How do I get the Facebook Like Box widget to work?
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On my blog, I get this message under the Facebook Like Box:
“Could not retrieve the specified page. Please verify correct href was passed in.”
In the widget setup under Appearances, the URL is http://www.facebook.com. Is this incorrect?
Thank you,
David Storey
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The URL should have the full path to your page, not just to facebook.com. For instance, “http://www.facebook.com/myPage”. I’m having a similar problem, in which not even that will work, but that’s what the instructions call for. Let me know if you get it to work.
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Thanks for the reply. I tried that, but got this error message instead:
“There was an error fetching the like box for the specified page.”
Is that what you’re getting?
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No, mine actually accepts what I enter. But when the page renders, I don’t get a Facebook box, just a hyperlink to my Facebook page.
Remember that this is for Facebook PAGES, not personal profiles. For instance, perhaps you have an organization or a business?
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Do you mean you got it to work, or that you understood my point about pages vs profiles? If you got it to work, may I ask for more details?
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Both. I made a page on my FB profile, and then copied that link and pasted it in the widget, and it worked just fine. I’m not sure what else to tell you–what residual problem are you having?
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Thanks for the update. My other problem (that I mentioned above) turned out to be a browser issue (on my own browser). Everything works fine now.
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