I was trying to make a facebook page tab for my client and I following the steps in the following link:
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/26330/How-to-Create-Custom-Tabs-for-Facebook-Business-Pages.aspx
EDIT: These are the steps:
Login in as my developer account
Choose "Add New App" -> webpage
Input the App Display name and click "Create App ID"
Choose "Add platform" in the App Dashboard -> settings, then choose "Page Tab"
Input my page content's link in the "Secure Page Tab URL" field - with https
Open an browser and type [facebook_URL]/dialog/pagetab?app_id=MY_APP_ID&next=MY_URL, replace MY_APP_ID with App ID I find in the setting, replace MY_URL with the link in step 5
Then I found I am stuck because there is no option I can choose in the "Facebook Pages" List, as shown in the image below:
Then I did 2 more steps:
In the Dash board, go to settings and input my contact Email
In the Status and Review menu, switch to yes on "Do you want to make this app and all its live features available to the general public?"
Tried again but the facebook owner still no show up in the list
As far as I know the facebook page owner has granted me a administrator right to their page. What else do I need to set or the page owner need to set and didn't mentioned in the above steps?
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I relate to this well known Page Tab Tutorial by FB: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/appsonfacebook/pagetabs.
The third step, after filling of page tab info and adjusting of the tab width is getting a prompt to select a page, to which the newly created tab will be added. But i don't get this promt, like it's written in the tutorial and seems to be the normal case for all users.
After i edit tab details and press "save changes", the page reloads with "saved"-message, like on this screenshot,
and i see no further given possibility to add created app to any of my pages. If i go into the administration area of any of my pages, in the tab "apps" is this newly created app not present, so i can't add it from there too. What i'm doing wrong? The solution must be simple - i go crazy:( I tried it with Firefox and Chrome, setted off all popup- and adblockers - nothing goes...
Thanks for ideas and advice!
Evgeniy
The "manual solution" to this problem has changed. While logged into facebook, visit this link in your browser:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&redirect_uri=YOUR_URL
There are two parts of this link you must change before it will function.
YOUR_APP_ID: Find this in your app settings or app dashboard URL. It's a long number, 16+ digits.
YOUR_URL: Use the URL of the content your new tab page will call, ie "Tab Page URL" as entered in your app settings.
This newly modified URL will load a page with a dialog where you can choose which of your Facebook Pages to add the tab to.
These instructions appear here but they are far from clear. Good luck!
For anybody who will look for solution:
to add a page tab to any page do it manually: edit a link
http://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=HERE-COMES-APPID-OF-YOUR-PAGE-TAB-APP&redirect_uri=http://www.facebook.com
fill into the link the app id of your newly created page tab and run this link in your brwoser: you will get a site with the prompt from the first image i cited in the first post. There you will be able to select one or, with pressing SHIFT, many pages to add your app/page tab.
You must choose "PAGE TAB" in the dialog ! ! !
see the TUTORIAL here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/35287477/2377343
I have created a web app that authenticates users on our page and I'd like to connect it with an existing Page, but cannot find that option. I only see "Create Page" in Advanced options, but that's not really what I need.
I figured since it is possible to connect an old app with an existing Page because of the group profiles being removed, it should be possible to connect new apps with existing Pages as well. Am I wrong to assume that, or just blind and did not find that option?
Sure - this is possible.
Please read the documentation for "adding a tab application to a page" at this link :
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/add_to_page/
Essentially what you have to do is initiate a dialog so that you can choose what page you want to add your application to. A direct URL example would be this :
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=YOUR_APP_ID
&display=popup&next=YOUR_URL
Dont forget to substitute YOUR_APP_ID for your app_id and next to some other URL (doesn't have to be related to your application - it can be simple facebook.com
I have created a little bookmarklet to ease the prosess -
javascript:app_id=prompt("Enter App ID"); window.open("https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id="+app_id+"&display=popup&next=https://facebook.com");
More info on bookmarklets
We as facebook developers are solely responsible for keeping up-to-date with the changes that 3rd party API's, on which we base our development, make to their systems.
A great place to keep updated on changes and new features would be the Facebook Developers Blog and the Facebook Developers Roadmap.
I tried the chosen answer but it didn´t workout..
