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14 years 1 week ago #23307 by toolkit
I am looking for a Joomla extension that will, after clicking the "Like us on Facebook" link, provide the user with a discount coupon for purchasing software from the website. My client wants to be able to offer an additional percentage off the software if someone LIKES his FB page.

Is that possible with JFBConnect? Or is this something that is easily hacked and NOT a good idea? (I've read that in my research)

Thank you for any help you can offer. I am considering purchasing JFBConnect and JLinked together, but thought I would ask this question first.
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14 years 1 week ago #23315 by alzander
Yup, that's easily do-able with JFBConnect. Below is an explanation of what and how you need to do that to abide by Facebook's Terms of Service and also not cause other problems for your app.

Basically, you want to use what's called a "Reveal Page". When a user first visits your Facebook Page application, they will be presented with a specific article from your site (configurable within JFBConnect). This first page can let them know why they should Like the page. Then, when they like the page, they'll be redirected somewhere else (a coupon page, for example).

This is all done inside your Facebook Page. You'll create an "Application Tab" which is one of those square boxes under the Cover Photo. You can name the app "Coupons!" if you want to get people to click it, or link to it directly. JFBConnect will help you set all of it up and we have a pretty detailed guide on how to setup the Reveal Page feature.

Some notes:
* You can't have a Like button on your site that 'gates' some content. That's a violation of FB's terms and we don't support that
* The Like button can be easily un-clicked. There's no way to guarantee that someone won't un-like your Page after they see the coupon. This isn't a hack, but is an easy way around things.

Hope that helps explain. Obviously, if you purchase JFBConnect, we'll gladly help get things setup if you run into issues.

Thanks,
Alex
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14 years 1 week ago #23342 by toolkit
Thank you for the reply, Alex. I just purchased the Social Bundle and will be configuring both today on my client's website. If I need further help, I'll post here.

BTW, you look very familiar. Are you the same person who was associated with AIContactSafe? If so - small world. :-) If not, you still look very familiar from your picture.

Thanks again!
Janis
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14 years 1 week ago #23351 by alzander
Janis,
Nope, that's not me from AIContactSafe. Not sure what that is, but sounds like they hire amazingly good looking people :)

Anyways, thanks for the purchase, and should you run into issues or have questions, just let us know!

Thanks,
Alex
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14 years 22 hours ago #23560 by toolkit
Having problems with JFBCLike module on a Joomla 1.5 site. Question: Does a Facebook Page need 25 Likes before this module will work? It used to be you needed 25 Likes before you could build an App, but I was able to build an app for the FBPage without any problems.

All I'm seeing on the front end of the website is the code for JFBCLike, with all the settings I used, within the braces {}.

I'm sure this is something very simple I'm doing wrong. Hope there's help out there on a sunny Friday afternoon.

Thank you!
Janis
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14 years 22 hours ago #23561 by toolkit
DISREGARD!!! Found that I had not enabled the System - JFBCSystem Plugin. We have lift off - and a LIKE us button now! Woot! Must be time for a drink!
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14 years 22 hours ago #23562 by toolkit
Ok, no drink yet. Working on "Reveal Page" so I can get the discount coupon working.
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14 years 21 hours ago #23564 by alzander
Hehe.. yeah, the JFBCSystem plugin is pretty important :)

Let us know if you run into any issues with the Reveal Page functionality and need any info.

Thanks,
Alex
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13 years 11 months ago #23790 by toolkit
Just now getting a start on the Discount Coupon and "Reveal Page" and am stuck trying to find the "Application Tab" under the Cover Photo in FB. I have already created an App for this client, but think you're talking about the FB Page for this website. Correct? I believe the FB terminology is holding me up.

So I found the Cover Photo for this FB Page, but which one of those little boxes do I click on to create an Application Tab?

Thank you for helping me with trivial FB stuff.
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13 years 11 months ago #23798 by alzander
For adding a new Page Tab (those little icon boxes under your cover photo), you can:
* Click the down arrow on the right and then hit the "+" sign. Then, find your app. This can be tedious and difficult, frankly.
* In the "Application as Page Tab" config area of JFBConnect, if everything looks right, there should be a line at the top that looks like:

Your Page Tab application appears to be setup properly. To add it to your Facebook Page, Click Here.

Click there and you should see a list of any Facebook Pages you are an administrator of. Select the one you want to add your Application too and hit Save. That will add it to the boxes as well.

Hope that makes sense... and yes, the terminology between Pages, Tabs, and Applications can be incredibly confusing... :)

Good luck, and let us know if you need anything,
Alex
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