confusion sometimes.
>
> The thing to understand with the problem here is that the URL has to accept
> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST definition... and therefore
> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself won''t
accept a
> POST and  therefore won''t work with the fb:comments tag.
>
> Right now I''m so confused that any page I put a fb:comments or
fb:board on I
> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really ideal.
>
> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>
>> Been following along with your thread here as I''ve had the
same exact
>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>
>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' .... didn''t quite
>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com
>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    That''s what I figured and that makes perfect sense. Thanks
for
>>    clearing that up. you might want to put this in your book btw.
>>
>>    Best regards
>>
>>
>>    Mike Mangino wrote:
>>
>>        Actually, you can
>>
>>        map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>
>>        Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request
>>        to a URL that doesn''t support posts. When they try to
do that,
>>        your application returns an error and they cancel the posting.
>>        By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it from the
>>        HTTP method used.
>>
>>        Mike
>>
>>        On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>
>>            Also even though this works, i have urls that are dynamic
>>            , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want comments on those
>>            pages. That doesn''t work. And I can''t
hardcode a route for
>>            a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>
>>            Mike Mangino wrote:
>>
>>                Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>
>>                route.discussion_board ''discussion'',
>>                :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>
>>                Then, go to
>>                http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
>>                if that works.
>>
>>                I struggled like mad to get this to work the first
>>                time too. I wish I could remember the eventual fix.
>>
>>                Mike
>>
>>
>>            _______________________________________________
>>            Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>            Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>            <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>            http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>>
>>        --        Mike Mangino
>>        http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    _______________________________________________
>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Facebooker-talk mailing list
> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>

Here is the exact code:

<fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%= user_url @user,
:_method
=> :get %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jonathan Otto <jonathan.otto at
gmail.com> wrote:
> just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback parameter
> (you need to specify it), this will force rails to interpret the
> request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:
>
> user_url @user, :_method => :get
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to immerse myself
in REST wrt
>> Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running "rake
routes" can cause
>> additional confusion sometimes.
>>
>> The thing to understand with the problem here is that the URL has to
accept
>> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST definition... and
therefore
>> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself
won''t accept a
>> POST and  therefore won''t work with the fb:comments tag.
>>
>> Right now I''m so confused that any page I put a fb:comments or
fb:board on I
>> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really ideal.
>>
>> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>>
>>> Been following along with your thread here as I''ve had the
same exact
>>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>>
>>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' .... didn''t quite
>>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com
>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    That''s what I figured and that makes perfect sense.
Thanks for
>>>    clearing that up. you might want to put this in your book btw.
>>>
>>>    Best regards
>>>
>>>
>>>    Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>
>>>        Actually, you can
>>>
>>>        map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>
>>>        Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST request
>>>        to a URL that doesn''t support posts. When they try
to do that,
>>>        your application returns an error and they cancel the
posting.
>>>        By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it from the
>>>        HTTP method used.
>>>
>>>        Mike
>>>
>>>        On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>            Also even though this works, i have urls that are
dynamic
>>>            , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want comments on
those
>>>            pages. That doesn''t work. And I can''t
hardcode a route for
>>>            a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>>
>>>            Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>
>>>                Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>>
>>>                route.discussion_board
''discussion'',
>>>                :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>>
>>>                Then, go to
>>>                http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and
see
>>>                if that works.
>>>
>>>                I struggled like mad to get this to work the first
>>>                time too. I wish I could remember the eventual fix.
>>>
>>>                Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>            _______________________________________________
>>>            Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>            Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>            <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>            http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>
>>>        --        Mike Mangino
>>>        http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>
>

I tried the following it posts don''t take:

<fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
"home", :action=>"index", :only_path => false,
:conditions => {:_method
=> :get}) %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>

