How to Add a Facebook Like Button or Like Box

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The Easiest Way to Add a Facebook Button to Your WordPress Site

In this post, I’ll explain the differences in the Facebook Like Button and the Facebook Like Box. I will also explain the step-by-step process of adding this functionality to your website using WordPress as an example.

Button vs Box

 
The Facebook Like Button is used for visitors of your website to ‘like’ a particular post, page, site or any other criteria a website has to offer. This is done by assigning a URL to ‘like’. Do not confuse this with a ‘Share’ button which allows Facebook users to share a post, video etc. with their Facebook friends.


I am currently using the Socialize plugin on the Ask Adam League that is running on WordPress.

The Facebook Like Button has some great advantages. It allows users of the Facebook community to ‘like’ something which in turn shares that something and broadcasts it out to all of their Facebook friends via their News Feed. Also, this something that they like will remain on their profile for other people to see and visit.

The Facebook Like Box on the other hand allows visitors to ‘Like’ a Facebook Fan Page. It also has other functions such as showing the faces of people on Facebook who like the Fan Page and it can also display the latest post on the Fan Page.

Important:

An interesting note here is that you can use the Facebook Like Button as a Facebook Like Box but only a Facebook Like Box can be used as a Facebook Like Box. This is how it works. In the Facebook Like Box Generator you are prompted to add a Facebook Page URL in the respective field pigeonholing the developer into using the Facebook API strictly for users to ‘like’ a Facebook Page. However, in the Facebook Like Button Generator the user is allowed to add any URL they want. This makes it possible for users to ‘like’ the corresponding page that the developer is suggesting. How a Facebook Like Button can be used as a Facebook Like Box is simple; add a Facebook URL to the URL field and how you are on your way to making a Facebook Like Button that when clicked will allow a Facebook user to ‘like’ your Facebook page. For example, the Ask Adam League currently has a Facebook Like Button on the site. When clicking on this Like Button, the visitor will be Liking the Facebook Fan page for the Ask Adam League. They will also be able to see other friends of theirs that like the Ask Adam League Facebook Fan Page.

How to Add a Facebook Like Button to a WordPress Site

Adding either the Facebook Like Box or Button is very similar so instead of writing War and Peace here I’ll show you the steps for the Like Button.
Notes: These steps include using the code from the Facebook Developers website and not a WordPress plugin as I’ve found many of the plugins to be confusing or very spotty with their functions.
These steps will show you how to add a Facebook Like Box to your WordPress sidebar using a text widget; the simplest way I have found to add the Like Button.

Generate the Code:

  1. Go to the Facebook Like Button generator. This is where you will set the parameters for your Facebook Like Button and generate the code for your WordPress widget.
  2. The first step for generating the code is to get the URL for your page. I will choose to use the Ask Adam League Facebook page in this example since I want my site visitors to ‘like’ my Facebook page. Just visit the page and grab the full URL there and paste it into the ‘URL to Like’ field. (I’ve noticed that Firefox 3 on my Mac did not generate the Like Button example. It wasn’t until I updated to Firefox 4 that this happened).
  3. Select the different parameters for your Like Button such as pixel width and color scheme. You can also toggle on or off Faces which just displays the faces of the users who like your page.Click ‘Get Code’ and you’ll be presented with two different types of code; iFrame and XFBML. XFBML works for me (I’ll let the coder community explain the differences).
  4. Copy the XFBML code.

Insert the Code:

  1. Login to your WordPress CMS and go to ‘Widgets’ under the ‘Appearance’ pulldown on the right.
  2. Here you’ll have all of your widgets available that can be installed in your sidebar. If you don’t know what these do just think of them as little applications that do things on your sidebar.
  3. Grab the ‘Text’ widget and drag-and-drop it to anywhere you want the Facebook Like Button to be with all of your other widgets on the sidebar respectively. (if there is currently a text widget on your sidebar that you would like to install the Facebook Like Box code to with some other code there will be no problem at all).
  4. Crack open the Text widget by clicking on the pulldown. Your text widget will open up exposing the field where you will enter the code.
  5. Paste the code that you copied from the code generator.
  6. Click ‘save’.
  7. Bring up the page(s) that has your new Facebook Like Button to check it out.

