How to let FB test login before it goes live? - facebook

I'm setting up facebook login for my website. I've got it working w/ a test app on my dev server. I'm getting ready to ask facebook for approval, but there's something I can't figure out. They want instructions on how to access facebook login on my site. It says:
Please provide step-by-step instructions in English that show how to access Facebook Login.
Well the problem is you can't get to facebook login on my site right now. I'm not going to add that functionality to my live site when my app still isn't approved. Anyone know how to deal with this? Do I have to give facebook access to my dev site? And point dev to the production app?

Facebook needs to be able to test it for review, so there must be a way to access it for them.
That being said, why do you even want to go through the review process? You only need to go through review if you need additional permissions. A basic login does not need to get approved.
You can read all about review in the docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/review

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Developer Policy 6.1: Verify that you have integrated Login correctly. Your app shouldn't crash or hang during the testing process

we received an email from Facebook review team telling us that our live app (website) is being reviewed and later got another templated email saying that our login is crashing or hanging, suggested we fix it, and gave us a bunch of links to the best practices on how to fix the FB login integration.
The problem is we don't use FB in our login (we just use their Marketing API) and, to us, the login works just fine.
Anyone else with a similar experience out there? If so, what did you do?

Submit facebook application for review

I created an fb application which uses the following permissions: manage_pages,publish_pages, and read_insights.
The main purpose of the application is to give to the authenticated user reports and statics about the popularity of his own fb page.
I noticed that I can't use those permissions until I submit the app for review.
In the facebook developer account, I noticed that for each of the above permissions I have to complete some notes:
1. How a person logs in with Facebook
2. How a person sees the permission used in your app.
Also they want me to upload a video to show them that I use the permission correctly.
The problem is that I'm not sure what should the video contain in order to clarify the point 1 and 2.
Right now my application is only doing the authentication phase (signup), and in the next release we are going to create and display analytics for each user who joined the platform.
I would be grateful, If you could give me some suggestions regarding what facebook would like to know in order to approve the permissions.
Thanks,
Your App needs to be working before you can send it in for review. Meaning, you need to have at least a working prototype. For development, you do not need to go through the review process, every permission works for everyone with a role in the App without review.
In other words, you can´t go through review with permissions you don´t even use right now.

How do I get my Facebook App approved if they need to test it?

I created a Facebook connect login for my eCommerce website, which requires a Facebook app. The app is in review status (which means it does not work on the live site). But they require instructions on how to test my implementation.
Am I doing this the wrong way? Or should I create something like fb-test.html that shows how this works?
Thanks.

How can I test and develop my app without submitting it for review?

I am developing a new social media management tool which integrates Facebook. It works sort of like postplanner.
My app helps people manage pages better.
I need posting and page management permissions to test and develop my app, but whenever I try to give these permissions to my Facebook id (who is the administrator on this app), Facebook refuses to do so, and asks me to submit it for review.
I saw the review section and it seems that the app needs to be complete to submit for review.
How can I finish my app if I can't test page posting?
I tried creating test users in Facebook, but these test users can't create test pages, and that's why I can't use them.
I don't know what's going on here... Any clues help will be much appreciated.
Facebook gives a disclaimer above the permissions dialog, as the developer/owner of the app you don't need to heed it, you should already be able to grant yourself permissions to use it.

Getting Facebook publish_actions Permissions

If this is the wrong place to ask this - I super apologize in advance, I'm at a loss here.
I'm trying to develop a simple Facebook PHP app and I'm having trouble getting publish_actions. Here's how the app will work:
You enter your email address
Periodically, you receive emails like this ("Hey nice person, here's a video we think you might be interested in, click here to share it on your wall")
You click the button, it takes you to the app site, which asks for your publish permissions
You enter a message and share the video to your wall.
My problem: all of that requires publish_actions permissions, but FB won't grant them to me until I can show a working app (I applied for permissions and was denied because "Canvas
Your app isn't loading properly and errors appeared while testing your app").
My question: How do I get access to publish_actions without being able to show a working app (which requires publish_actions)? Can I use PHP to post to my own wall in development mode somehow to test it out?
Again - I apologize for the dumbness of this question, I am a PHP dev who is very new to FB, and I've looked everywhere for answers on this.
Try using the Facebook Graph API Explorer
You will be able to simulate some of the app permissions as if it was production.
Just go and select your app, then select Get User Access Token, finally select all the permissions you want to test.
Use the given token to develop and test things out and when you have a semi finished version, submit it through the app review section, following the Facebook App Review Guidelines
I submitted screenshots, a video of my app working, and step by step description on how to reproduce the publish action.
Hope it helps.