SoDex Debuts and F8 Platform Thoughts
Posted September 14th, 2007 by Andre
Here’s a quick new app. that I just finished for the F8 platform:
It’s called SoDex, short for Social Index.
It’s quite easy to use: all it does is allow you to list links to your profiles in other social networks. Simple, isn’t it? Interestingly, one of my colleagues asked me if there was such a thing and I hadn’t seen it implemented previously. So here it is, SoDex!
The concept was to create an application to test out the F8 platform and what it can do to help us as web marketers. The result was about 400 lines of code that created an incredibly simple yet useful application.
Facebook allows developers to build upon their existing platform and to create applications complete with ready-to-use forms, buttons, and even tabs; all of which use Facebook’s signature blues to blend perfectly with the rest of the site.
I’ll admit, their documentation for the platform leaves quite a bit to be desired. But, if you are proficient with PHP, or another supported client library, you just might want to look into it.
If you feel so inclined, check out this page for a quick step-by-step guide to getting an app up and running.
And for more information check out their developer resources page.
From time to time, I’ll post updates on how we integrate the F8 platform into our digital marketing and how you could leverage this new platform for your own uses.
