Facebook Cookbook

Valid HTML Tags

Problem

FBML sounds great, but sometimes I just want to use good ole HTML. What can I get past the parser?

Solution

There’s actually quite a lot of standard HTML you can use inside an FBML page. Keep an eye on the Wiki for an up-to-date list (http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/FBML), but this should give you a good idea:

a	code	h2	legend	script	textarea
abbr	dd	h3	li	select	tfoot
acronym	del	h4	link	small	th
address	dfn	h5	meta	span	thead
b	div	h6	old	strike	tr
bdo	dl	hr	optgroup	strong	tt
big	dt	i	option	style	u
blockquote	em	img	p	sub	ul
br	fieldset	input	pre	sup	var
caption	font	ins	q	table
center	form	kbd	s	tbody
cite	h1	label	samp	td

Discussion

You’ll note that head and body aren’t included as valid tags, because you shouldn’t include them in Canvas pages. This may go against everything you know when it comes to building valid HTML pages, but you’ll actually get an error if you include them.