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Chapter 6. Facebook Markup Language (FBML)
Chapter 6. Facebook Markup Language (FBML)
In the world of Facebook Platform, Facebook Markup Language (FBML) is to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) as Facebook JavaScript (FBJS) is to JavaScript (JS) and Facebook Query Language (FQL) is to Structured Query Language (SQL). This may seem strange at first—almost like some sort of parallel universe in which you have been given two left feet and must dance the tango in double-time—but it’s really not that bad. If you have any familiarity with HTML, you’ll discover pretty quickly that FBML is really just like having a bunch of new dance moves available, having a bunch of your old ones updated and changed from 10-step-long sequences into a graceful one-stepper, and occasionally having to learn a different way to do the familiar foxtrot.
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You should be able to look up any of the tags covered in this chapter by adding them to the end of the Facebook Developers Wiki URL. As an example, if you want more info on fb:name, go to http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Fb:name.
