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1. Re: Struggling to find how to create a follow / subscribe / like button
Nancy O. May 19, 2014 2:24 PM (in response to matthew stuart)Subscribe to what exactly? An RSS feed?
Like what exactly? Facebook?
Follow what exactly? A message board thread?
You're not giving us much to go on.
Nancy O.
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2. Re: Struggling to find how to create a follow / subscribe / like button
matthew stuart May 19, 2014 4:36 PM (in response to Nancy O.)Well, when you click like on a Facebook post, it turns to something along the lines of 'You liked this' just as the bookmark link on this page turned from 'Bookmark 0' to 'Bookmarked 1'.
Clicking the link or button or whatever you wish to call it refreshes only that part of the page, but it also does something else in the background such as create an entry in a database table enabling me to keep track of all items I have bookmarked or liked. It also shows me how many others have book marked or liked this thread.
I Have no idea what this would be called, so am struggling to find anything via google that might teach me how to reproduce such a facility. I assume it is something using Ajax or jquery, but every search I've made gives me annoying results from stack overflow where people are struggling to get a like button work on their web page!
So, that's all I'm asking... What's it called, and if you have an tuts that I can learn from, then that's a bonus!
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3. Re: Struggling to find how to create a follow / subscribe / like button
bregent May 19, 2014 4:41 PM (in response to matthew stuart)Yes, you would be using AJAX. Don't limit your searches to things related to 'Like' buttons. The concepts is the same for any asynchronous update. Search for terms like 'ajax database update'. Of course, if you're not already familiar with AJAX it may not make much sense. Much better for first get familiar with those concepts and procedures.
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4. Re: Struggling to find how to create a follow / subscribe / like button
matthew stuart May 19, 2014 5:50 PM (in response to bregent)Excellent... Just what I needed to know... Now I have loads of examples to go by. I just didn't know what to search for!
Thank you.




