I have created a Facebook App that will be a page tab in an existing group. This app is live (visible to all users).
What I would like to know is, how can I edit the content of the actual app? At the moment when I click the "Web Preview" link, I get a page with the App layout and the screenshots as the contents, but I can't see anywhere to edit the actual content.
To edit your Facebook app, you need to go to
https://developers.facebook.com/apps and sign in, and then from there you click your app in the left hand corner and then on the right should be a button that says 'Edit App' and has a pencil icon. Click that and there you go, you can edit your Facebook app from there.
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My Open Graph enabled app does not generate app bookmark on the left side of Facebook homepage (near the "Apps" section).
The application in question is located here:
http://apps.facebook.com/lrytaslt/
It's in Lithuanian, but clicking on any news link will ask you for basic permissions and once approved will redirect to the inner news page. By this time it should be added to the left side as a bookmark. It does not happen. I can't even see the app under the "MORE" link, however the app is visible under the "Apps and Games" link as an icon (with no way to "favorite" it to get it as a regular bookmark link).
Is this intended behavior? A new Facebook feature or a bug? Has anyone run into any similar bookmark-related issues?
Edit: Attached a small screenshot with the issue:
That app automatically redirects elsewhere when I open it, that's probably why there's no bookmark -
Bookmarks are only available for Canvas apps according to the documentation - you shouldn't redirect if you want a bookmark
The bookmark is added automatically after the user continually uses your canvas app for a few minutes
I have a facebook page for the app. if i open the page, it just show like button. i need "Go To App" button near by, which will redirect the user to the facebook app. Thanks.
Do not ever merge pages! I did it and I regret. You'll lose everything. You can simply just change page type to Brands & Products > App Page, and you can choose it in the app settings thereafter. That simple!
(please do not vote down unless you have created a NEW facebook app and tried this)
THIS IS A BREAKING CHANGE JUST NOW WITH FB!
If you create a FB app, in order to add the app's tab to a page, you would visit the application page, then click "Add to my page".
HOWEVER, as of just a few minutes ago... if you create a facebook application... you must manually create a FB page to be associated with the app (this is done through advanced settings).
After you create the App page, if you visit it, and try to click "Add to my page". the result is that the app is added NOT as a tab, but added under a new section called "likes".
Please see screenshot of the 2 red circles, 1 showing where the app SHOULD be as a tab, the other red circle showing where is it currently.
I just want the app to be added as a TAB not this new section. can anyone please advise?
you have to add it manually
To add the App to your page use the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=[APP_ID]&display=popup&next=https://[URL_TO_YOUR_APP_ON_YOUR SERVER]
more info
http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/611/
How do I include a discussion icon on my page?
You have to create a new Facebook application, and then add it to your page. You also have to host the content for your page on a webserver somewhere online (not Facebook). In the settings for your application, you can upload a 16x16 pixel icon.
Follow these steps:
create a webpage hosted on your website (e.g. http://mywebsite/fb/discussion.html)
go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps
click on "+Create New App" (upper right corner)
Name your app, something like "My Page Discussion Tab"
Check "agree to the Facebook Terms", click through the following dialogs, until:
On the application page, click 'edit icon' and upload a 16x16 pixel icon
Under "Select how your app integrates with Facebook" select "Page Tab"
Under Page Tab Name put 'Discussion' (or whatever you want to name your tab).
Under Page Tab URL put the url of your hosted content (e.g. http://mywebsite/fb/discussion.html )
Under Secure Page Tab URL put an https version of your hosted content (try the same url, but with https)
Click Save Changes
On the left, find and follow the link "View App Profile Page"
On the App Profile Page, click "Add to My Page"
In the popup window, select the Facebook Page you want to have your discussion tab.
Close
Go to the page you admin, and there is now a discussion tab on the left, with your icon!
Yay!
I made an application for using Facebook's likes/comments.
This is the app.
However, I made a separate fan page.
How do I link the two such that the App's Profile Page points to the one that I have made?
I can't afford to make a new page since I have already gathered 250+ likes, and it was hard.
Facebook changes their user interface once in a while, and it can be difficult how to add an app as a tab to a Facebook page.
Here is how you do it:
The app must be a tab app. When you create the app, you get a chance to specify a Page tab URL and a Secure Page Tab URL. If the app is set up as a "App on Facebook", it will not work. Make sure your app is set up as a "Page Tab"
After you create the Tab app, click on "View App Profile Page" in the left column.
Click "Add to My Page"
Select the page to which you want to add this tab and click the close button
There is a step by step tutorial on how to do this here:
http://how-to-create-facebook-app.koliber.com
You can link the app to the page by clicking the "link to my page" link at the lower left of the app screen. A box pops up that lists all the pages you are an administrator of. Just select the one you are targeting.
The app including its info content will then appear as an extra tab/menu item on your page. That way, the visitors of your page have direct access to your app.