Events Manager and Facebook Share WordPress

Clifford P comments:

My last email for the night (from a minute ago)...


While waiting for FTP account (that might never come), here’s some helpful info to get you in the right direction if you wanted to get along doing it yourself:

...

I understand better what your WPQ meant… you entered that share button code to the actual event’s text box...

Here’s what I’d recommend…

1) Create a new app in Facebook – all you’re needing is a unique App ID
a. https://developers.facebook.com/apps - click Create New App
2) Visit http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/ and select your preferred settings.
a. Leave the URL field blank. (we can change it later as needed)
b. Click Get Code, then make sure to select the proper FB App ID from the dropdown box.
c. Follow the instructions (copy/paste)
3) Use a plugin like Post Snippets (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-snippets/) to save the code.
a. Enter the code and save as a snippet
i. For example: Title=fbshare, Variables=n/a, Snippet=<div class="fb-like" data-send="true" data-width="450" data-show-faces="true"></div>
b. Add this new “fbshare” snippet shortcode to your event’s page in the WYSIWYG editor.

All that might be able to be handled by a Facebook plugin, but the Open Graph data definitely can be: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/like-button-plugin-for-wordpress/

Or else we can do it manually, following the protocol at http://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/


We’re having a lightning storm so computer’s going off now. I hope this helped or I hope to receive proper login information tomorrow to do it for you.

Thank you. Good night.

minima comments:

Hi All -

Thanks for the responses - -however, the events plugin does not create posts or pages in the traditional sense -- there is no loop for me to modify. It has its own settings page (not a WSYWIG/post/page) where I can paste in html code (not php) -- here are some of the specific placeholder codes that are referenced - - http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/placeholders/

I have inserted the script code (for the like button) as noted above -- however, what happens is that neither the description nor the correct title displays when "liking" the event. All is get is "xxx liked a link" with not description or title.

Thanks!

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Hi,

You can see it working here: [[LINK href="http://wp.ppgr.com.br/events/event/oralty-in-james-joyce-conference/"]]http://wp.ppgr.com.br/events/event/oralty-in-james-joyce-conference/[[/LINK]]

Regards,
Gabriel

minima comments:

Gabriel --

This makes sense -- I am out of the office until Monday, but will try it when I return. Ideally, I would not want to update any core files due to upgrading.

I will let you know how it turns out!

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Hi minima,

Unfortunately the prize will not be available until Monday.

Can we make an agreement?

You vote for me before the question expires and if the solution is not good for you I'll send you a full refund, either by posting a question here or via PayPal.

Regards,
Gabriel

minima comments:

Gabriel -- what file do you recommend that I paste this code in?

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Hi Minima,

I am going to bed now, it is almost 2 am here.

Recommended file is <em>yourthemefolder</em>/plugins/events-manager/templates/event-single.php

Regards,
Gabriel

P.S. My test was done changing the plugin file, but that is bad practice.

minima comments:

Unfortunately, this doesn't work on your test site or on my site -- I get the message "This could not be shared"

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Oh really? That is a shame, it surely works for me.

Would you mind adding me as friend in facebook?

So I can share the post in a message to you.

https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.reguly

Regards,
Gabriel

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Sorry, I jumped the gun.

New code in seconds. :-)

minima comments:

Hi Gabriel -- ok FB request made -- no rush -- get some sleep and maybe we can chat tomorrow?
Thank you!

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Ok, here it goes....

<?php
/*
* This page displays a single event, called during the em_content() if this is an event page.
* You can override the default display settings pages by copying this file to yourthemefolder/plugins/events-manager/templates/ and modifying it however you need.
* You can display events however you wish, there are a few variables made available to you:
*
* $args - the args passed onto EM_Events::output()
*/
global $EM_Event;
/* @var $EM_Event EM_Event */
if( $EM_Event->status == 1 ){
?>
<script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
<a name="fb_share" type="button" share_url="<?php echo home_url() . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?>"></a>
<meta property="og:type" content="activity" />
<meta property="og:title" content="<?php echo home_url() . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']?>" />
<meta property="og:url" content="<?php echo home_url() . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?>" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="your sitename" />
<meta property="og:description" content="your description" />
<?php
echo $EM_Event->output_single();
}else{
echo get_option('dbem_no_events_message');
}
?>


Now fully tested ;-)

Regards,
Gabriel

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Hi Minima,

Any progress?

Kind Regards,
Gabriel

Gabriel Reguly comments:

Hi,

Would you mind voting in the next 2 hours?

Regards,
Gabriel