johncosta / django-like-button

I wanted a simple like button without having to put a bunch of javascript in my templates.

django-like-button

django-like-button makes it easy to use a facebook like button in your django application. You just need to do the following.

Documentation

Documentation can now be found in ReadTheDocs here: https://readthedocs.org/projects/django-like-button/

Installation

1. Install django-like-button using easy_setup or pip:

   pip install django-like-button
   

2. add like_button to your INSTALLED_APPS in your django settings file:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
       # all
       # other
       # apps
       'like_button',
   )
   

3. Add "FACEBOOK_APP_ID" setting to your django settings file with your facebook application Id.

   in settings.py:

   FACEBOOK_APP_ID = "your appID"
   FACEBOOK_SHOW_SEND = "true"   # or "false, default is "true"
   FACEBOOK_LIKE_WIDTH = "450"   # "numeric value for width", default is 450
   FACEBOOK_SHOW_FACES = "true"  # or "false, default is "true"
   FACEBOOK_FONT = "font"        # default is "arial"
   

4. Add the template tag code into your base template before the body tag.

   In the template, in which you want to add button load tags:

   {% load like_button %}

   Where you need the like button:

   {% like_button_tag %}
   

   At the bottom of the page before the </body> tag put this (you only need to do this once):

   {% like_button_js_tag %}
   

5. Add the url into your urls file. This tries to address the issue identified with facebooks like button here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2955012/facebook-javascript-sdk-fb-xd-fragment

in urls.py:

url(r'', include('like_button.urls')),