Facebook page: How to add a customized box at the bottom left side of wall tab?

Question

Dear all, I have a question about Facebook Page: (NOT user profile page, I mean a facebook page where you can become a fan)

How to add a customized box at the bottom left side of wall tab? (I am the page creator/admin)

Please don't just give an answer "add the box to the page". Cause I really don't know how.

Also, it seems that putting $facebook->api_client->profile_setFBML and $facebook->api_client->profile_setInfo for the application won't provide a way for the page to add the box.

Below is an example image that is done by the other. I have circled the box at the image. I would like to know how to do the same to the page that I owned. Many thanks for reading.

alt text http://design.outblaze.com/calvin/facebook/facebookPageBoxQ.jpg

Answer 1

 $facebook->api_client->profile_setFBML  

is absolutely correct afair. Go to the App Page and Add the App to your Fan Page. It will most properbly appear in the Boxes Tab.

    // get the fbml for the box 
    $main_box = $this->render();
    // the first main_box is actually deprecated feel free not to use it
    $this->facebook->api_client->profile_setFBML($main_box, PAGE_ID, $main_box, NULL, $main_box, $main_box);
    // for easier workflow forward the user directly to the page
    $this->facebook->redirect(PAGE_URL);  

But as said by others in this thread in 90% of the cases the Static FBML App by Facebook does the job.

Answer 2

Unreality's answer helped me best but one clarification is needed. These boxes can be added only to "Pages" that you have admin rights to. You cannot add one of these boxes to your profile page from what I can see. (Anybody? Prove me wrong, please!)

Answer 3

You write an application that has a box. You add the box to the page, then move the box to the page's wall.

For example, I moved the Notes box on my app's page to my wall so you could see it:

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=96193636102

Update, with more info:

In general, the way you do this is you add a function to your app that creates a block of fbml and passes it to setFBML(), using your page's ID instead of a user ID as the destination.

I'm planning to do this myself to add some summary statistics to my app's profile page, but that has to wait til after working hours.

Answer 4

I have found the answer. It's using the static fbml made from facebook

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=4949752878&ref=s

Go there, click "add to my page", and pick your page.

Then goto your own page, and click "Edit page", then you will find FBML under the applications.

Click the pencil at the FBML box top right, select edit.

Then at the edit page, just write something up and save the changes

Next go back to your own page. Goto the "Boxes" tab, you will find the FBML box that you have just made.

Click the pencil button at the FBML box, select "Move to Wall Tab", and then done! Happy FaceBooking!

Answer 5

As far as I understand the profile boxes will be removed soon.