Enable Facebook comments

What you'll learn in this topic:

How Facebook comments are incorporated
Enable Facebook comments
Comments on events in multiple publications
Link your site to a Facebook app

How Facebook comments are incorporated

Facebook comments are incorporated into Trumba events and objects through the Facebook comments plugin. This plugin is a service provided by Facebook that allows site visitors to comment on content in your website.

Trumba has integrated the plugin into detail views, so that your site visitors can comment on events and custom objects directly in those views. Visitors can additionally post their comment to their Facebook wall, thereby providing additional exposure for your events.

Facebook comments support a number of advanced features, such as comment moderation and blacklisted words. You can enable these features by creating your own Facebook app and linking it to your website. For information, see Link your site to a Facebook app below.

You can learn more about the Facebook comments plugin on the Facebook Developer Site.

Enable Facebook comments

Select your publication, and then click Publish.
On the Calendar Spuds tab, scroll down to Event Detail View, and select Edit Settings & Styles.
For Show Facebook comments, select Yes.
Set other settings as appropriate, and then click OK.

Comments on events in multiple publications

If you have events that are published in multiple publications on separate pages on your website, comments will show only on the web page where the comment was originally made. This is a limitation of the Facebook comments plugin, which must be tied to a specific URL.

For instance, you might have an event that is published on a department calendar and is also mixed into an organization-wide calendar. In this case, if a visitor posts comments to the event on the department calendar page, those comments do not appear on the organization-wide calendar.

Link your site to a Facebook app

Linking your site to a Facebook app provides more control over comments. For example you can moderate comments and specify blacklisted words.

Note: If you already have a Facebook app that you use for your website, you can use the existing app by setting the Site URL to your site.

Create a Facebook app

Visit the Facebook App Developer site, and click Create New App.
Enter your app name and follow the prompts to create your app.
During this proces, make note of the App ID. You will need to enter this on your website.
Select the Web link on the left, enter your Site URL and click Save Changes.
The Site URL must be the site that containns your published calendar and object views.
For instance, if your calendar page is at http://www.example.com/calendar.html, you would enter http://www.example.com for the Site URL

Add the App ID to your website

To link your website to your Facebook app, place the following HTML code into the head section of each page on your site that contains a main calendar or custom object spud, replacing {YOUR_APPLICATION_ID} with your App ID.

<head>

</head>

Facebook comment moderation and settings

Once you have linked your web pages to your Facebook app, you can set additional settings and moderate comments at the following location:
http://developers.facebook.com/tools/comments


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See Also Publish calendars Embed spuds	Enable Facebook comments What you'll learn in this topic: How Facebook comments are incorporated Enable Facebook comments Comments on events in multiple publications Link your site to a Facebook app How Facebook comments are incorporated Facebook comments are incorporated into Trumba events and objects through the Facebook comments plugin. This plugin is a service provided by Facebook that allows site visitors to comment on content in your website. Trumba has integrated the plugin into detail views, so that your site visitors can comment on events and custom objects directly in those views. Visitors can additionally post their comment to their Facebook wall, thereby providing additional exposure for your events. Facebook comments support a number of advanced features, such as comment moderation and blacklisted words. You can enable these features by creating your own Facebook app and linking it to your website. For information, see Link your site to a Facebook app below. You can learn more about the Facebook comments plugin on the Facebook Developer Site. Enable Facebook comments Select your publication, and then click Publish. On the Calendar Spuds tab, scroll down to Event Detail View, and select Edit Settings & Styles. For Show Facebook comments, select Yes. Set other settings as appropriate, and then click OK. Comments on events in multiple publications If you have events that are published in multiple publications on separate pages on your website, comments will show only on the web page where the comment was originally made. This is a limitation of the Facebook comments plugin, which must be tied to a specific URL. For instance, you might have an event that is published on a department calendar and is also mixed into an organization-wide calendar. In this case, if a visitor posts comments to the event on the department calendar page, those comments do not appear on the organization-wide calendar. Link your site to a Facebook app Linking your site to a Facebook app provides more control over comments. For example you can moderate comments and specify blacklisted words. Note: If you already have a Facebook app that you use for your website, you can use the existing app by setting the Site URL to your site. Create a Facebook app Visit the Facebook App Developer site, and click Create New App. Enter your app name and follow the prompts to create your app. During this proces, make note of the App ID. You will need to enter this on your website. Select the Web link on the left, enter your Site URL and click Save Changes. The Site URL must be the site that containns your published calendar and object views. For instance, if your calendar page is at http://www.example.com/calendar.html, you would enter http://www.example.com for the Site URL Add the App ID to your website To link your website to your Facebook app, place the following HTML code into the head section of each page on your site that contains a main calendar or custom object spud, replacing `{YOUR_APPLICATION_ID}` with your App ID. <head> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="{YOUR_APPLICATION_ID}"/> </head> Facebook comment moderation and settings Once you have linked your web pages to your Facebook app, you can set additional settings and moderate comments at the following location: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/comments
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