A new html page (the url has to be secure https://)
A Facebook developer account (any normal account can be used as a developer account)
A Facebook fanpage where you are the administrator of the page
There are 3 steps involved in adding a new html tab to your facebook page.
Create a new html page
Create an app in Facebook Developers
Connect the html page to your Facebook Fan Page
Step 1: Create a new HTML Page
You will need to create a new html page and upload it to a secure server. If you are on this page, I am assuming that you have already done that. If you need a kickass platform that allows you to create these pages and run competitions please check our other platform SOSL.
Click on Apps > Register as Developer (if this is your first time)
A popup will come up asking if you agree to the Facebook Platform Policy (click on Yes)
Click on Next
Facebook will then ask for your mobile and send you a confirmation code before you can start
Once you are registered you can then start adding apps.
2B: Creating a new app
Once you are registered, click on Apps > Create a New App
Enter name of your App, a namespace (no spaces) and pick a category and click on Create App
Facebook will then give you captcha for security check, fill it up and click on submit. If the text is hard to figure out, click on Try another text or audio captcha.
Once your app is ready you’ll land on the dashboard. Here click on settings
On this page, click on Add Platform
A popup will show up – click on Page Tab
Enter the Details of the page tab as indentified in the orange areas
Name of Tab which shows up on Facebook Page Tab url (non secure url of your hosted page from step 1) Secure Page Tab Url (secure url of your hosted page) Page Tab Edit Url (you can use the page url here) Add a Page Tab Image (111 pixels wide by 74 pixels high)
Click on Save Changes when finished
Once you add the Page tab details, under Basic, please use the domain of your hosted page and click on Save Changes. The last step now is to add this to your Facebook fan page. To do this you need to copy your app ID and follow the steps below.
Step 3: Connect the html page to your Facebook Fan Page
What you need to set up your custom tab in Facebook Timeline
A facebook account
A html/website built which you want to show as a tab in Facebook and needs to be securely hosted using SSL
(if you don’t have this, please check out our platform that allows you to do that http://www.sosl.com.au)
A large icon for your tab thumbnail (75 x 75 pixels or slightly smaller)
A small icon for your tab thumbnail (16 x 16 pixels)
Fill out the details for your app name and namespace (please note that namespace should be at least 7 characters and can only have small letters, dashes and underscores)
Click Continue
You may be required to do a security check at this stage, please complete the check
Step 2: Editing the thumbnails
Hover your mouse over the main image and click on edit to edit the main icon (75×75 pixels image).
Click on the edit icon link near the small icon and upload the smaller image (16 x 16 pixels)
Please make a note of your APP ID as we will need this for the final step
Step 3: Facebook App Basic Info
Enter a contact email
Enter the App domain (the main domain without the www, and the http://) where your page is hosted
Select your Category
Step 4: Website with Facebook Login
the Site URL needs to be filled with your website page url where your website is hosted Please make a note of this url as we will need this for the final step
Step 4 : Page Tab
Please tick the Page Tab box and put in all the information
Fill up the Page Tab Name (this will show up in your main Facebook timeline so you need to fill this properly)
Fill in the Page Tab URL (this will need to be http:// the unsecure url)
Fill in the Secure Page Tab URL (this will need to be https://)
Note: If you are using our SOSL platform you can use the same url but just have https:// on the Secure page tab
Click on Change on Page Tab Image and provide a good image ( this image should be 111×74 pixels or less)
Select the Tab Width as Wide 810 pixels (this can be 520px if you are working on a 520px page)
click on save changes
Step 5: Adding this tab to your Facebook Fan Page
Now you need the APP ID or API Key and the Site URL to continue
if you didn’t save it head back to https://developers.facebook.com/apps , click on the app name on the left and copy the APP ID/ API Key and Site URL
Now you have the information head over to our Tools section
On the main url on this page , Select Tools > Add Tab to Facebook Timeline
Enter your app id on the first box
Enter your Site URL on the second Box
Click Submit
It will come up with a link to visit to add the page to your fan page
It will then ask you which page to add the tab to. Select the page and click on Add Page Tab to complete.
If you have a Magento Online store and want to sell those products on your Facebook Fan page, we have just built an integration that allows you to do that.
Announcing the immediate availabilty of Magneto and Facebook Store Integration. This Integration allows you to pick products from Magento and they will automatically display in Facebook with a buy now link. Once set up, you will only need to make changes on the admin side of Magento where you spend your time with products.
Magento Version Compatibility
Here is what versions of Magento the Integration will work with
Magneto 1.7 – Works
Magento 1.6.2.0 – Works
Magento 1.6 – Works
Magento 1.5 – Works
SOSL Integration
Magento Facebook Plugin also works with our SOSL Platform. SOSL comes prebuilt with the plugin and all you have to do is put one line in a sosl fanpage to show the store.
User Photo Competitions on Facebook powered by Sosl.com.au
We have just enabled a user photo upload and voting plugin for Facebook powered by our own customised platform Sosl. This functionality will enable you to set up new photo competitions in Facebook and allow your fans to vote on them.
Here is how it works
Registration:
All the users have to register before they can start posting pictures. They will set up a username and an email address (plus any other fields that you may need) before they can start posting.
Posting Pictures:
Once registered, a user can click on upload photo and upload their photo.
Photo Moderation
Any photo that gets uploaded gets moderated by the admin before it becomes live on the platform.
Photo Voting Once a photo goes live, users can then start upvoting and downvoting photos.
NetON is proud to announce that it has started working with TLC For Kids in their Social Media campaigns.
TLC for kids supports sick kids and their families through the moments in hospital where fear and distress can take over. TLS for kids distraction services facilitate kids through frightening procedures, and in the crucial 48 hour period following any emotionally challenging situation in hospital.
TLC for kids are the only organisation in Australia fulfilling this need in these timeframes.
SOSL Platform for TLC for Kids
We will be enabling the SOSL platform for TLC which allows them to run viral competitions on Facebook helping them generate more awareness.
Details on the competition will be updated on our blog.
We have just launched the website for our Facebook CMS and Competitions Platform (SOSL).
Please view it at http://www.sosl.com.au. Sosl allows you to setup your website inside a Facebook FanPage and run competitions from it.
Here is how Sosl can make your life easier
Create a minisite of your website in Facebook
Sosl comes with a easy to setup and use CMS platform which allows you to set up landing pages, subscription forms as well as a minisite of your main website inside facebook.
Schedule Facebook Statuses
Sosl allows you to schedule your Facebook statuses which will automatically show up in your timeline when published. This means that you can schedule all of your statuses for the next month now and relax while sosl automatically publishes them for you.
Tweet, check messages, check mentions from sosl
Sosl’s dashboard also is connected to your twitter account which means that you can tweet from inside sosl, check messages and mentions and retweet all inside sosl.
Schedule Tweets
You can schedule tweets from inside sosl so that your tweets go out at predefined times
Subscription Forms
Want more users for your newsletter? Please use our subscription feature to set up a subscription field in your sosl page to generate more users.
User Photo Contests
sosl allows you to run User photo contents, where facebook fans upload photos and other fans vote on the photos ultimately deciding the winner. What’s more? you can put a like gate on the page, so that only fans can enter and vote in competitions.
YouTube Video Contests
You can pull your youtube channel into sosl and let your fans like videos. This means you can run competitions based on your youtube videos inside facebook.
Google Analytics on your FanPage
Every sosl account comes with Google Analytics integration, so you can tell how many fans are visiting your fanpage and what content they are looking at.