cant turn off facepile

Hi webnewbie123456,

Thanks for letting me know. It’s odd that posts works and yet the facepile and header don’t considering they are handled in the same way. I’m working on a fix now and I’m aiming to release it later tonight.

In the mean time, you can use the shortcode generator on your dashboard to generate a shortcode that you can paste into a text widget to display your page plugin.

Thanks
Cameron

ok I can now turn off the facepile
and I can turn off the header image
thanks ??
However I’d also like to be able to turn off the header altogether so I just show the posts box
Is that possible?

Also
Do you know you have a typo in the language box
Site Lanugage

How you use the dashboard to create a shortcode is a mystery to me

Hi webnewbie123456,

Thanks for picking up that typo, I completely missed it.

Unfortunately there isn’t a way to turn off the header using the widget interface as Facebook’s API doesn’t allow it, however you can hide it with some CSS. Turn on the ‘Small Header’ option in the widget and then add this CSS to your stylesheet or custom CSS area (such as with Jetpack):

.fb_iframe_widget{overflow-y:hidden;}
.fb_iframe_widget iframe{margin-top:-70px;}

What this does is moves the page plugin up inside it’s container so the header is above the top of the container and is therefore hidden from view.

Thanks
Cameron

That works
Well almost.
There was a dodgy pixel line still across the top of the box so I increased 70 to -71px
If it’s possible to improve it further the posts box has about 10 pixels worth of dead padding at the top. Is there a way of removing that?
It scrolls up and out of the way when scrolling down the fb posts.
Thanks for your help

Hi webnewbie123456,

To hide the spacing above the posts you should just be able to change that CSS to move the plugin further up. For me I found that -78px was what worked, try changing the value to that or close to it.

Thanks,
Cameron

Thanks again for your reply.
This may not be a plugin issue and more about the way FB is organised

If I use anything greater than 70px it begins to cut off the nose of the arrow at the right that allows up scrolling through the container of FB posts
71px gets rid of an odd line of pixels but also just cuts off the tip

It’s about 10 pixels of padding within the container that’s the waste of space
If there’s an easy way to fix it that’s great- if not, no worries, there are other things more pressing

Hi webnewbie123456,

I’m not entirely sure what you mean by dead padding. If it’s inside the widget, try something like the following CSS:

.fb_iframe_widget {
	overflow-y: hidden;
	position: relative;
}

.fb_iframe_widget iframe {
	margin-top: -71px;
}

.fb_iframe_widget::before {
	content: "";
	position: absolute;
	width: calc(100% - 17px);
	top: 0;
	height: 10px;
	background: #fff;
	z-index: 2;
}

If that’s not it, it could be in your theme’s widget styles.

Thanks,
Cameron

Hi
I tried adding a page widget but it doesnt display any posts
[facebook-page-plugin href=”myfacebookpage” cover=”false” facepile=”false” posts=”undefined” cta=”true” small=”false” adapt=”true” link=”true” linktext=”” ]

Try setting the posts parameter to true. And make sure your plugin is tall enough that it doesn’t cut off before it gets to the posts. The generator should be using tabs instead of posts, releasing a fix for that now.

Fix received ??

[facebook-page-plugin href=”page-name-123451234512345″ width=”500″ height=”400″ cover=”false” facepile=”false” tabs=”undefined” cta=”true” small=”true” adapt=”true” link=”true” linktext=”” ]

gives me nothing ??

ok version 1.4.2 received
Thats working in the sense I can now display the facebook page on the page.
However it leaves about 15 pixels blank to the right and maybe 40 blank underneath
[facebook-page-plugin href=”facebook-page-678914382129697″ width=”540″ height=”400″ cover=”false” facepile=”false” tabs=”timeline” cta=”false” small=”true” adapt=”false” link=”false” ]