The more useful Facebook widgets are the "Like" widgets that you can place on your blog to more easily allow your visitors to share articles or content on your site that they especially like. You may have already noticed the Facebook “Like” widget on your favorite websites, as it’s a very popular one.
Just head over to the Facebook Widgets page and choose one of the two Like widgets that are available there – one is just a standard Like link with the count of people who like the page, and the other is a Like Box, where visitors can like your Facebook page (if you have one).
To set up the Like button for your site, you just have to provide the URL and customize the widget for the area on your site where you want to place it. When you’re done, just click “Get Code.”
Once you have the code, just paste it into your page where you’d like it to show up, and this is how it will appear on your page:
Keep in mind that if you want an individual Like button for each page of your site, you’ll need to go into Facebook, assign the URL and obtain the code. A better approach (available on the same page where you get the code) is to use the XML code, which Facebook calls XFBML.
If you are a developer, you can create some dynamic scripting that embeds the correct URL for your visitors to like for the particular page that’s loaded. Creating that code is beyond the scope of this article, but be aware that the capability is there if you need it. Check out the Like Button help page for further information.
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