I see buzzfeed did some changes on their website, and now buzzfeed URLs shared on facebook are shown as below
Links shared on facebook opened inside facebook like new window. It doesn't requests any other browser or facebook apps browser. Page loads very fast. How it's possible to implement? What technology uses Buzzfeed for it?
The feature is called Instant Articles and is available for publishers, it seems more like people publishing the articles on their platform.
see: https://instantarticles.fb.com/
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I'm trying to develop a facebook app for facebook pages (Ex: the page has a tab that opens the app directly in the facebook interface).
Unfortunatly i'm not finding any documentation about... I found docs for classical facebook apps, (Ex: a website that want to load some data from facebook).
I don't understand how this kind of apps work.. Are the apps only iframes that show one of my server php? how can I define this relation?
As you all know, mobile users can't access the page tab apps. I've googled around and found some methods to enhance the mobile user experience. But no method to keep the fan-gating feature working (besides third-parties like Shortstack). The best solution now seems to send the user to a page and on the page either send them to the FB page tab (desktop/tablet users) or a mobile friendly external page (mobile users). However, external page don't allow you to fan-gate. Is there no solution, or have I just not found it yet?
I've tried using both. If I like the URL for the app (http://apps.facebok.com/myapp) it counts the likes, but I don't get content from the community page. The community page was generated from the developer app tool for this app. If I use the URL for my generated community page, I do get posts to the community page. My only issue with that is Facebook automatically offers to share the URL when you like it now and the URL that gets shared doesn't take users directly to my app. Is there a setting that I missed to make this all work with the APP URL?
I have had a similar issue with this. You could share the URL to the community page and have that page redirect the user to your app. This way, any shared links will direct users to the app and you will get the content from the community page.
After much research (and looking at source for other Facebook applications) the answer is to create a community page named the same as you application and in your application use the like button with the URL of the community page. If you set it up properly, the community page can have a link to your app if it is on Facebook.
It feels like a huge mistake on Facebook's part to not have a better connection between the page URL and the community page. Perhaps this will improve in the future.
I have a simple Google Gadget that shows products from a Zazzle Storekeeper's store. I'd like to make this available to those storekeepers on their own facebook wall / tab. Is this possible? It doesn't need access to any of their Facebook info other.
Facebook Page Apps are at their core just simple iFrames which can load any other URL on the internet into them. Read more about Apps on Facebook.com and ensure that what you're doing complies with Platform Policy and it should all be pretty straightforward.
When to use which? They look the same when I click on either from their directory other than being named differently.
Applications have pages to describe them, make fans (the act of liking the application) these pages are just profiles to the application.
Applications also can have canvas pages, these aren't actually facebook pages...these are the landing pages for your application hosted on your server. Mainly you'll be asked to install the application (game) before accessing it.
Applications can be added to pages and users.
A page is a simple thing that displays information about something.
An app is something that can be installed and is more complicated and can run code as per the Facebook API.
Applications are things like games and quizzes.
Pages are for the "fans" of businesses, musicians, actors, etc.
All the information about apps: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/canvas/
Facebook Page is a like an open group. It can to used to form a group for public figure or to form some open group like "StackOverflow lovers" etc, where you a creator acts as a admin, and there are discussion boards(to discuss an issue), events(to organize an event), notes(to create some document for page), photos (to create album).
And regarding Facebook App have two things Profile page and Application page, it is a Profile page of the Facebook App which looks similar to Facebook page which gives you information about the App. Well, if you want to go to Application page Click on "Go to App".