Friendster
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Friendster is an online social network that connects people who share the same interests, jobs, hometowns, opinions etc... Friendster offers optional features called Apps (applications), to enhance member's profile.
Creation of a specific app
The creation of an application is very simple.
- Go to the developper app
- Create a new app and enter the following elements on the settings page
- Canvas Page URL: Use ‘http://apps.friendster.com/your_unique_app_name’ but substitute ‘your_unique_app_name’ with the name of your app. This is the public name for your app, which must be unique across all Friendster apps
- Callback URL: http://www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/fri_iframe.php?[Encoded list of args]
- Canvas Display: iFrame
- After creating the App, copy the API Key
- Create or open your metadata file, and add the following elements:
<div class="fri"> <div class="app_name">[short name you have chosen]</div> <div class="app_key">[API Key provided by Friendster]</div> </div>
DO NOT ENTER YOUR SECRET KEY IN THE METADATA FILE, FAX IT TO WIDGETAVENUE. Under no circumstances should you reveal your secret (especially in forums or when submitting test code for others to debug), otherwise other people can send API requests on your behalf.
The app will be ready to run when the secret key has been entered by WidgetAvenue.
Issues
There is currently a bug on Friendster which triggers an error message when using the settings link.