Yeah yeah. I know we only have 12 people who like us on Facebook. Give us a sec.
Now anyone that visits your site will be able to like your Facebook Fan page. You can follow these same steps with the Facebook Like Box generator to make a Like Box if you wish.

Send me a comment if you guys have any questions. Good luck!

Note: My first time adding the Like Button it took almost 2 hours for it to show up on my page. Whether it took the Facebook API a million years to work or whatever else was going on I do not know.

Published by Donald Sinatra

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  50. Perfect Biotics by Probiotic America – Does it Work or Scam?

    Perfect Biotics by Probiotic America Review: Probiotics are some of the most popular health supplements
    these days and for good reason. They’re harmless enough to
    be offered to children without any concern but can prevent or treat a variety of
    health problems. They’re the “good” bacteria that we’re all eager to ingest simply because we know
    it benefits us, but not many of us stop to think what really is
    found inside a specific supplement.

    We think they’re all good, and both supplement and food industry take advantage of our willingness
    to give many different brands a try. That’s why probiotics are now included in foods that make them very
    much useless, and things are not much different when it
    comes to supplements. Low-quality products will include bacteria that is only alive at the
    time of the packaging or blended with substances that will cancel it’s
    expected benefits. And a particular kind of supplements that consumers must be especially careful with are those that are only
    available through the internet, because while some of them
    are quality products, most are just part of money making
    schemes that only benefit the manufacturers.

    What is Perfect Biotics by Probiotic America?

    Perfect Biotics product is one of the probiotic supplements that is not available in stores,
    and it’s manufactured by Probiotic America, a fairly new company.
    Right from the start we know that we can’t have a look at this
    product without purchasing it first, which is a trait of internet shopping that many companies are willing to take advantage of by
    releasing useless or dangerous products. But that might not be the case
    with Perfect Biotics, for which the company gives much useful
    information on the official website.

    Actually, the website presents all the products manufactured by Probiotic America, and by this feature alone the company gets
    some points in its favor when compared to other businesses that market their
    products through the internet. First, they offer more than one product, which means that the company wasn’t founded
    just to promote one money making product as a result of a new fad.
    And second, all products can be found in a single place, which means that Probiotic America is not afraid that one of them
    might discredit their name. Often times companies will create different websites for each product just so the others won’t be
    avoided when one of them inevitably proves as ineffective (or even worse, causes health damage), but
    in this case, it seems like no such concerns exist and the company
    stands behind all their supplements.

    Perfect Biotics is their first release, and it’s claimed to be a simple yet very efficient probiotic.
    It contains 15 species of bacteria and no other substances, as it’s designed to only do exactly what a probiotic should, which is helping the digestive system by fixing health problems caused by an insufficient amount of bacteria while at the same
    time promoting a healthier immune system.

    The CFU (colony forming unit) count is very high, with users
    ingesting over 30 billion live organisms from one single capsule.
    This is also a very good feature of the product, with higher
    amounts of bacteria being naturally more effective, but the truth is that
    each consumer will need a specific number of probiotics depending on their health requirements,
    and such a high number might not be particularly helpful. Still,
    the results should be noticeable much faster with a high
    CFU count, and in the case of Perfect Biotics the company claims that the effects will start to manifest in around 3-4 weeks of use in most cases.
    It’s also mentioned that with some users have experienced positive changes in just
    a few days, which is very normal for a quality probiotic.

    Does Perfect Biotics Really Work?

    No customer opinions are yet available for this product, but judging by its qualities the users should have
    some very high expectations. Perfect Biotics contains some
    of the healthiest bacteria strains known at the moment, and on top of that
    in very high amounts. This means that it should be able to help
    even those with very bothering health issues, even though it’s not actually a medical treatment.
    Probiotics are classified as foods by the FDA,
    as they’re not required to evaluate them because they’re not potent
    enough to pose a danger to health, like medication, usually is.

