Wing's FAQ for Facebook Development

Do you think Facebook Developer Document sucks?
Do you have questions and problems about Facebook Development?
Do you want to learn more about Facebook Development?

Then why not bookmark this FAQ site for Facebook Development?
For example, the following sections and FAQs are included:
  • Basic & General Issues 
    Can how I [whateverYouWantToDo] in my FB app?
    Which SDK I am using? the Old or the New?
    How can I publish feed by using a Template Bundle?
    How can I upload picture as my profile picture programmatically?
    How can I set my fan page name as http://www.facebook.com/xxx?
    How do we create a "network"?
    How can I contact Facebook directly?
    Where can I get the List of Error Codes for Facebook's API?
  • Application Registration, Settings & Misc 
    I can't register new App, blank page is returned.
    What are the Canvas Page, Canvas URL, Site URL for?
    Which way to go? FBML or IFrame?
    Do I have to submit my application before other users can use it?
    How to post my application content to the left column of a user profile page?
    How can I ban some users from accessing my application?
    How Facebook counts the "Active Users" of my app?
    How should I fill in the blanks when registering a Facebook app?
    Where do I set the "Connect URL" and "Base Domain" for my Website now?
    What is client ID?
    I have added my friend as a developer of my application. However, he cannot receive the invitation. Why?
    Facebook had recently changed the application settings pages and "Post-Authorize Callback URL" is no longer there. How can I set it now?
    My application is removed by Facebook and it is no longer accessible or listed in my application list! What should I do now?
    Is there anyway that I can check how well my application performs?
    What is the difference between App ID and API Key?
    How can I register an application via the Graph API?
    How can I track the number of users who sign up due to receiving an invitation from a particular user?
  • Accessing Facebook Data 
    What is inside the Session Object?
    How to get the current user's friends who've also added the app?
    How to know what permissions a user has granted to my app?
    How to get the user's locale?
    How to get the friend list for a particular Facebook user?
    Can I use FQL together with Graph API?
    I cannot get a user's e-mail address! Why?
    How can I retrieve the user list from a private group?
    How to get my friend's wall?
    Can I get the list of permissions granted to my app by using the access token?
    Can an application accept friend requests on behalf of the user?
    Is it possible to know who visits my profile?
    How to get the list of Facebook pages that a user owns?
    Why a empty list is returned when I try to get to the list of Groups that I am a member of?
    How can I get the large image of a user profile instead of the thumbnail?
    How can I get the list of groups that a user created?
  • FBML Canvas Application / XFBML 
    Facebook does not pick up updated css file.
    FMBL, XFBML, Static FBML - What are they?
    Can I use standard HTML tags in a FBML canvas application?
    Why <fb:loginu-button> always appears on my page even when there is an active session?
    Can I run JavaScript in FBML canvas application?
    How to display content only to those who have liked my Facebook page?
    When there is no valid session exists, what should I do?
    How can I pass hidden fields in <fb:request-form>?
    How can I redirect the user to a specific url?
    How can I send out an invitation/request without user intervention?
    I have followed Facebook sample code on FBML. However, some of my FBML tags cannot be rendered properly. Why?
  • IFrame Canvas Application 
    Why I see a horizontal scrollbar when displaying a 760-pixel wide pic?
    Part of the Dialog displayed is overlapped by the Facebook ads on the right column. How to fix this?
    When there is no valid session exists, what should I do?
    How can I set the canvas size explicitly?
    How can I redirect the user to a specific url?
    After a login redirect is done, the user will leave apps.facebook.com but visit my domain which holds the app. Why?
  • The Old REST API 
    How to know what permissions a user has granted to my app?
    How long will the Old REST API continue to work?
    Where can I get the old PHP client library?
  • The Graph API 
    How to act on behalf of the user when he/she is not using my app?
    How to specify the sort order for the returned data?
    How to get the users who has liked a Facebook page?
    How to have multiple pictures in a single post?
    How to get data for multiple objects at the same time?
    Data obtained from Graph API is locale specific. Is there a way to explicitly set the locale?
    How can I invite a user's friends to an event?
    I cannot post to "/me/home". Why?
    How can I create an event via the Graph API?
    How to use cURL in PHP Scripts?
    What is the maximum length of a query request for the Graph API?
    How to get the current user's friends who have authorized the application?
    The start time of the event created is different from what I have specified. Why?
    How can I upload photos to an album in my application profile?
    How can I get the email address of a user?
    How do I get the profile pic of a particular user?
    How do publish post with link but no picture automatically fetched by Facebok?
    How can I send private message to a user's Inbox on Facebook?
    How can I change the information of a user profile programmatically?
    When I access my albums via the Graph API, no data is returned. Why?
    What is the permission that my app needs to have before publishing a post on the wall of a user's friends?
    Is there a way to use the Graph API without using any SDKs?
    How can I publish a post to an offline user?
    How do I post to the page's wall by using the page name instead of my actual user name?
    Does Facebook change anything about publishing recently? My app cannot publish posts suddenly.
  • The PHP SDK 
    The tutorials on the PHP SDK here do not work!
    How can I get the access token (after user had signed on)?
    Name Lookup Timed Out Error in Calling the Old REST API
    How can my app post to the wall of the user's friend?
    The PHP SDK does not work for me. What's wrong?
  • The JavaScript SDK 
    What are the differences between the Old and the New JS SDK?
    "b is undefined" error in using JavaScript SDK.
    What is the use of the "xd_receiver.htm" file?
    How can I setup my page so that the "Request for Permission" page is displayed as a dialog instead of a popup window?
    How can I know the user has clicked the "Like" button?
    Complete list of UI dialogs supported by FB.ui
  • Application Tabs / Tabbed Application 
    How to get my IFrame App running as a Tab under the User Profile?
    How to get the Profile Owner User ID?
    Can I add my app tab to a user profile when he adds my application programmatically?
    How can I tell if my page is being viewed as a canvas application or as an tab in the user profile?
    How to develop Profile Box for my application?
    How can I set my own app tab as the default landing tab for my fan page?
    How can I add my application tab to my facebook fan page?
    My application is working fine when running as a canvas application but in pages or user profile. Why?
  • Social Plugins 
    I have newly created a "like" button, but the count is non-zero. Why?
    What should I do so that I will get notified when there are new comments for my "Comments" box?
    How can I know if user has clicked on the "Like" button?
    How to get the number of times users have "Liked" my page?
  • Facebook Connect / Integrating FB to Your Website 
    Is it true that Facebook will discontinue the support of Facebook Connect?
    How can I provide a way for the user to logout from my site explicitly?
    Facebook reports "Runtime errors: serverfbml form action must be within the application's connect url" for my multi-friend-selector. Why?
  • Facebook Query Language (FQL) 
    How can I execute FQL query in my application?
    How to get a list of the users who are friends of the current user and have authorized my application?
    How to check if user has granted a particular extended permission to my application or not?
    How can I get the list of notifications for a user?
    How can I get the user ID of a facebook user who is not using my application?
    How can I get the gender-specific friends list of a user?
    How can I use FQL to update Facebook data?
    How to get the number of times users have "Liked" my page?
    How to get the locale specific gender via FQL?

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