Can the facebook like BOX be edited?

I want to remove the everything except the LIKE button and the number of people.

 

Like buttons, as opposed to a like box might be what you want: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/

 

It's definitely a like box I want as it is to join a fb fan page rather than share a page on my profile.

 

You can "join a page" as you put it, with both like button and like box.
developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like
developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box

 

It says on the like button page: "The Like button is a simple plugin that lets people quickly share content on Facebook."

Sharing the page is what happened when I tried it. How can I get it to join a fan page?

 

You are right that is what it says.
However on my website I have it implemented and by clicking it the only thing that happens is that you "join" a page which is what you are asking for.
Nothing else happens.
Here is my code, give it a go (you obviously have to replace Free-hosting/589868291032310 with your page ID).

<iframe frameBorder="0" src="https://facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://facebook.com/pages/Free-hosting/589868291032310&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&colorscheme=light" class="like"></iframe>

Code (markup):

class "like" is just
.like {width:120px;height:20px}

Hope this helps!

 

Hi Fade,

So did you try my snippet?

 

I just tried it! You are quite right, it does work Thanks!

 

Great!

Glad I could help.