1. A computer implemented method for providing information associated with a user of a social networking system, the method comprising: receiving a markup language document from an external website, wherein the markup language document includes markup language containing instructions for retrieving information associated with a user of a social networking system; processing the markup language contained in the received markup language document; responsive to processing the markup language document, sending a request to a social networking system for information associated with the user; receiving the requested information associated with the user from the social networking system in response to the request for the information; rendering a displayable web page based on the markup language, wherein the displayable web page includes information received from the social networking system server; and displaying the rendered web page on a display.
15. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the displayable web page contains information related to activities of the user's connections on the external website.