    So is the case with this product, which is only supervised and approved by a doctor who is specialized in family medicine and practices in California.
    It doesn’t seem like one specialist could help much, but most internet supplements give no
    information about the manufacturers, never mind the professionals involved, most
    often because there are none. But the products offered by Probiotic America do come with some
    backing, and they also have the advantage of being manufactured in the US, a trait that is usually very appreciated by
    the customers.

    It’s claimed that the bacteria cultures are raised in Wisconsin,
    tested and packed in Utah and shipped from California, where the company is also based.
    The official website also states that Perfect
    Biotics is tested by third party laboratories, but it doesn’t offer any proof
    even if it seems like some documents were supposed to be available for viewing.
    Maybe they’ve been removed or the website encountered some errors in displaying them, but either way
    we have no way of knowing if the statement is actually true, at least
    for the moment. Still, the label of the supplement bottle is posted on the website and offers all
    the necessary information. All the ingredients are disclosed,
    and we know exactly what species of bacteria are included.
    This is very important, as specialists advise against products that don’t mention the
    bacteria strains, the CFU count and the total quantity of product found in the capsules.

    And the capsule packing is also an advantage, with this form
    being the most beneficial for the live organisms and of course for the health of the individuals that ingests them.
    The bacteria has to make it to the colon, where most of its amount is supposed to be and where it’s the most effective.
    Also, Perfect Biotics is flash frozen before packing, which
    means that the product won’t have to be refrigerated for preserving the bacteria and can be kept at room temperature even for years without losing its
    properties. The probiotics will stay alive for a
    very long time, a mandatory trait that is not commonly verified by customers before purchasing
    this kind of supplements. Many companies will sell dead bacteria to non-informed clients, with their defense being simply the fact that the
    product does indeed contain probiotics.

    What Are the Ingredients in Perfect Biotics?

    As we’ve mentioned before, the website does a good job at presenting all the important information about the product.
    Perfect Biotics supposedly doesn’t contain, gluten, soy, lactose or any other allergen source,
    although nothing is mentioned about any GMOs (genetically modified organisms) being included.
    Quality probiotics shouldn’t contain this type of ingredients, and hopefully, this one doesn’t either, but on the other hand we do know
    what the fillers are, and they don’t include sugar
    (commonly used in cheap probiotics) or other substances that
    will decrease the qualities of the bacteria.
    These are rice maltodextrin, anhydrous dextrose, vegetable cellulose and stearic acid, and none of them are supposed to harm the bacteria, but nothing is mentioned
    about the product being vegetal so we can assume that the capsule shells are of animal
    origin, like in the case of many other supplements. Given that probiotics contain live bacteria,
    it would seem like they’re by default unfit for vegetarians and vegans, but as we naturally carry them anyway, the only problem might be their origin. And
    in this case, we have no idea what that is, and it would be mentioned it were vegetal, but most
    likely they have been produced with aids of animal origin, so we wouldn’t
    recommend Perfect Biotics for vegetarians.

    The bacterial strains included in this product are:

    9 species of Lactobacillus (acidophilus, plantarum, rhamnosus, casei, salivarius, bulgaricus, paracasei
    and brevis)
    5 species of Bifidobacterium (lactis, breve, bifidum, longum and infantis)
    one species of Streptococcus, which is theromophilus. This last probiotic has a name that makes
    it sound extremely unappetizing, but it’s actually very beneficial for digestion. It
    helps the body digest milk, and at the same time has antibiotic effects that will protect the organism from infections.

    This seems rather unusual given that antibiotics are known to kill probiotics,
    and it’s recommended to always use this good bacteria along antibiotics
    just to make sure that their numbers stay the same, but probiotics generally help the immune system.

