{"id":42494,"date":"2023-10-20T15:21:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/facebook-app-developers-targeted-by-fbootstrapp-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:21:37","slug":"facebook-app-developers-targeted-by-fbootstrapp-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/facebook-app-developers-targeted-by-fbootstrapp-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook app developers targeted by Fbootstrapp – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new toolkit aims to kickstart the development of Facebook iFrame applications, which enable users to add custom tabs on Facebook fan pages, based on a similar toolkit for Twitter. <\/span><\/p>\n

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An iFrame app allows the user to embed an external Web page in their custom Facebook page tab.<\/p>\n

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The user\u2019s \u201cindex\u201d or \u201ccanvas\u201d is actually hosted on a non-Facebook server and is surrounded by Facebook \u201cchrome\u201d, which are the Facebook elements on the page.<\/p>\n

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Because the \u201ciFramed\u201d page isn\u2019t hosted on Facebook, it can use standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript like any other Web page does.<\/p>\n

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Fbootstrapp, created by Clemens Krack, is a toolkit for kick-starting the development of Facebook iFrame apps. It is based on Bootstrap, which is a GUI toolkit for Twitter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just pushed my last version of Fbootstrapp. It\u2019s a fork of Twitter\u2019s Bootstrap, which aims to help developing Facebook iFrame apps,\u201d Krack said in a blog.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe default grid systems provided as part of Fbootstrapp are a 760px and a 520px wide 12-column grids.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey are a flavour of the popular 960 grid system, but without the additional margin\/padding on the left and right sides.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As with Bootstrap, Fbootstrapp includes base CSS and HTML for topography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, alerts, etc. It also shares Facebook\u2019s look and feel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs some researchers found out, it is more intuitive for users to style elements within apps and fan pages in the same look as the parenting Facebook site,\u201d Krack said on the Fbootstrapp site.<\/p>\n

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Using Fbootstrapp, Krack said developers can now \u201cgo and build awesome apps for Facebook\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Last week, StartupSmart<\/i> reported on the impending launch of Apptopia<\/a>, a marketplace designed to help broker the sale of mobile apps, providing an exit strategy for developers.<\/p>\n

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Founded by Eliran Sapir and Jonathan Kay, Apptopia will launch in February. It has already secured seed funding, including $110,000 from Expansion VC.<\/p>\n

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\u201cApptopia is the marketplace that will broker the sale of [mobile] apps,\u201d the founders say on their website.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe will manage the entire process through to completion, starting with recommending app valuation and connecting sellers [and] concluding with escrow services, code review, and interfacing with Apple and Google.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Apptopia has already brokered the sale of one mobile app valued at more than $15,000, and has 30 more lined up for February\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n

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To kick off its launch, the first 200 developers who sign up will not have to pay the listing fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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