Further to our post about the new feed system for Facebook, it should be fairly apparent that most of the apps for sale still use the old template system which will cease working in less than two months time.

What is more worrying is that when we test emailed some app writers many of them don’t believe they have to change anything and others don’t offer any support for their apps or don’t include support that would include code changes for the feeds.

We would strongly advise that you don’t buy any app that has not already been changed to use the new steam publishing method. If in doubt ask to see the installation instructions for their app and if it involves registering feed templates then pass on it unless you have scripting experience yourself and are happy to make the code changes if the original author isn’t.

There is no reason for anyone to be selling applications that have not already been changed. The code changes are straightforward and can be implemented very quickly.