Ning Facebok application page size when using a facebook iframe?

[Michael]

Hello my name is Michael
Please could somebody help me with some css code to re size my ning network to 760 pixels wide.
Iam creating a travel application for backpackers using ning to be my facebook application   .
I have managed to get it to sort of work properly but users have to scroll the canvas page left and right to see the content on the page.

If there is away to resize the network to fit 760 pixels wide please share this with me ...I beg you.

Many thanks Michael from Africa

[Patrick Chappelle]

you can't resize your network, michael. where is it anyway, i would like to see what you're talking about.

[Michael]

THANKS for replying so quickly :) My network is http://www.backpackersgalaxy.ning.com
but if you want to see the issue I am dealing with the facebook link is probably the best way to see what I am talking about.
http://apps.facebook.com/backpackersgalaxy

Many many thanks Thunder X

[Patrick Chappelle]

oh! you iframed it on facebook! outstanding! having been on both ning and facebook before they became as popular as they are, i know quite a few things about both, but never would i have imagined this possible. how did you accomplish this?

as to your question, the limitations on your iframe are not ning's concern, this is something that is managed from facebook's end and as they are particular about how their site is accessed, they're not likely to change this. i've seen it done for celebrities and such, but i imagine they give them leeway where they will not for the common member.

[Michael]

Well I hope that the Ning pro package coming on the 20th will allow network page re size because there is no way I little Michael from Africa am going to be able to get FB to change their page for me.


I am having trouble with one other thing
http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faq...
this feature is missing from my network but I probably disabled it of something because it is used to be there but now it is gone.
Can you help me get it back some how.

How I did it was creating the application via ning to facebook and then in the settings under canvas use your apps book mark url to embed the page in the Iframe.

Once you do though Thunder X you will be stuck with the same problem I have.
I subscribed to premium support and they got back to me saying that it is so cool what I have and they did not know it could be done like the way I have done it. iframe ........ but that is how proper facebook applications work.

I really want to make a success of myself and I feel that this is the last piece of the puzzle for me before I start advertising my business.

I really need this to work out because the backpackers guide to the galaxy is my ticket out of Africa.

Things are tough here.

Michael

[Patrick Chappelle]

your facebook connect controls shouldn't be missing. you may need to submit a ticket at the help center. there is no way to remove this, so that means something has happened on ning's end. you haven't done anything wrong.

again, about the iframe issue, there is no way possible for ning to do what you are requesting, it is strictly a facebook issue. there are other sites that will allow a full page iframe, but facebook will not. i could be wrong about that as well, you may be able to resize your iframe. i'm going to make the attempt to iframe my network there later and see if i can't create a whole page iframe. all in all, i don't think not having a full page iframe of your network on facebook will affect the integrity of your network whatsoever.

[Patrick Chappelle]

i think i see why your iframe is not full page. in the canvas settings you have the option of smart size or resizable. try changing your settings there.

by the way, where is the apps bookmark url? i'm trying to do this now.

[Michael]

Sorry about the bad directions. lol
If you click on your apps settings click basic and then you will find the bookmark url
area and type the link for your app there which for my app it would be like this http://apps.facebook.com/backpackersgalaxy

Ive tried the resizable thing many times. It does not allow you to scroll the app down to see the page unless you click on the app and move it by clicking your mouse to scroll and dragging it down, left ,right or up. This is still not user friendly enough for me.

Thunder X perhaps we can find a solution to this some how together.

[Patrick Chappelle]

no need to apologize, it is i who should apologize for being so dense. how do you obtain the bookmark url to place in the field? could you provide a screenshot perhaps?

[Patrick Chappelle]

never mind, i think i found it. will get back to you on your issue as well.