Topic-icon Connecting an existing page to JFBConnect

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12 years 4 months ago #17410 by learjet
Hi Alex,

I have an existing page with around 85 followers that I need to get hooked into the JFBConnect component. The page is here: www.facebook.com/pages/Detroit-Revival/126139297414204 (the site that I built is here: www.detroitrevival.org ).

I have everything setup and it works well but I don't know how to get the fanbox working, it says I don't have any 'fans'. In the setup I don't see any way that JFBConnect could know that I have any fans because I haven't entered anything relevant to the page in the system. Am I doing something wrong?

Right now the page is setup as a page through my personal Facebook account, please tell me that I don't have to start over and create a Facebook dedicated account for this. But even if I do I will do it.

Thanks for your patience!

Respectfully,
EJ Lear
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12 years 4 months ago #17416 by alzander
No new account required :)

When using the JFBCFan / Fanbox / Likebox widget, you need to input the Page's URL on Facebook. In the module, you'd want to put the full URL you linked above into the "Facebook Page URL" parameter. If you're using the {JFBCFan..} tag, it should look like:
{JFBCFan href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Detroit-Revival/126139297414204}

That should get you all setup, but if not, let us know. Finally, another thing you may want to look into is getting a vanity URL for your Page. Once you have more than 25 Likes (you do), you can go to www.facebook.com/username and select a pretty URL for your Page, like:
www.facebook.com/Detroit-Revival

Not necessary, and either URL will work in our parameters, but good to snap up the prettier name before anyone else, and also easier to tell people about!

Good luck,
Alex
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12 years 4 months ago #17438 by learjet
Thanks Alex, that got it working perfectly and as a bonus I got my username locked in on Facebook www.facebook.com/DetroitRevival

Everything is working great now, thanks again!
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12 years 4 months ago #17440 by alzander
Glad to hear that worked for you! Also happy to hear we could help you out a little more with the custom Page name. If you need anything else, don't hesitate to let us know.

Finally, if you haven't already, please consider leaving a rating and review for JFBConnect on the Joomla Extension Directory. It's certainly not required, but very appreciated:
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/social-...ook-integration/7215

Thanks,
Alex
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