Questions tagged [facebook-apps]
Facebook apps are applications that run on the Facebook platform so that you can easily use it using your Facebook account.
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What are the benefits of using the "I want to add your birthday" app on Facebook?
I have a number of pending requests from friends to install the "I want to add your birthday" application.
Given that I already have my birthday (day and month only) visible on my profile, what are ...
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Can I merge a Facebook company page and an application?
I already have a page for my company that has more than 240 friends. On the other hand I recently started to develop a Facebook App (that has the same name) to use the Graph API from my company's ...
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Facebook Business Accounts for managing/developing applications
As described at What is the difference between a business account and a personal account?
Business accounts are designed for individuals who only want to use the site to administer Pages and their ...
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How to block apps in the new Facebook interface?
Since one Facebook update some time ago, the procedure at the following FAQ page
How do I block or unblock an app?
Doesn't work anymore. How to block an app now?
List of Applications that seem as ...
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Receive a notification when a friend appears online in Facebook chat
Recently, I've been wondering about the possibility of receiving a notification when a friend comes online in Facebook chat.
After a bit of googling, I've found http://www.gmarjil.com/ and http://...
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Twitter not posting to Facebook page
I'm trying to hook up a Twitter account with a newly created Facebook business page.
Inside my Twitter settings, I have set everything up accordingly, but it is not working. Tweets are simply not ...
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Creating custom tabs on facebook
When trying to create a custom tab/app on facebook, there is no 'create app' button present on my page. Have I missed a step in the setup or is there a reason behind this? Any help will be greatly ...
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Preventing apps from posting on my wall on Facebook
On Facebook, whenever a friend of mine does something with a Facebook application he/she uses, a post appears on my wall related to that. I can click on that post and select "Hide xxxxx application" ...
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How do I remove a Facebook app request?
Unfortunately, because of some fat fingering when browsing the Klout website from my iPad I accidentally sent app requests to 50 friends. I am really annoyed by these sort of requests and certainly ...
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Block requests from apps in Facebook
Some Facebook friends are playing games on Facebook such as Empires & Allies and Hidden Chronicals. I never tried those games or gave them permission to contact me, but I receive annoying daily ...
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Facebook app warns about security certificate when it didn't before
An app I connect with via Facebook is now asking me about a security certificate. I don't know what that is or what to do with it.
In my example the app is DoubleDowns Casino. I have no problems ...
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Facebook Comments - Admin per page
I have a website that has a collection of events and any member of the website can create & administrate their own events.
Each event basically has their own mini-site within the website with ...
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Is it possible to delete all Facebook app posts without removing the app?
I have a lot apps and websites I'm connected to with my Facebook account.
In the past, it was the common thing that an app would post on your wall everything (it's set to private, but still exist).
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Where can I view a list of Facebook apps to install from?
I do not use Facebook very much but I remeber reading some documentation a long time ago about Facebook apps being available by third-party developers.
Where do I view the list and how can I browse ...
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Can you prevent Facebook apps from accessing your photo albums?
I have built a Facebook application that requests permissions to access your photos when you allow that application access to your data.
In the majority of cases, I can then list the logged-in users ...
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The Input Process and Output of Facebook Events in different contexts?
It appears to me that within the realm of Facebook business entities available for posting an event, there are 3 methods in which to post an event:
Logged in as a personal account assigned as the ...
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Changing the name of a Facebook app developer [closed]
Is it possible to change the name of an app developer (which is shown here: http://appdata.com/apps/facebook/124024574287414-instagram)?
I have the name of the company in payment tab set to "A", name ...
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See Facebook posts made on my behalf by apps
Is it possible to view all Facebook posts that have been made on my behalf by Facebook apps that I have authorized?
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Setting up a shop as a Facebook app
Yesterday, a friend told me that Facebook allows users to host a shop as an app.
Is this allowed now?
Where can I find information about this?
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Trending Articles - Something new of Facebook?
I have recently spotted this in between my facebook news feed:
Is this some new feature of facebook or is it because of some app?
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Alert for friend’s activity on facebook
Is it possible to receive alert for a particular friend’s activity on Facebook? For instance when he posts/updates on his wall, likes, uploads pics etc.
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Facebook app to manage friends lists [closed]
I never used any app on Facebook, but the current (and previous) page for managing friends is not very useful.
I have some friends (~250) and various lists, with different names and privileges.
I'm ...
