Likes Up: The “Like Box” on Facebook

Like Box – Facebook Developers

The Like Box is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes from their own website. The Like Box enables users to:

• See how many users already like this Page, and which of their friends like it too
• Read recent posts from the Page
• Like the Page with one click, without needing to visit the Page

The minimum supported plugin width is 292px.   developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/

Attributes

• href – the URL of the Facebook Page for this Like Box
• width – the width of the plugin in pixels. Default width: 300px.
• height – the height of the plugin in pixels. The default height varies based on number of faces to display, and whether the stream is displayed. With the stream displayed, and 10 faces the default height is 556px. With no faces, and no stream the default height is 63px.
• colorscheme – the color scheme for the plugin. Options: ‘light’, ‘dark’
• show_faces – specifies whether or not to display profile photos in the plugin. Default value: true.
• stream – specifies whether to display a stream of the latest posts from the Page’s wall
• header – specifies whether to display the Facebook header at the top of the plugin.
• border_color – the border color of the plugin.
• force_wall – for Places, specifies whether the stream contains posts from the Place’s wall or just checkins from friends. Default value: false.

Like Boxes show up on websites outside of Facebook and typically have the header “Find Us on Facebook”

How do I get a Page Badge? How can I promote my Page to my fans off of Facebook?

The “Find Us on Facebook” badge provides your business a way to promote your Page off of our website, and help direct your customers to your presence on Facebook. This Badge can be applied in-store or on location, on the web, and in print collateral. You can learn how to create a badge for your Page from the “Promotion Guidelines” link, in the “Promote your page” section when you are editing your Page, or by clicking here.

#LikesUP – To Click or Not to Click. That is the question…