Topic-icon Can I get my site to show posts to FB, rather than the other way aroun

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5 years 11 months ago - 5 years 11 months ago #63856 by unitingearth
Hi,
Im pretty new to Joolma, and just bought JFBCOnnect so that I can have a module on my joolma web page which shows the most recent posts to a FB group.
I've set up teh app as per instructions fine, but now it looks like this extension only does things the other way around- ie sending things I write on the website to a users FB page
Am I missing something, or have I bought the wrong thing?
Last edit: 5 years 11 months ago by unitingearth.
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JFBConnect can be used to push posts to Facebook and to also show posts from FB pages/groups/profiles on your Joomla website.

To show FB posts on your website, there are two main options:
1. Use our Channels feature and corresponding SCSocialStream module. Check out the instructions for setting this up on our Quick Start guide for "View Social Network Streams"

2. For FB pages, you can use the Page Plugin widget to show posts and other information about your page. You can add this to your page with the SCSocialWidget module or add the SCFacebookPagePlugin easy-tag to your page (for more info on parameters for this easy-tag, go to the JFBConnect backend > Social > Examples section).

If you've tried any of the above 2 and are still having difficulties, please let us know.

-Melissa
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5 years 11 months ago - 5 years 11 months ago #63883 by unitingearth
Thanks for the speedy reply Melissa, I've only just had time to try your suggestions.
#2 looks like what I'm after, and I worked out how to apply it fine, except that it only works for pages (as far as I can see)
We have a FB group (www.facebook.com/groups/UnitingEarth2017)
Is it possible to get exactly the same thing happening, but for groups?

(the reason #1 is no good is that we dont want users to have to sign into our site using anything, FB or Joolma. ITs just anonymous broswing, but we want them to see posts from our FB page, which is public)
The site, if that helps, is unitingearthweb.org.au

Thanks,
Jason
Last edit: 5 years 11 months ago by unitingearth.
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Unfortunately, there is not an existing Group Plugin widget for Facebook. It only exists for Pages. In the future if FB provides the social widget, we'd gladly support it.

To show Group activity, you currently would have to use the Channels feature. However, If you're looking to display the info from a single Group to all users, then you do not need to require all users to log in via FB. You would just set up a channel for the Group Administrator. You can temporarily enable the SCLogin module to have the Group Admin log in with their Facebook credentials, set up the channel correctly, and then disable the SCLogin module again so it's not exposed to other users.

I hope this helps clarify, but let us know if you have more questions. Sorry for my late response.

-Melissa
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