    A lot of research has been conducted on probiotics
    ever since it has been discovered that they’re essential
    for our health, and although much of it is inconclusive (when it comes to the
    bacteria that is ingested through supplements),
    we do know that some species will help not only in the affections of the digestive system but
    also in seemingly unrelated health problems. Out of the more than 500 bacteria species that we
    naturally host in our bodies, some are very helpful and work well when ingested from supplements, starting
    with Lactobacillus, especially the rhamnosus
    variety. This strain is included in Perfect Biotics and can actually heal acute diarrhea, as demonstrated by
    tests performed on children. But the other species of Lactobacillus are also very efficient in all types
    of intestinal disorders, with bulgaricus (also included) being able to help with lactose intolerance.

    Also, this species of bacteria is the only one that is completely harmless to the body.

    Generally speaking, all probiotics are, but
    they could cause some unwanted effects in very sensitive people, and it
    seems like this is never the case with L. bulgaricus.

    Another strain of Lactobacillus included in this
    product is casei, which is commonly found in yogurt and helps in protecting the body against harmful bacteria and will prevent affections like irritable bowel syndrome and constipation. And L.
    salivarium has similar effects, but also the added benefit of promoting dental
    health. This one probiotic seems like it would help even the most healthy individuals, and L.

    paracasei might have similar benefits. Studies performed on rats have proven this
    strain to be effective against a bacterial species that
    promotes caries, and it might just be effective for humans also.
    And brevis, the last Lactobacillus strain included in this supplement, shows signs that might be effective in preventing
    cancer and minimizing its damage.

    The Bifidobacterium strains included in Perfect Biotic are very useful also,
    with the first one on our list (lactis) being beneficial not only in digestion and in the prevention and
    treatment of diarrhea, but actually in the prevention of salmonella.

    B. brevis on the other hand, the next strain, is generally only
    helpful for intestinal health but it amounts drop with age,
    and it’s a great addition to this supplement as
    even individuals with no health issues will need
    it and benefit from ingesting it.

    Then we have B. bifidum, which is the most common probiotic found in the human body but at the same time
    very easy to kill through antibiotics. It helps in preventing
    E. coli infections, and it should always be supplemented when using antibiotics.

    B. longum is also common but it seems to have unusually
    beneficial properties, as studies show that it might lower cholesterol levels and even fight cancer.

    And the last strain, B. infantis, is commonly found in breastfed babies and also has very powerful effects.
    It can prevent salmonella and E. coli infections, but it might also help in depression.

    Is Perfect Biotics Safe?

    Given that the product only contains probiotics, the only
    side effects that might be caused by using it are the usual intestinal issues associated with
    this type of bacteria. Some people experience bloating, nausea, upset stomach,
    and other disorders for a few days after beginning the treatment, but
    the symptoms clear out once the body adjusts. But probiotics can also trigger allergic
    reactions, and all supplements of this type should be
    used with a doctor’s approval. Each person has individual needs when it
    comes to probiotics, and just because a product looks promising it doesn’t
    mean that it will work well or that it’s fit for everybody.

    Because Perfect Biotics doesn’t include other substances but probiotics it’s also fit for children. But in this case, a doctor’s approval is
    mandatory, even if probiotics have been proven to work best for
    young patients. It should be kept in mind that although
    good bacteria will mostly bring positive changes,
    it does have the potential of becoming dangerous in very sensitive or sick individuals.
    Like all microorganisms, it could spread and act where it’s not supposed to, so
    potential users with serious health issues need to make
    sure that the product is not dangerous for them before starting the treatment.

    Perfect Biotics Benefits?

    It looks like this product can only help, as it’s clearly able to improve digestion, boost the immune system, decrease lactose intolerance and prevent
    dental issues along with many other benefits. And because
    it contains such high amount of probiotics, it will most likely act
    faster than many other similar supplements, and help even in very problematic digestive disorders.

    It will also stay fresh at room temperature, so this particular probiotic doesn’t need special care and can be used whenever you might need it.
    But one serious advantage that Perfect Biotics has over other products is the
    high CFU count in a single capsule. All 30 billion organisms will be
    ingested at one time, and this is recommended to be done only once a day, before breakfast.
    Users will only have to remember it in the morning, so it doesn’t involve much hassle.