First option:
You should use the Fan Page Id on the place of a random website.
http://facebook.com/add.php?api_key=YOUR_APP_KEY&pages=1&page=YOUR_PAGE_ID
YOUR_APP_KEY -> You can get it from application settings, its App Id
YOUR_PAGE_ID -> You can get it through Graph Explorer (https://graph.facebook.com/[PAGE_NAME])
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15739910/1598935
Second option:
Categorize your existing page under "App Page" (found under "Brands & Products").
Change your page name to mach your App name.
Go to your App and select "App Details"
Under "Contact Info" you will find "App Page".There you will be able to create a new page or if all went well, select your page from a list.
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13904144/1598935
I created an app today, as i've done several times before. But when i wanted to add the app to a a page i couldn't find the link "view this apps profile page", which I normally use to add the app to my pages.
Anyone know how to add apps to a page, with the new "auth dialog" thing ?? I can't find a link to the apps profile page.
You can do it in several ways:
Using Add Page Tab Dialog as described in documentation:
With JavaScript not even leaving page where this get called FB.ui({method: 'pagetab'});
By redirecting to https://facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=APP_ID&redirect_url=URL
Via link http://facebook.com/add.php?api_key=APP_KEY&pages=1&page=PAGE_ID
From Application Profile page (you can easily get to it via http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=APP_ID or via shorthand http://facebook.com/APP_ID or by clicking on Application Name in the left bottom corned of every page while visiting Application Canvas)
(note that newly created apps don't have an Application Profile page - as discussed on the Developer Blog )
Using the API directly with a manage_pages access token - details in the Page documentation.
I have found this to work the best:
http://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&redirect_uri=http://www.facebook.com
Tried all of above. The only one that worked for me was this one:
https://www.facebook.com/add.php?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&pages=1
YOU SHOULD CHOOSE "ADD PAGE TAB" in "ADD PLATFORM" DIALOG!!
1) Enter https://developers.facebook.com/apps/ and choose (or create) desired app.
2) do this from settings:
3) then enter:
- https://facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=APP_ID&redirect_url=https://yoursite.com
or
- http://facebook.com/add.php?api_key=APP_KEY&pages=1&page=PAGE_ID
Okay, Ive been trying to accomplish a very simple task.
How can get my new custom app url from:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Testbusiness/898989898989898?sk=app_898989898989898
to:
http://www.facebook.com/jgarridodk?sk=app_898989898989898
I realize that i have the app assigned to a separate page (i created earlier) but Ive seen on other profiles that the first page you visit contains all the apps on the left side bar. Im just not understanding why facebook has made this so difficult.
EDIT:
My objective is to have a share button in an app. I have been referring to this page:
http://fbmhell.com/2011/09/bypassing-default-share-format-in-facebook-fan-page-tabs/
Thank you!
You must be an administrator of the page you wish to put your application on.
Visit http://developers.facebook.com/apps
Click your application
Click Edit App (Top right)
Click View App Profile Page (Left hand side)
Click Add to My Page (Left hand side)
In the lightbox which appears click Add to Page next to the one you wish to add it to.
You can't add tab to user's profile, so creating http://www.facebook.com/jgarridodk?sk=app_898989898989898 is not possible, sorry. You can only add tab to fan page (like here: http://www.facebook.com/cocacola). This type of page doesn't have friends, it gathers likes and is mostly used to represent companies/celebrities/activities. If you want to add application to this kind of page, you have to go to http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=898989898989898 and click "Add to my page".
EDIT
You probably want this:
Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Testbusiness/257200034311838?sk=page_getting_started
Click "Edit page" on right top side of page.
Go to "Basic information".
Click "Create username for this page?".
Enter username.
Enjoy:)
My app tab is not visible in my app page. I did following steps, but app is not visible.
1) Created app from https://developers.facebook.com/apps/
2) Added all fields to Page Tab configuration
But I cannot see tab in my application facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=appid).
You'll need to do as #DannyKK says, then head to the Apps section of your Page administration, and find your app in the list. Click 'edit settings', then on the Profile tab of the resulting dialog you'll have the option to finally add the custom tab to your page.
I find the process wildly unintuitive. Possibly it's been streamlined and the step DannyKK didn't mention is no longer necessary, but just in case...