Facebook Social Plugin – Content Section – Follow Button

The Follow button plugin lets people subscribe to the public updates of others on Facebook.

The following properties are displayed for a Follow Button Facebook plugin:

Graphical user interface, text, application, email

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      Profile URL: this mandatory text field can be a maximum of 1000 characters in length.  It represents the Facebook.com profile URL of the user to follow.  The value provided must be a valid URL.

      Kid directed site: this checkbox, unchecked by default, identifies that the site to be followed is directed at children under the age of 13.

      Width: provision of a width for the plugin, in pixels, is mandatory.  The property can be a maximum of value 9,999.

      Height: provision of a width for the plugin, in pixels, is mandatory.  The property can be a maximum of value 9,999.

      Color scheme: this dropdown allows you to define the color scheme to be used by the plugin as one of Light (the default value) or Dark.

      Layout: this dropdown allows you to define the type of layout to be used by the plugin as one of Standard (the default value), Button, Button Count or Box Count.

      Show faces: this checkbox is unchecked by default.  It allows you to define whether to display profile photos below the button (available for Standard layout only).

When viewed at preview, a placeholder image similar to the final layout will be displayed. The placeholder images are fixed and cannot be configured.

When viewed by a landing page visitor, the follow button will be displayed in accordance with the layout configured in RPI. The display may be different from the page preview, depending on the plugin’s settings.