FB Like button

SCLogin is not required to be published for the Like buttons (or any reason, really). It's just an easy way to add the Login with Facebook button, if you want to use it.

The problem seems to be a wonky redirect on your page and some security measures from Facebook. First, of Facebook wants to 'see' the content of your pages that people can Like. While some being hidden behind a paywall is fine, Facebook wants to see at least a few pages to understand what type of site you are. Currently, there are no Like buttons on pages that Facebook can see.

Now, for the why part of why can't Facebook see the pages. If you go to the following page:There's a Like button on that page that is 'for' that page. Since that page is public (at least part of the content), Facebook should be able to see it. However, JFBConnect is inserting an Open Graph canonical url property that says the page is really:Those URLs are almost identical, but the difference is that the first URL uses & instead of &. Either should work (and Facebook prefers the simpler & symbol). However, if you go to the 2nd URL, it redirects to the CB Subs page. That doesn't seem right to me, and the fact that it doesn't work is going to be bad for Facebook and even search engine purposes.

To see the effect it has, check out the following URL Debug Tool from Facebook:
developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/o...%26amp%3BItemid%3D50

You can see the redirect chain it's going through and the ultimate page (without any Like button) that's being arrived at. Not sure where the problem lies, but hopefully this long explanation will help you narrow things down!

Best of luck, and let us know if you need more help,
Alex

No problem for the help. Not sure why the slash was causing you problems. There honestly shouldn't be a slash at the end, and Autotune shouldn't be recommending one.. so getting rid of it is the right thing to do.

As for why the slash was causing your problem, that, I honestly don't know. As you mentioned though, there's a lot to Facebook integration. We try to make it simple (though it's still admittedly too complex in some areas), but some things even elude us.

Either way, glad you got it going, and should you need anything else, just let us know!

Best of luck,
Alex

Your setting look fine in Autotune. The Site URL should, I believe, have a slash at the end, but I don't think that's your problem.

I'm not seeing the Like button's anywhere. I'm not logged in though, so maybe I'm missing something there. The problem is almost certainly the redirection to the pay-wall that you have. Since you don't have any Facebook Like buttons that point to an article that Facebook can actually see, they won't show your buttons and won't let user's click them. Facebook wants to know your site isn't spammy, malicious, or otherwise bad. You'll need someway to have the Like buttons on at least a few pages that Facebook can scan to understand the content of your site. Then, after it's seen an ok sampling, it will start allowing Like buttons on content that it can't see.

Just so we're clear, if you have a Like button on an article on the front-page, the Like button will be 'for' the articles full-length page. If that final destination page can't be reached without logging in, that's a problem when you're starting out. So:
* Drop the paywall for a little while
* Add Like buttons to public content and make sure those are clicked so that Facebook 'sees' some of your public content.

Hope that helps,
Alex

Here's what I would recommend:
* Disable the paywall
* Use the Facebook URL Debug Tool to scan about 10 (or more) of your private URLs. With the paywall down, Facebook should be able to scan them without a problem.
* Re-enable the paywall

That should take only a few minutes and may be all that's needed. It wouldn't be a bad idea to also put a Like button on your home page, for your homepage, so that there is always one public Like button on your site. That's good anyways, frankly.

Hopefully, that's all you'll need to do to get things working for Facebook. If not, or you run into issues, just let me know!

Thanks,
Alex