Time for action – setting up an IFrame application

Browse to http://www.facebook.com/developers/apps.php and find your application in the list. Select it, then click Edit settings. Choose Facebook Integration from the menu on the left.

Time for action – setting up an IFrame application

The settings can be seen in the previous screenshot. Here's what they mean, and what to set them to:

  • Canvas Page: This is the URL, within Facebook, that users will browse to in order to load your application. As we saw above, FarmVille uses http://apps.facebook.com/onthefarm. Type something short and descriptive; it doesn't have to be too clever as users are more likely to reach the page through a Facebook Bookmark, ...

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