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Questions tagged [facebook-application]

Facebook allows applications on its platform. Through a carefully controlled API the applications look to the user like they are part of Facebook but actually they are running on the application author's servers.

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How do I analyze vague Google Analytics data re traffic from Facebook?

We have one Facebook fan page and two personal profiles that could be sending traffic and then there are the many facebook pages of friends etc. I am also running an ad campaign from my FB account for my husband's business which has a link from his…
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Migrate facebook app from WAMP Server localhost to facebook

I have developed an app for Facebook and it is currently hosted via a localhost WAMP Server. My question is how can I put my app on Facebook? What would be the steps I must follow? Please note: My Facebook Application doesn't need any database to…
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Why is "www.example.com" different from "example.com"?

In any browser if I use www.example.com or just example.com the web page is correctly retrieved, but I am having trouble with Google Analytics and Facebook App. Facebook: To be able to get Likes, I create the Facebook App needed and set the site…
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Why do people drop off site after clicking “connect to facebook”?

After doing some analysis on my website, I learned that 29% of web users, and 33% of mobile users drop off AFTER they click "connect to facebook." So they click on connect and then go to FB, and dont login and we never see them again. I am trying to…
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Free (Or Cheap) Alternatives For An SSL Certificate For Facebook Apps

In October (from what I remember) Facebook will require HTTPS connections to pages and app's that are hosted away from Facebook. At the moment, it comes up with a popup saying "do you want to turn secure browsing off". I think (as far as I know)…
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Create FB custom audience from user URL

I have a list of many Facebook users with URLs like: facebook.com/firstname.surname facebook.com/pseudo facebook.com/profile.php?id=12345678910xxx1112 How can I create a Custom Audience with these people in…
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Why does XFBML work everywhere but in Chrome?

I try to add simple Like button to my Facebook Canvas app (iframe). The button (and all other XFBML elements) works in Safari, Firefox, Opera, but in Google Chrome. How can I find the problem? EDIT1: This is ERB-layout in my Rails app
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What does Google Analytics record Facebook in-app browser hits as?

Recently Facebook updated their app to have an in-app browser. Previously, clicking on web links bumped the user out of the FB app and into their device browser. Now the user is kept inside the Facebook App with a handy header bar at the top…
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FB login and privacy policy

I'm bulding up a site, where the ONLY ONE method for log in, is the fb login button. Now i'm wondering if i need to make users check and read the my own site's privacy and policy before and accept that is some way, is this needed? The site is for…
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How to set the default language for Facebook Messenger Chat Plugin for users not logged into Facebook?

I've been using this tip in order to add Facebook Messenger Chat Plugin on a website via Google Tag Manager, and it's working (many thanks!) But when the visitor is not connected to his Facebook account, the welcome phrase is in English. The other…
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How To Redirect Fb.me To Any Website?

Is it possible to redirect fb.me for example fb.me/companyname to a different web domain altogether other than the Facebook page? I've been investigation about this for a while now as to how it's done. Any help in this matter would be highly…
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Link "likes" on my site to those on my Facebook page

My website has had a Facebook "like" button for some time, and it now has a few hundred likes. I never made a Facebook page until now. I created one today, and it has zero likes Can I somehow link the existing likes to that Facebook page and vice…
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Automatically subscribe to Facebook page

I have two company facebook pages. We do same industry, just slightly different. Thus we have two company pages. Lets call them Apage and Bpage. I want to automatically post content that is published on Apage to Bpage, something like subscription if…
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Does app non-approval cause Facebook FQL queries from my URL to have a zero `share_count`, or is that my bit.ly URLs?

I tried setting up the app (production, because we have no test server) with a test user and used him to share the content. The content was shared on the users' wall, but when I do an fql query on the link_stat table. I noticed that my URL has a…
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How to remove a Facebook App from Facebook's search results?

I have a Facebook app so users can login to my website using their Facebook account, but when you type my website name into Facebook's search (the search box right next to the Facebook logo) the app shows up in the search results. When I click it,…
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