    Why Choose Perfect Biotics?

    This product looks very promising, and so does the company behind it.
    As far as we know, Perfect Biotics is manufactured in good conditions and contains a high enough number of strains and individual organisms to be very effective.
    Also, the bacteria is alive at the time of the ingestion and packed in dark amber glass bottles that guarantee it’s protection from
    light. And judging by the general opinion, customers seem to like all products manufactured by the company.

    Probiotic America looks to be very new but already has happy customers,
    and it’s Twitter account (the only social
    platform that they’re active on) seems to prove it.
    The account was created in June but already has over 900 followers, so it’s safe to assume that the
    products don’t commonly generate complaints.

    And the way the products are marketed also helps this company’s
    image, as it seems like they become available one at
    a time, with lots of research between releases. Perfect Biotics was the first and gave the impression that the company might
    not be legitimate (as many scammers focus on only one product),
    but soon it became obvious that they’re planning on developing
    an entire line of supplements. Meanwhile, another supplement based on probiotics was released, and 5 more blends
    have been announced.

    Actually, one pleasant surprise hidden in the “terms and conditions” section of the Probiotic America website is
    a disclaimer which states that the products are constantly
    modified and improved, and different batches of the same supplement might have different properties.
    This is a good sign for the company standing behind the products and constantly trying to make them more effective, so it seems like they’re off to a good start.
    They also managed to avoid all the issues commonly associated with companies that sell their
    product on the internet, as they disclose all the necessary information about the supplements, are easy to
    contact and don’t hide important information in the user
    agreement. They do seem to have an auto-shipping program, but it might not
    have anything in common with the practice that internet shoppers
    hate the most, as we’ll see next.

    Where Can I Buy Perfect Biotics?

    You can buy Perfect Biotics through the official Probiotic America website, at the price of $39.95 for a bottle containing one month’s supply.

    Two discount packages are also available, with the one
    containing 3 bottles being sold for $101.87, and the other, which
    includes six, being priced at $189.36, with the latter reducing the individual price to a little over $30.

    Shipping and handling for $4.95, but only when ordering one bottle.

    Larger orders come with free delivery, but at this
    time, the company only ships to the US.

    Judging by some of the information in the user agreement it seems like things are going
    to change at one point, but one feature that should stay the same
    is the 90-day money back guarantee that applies to all products.

    Given that Perfect Biotics’s effects should start being noticed in around one month, it
    seems like this period is enough for customers to
    evaluate the product.

    And then there’s the auto-ship program. There is no sign for
    it on the order form and we weren’t expecting to find anything of the kind in the user agreement,
    but it seems like it does exist, and it functions in a manner that
    makes it very different from the usual money making scheme.

    This program is only available for customers
    located in the US, which shouldn’t be necessary to mention given that the company
    only ships in this area, but it’s proof that Probiotic America is planning on expanding their
    business somewhere in the future. And the auto-ship program doesn’t
    actually function yet either (we believe, as nothing in mentioned on the order form and legally it should
    if this was the case), but when it will finally be available
    it will be optional and allow customers to choose the exact
    schedule of the deliveries. They will take place once every 30, 45, 60, 90
    or 120 days, and the website also mentions that each delivery will
    be notified to the customer after processing. The clients will be able to
    change the settings of the program by logging into their accounts,
    and cancellation will be accessible at any time. It really is made to seem like this system
    works to the advantage of the customer, as it should given that this was it’s initial purpose before being used
    by scammers.

    In the end, Perfect Biotics looks to be as good as it gets when it comes to supplements marketed through the internet, and even with the auto-ship program, it seems like the company
    has the best intentions. Hopefully, customer reviews will surface once the line of products is expanded, and we’re expecting
    to hear about positive experiences. This is a paid, third-party advertorial.
    The author receives compensation from the manufacturer of this product.

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