Jonathan Otto wrote:
> Here is the exact code:
>
> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%= user_url
@user, :_method
> => :get %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jonathan Otto <jonathan.otto at
gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback parameter
>> (you need to specify it), this will force rails to interpret the
>> request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:
>>
>> user_url @user, :_method => :get
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to immerse
myself in REST wrt
>>> Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running "rake
routes" can cause
>>> additional confusion sometimes.
>>>
>>> The thing to understand with the problem here is that the URL has
to accept
>>> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST definition... and
therefore
>>> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself
won''t accept a
>>> POST and  therefore won''t work with the fb:comments tag.
>>>
>>> Right now I''m so confused that any page I put a
fb:comments or fb:board on I
>>> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really ideal.
>>>
>>> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Been following along with your thread here as I''ve had
the same exact
>>>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>>>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>>>
>>>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' .... didn''t quite
>>>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    That''s what I figured and that makes perfect sense.
Thanks for
>>>>    clearing that up. you might want to put this in your book
btw.
>>>>
>>>>    Best regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        Actually, you can
>>>>
>>>>        map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>>
>>>>        Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST
request
>>>>        to a URL that doesn''t support posts. When they
try to do that,
>>>>        your application returns an error and they cancel the
posting.
>>>>        By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it from
the
>>>>        HTTP method used.
>>>>
>>>>        Mike
>>>>
>>>>        On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>            Also even though this works, i have urls that are
dynamic
>>>>            , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want comments on
those
>>>>            pages. That doesn''t work. And I
can''t hardcode a route for
>>>>            a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>>>
>>>>            Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                Try creating a route just for that page, i.e.
>>>>
>>>>                route.discussion_board
''discussion'',
>>>>                :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>>>
>>>>                Then, go to
>>>>                http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion
and see
>>>>                if that works.
>>>>
>>>>                I struggled like mad to get this to work the
first
>>>>                time too. I wish I could remember the eventual
fix.
>>>>
>>>>                Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>            _______________________________________________
>>>>            Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>            Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>            <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>>           
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        --        Mike Mangino
>>>>        http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org <mailto:Facebooker-talk
at rubyforge.org>
>>>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>
>>>       
>
>

The following DOES work:

<fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
"home", :action=>"index", :only_path => false,
:_method => :get)
%>"><fb:title>some title</fb:title><fb:comments>

Allen Walker wrote:
> I tried the following it posts don''t take:
>
> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
> "home", :action=>"index", :only_path => false,
:conditions =>
> {:_method => :get}) %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>
> Jonathan Otto wrote:
>> Here is the exact code:
>>
>> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
user_url @user, :_method
>> => :get %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jonathan Otto 
>> <jonathan.otto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  
>>> just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback
parameter
>>> (you need to specify it), this will force rails to interpret the
>>> request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:
>>>
>>> user_url @user, :_method => :get
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to immerse
myself in
>>>> REST wrt
>>>> Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running "rake
routes" can cause
>>>> additional confusion sometimes.
>>>>
>>>> The thing to understand with the problem here is that the URL
has
>>>> to accept
>>>> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST definition...
and
>>>> therefore
>>>> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself
won''t
>>>> accept a
>>>> POST and  therefore won''t work with the fb:comments
tag.
>>>>
>>>> Right now I''m so confused that any page I put a
fb:comments or
>>>> fb:board on I
>>>> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really ideal.
>>>>
>>>> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> Been following along with your thread here as I''ve
had the same exact
>>>>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>>>>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' .... didn''t
>>>>> quite
>>>>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>    That''s what I figured and that makes perfect
sense. Thanks for
>>>>>    clearing that up. you might want to put this in your
book btw.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>        Actually, you can
>>>>>
>>>>>        map.fancy_name ''fancy_path/:id''
....
>>>>>
>>>>>        Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a POST
request
>>>>>        to a URL that doesn''t support posts. When
they try to do that,
>>>>>        your application returns an error and they cancel
the posting.
>>>>>        By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling it
from the
>>>>>        HTTP method used.
>>>>>
>>>>>        Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>        On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>            Also even though this works, i have urls that
are dynamic
>>>>>            , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want comments
on those
>>>>>            pages. That doesn''t work. And I
can''t hardcode a route for
>>>>>            a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>>>>
>>>>>            Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                Try creating a route just for that page,
i.e.
>>>>>
>>>>>                route.discussion_board
''discussion'',
>>>>>                :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>>>>
>>>>>                Then, go to
>>>>>               
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
>>>>>                if that works.
>>>>>
>>>>>                I struggled like mad to get this to work the
first
>>>>>                time too. I wish I could remember the
eventual fix.
>>>>>
>>>>>                Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            _______________________________________________
>>>>>            Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>            Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>            <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>>>           
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        --        Mike Mangino
>>>>>        http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org 
>>>>> <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>>>    http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>
>>>>       
>>
>>   
>
>

Sorry for the multiple posts..

