“Why the hell do I have to change my Facebook like box before June 23rd?”
It's not that I've gone crazy and given you a deadline to complete this task because I felt like it on this hot, sunny May morning.
This is a new measure adopted by the popular social network Facebook, which has decided to remove this plugin (popularly known as the “like box”) that we so commonly see on many websites and blogs.
If you still don't know what I'm talking about, in the following image I show you an example of the version of the "Facebook like box" that will be eliminated on June 23 (and which is probably the one you have on your website or blog):
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I must warn you that the social network created by Mark Zuckerberg dominican republic telegram data only allow the visibility of this old “box” until the date indicated on all the pages that currently use it. Afterwards, it will simply disappear like a rabbit in a magician’s hat.
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Does this mean I'm left without my precious "like" box?
Update your Facebook Like Box in 3 easy steps
1# Looking for the updated plugin
2# Configure your Facebook Like Box
3# Get your code
Additional step for WordPress users
What do you think about this change implemented by Facebook regarding its “Like” box?
Have you had any problems making the change?
Does this mean I'm left without my precious "like" box?
No, don't worry. The Facebook lord isn't so bad ( even if he has taken away some of our fan pages' likes lately ) as to leave us all without our nice "like box".
They simply ask us to change our old plugin to the new one that they have already released before June 23, 2015.
The procedure to perform this update is not just simple, it is very simple. But, if you are afraid to get started or think you won't be able to do it, we are going to help you do it right now by following this brief guide to change your “Facebook like box” before June 23 .
In fact, I'm going to do the change in Distinct Design with you so you can see that I'm not just giving you the theory, but that I've done it myself and it works perfectly.
Update your Facebook Like Box in 3 easy steps
1# Looking for the updated plugin
Head over to the plugin page on the Facebook developer site. No need to go to Google like crazy (I saw you were already opening a new tab… ). Go to Facebook Like Box Page Plugin
2# Configure your Facebook Like Box
Once on the page, we fill in some simple data to configure how we want our “like box” to be. We enter the URL of our Facebook page, the width and height that we want to display the plugin on our site and we mark the design and visibility options that we want.