Facebook Like Button Not Accurate -...

User 2432550 Photo


Registered User
105 posts

I have done a couple websites that included a Facebook Like button.. but when it is shown, it says there are only a couple "likes" when really there are 60+. Why is this not accurate?

Example: http://tdcustoms.com/Contact.html and https://www.facebook.com/tdcustomspaintandbody
User 2147626 Photo


Ambassador
2,958 posts

Okay, let me take a shot at this ...

Facebook looks at each and every URL as unique. So, when you generate your plugin for Coffeecup it is looking at your URL for tdcustoms.com whereas the facebook page has a URL of https://www.facebook.com/tdcustomspaintandbody. Two different sites as far as facebook is concerned.

There is a solution!

Generate your code for your web site using your facebook page URL'

example:
<div class="Object262"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ftdcustoms.com&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font&amp;colorscheme=dark&amp;height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
</div>

This is the code for your button.
Change the tdcustoms.com to https://www.facebook.com/tdcustomspaintandbody and it should pull the likes from your facebook page.

Let us know if this actually works... :P
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VP of Software Development
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I think those are supposed to be 2 different numbers. On your website, that is the number of times someone has liked that page. On Facebook, those are the number likes for your Facebook posts.
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User 2432550 Photo


Registered User
105 posts

Yes, putting the facebook link instead of the site link did work. I think you're right about that Scott. Thanks.

Do you know how to put a facebook icon just as a link to the facebook page?
User 2432550 Photo


Registered User
105 posts

I suppose I could just save an image of the F icon and make it a link... duh ;)
User 2147626 Photo


Ambassador
2,958 posts

simple design -- simple web :D

Glad it worked for ya! :cool:
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