Finally if you wish you CAN use the helper:

<%=fb_comments("comments_for_comment_lesson", true, true,
20,:showform
=> true, :title => "Comment Lesson Comments", :callbackurl =>
url_for(:controller => "home", :action=>"index",
:only_path => false,
:_method => :get)) %>

Now can you explain to me why this works? You write some text into the 
facebook generated comments form. It sends an HTTP POST . My 
:controller=>"home" :action=>"index" has no rule for
HTTP POSTS that I
see. I''m just really confused at to what exactly is going on here.

Allen Walker wrote:
> The following DOES work:
>
> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
> "home", :action=>"index", :only_path => false,
:_method => :get)
> %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>
> Allen Walker wrote:
>> I tried the following it posts don''t take:
>>
>> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
>> "home", :action=>"index", :only_path =>
false, :conditions =>
>> {:_method => :get}) %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>>
>> Jonathan Otto wrote:
>>> Here is the exact code:
>>>
>>> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
user_url @user, :_method
>>> => :get %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jonathan Otto 
>>> <jonathan.otto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>> just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback
parameter
>>>> (you need to specify it), this will force rails to interpret
the
>>>> request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:
>>>>
>>>> user_url @user, :_method => :get
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker <auswalk at
gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>> Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to
immerse myself in
>>>>> REST wrt
>>>>> Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running
"rake routes" can cause
>>>>> additional confusion sometimes.
>>>>>
>>>>> The thing to understand with the problem here is that the
URL has
>>>>> to accept
>>>>> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST
definition... and
>>>>> therefore
>>>>> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by itself
won''t
>>>>> accept a
>>>>> POST and  therefore won''t work with the
fb:comments tag.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now I''m so confused that any page I put a
fb:comments or
>>>>> fb:board on I
>>>>> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really
ideal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>>>>     
>>>>>> Been following along with your thread here as
I''ve had the same
>>>>>> exact
>>>>>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>>>>>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>>>> didn''t quite
>>>>>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker
<auswalk at gmail.com
>>>>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    That''s what I figured and that makes
perfect sense. Thanks for
>>>>>>    clearing that up. you might want to put this in your
book btw.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        Actually, you can
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        Your problems were caused by Facebook sending a
POST request
>>>>>>        to a URL that doesn''t support posts.
When they try to do
>>>>>> that,
>>>>>>        your application returns an error and they
cancel the
>>>>>> posting.
>>>>>>        By creating a route by hand, you are decoupling
it from the
>>>>>>        HTTP method used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            Also even though this works, i have urls
that are dynamic
>>>>>>            , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want
comments on those
>>>>>>            pages. That doesn''t work. And I
can''t hardcode a route
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>            a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                Try creating a route just for that page,
i.e.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                route.discussion_board
''discussion'',
>>>>>>                :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                Then, go to
>>>>>>               
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion and see
>>>>>>                if that works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                I struggled like mad to get this to work
the first
>>>>>>                time too. I wish I could remember the
eventual fix.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
_______________________________________________
>>>>>>            Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>>            Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>>            <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>>>>           
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        --        Mike Mangino
>>>>>>        http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>>>>    Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>>    Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org 
>>>>>> <mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org>
>>>>>>   
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>
>

There is no HTTP support for the PUT or DELETE verbs, so Rails uses  
_method=PUT or _method=DELETE as a workaround. When rails receives a  
POST request, it looks for a _method parameter. If one exists, it uses  
the verb specified in that parameter for routing.

