Post to Social Networks

Example:

To restrict MySpace to show only the "About me" and "Who I'd Like to meet" sections, add the following to your configuration object:

conf['myspaceSections'] = 'About,Meet';

To force all MiGente posts to go to the blog:

conf['migenteSections'] = 'Blog'; 

Embed Code Guidelines:

• We recommend avoiding <Javascript> and <iframe> tags in your embed code, as most social networks will block or strip out <Javascript> and <iframe> code when posted to a user’s profile, due to security reasons. The preferred type of embed code for Flash-based widgets will use HTML <object> and/or <embed> tags.

• Remove any Gigya tracking pixels. Gigya tracking pixels look similar to this

  <img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" _fckstyle="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 
     src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyMzkwNTc1MTAwOTEmcHQ9MTIzOTA1Nz
     UxMzc5NyZwPTE2OTMzMSZkPXRlc3QmZz*xJnQ9Jm89YmI*ZmE3NWRmMGVmNGUxNzhjYjkzM2QwMmY*NjNlMTM=.gif" />

• Remove any Gigya FlashVars (i.e. gig_lt, gig_pt, gig_g) from both the <object> and the <embed> tags. Gigya FlashVars look similar to this:

  <object ...> ... <embed ... 
      FlashVars="gig_lt=1239057510091&gig_pt=1239057513797&gig_g=1"></embed>
      <param name="FlashVars" value="gig_lt=1239057510091&gig_pt=1239057513797&gig_g=1" />
  </object>

• Use a nested <object ...>...<embed ...></embed></object> embed code for the defaultContent parameter. Please follow this form:

  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 
  codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="400" height="300" id="widget_name">
     <param name="movie" value="http://www.domain.com/path/to/widget.swf" />
     <param name="quality" value="high" />
     <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
     <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/>
     <embed src="http://www.domain.com/path/to/widget.swf" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" allowNetworking=”all” pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" name="widget_name"></embed> 
  </object>

• Make sure the classid attribute is included in the <object> tag. Without it, Internet Explorer running on PCs may display a security warning message in certain situations. Make sure the codebase attribute is included as well. The object tag should look something like this:

  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" ...> ... </object>

• The allowScriptAccess attribute should be set to “always”, i.e.:

  <object ...>
      <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
       ... 
      <embed ... allowScriptAccess="always"></embed>
  </object>

• The allowNetworking attribute should be set to “all”, i.e.:

  <object ...>
      <param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /> 
      ... 
      <embed ... allowNetworking ="all"></embed>
  </object>

• The <embed> tag should use a closing </embed> tag instead of the abbreviated <embed ... /> form. This is for LiveJournal and Blogger.

• We recommend a width of 350 pixels for your widget to be viewed properly across all social networks.
  Alternatively, if you wish to optimize your widget's size, you can create several instances of your widget in different sizes. Use the [network-name]Content parameter to define the widget which is to be posted to a specific social network. The following table elaborates maximum widths for widgets to be posted to social networks:

  Social Network	Max Width	Variable	Resolution- Dependent	Theme- Dependent
  Bebo	350
  BlackPlanet	420		Yes
  Blogger	410			Yes
  Facebook	580
  Freewebs	510			Yes
  Friendster	510	Yes	Yes
  hi5	450
  iGoogle	400	Yes
  Live Spaces	350
  LiveJournal		Yes	Yes
  MiGente	420		Yes
  Multiply	620		Yes
  MySpace	420		Yes	Yes
  MyYearbook	490		Yes
  Netvibes	410	Yes
  Orkut	660
  Piczo		Yes	Yes
  Plageflakes	410	Yes
  Tagged	470
  TypePad	630			Yes
  Vox	480
  WordPress	No limit, scales to 450px			Yes

• Sites that disable JavaScript access, such as MySpace, Friendster, Orkut, and LiveSpaces, prevent outbound links from Flash widgets. To walk around this issue, add code that will display a copy URL box to your widget.

Social Network Capabilities

Some networks do not allow certain tags (such as <script> or <style> tags) in the embed code or do not support certain Flash capabilities. The following table summarizes the capabilities of the social networks supported by Wildfire. You may utilize this information in various ways:

• Customize Wildfire's networksToShow and networksToHide parameters according to your content, so as to show only networks that support your content.
• Make several instances of your content, using different technologies in each. Use the [network-name]Content parameters to define which content instance will be posted to which social network.

Social Network	<html>	<script>	<style>	<embed>	<iframe>	Full Screen	Flash Scale	Communication between JavaScript and Flash
MySpace
Facebook
Friendster
Orkut
Tagged				Black list
Bebo
WordPress
Blogger
Hi5				White list
Piczo
Freewebs
LiveJournal
BlackPlanet
MyYearBook
TypePad
Xanga
Multiply
iGoogle
Netvibes
Pageflakes
Vox
Yahoo
Eons

Whitelisting:

Some social networks require that widgets be whitelisted; otherwise, their embed code will be stripped out when posted. The social networks that require whitelisting are currently Friendster and Hi5 (follow these links for guidance on how to add your widget to the relevant social network's whitelist).