Hullo,
I have a number of facebook pages devoted to my published iOS apps and I would of course like users to be able to download the apps from them. Previously I managed the issue by having the apple page in the frame, but in the new Facebook page all those kind of features are all but disappeared and the button that once lead to the page takes instead to an empty Facebook page, as you may see at:
http://www.facebook.com/iPujaPro/
What should I do instead to allow the link to the app page in the AppStore when pressing the AppStore button?
Thanks, Fabrizio
You can use this iframe app from woobox:
https://www.facebook.com/iframehost?sk=app_208195102528120
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When a user opens a link in their Facebook iPhone app to our page, how do you get the Smart App Banner to show at the top of the page? It doesn't show I'm assuming because the Apple Dev site says Smart App Banners don't show up in frames. Is there a way around this? Do I have to build my own custom banner?
This is also an issue in Twitter. Our app shares links to FB and Twitter back to our site. I'm trying to figure out how to make the Smart App Banner to show up whether viewing in iPhone Safari, Facebook, or Twitter.
Smart App Banners require a meta tag in the header of the page. They cannot be used in frames. So without access to the source code of Facebook and Twitter, this isn't possible.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/PromotingAppswithAppBanners/PromotingAppswithAppBanners.html
Yes, you will have to build your own smart banner or use someones work. I had the same problem and would like the visitors to our website to find our app using a "smart banner".
I have adapted this great script: https://github.com/ijason
Had to make a few changes to link to the app in App Store instead of the artist e.g. changed the code artistViewUrl to trackViewUrl = json.results[0].trackViewUrl to link directly to the app instead of the developer in my case.
It's implemented here and has been tested it in Messenger, Twitter and the native Facebook app. The usual smart banner is shown in Safari. The other will appear in other browsers and when using frames.
https://eventsane.com/Events/United-States/New-York/New-York-City
So far it has given the result I was aiming for even though Facebook steals the best spot in the Messenger app. Hope it helps.
I created a facebook and placed it on my facebook brand page, I also created a post on the wall of that page with the link to the app.
all works well until people started calling me saying that when accessing using FB iPhone app it will redirect to an error page "the page your requested was not found"
I tried adding a link (same page) to the "Mobile Web" link of my app in the FB Developer App.
it still doesn't work..
I need people accessing the app page to get some content.. I know it is possible but cant find how..
thanks for your help
Tabs aren't supported via the app or mobile site. Best you could do is add the query parameter "ref=ts" to prevent the page from going switching to mobile. It helps in the browser but not the app itself.
So add ?ref=ts to the end of your app url and at least mobile users can see it in their browser.
http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/a/10833366/461119
Im planning to develop a free facebook app. I need to know if its possible to have my app on user's wall?
Maybe like an icon or something. And when visitors of this user(my app's user) click this icon on his wall, this app should generate a jQuery popup and display some information.
Do you think it is possible? Does facebook allow third-party applications to be integrated right onto user wall?
The only way this is possible is to post a link to your site (assuming you have defined the og:image meta tag) on the user's wall and have them advertise your application. This can be considered intrusive, however, so stay clear of this if you wish to retain users.
Short answer is no. Facebook removed every app based profile page customization.
If your app is a canvas app, your users can bookmark your app on their home page.
The most app-like output you can place in your user's facebook wall is a flash object, that could display anything you want and be interactive after the first click (think of the youtube videos that plays in timeline). If your users pin it on their timeline it will stay on top for two weeks. To post flash content to feeds, use the source attribe of the Post object.
I have a fanpage and a game app. The fanpage was created before the game, so I already have some likes, which I'd like to preserve. I need to add some tab or button which takes the user to my app (www.apps.facebook.com/myapp). There are no options about that on the fanpage's admin panel.
Thanks
Welcome to SO!
You have to build an HTML/PHP page with the button linking to your game page.
Also have in mind that you can use the same application (your game) with the Timeline App by serving the content from a different directory. You can setup this in the facebook developer app.
Some helpful resources:
Page Tab Tutorial
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/appsonfacebook/pagetabs/
PHP SDK
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/php/
Javascript SDK
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/
I am using Facebook Connect on an external website. I don't want to show an App Profile Page on Facebook for this app. The main reason is because I have a Fan Page of the same name on Facebook and I am trying to get "Likes" for the Fan Page.
But when you search for the Fan Page by name both the App Profile Page and the Fan Page show up in the search results. And there would be nothing of use to show on the App Profile Page since all I am using it for is Facebook Connect.
Is there a setting in the app setting to not show the profile page? Or better yet, to use the Fan Page as the app profile page?
There currently doesn't exist a way to disable your App Profile Page or associate your app to a Facebook Page. We are planning to enable this soon after f8.
Yeah, I hated this… so I tossed up a super simple redirect app. Toss this up as your default tab for the application and put the link to the page.
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=127885633976737
Also let me know if there's an error. :)
You can migrate app pages to regular fan pages now (go to your app page for instructions). App pages will be disabled by February.
Removing App Profile Pages By February 1, 2012, we are removing App
Profile Pages. You can migrate Likes and the Vanity URL of this Page
to an existing Facebook Page with the same name and of Product/App
category.
Click here to migrate to an existing Facebook Page
Unfortunately not. We ended up asking all of our fans to move over to become fans of our application page and then deleted our fan page. The only thing you can do is set your app in sandbox mode but then obviously nobody except developers can access it.