Facebook Fan Box / Text Widget Problem

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  blueshirtdirt · Member · Dec 19, 2009 at 1:49 am

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  Whenever I try to paste this code…..

  <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US”></script><script type=”text/javascript”>FB.init(“45ad06a7c41d0edbd304d03589cd01ff”);</script><fb:fan profile_id=”203251541563″ stream=”1″ connections=”” width=”300″></fb:fan><div style=”font-size:8px; padding-left:10px”>Blueshirt Dirt: A New York Rangers Blog on Facebook </div>

  …..into the “Text” Widget in the Appearance section….it turns the code into this:

  FB.init(“45ad06a7c41d0edbd304d03589cd01ff”);<div style=”font-size:8px;padding-left:10px;”>Blueshirt Dirt: A New York Rangers Blog on Facebook </div>

  Why does it do this and how can I fix it so I can add the Fan Box Widget to my page. Thanks!

  -Frank

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 19, 2009 at 1:56 am

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  That is javascript and javascript is not allowed here due to security concerns.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 19, 2009 at 1:56 am

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  Short answer: Fan box will not work here.

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  honasbone · Member · Jan 14, 2010 at 6:53 pm

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  Is there a supported alternative format? Or is is currently impossible to have a facebook fan box on a wordpress.com blog?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2010 at 6:58 pm

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  If you can find a widget that uses plain HTML you can use it. If not this is a no go.

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  theabbiagency · Member · Jan 27, 2010 at 8:22 pm

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  Has been any solutions to resolve this problem.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 27, 2010 at 8:54 pm

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  @abbipublicrelations
  We cannot use javascript on our wordpress.com blogs. If we do the software will strip it out to preserve security, as we are all working on a wpMU (multiuser) blogging platform. Please read the support documentation entry thesacredpath linked to on December 18th https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/facebook-fan-box-text-widget-problem?replies=6#post-412722
  Bottom line > this is a no go at wordpress.com. If that’s a deal breaker for you then you will have to hire a web host and download a free software install from wordpress.org http://wordpress.org/support/.