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New Facebook Timeline for Fan Pages

by bbatson on March 2, 2012

“The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.” – Issac Asimov Well, whether you like it or not, change is [...]

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Adding an App to a Fan Page

by bbatson on December 19, 2011

UPDATE: Since the posting this article, we’ve updated the plugin and developed a good work around for Facebook getting rid of the “Add to My Page” link.  If you haven’t done so already, get your updated copy of the Free or Pro version of the plugin and watch the new training videos on how to [...]

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Version 1.4.4 Free version Update!

October 6, 2011
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Facebook is at it again with some minor tweaks that help auto-resizing of iFrames. We’ve also added a few tweaks ourselves. Here’s the list: Fixed occasional https/http/multi-site confusion when activating the plugin. Fixed like/unlike in reload to ensure that a fan page url is defined for edge.create/remove events Now enqueueing jQuery! Added plugin version number [...]

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How to Fix the “URL is Unreachable” Error in Facebook Comments

September 27, 2011
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With all the changes that Facebook is making, it’s more important than ever to get your application settings correct in order to get your fan page working correctly or ensure that your Facebook social plugins work just right. Recently, we’ve been getting some emails about the Facebook Comments plugin showing an error “Warning: URL is [...]

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Version 1.4.2 Free and Pro version 1.0.2 Update – Minor But important!

September 13, 2011
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One of our Fanpage Connect Pro users found not a bug, but let’s say an “unintended consequence” . Thanks to Tom F, we found that a like button in the fan page was causing some funkiness. Anyway, we’ve got that fixed and have updated both the free and pro version of the plugin. You can [...]

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Facebook and Secure Fan Pages – What You Need to Know

September 2, 2011
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There’s been a little buzz, and frankly some people freaking out over Facebook’s plan to force all fan pages to be secured by October 1, 2011. As of this writing, that leaves us fan page owners about a month to prepare. According to Facebook: As the web evolves, expectations around security change. For example, HTTPS [...]

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Version 1.4.1 Released – minor updates, more fonts!

September 1, 2011

So we have a small update today to both Fanpage Connect Pro and Fanpage Connect Free plugins today: version 1.4.1 free and 1.0.1 pro. The plugin will now comply 100% with both secure/unsecure canvases, and we’ve added another 25 Google Web Fonts! Speaking of secure canvases, keep an eye out for an upcoming blog post [...]

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Version 1.4 Released!

August 22, 2011

Today’s a good day! We’re pretty sure that nasty Facebook fan gate bug is dead, so we’re happy to release version 1.4 to everyone. Here’s what’s been updated: Updated to the latest Facebook SDK: 3.1.1 FB.init is now oAuth 2.0 compliant as per Facebook Development roadmap Added javascript to ensure that likes/unlikes load the iFrame [...]

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Another Update: Version 1.3.2!

July 20, 2011

We continue to improve Fanpage Connect, so this week we’ve released version 1.3.2! This version has some optimized code and some performance tweaks, so make sure you update! Here’s the change log: Optimized page meta into a single array Streamlined/cleaned up miscellaneous code Added “Defer to Global” in page menu settings Perfected page level override [...]

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Fanpage Connect Version 1.3.1 is Available!

July 15, 2011

Hey all you Facebookers! Today we have a hefty update to the plugin, version 1.3.1. We did a lot of tweaks, but here’re the biggest changes: Added global Open Graph settings for fan pages Streamlined Meta Box functionality Minor fix to “force-to-iFrame” functionality Added checking for “like” between tabs. If you liked one, it should [...]

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