Creating your Facebook APP_ID
Problem
Initially the zenFBSuite plugins ran off their own app_id. For a short time this was fine, but as Facebook expands their api and enhances their plugins, this is not going to work well for much longer. Many of the more advanced plugins and features will be tied to the app_id and will not function if being presented from a URL that is not associated with the app_id. The "Login Box" being one of the bigger ones.
On top of this, it provides errors in the linting process which means eventually they will provide errors in the plugin itself.
Long story short, if you want to use the zenFBSuite of plugins, you'll want to register your own app_id. Besides, don't you want YOUR site to be listed when someone clicks like or leaves a comment that posts to their wall?
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Solution
Step 1
Log in to your facebook account. Then navigate to the URL listed below.
http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php
Step 2
Enter the application name as you wish it to appear in the Facebook stream.
NOTE: Cannot contain Facebook trademarks or have a name that can be confused with an application built by Facebook.
Step 3
Once you've clicked to agree to terms and entered the captcha, you're presented with the Application Settings page. It's at this point that you can fill out some additional info, add an image/icon, provide contact info for your application, as well as find your application ID.
While you may want to play around and fill out the additional info on all the tabs, you only need to fill in the info for the "About" tab and the "Web Site" tab.
NOTE: Facebook is particular about how some of the information is entered. It will provide you an error message if you put something in wrong, just fix it and save.
Step 4
Finding and using your application ID should be self explanatory at this point. When you click on the "Web Site" tab, you'll find the Application ID with a string of numbers following it. This is your application ID, which you will input into the settings of the ZenFBSuite plugins you're using.
Step 5
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