Today, I set out to install Facebook Comments on my website, but ran into a few issues. I’m no pro, so I had to push through all the techy talk and figure out what to do.

It’s simple, really. First, go to http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments

For the Unique ID, put in something for yourself. Not your website, but some name that you’ll remember, like “KivaLoanCommentPage” or whatever. Set your Number of Comments to whatever feels right, then “Get Code”. If you know your width, you can add that, too.

Out comes a code that looks like this:

<div id=”fb-root”></div><script src=”http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=APP_ID&amp;xfbml=1″></script><fb:comments xid=”KivaLoanCommentPage” numposts=”10″ width=”425″ publish_feed=”true”></fb:comments>

Before you plop that in, you’ll need to get an Application ID to plug into the script above. Do that by going here:

http://developers.facebook.com/setup/

Simply add your site URL and whatever you want to call it. On the next page, there will be a block of information. Just grab your Application ID and stick it in the code above. Your Application ID will look like this: 17028434222992382

Now, just drop that into the aformentioned code like this:

<div id=”fb-root”></div><script src=”http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=17028434222992382&amp;xfbml=1″></script><fb:comments xid=”KivaLoanCommentPage” numposts=”10″ width=”425″ publish_feed=”true”></fb:comments>

Paste that code anywhere on your site and you’re all set. Change the width inside of the code if you want to play with it being wider or narrower.