django-like-button

================== django-like-button

django-like-button makes it easy to use a facebook like button in your django application. You just need to do the following.

Documentation

Documentation can now be found in ReadTheDocs here: https://readthedocs.org/projects/django-like-button/

Installation

• Install django-like-button using easy_setup or pip::

  pip install django-like-button

• add like_button to your INSTALLED_APPS in your django settings file::

  INSTALLED_APPS = ( # all # other # apps 'like_button', )

• Add "FACEBOOK_APP_ID" setting to your django settings file with your facebook application Id.

  in settings.py::

   FACEBOOK_APP_ID = "your appID"
   FACEBOOK_SHOW_SEND = "true"   # or "false, default is "true"
   FACEBOOK_LIKE_WIDTH = "450"   # "numeric value for width", default is 450
   FACEBOOK_SHOW_FACES = "true"  # or "false, default is "true"
   FACEBOOK_FONT = "font"        # default is "arial"
  

• Add the template tag code into your base template before the body tag.

  In the template, in which you want to add button load tags:

  {% load like_button %}

  Where you need the like button::

  {% like_button_tag %}

  At the bottom of the page before the tag put this (you only need to do this once)::

  {% like_button_js_tag %}

• Add the url into your urls file. This tries to address the issue identified with facebooks like button here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2955012/facebook-javascript-sdk-fb-xd-fragment

  in urls.py::

   url(r'', include('like_button.urls')),