Ask HN: Can you customize the Facebook like button?

1 pointsMichaelRihani14y ago4 comments

I vaguely remember seeing someone hack together variations of the Facebook like button for their website. I'm wondering, can you edit the CSS or other parts of the code to change the size, color, and overall look of the like button? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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jmslau14y ago

Not sure if you are asking whether you can do it according to their policies, or whether you can technically accomplish it. If you are asking the latter, you can whatever you like with the button, then just call the Facebook Graph API (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/) via Javascript when the button is clicked.

Hope that helps.

MichaelRihaniOP14y ago

Thank you!

bvirkler14y ago

According to the TOS (http://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/logos.php) you can change the size but nothing else.

"While you may scale the size to suit your needs, you may not modify the Like Button in any other way (such as by changing the design)."

MichaelRihaniOP14y ago

Great, thanks!

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Ask HN: Can you customize the Facebook like button?

1 pointsMichaelRihani14y ago4 comments

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jmslau14y ago

Hope that helps.

MichaelRihaniOP14y ago

Thank you!

bvirkler14y ago

According to the TOS (http://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/logos.php) you can change the size but nothing else.

"While you may scale the size to suit your needs, you may not modify the Like Button in any other way (such as by changing the design)."

MichaelRihaniOP14y ago

Great, thanks!

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