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gardarvalur
gardarvalur

Reputation: 1585

Facebook helper not appearing in MVC4

I created a new test project in MVC4 to test if I could use Facebook Helper from the Nuget gallery. I followed the instructions which are very simple, point and click to install the Facebook helper from Nuget, edit your page, and insert like button.

When I run the project I can actually see the facebook likebutton being generated when I view it through firebug, but it does not appear on the page.

Here is my default index page

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Home Page";
}
@section featured {
    <section class="featured">
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <hgroup class="title">
                <h1>@ViewBag.Title.</h1>
                <h2>@ViewBag.Message</h2>
            </hgroup>
            <p>
                To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit
                <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">http://asp.net/mvc</a>.
                The page features <mark>videos, tutorials, and samples</mark> to help you get the most from ASP.NET MVC.
                If you have any questions about ASP.NET MVC visit
                <a href="http://forums.asp.net/1146.aspx/1?MVC" title="ASP.NET MVC Forum">our forums</a>.
            </p>
        </div>
    </section>
}
<h3>We suggest the following:</h3>
<div>
    @Facebook.LikeButton()
</div>

I´ve gone through several pages regarding Facebook helper and they all describe the process in the same way. Does anyone know if I should config any files before using this library?

Edited:

I will paste my html code that is loaded into the markup after execution. I will abbreviate some scripts and stuff since it has many hundreds of line of code :)

<html id="facebook" class="" lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script>
<script>
<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A13876%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=src&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80&amp;font&amp;locale=en_US&amp;ref&amp;_fb_noscript=1" /></noscript>
<meta content="noodp, noydir" name="robots">
<meta id="meta_referrer" content="default" name="referrer">
<meta content="Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet." name="description">
<link href="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A13876%2F&layout=standard&show_faces=src&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=80&font&locale=en_US&ref" media="handheld" rel="alternate">
<title>Facebook</title>
<link href="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yc/r/-WUN6qLbp5n.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yf/r/gd49XKRAMNQ.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yc/r/XaOowWd9_Aq.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yH/r/Dpn1SKTH3-z.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yB/r/Vm1JnKckidu.js">
<script src="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/y-/r/ARN_8tuLdws.js">
<script src="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yq/r/XboiPeV3jQI.js">
<script>
<script>
<script src="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yP/r/eTzqwp1jxjF.js" async="">
<script src="https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yh/r/aTzvHAZI_Jd.js" async="">
</head>
<body class="plugin ff4 win Locale_en_US">
<div id="FB_HiddenContainer" style="position:absolute; top:-10000px; width:0px; height:0px;"></div>
<script>
<script>
<script>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1258

Answers (2)

HeatherD
HeatherD

Reputation: 1551

See where in the Url it generates (link href="https://www.facebook...) it says "&show_faces=src" That causes the problem; it should be "&show_faces=true"

Even though true is supposed to be the default, if you have this issue try changing it to: @Facebook.LikeButton(showFaces: false)

EDIT: this only helps if you set it to false. Same issue with LikeBox and all boolean properties.

Upvotes: 2

James
James

Reputation: 82136

If the HTML is being rendered I can only assume the problem it's a CSS problem, check the styling of the elements in FireBug and make sure they aren't being hidden e.g. check for display: none or visibility: hidden or make sure there isn't float applied which is taking it off the screen.

Upvotes: 0

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