wp secondary theme into fb page app, whilst retaining main theme WordPress

Josh Cranwell comments:

Hi Julian, thank you for answer

I added this into the functions of my main theme, I also downloaded and added the absolute path to the facebook sdk src folder in my theme (I double checked permissions and all good), I then added my app ID and my app secret.

I then changed the 'YOUR THEME NAME' to my theme folder name.

It definitely seems to be trying to do something but locks me out of the cms and front end and leaves a blank space on the facebook app. So guessing something might not be quite right.

You say 'this will change the theme that is loaded' - what do you mean by this? do you mean the current activated theme will no longer be visible to people visiting the main site?

I need to try and keep every thing running on the site/cms as normal - whist being able to design a facebook only theme only visible through the fb iframe.

Many thanks

Josh Cranwell comments:

*I then changed the 'YOUR THEME NAME' to my facebook theme folder name.

Julian Lannigan comments:

<blockquote>You say 'this will change the theme that is loaded' - what do you mean by this? do you mean the current activated theme will no longer be visible to people visiting the main site?</blockquote>
This means simply that if there is a valid signed request then we must be in the facebook app and change the theme to your FB theme.

<blockquote>It definitely seems to be trying to do something but locks me out of the cms and front end and leaves a blank space on the facebook app. So guessing something might not be quite right.</blockquote>
Do you have a test link to the app? Also, if you want I could login and play around with the script.

Julian Lannigan comments:

Also, add these addition filters to the end of the code block I initially sent you.

add_filter('option_template', 'fb_user_theme');
add_filter('option_stylesheet', 'fb_user_theme');

Josh Cranwell comments:

I would be happy for you to take a look at the source.

Do you want to drop me an email on [email protected] and we can go from there - thanks

Julian Lannigan comments:

Ok, I have it working, but I believe you have some settings set incorrectly in your Application. Could you please set me as a developer in the roles of the application? julian[dot]lannigan[at]gmail[dot]com

I made a plugin called FB Conductor in your installation. Here is the code of that file: ( I removed the FB_SECRET because this is a public forum.)

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: FB Conductor
Plugin URI: http://www.julianlannigan.com/
Description: This plugin will redirect the theme based on whether you are viewing this site in a facebook app.
Author: Julian Lannigan
Version: 1.0
Author URI: http://www.julianlannigan.com/
*/

require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/facebook-sdk/src/facebook.php';

define("FB_APPID", "152323798176778");
define("FB_SECRET", "***YOUR SECRET***");
define("FB_THEME", "motorcyclelive-facebook");

global $fb, $signedRequest;
$fb = new Facebook(array(
'appId' => FB_APPID,
'secret' => FB_SECRET
));

$signedRequest = $fb->getSignedRequest();

function fb_set_template($template) {
if (isFacebook()) {
$template = FB_THEME;
}
return $template;
}

function fb_set_stylesheet($template){
if (isFacebook()) {
$template = FB_THEME;
}
return $template;
}

function isFacebook() {
global $signedRequest;
if ($signedRequest != null) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

add_filter('stylesheet', 'fb_set_stylesheet');
add_filter('template', 'fb_set_template');
add_filter('option_template', 'fb_set_template');
add_filter('option_stylesheet', 'fb_set_stylesheet');

Julian Lannigan comments:

Found the error:

You needed a trailing slash in the Page Tab URL:

You had: [[LINK href="http://motorcyclelivemobile.co.uk/wp"]]http://motorcyclelivemobile.co.uk/wp[[/LINK]]
It is now: [[LINK href="http://motorcyclelivemobile.co.uk/wp/"]]http://motorcyclelivemobile.co.uk/wp/[[/LINK]]

You can now remove me as a developer.

Josh Cranwell comments:

huge thank you, just tested it with 'fan gate' and it works as you can see.

I look forward to using this over and over!