How to Get Tags for FBML
Until early 2011, the Facebook Markup Language (FMBL) was the best way to integrate Facebook and advanced functions into your applications and Facebook pages. While FBML is in the process of being deprecated, your current applications using FBML will continue to work until June of 2012. Facebook offers a complete list of FBML tags on the developers section of the website, which you can browse by function.
Instructions
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Go to developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fbml/ to view the list available of FBML tags. There are 18 different sections of tags. You'll want to avoid "Deprecated" section, as the tags there don't work even by FBML's deprecating standards.
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Click a group link to jump down on the page to that particular set of tags. Each tag will have a brief description of the tag's purpose below the name. For instance, under "User/Groups, the fb:name tag reads: "Renders the name of the user specified, optionally linked to his or her profile."
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Click on a tag to view the syntax and attribute options. This page will include different syntax rules for how you can use the tag on your Facebook pages and applications. You'll also get a detailed explanation of each attribute, and what the default setting is for each one.
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Test the FBML tags on your page or your application. FBML, while similar in syntax to HTML, can be a bit tricky to pick up at first. In the example of fb:name, you have the option to use the tag to create the logged in user's first name, make it possessive and link back to their profile by using the following: <fb:name uid="loggedinuser" linked="true" firstnameonly="true" possessive="true" />
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Tips & Warnings
The left sidebar also contains the links to individual FBML pages; this makes a handy reference if you're halfway down the page and don't want to go back to the top.
As Facebook has moved to using HTML, CSS and Javascript for applications and iframes, you can no longer create new FBML applications or canvas pages. Consider updating your current existing applications at your earliest convenience.
Certain tags, such as the fb:iframe tag and other FBML tags for embedded media, can only be used on your applications, not on your page's Static FBML pages.
