FBML Essentials

Name

<fb:name/>

Synopsis

<fb:name uid="..."/>

Renders the name of the specified user. With various attributes you can customize how that name is displayed.

FBML-Specific Attributes

Required

uid=[string|loggedinuser|profileowner]

The ID of the user whose name you would like to display. loggedinuser displays the name of the user viewing the profile, whereas profileowner can be used to display the name of the owner of the profile being viewed.

Optional

firstnameonly=[true|false] default: false

If true, displays just the first name of the user.

linked=[true|false] default: true

If true, links the name to the listed user’s profile.

lastnameonly=[true|false] default: true

If true, displays just the last name of the user.

possessive=[true|false] default: false

If true, makes the name possessive (adds ’s to the name, turning Jesse into Jesse’s).

reflexive=[true|false] default: false

If true, and useyou is true, turns the pronoun “you” into “yourself.”

shownetwork=[true|false] default: false

If true, and an actual Facebook ID other than profileowner or loggedinuser is used, the name will display the user’s network in parentheses to the right of the name (see the example for this tag).

useyou=[true|false] default: true

If true, and the profile owner is the same as the logged-in user, displays “you” as the user’s name.

ifcantsee=[string] default: empty string

Specifies text to display in case a user viewing the current user’s profile or canvas page doesn’t have permission to see the user’s name.

capitalize=[true|false] ...