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illmill

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I know there's a long thread about FB ads, but I didn't see one for apps, so I thought I would start one since I'm getting started on my first app.

I am trying to get started on developing my first facebook app, but of course facebook's platform seems to not be cooperating. I went to Login | Facebook and click to start on my first application. They wanted me to verify my account, so I entered my Malaysian cell phone number so they could sms me the code. That was over an hour ago and still no code. I also tried verifying by putting a new credit card on file, but that method didn't seem to work either.

Please Help!!! Does anyone know how long this verification should take? With systems that work (like Google) it's usually instant. Is there anything I can do to get started while I'm waiting on this verification?

I already posted this same question on Facebook's forum, but I'm hoping to get a quicker answer on wf.
 


Facebook's verification sms reaches with seconds just like Google's. Maybe theres a problem with your carrier? Best bet - try with some other spare number if you've got one?
 
Thanks for the response and the suggestion. I just tried with my girlfriend's phone which is on a different carrier and got the same result. No code was sent and when I clicked the link to indicate it wasn't sent, they ask me to enter the country and the carrier and submit. After that it just says ok, and then nothing happens. Maybe it's just not working at the moment. Or maybe their crack-addicted retarded monkey responsible for their ad approval process has been promoted and is now responsible for verifying developer accounts.
 
Hmmm. I don't remember ever having to do anything with a cell phone when I signed up. But now you might want to start another new thread about FB development and not cell phone problems.

I've dabbled in it and if you are any kind of decent developer you will find it dead easy. Basically you will have a PHP file hosted on your machine that you fire and it generates content in that center area. That content can be anything - including pix and stuff from your server (i.e. database content). You gain an additional set of objects and functions to get into FB information about the friends of the person using the application. When I started it took me about 30 seconds to learn how to loop through all of my friends and extract everything about them. Seriously easy stuff. I haven't done anything hardcore or deployed anything yet. But that is just more a matter of time.

Any question in particular?
 
Hey Guys,

Hope someone can help me with a question about Facebook Apps, developed a game for a client of ours, first time doing a Facebook thing, there not 100% happy with the wall notices that are posted when a user plays their game, they look like this:

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They want to draw more attention to the play the game, I was told by the current developer that you can't link the text that talks about their score etc, is there any other way we can add a larger link to play the game? Some users aren't seeing it and emailing us asking how to play heh.

Thanks very much in advance!
 
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