Facebook Fan/Like Box External CSS No Longer Supported?

Updated: 8th of September 2013
After several months of waiting, FB no longer supports external CSS as of today. Here's my alternative to change the border color of the like box:
http://webtrick101.blogspot.com/2013/09/latest-method-to-change-facebook-like.html





Updated: 27th of February 2013
As of yesterday, this method is no longer working. Let's wait for a few more days and see if Facebook turns this feature back on.



Updated: 1st of March 2013 (Not Working Anymore)
If you use http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php instead of http://www.connect.facebook.com/widgets/fan.php as your like box script, you can still control the color of the iframe by adding the border style to it. As of now, the external CSS is still not supported.





Actually it is still supported but the method used has changed.

Here's the latest format/method:

<iframe style="height: 400px; width: 310px; border: 0" src="http://www.connect.facebook.com/widgets/fan.php?href=[FAN PAGE URL]&colorscheme=light&show_faces=true&stream=true&header=false&css=[CSS URL]"></iframe>

Instead of using <fb:fan> tag, iframe is used. As for the [FAN PAGE URL], you can put something like http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FmyFBpage. Please note that %3A means ':', %2F means '/'. The same goes for the CSS URL. Just point to a css file.

Enjoy!

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Happy 2013! The Winners and Losers of Browsers

My first post in 2013! Web developers' number one concern is always the browser popularity. We simply cannot afford to develop a web page that only runs well on a browser that is seldom used by the public.

Here's the latest stat from WikiMedia as of October 2012 for non-mobile browser:

The winner is Google for 2012!!!

As for the mobile version, my guess is either Google or Apple. I think they are in stiff competition something like 50/50. But for America, I think Apple Safari won the competition where iPad and iPhone are very popular. As for the rest of the world, Google has the edge.

Let see how this competition turns out later part of 2013.

Have a enjoyable 2013! Happy coding!

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