Mike
On Sep 9, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Allen Walker wrote:
> Sorry for the multiple posts..
>
> Finally if you wish you CAN use the helper:
>
> <%=fb_comments("comments_for_comment_lesson", true, true,  
> 20,:showform => true, :title => "Comment Lesson  
> Comments", :callbackurl => url_for(:controller =>  
> "home", :action=>"index", :only_path => false,
:_method => :get)) %>
>
> Now can you explain to me why this works? You write some text into  
> the facebook generated comments form. It sends an HTTP POST .  
> My :controller=>"home" :action=>"index" has no
rule for HTTP POSTS
> that I see. I''m just really confused at to what exactly is going
on
> here.
>
> Allen Walker wrote:
>> The following DOES work:
>>
>> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
>> "home", :action=>"index", :only_path =>
false, :_method => :get)
>> %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>>
>> Allen Walker wrote:
>>> I tried the following it posts don''t take:
>>>
>>> <fb:comments xid="my_wall" callbackurl="<%=
url_for(:controller =>
>>> "home", :action=>"index", :only_path =>
false, :conditions =>
>>> {:_method => :get}) %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>>>
>>> Jonathan Otto wrote:
>>>> Here is the exact code:
>>>>
>>>> <fb:comments xid="my_wall"
callbackurl="<%= user_url
>>>> @user, :_method
>>>> => :get %>"><fb:title>some
title</fb:title><fb:comments>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jonathan Otto
<jonathan.otto at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> just add the _method parameter to your URL for the callback
>>>>> parameter
>>>>> (you need to specify it), this will force rails to
interpret the
>>>>> request as GET. for example, a RESTful URL works like so:
>>>>>
>>>>> user_url @user, :_method => :get
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Allen Walker  
>>>>> <auswalk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah I''m not really sure. Apparently I need to
immerse myself
>>>>>> in REST wrt
>>>>>> Rails. I''m pretty confused I guess. Running
"rake routes" can
>>>>>> cause
>>>>>> additional confusion sometimes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The thing to understand with the problem here is that
the URL
>>>>>> has to accept
>>>>>> POST requests. /controller/new does by the REST
definition...
>>>>>> and therefore
>>>>>> will work with the fb:comments tag.  /controller by
itself
>>>>>> won''t accept a
>>>>>> POST and  therefore won''t work with the
fb:comments tag.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right now I''m so confused that any page I put
a fb:comments or
>>>>>> fb:board on I
>>>>>> make sure is /controller/new . But that is not really
ideal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ken Schroeder wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Been following along with your thread here as
I''ve had the
>>>>>>> same exact
>>>>>>> issue. So what did you add in your routes for your
>>>>>>> /article/8 example which I assume is the show path.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Using Mikes example of map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>>>>> didn''t quite
>>>>>>> undetstand how to input that correctly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Allen Walker
<auswalk at gmail.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:auswalk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   That''s what I figured and that makes
perfect sense. Thanks for
>>>>>>>   clearing that up. you might want to put this in
your book btw.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Best regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Actually, you can
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       map.fancy_name
''fancy_path/:id'' ....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Your problems were caused by Facebook sending
a POST
>>>>>>> request
>>>>>>>       to a URL that doesn''t support posts.
When they try to do
>>>>>>> that,
>>>>>>>       your application returns an error and they
cancel the
>>>>>>> posting.
>>>>>>>       By creating a route by hand, you are
decoupling it from
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>       HTTP method used.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Allen Walker
wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           Also even though this works, i have urls
that are
>>>>>>> dynamic
>>>>>>>           , i.e. /articles/8 for example and want
comments on
>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>           pages. That doesn''t work. And I
can''t hardcode a
>>>>>>> route for
>>>>>>>           a dynamic route that I know of really.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>           Mike Mangino wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               Try creating a route just for that
page, i.e.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               route.discussion_board
''discussion'',
>>>>>>>               :controller=>"home",
:action=>"index"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               Then, go to
>>>>>>>              
http://apps.new.facebook.com/myapp/discussion
>>>>>>> and see
>>>>>>>               if that works.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               I struggled like mad to get this to
work the first
>>>>>>>               time too. I wish I could remember the
eventual
>>>>>>> fix.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          
_______________________________________________
>>>>>>>           Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>>>           Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>>>           <mailto:Facebooker-talk at
rubyforge.org>
>>>>>>>          
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       --        Mike Mangino
>>>>>>>       http://www.elevatedrails.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>   Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>>>   Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
<mailto:Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>  
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Facebooker-talk mailing list
>>>>>> Facebooker-talk at rubyforge.org
>>>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/facebooker-talk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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