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facebook apps (15 posts)

Topic tags: 3rd Party, apps, facebook instant

Ann at greenoak said
1 year, 3 months ago:
can someone give me some app guidelines ? can they mess up my facebook? what are the negatives? anything i should beware of? whats an app? lol… i dont want to bog anything down or get in any bad situations…also if you do have one then how do you find it when you want to use it?
i just signed up for my first one, facebook instant…that sounded interesting… ….
. and have heard about lots of pinterest apps… i really dont see what an app is actually…i dont use cell phones ecept when travelling so i have no background in this…
thanks
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Cassie Witt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@annfurnivall
An app on Facebook is something that someone makes that you can choose to interact with (and allow access to your information) on Facebook. Apps on your Facebook Page are a little different (they are also referred to as “tabs”). These can be added by an admin of the page to enhance the Facebook Page experience. The “Photos” and “Events” link are actually apps that are made by Facebook and automatically added to your Facebook Page for you. Most Facebook Pages have incorporated a “Welcome” app. This shows up when a new user firsts visits your page and should help convert them to actually “Like”ing your Page. There are many other apps that you can add. Some of them are ready-made, and some you can customize to fit your own needs.
I’ve included a screenshot of a page I recently coded some applications for. The links on the side outlined in red are the links to the applications that I added to the Facebook page. I’ve also included the link in case you want to click around and check out the funtionality of the apps.
https://www.facebook.com/OnlineMarketingGiant
Also, some apps won’t be available on a cell phone, because they won’t have a mobile version. Most apps are only accessible through a browser on a computer.
As far as pinterest is concerned, I can’t really help there. I haven’t delved into that, yet. But, I bet that there’s an app out there that will let you integrate that into your Facebook Page and Facebook Profile somehow.
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year, 3 months ago:
thanks cassie , so negatives or warnings? i thought id read about some   clogging up   the page….
   we do use several tabs, i didnt know they were apps…im the admin, with my other one doing the tekk work…. …heres our page    http://www.facebook.com/greenoakantiques    i hope we get the timeline soon so i can turn some of the tabs into something bigger and neater…
i did just sign up for   facebook instant….but if i want to use it how do i get to it?
@cassiewitt
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Cassie Witt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@annfurnivall
I haven’t heard of any clogging up the page, but I suppose they could if they did auto-posting or some such. This is probably going to be dependent on the individual apps. I would research reviews of apps before installing just to make sure there’s no major bugs.
I’m not sure about facebook instant. I’ve never used it….so I can’t help there. Maybe someone else knows the answer?
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year, 3 months ago:
thanks cassie….ill have my co- admin take a look…its probably right there on our page ….somewhere…i do the marketing but not the tekk side of it…ha ha… @cassiewitt shes really smart but rolls her eyes atr me sometimes…its my di law…
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Cassie Witt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@annfurnivall
You’re welcome! Good luck with the tech side. Even those of us who are more familiar with it can get stumped by Facebook sometimes.
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Vincent Edwards said
1 year, 3 months ago:
If you are talking about an app, that runs inside a facebook fan page… then the answer is no, they cant mess up your fan page. This is because they run inside an iframe.
If you mean, can they “mess up” your profile page, well, some apps can post to your profile page… and may make it look messy (but not likely). However, thats one of the reasons facebook now organizes apps into sections on your timeline.
An example of an app on a fan page is http://www.iwipa.com my company owns this one. It allows you to create mini web sites within your fan page.
It doesnt harm your page, the purpose of this app is to enable you to enhance your page.
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@vincentedwards thanks.guessill quit worrying about it…..
..i would like to add something bigger than a note or a tab to our page…featuring our counters…i will have my web person look at your link tomorrow….
our facebook is so good for us…im kind of amazed…
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Vincent Edwards said
1 year, 3 months ago:
Im always up for creating something cool that many people want
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Christopher Holt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
So does anyone know how mashable is doing their page in Facebook? What’s the app?
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Cassie Witt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@christopherholt Which tab were you talking about on Mashable’s Facebook Page? They have several.
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Dedi Mason said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@christopherholt ~ One of their tabs is a Wildfire tab (the Mashable Promotions Tab) . . . I would imagine that most of them are since wildfire seems to offer a lot. It’s too expensive for me though. I use the shortstack creator for my 3 pages. I pay $30/month, but I do it so that I can use their databases and have my pages ‘white labeled.’
OOPS ~ one is an Involver tab (The Twitter Tab) . . . looks like they have a conglomeration of app creating plans on their tabs . . .
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Cassie Witt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
@dedimason I use Shortstack, too. You can’t beat the price or the feature set. It’s pretty amazing.
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Christopher Holt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
OK cool…I will look shortstack up
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Christopher Holt said
1 year, 3 months ago:
OK cool…I will look shortstack up
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