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Can a Facebook fanpage/business account create a Facebook app
My Facebook account was opened as a fanpage/business account (not a fanpage as a child from a personal account). Now I want to create an app. The link developers.facebook.com/apps/ gets redirected to ...
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"I want to add your Birthday" app
Now and again I receive requests from friends that they want to add my birthday to their calendar using the "I want to add your birthday" app, is this an explicit request from the friend or is this ...
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Facebook locks down my account when I try to connect to it using Pidgin
I use Pidgin with a plug-in called "Purple Facebook" to chat on Facebook. This way, I do not have to have a browser window open all the time only for chat. It's been working great, until recently when ...
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I cannot create Facebook apps
When I try to create a new app I receive the message
Only verified developers can be added as listed developers of this application. Read http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=17580 for details.
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Facebook Class Schedule App
I am looking for a Facebook app where one can add schedules. I have a created a Fan Page for a dance school and they want to show their weekly classes, and I can't seem to find anything decent, and if ...
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Is it OK to share your Facebook access token with others?
I came across this particular app which is spreading virally among many Malaysian Facebook users:
https://www.facebook.com/SpritzNetworks/app_190322544333196
The app is asking users to copy paste a ...
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Decision process of the Facebook Translations app
How many votes does the Facebook Translation app take for a translation to get accepted?
I'm using the Facebook translation app to help translate Facebook. I really like the fact that they ...
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What are Story Impressions on Facebook apps?
I have an app that says: 157,116 Story Impressions. I am wondering if this is how many times it was displayed on a Facebook page. Is this correct?
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Will my friends see my comments on some business' wall?
If I don't want my friends to see my comments on some business/company Facebook page, what I do to make sure they won't?
Same thing about Facebook Groups.
Finally, I think lately some Facebook ...
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Change Venmo profile pic to newer Facebook profile pic
I set up my Venmo account with Facebook a while ago, and it successfully imported my Facebook profile picture to be my Venmo profile picture. I have since updated my Facebook profile picture, but my ...
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Add Administrators to a Facebook app if only Developer role is filled
Taken from off-topic question at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8748388/how-to-add-administrators-to-an-app-if-only-developer-role-is-filled by anon user (only visible by Stack Overflow users ...
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I'm having a problem with a Facebook App I added to my Facebook Page it no longer works because of new CSP rules
I'm having a problem with a Facebook App (Custom Facebook Tab) that I added to my Facebook Page. It no longer works because of new CSP (Content Security Policy) rules.
The app is basically a framed ...
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Should I create a Facebook app for a business page with my personal account [duplicate]
A plugin we're using on our website requires us to create a Facebook app and get a Facebook App ID so that users can share a Facebook post from our website after entering a competition draw.
I was ...
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Remove unused apps from Facebook
I can't remove "Facebook Messenger for iPhone", "Facebook for Windows Phone", "Developer Insights", "Letterboxd" and "RunKeeper". (In third image same text appears on Logged in Anonymously)
My apps
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Facebook account gets locked when username-password is given to iTunesConnect
I am in India. I made an app based on Facebook. For testing, I had to give my account details (dummy account) for testing, but this account won't work for the Apple guys because of Facebook's security....
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How do I change the bank account details associated with my Facebook app?
We have an app on Facebook that utilises Facebook credits, we have changed our company bank account but cannot find out how to change the details within the developer payment section in the relevant ...
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Tumblr items published from queue do not show in Facebook timeline - only those items published directly
I reported the following issue to Tumblr:
I have setup Tumblr to post to Facebook as well. However, I have
noticed that posts published from the queue do not appear in my
Facebook timeline - ...
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Deleting Game Progress from Facebook?
On Facebook, you can un-authorize a game you have played, but still many many days later when you open the game - you can authorize it again and continue playing from the exact point you left off.
My ...
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Posting to Facebook wall during a game turns off the full screen
When I post to my Facebook wall while I'm playing games the full screen turns off automatically. That doesn't happen in my husband's account. How can I stop this from happening?
I would like to play ...
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Adding custom "tabs" to Facebook Page
I created a Small Business Facebook page and tried to setup some sort of a Welcome page/tab or similar. As I was checking web resources I suppose I should be adding Facebook App to my page that would ...
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Suspicious behaviour of Facebook account
In the recent days I have noticed suspicious activity in my account probably due to some apps I had added in my account. There were autolikes and automatic follows appearing in my account. So I ...
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Creating an Application on Facebook [duplicate]
In order to allow Facebook users to log in to our (Android) Mobile App - I need to create an App Id on Facebook.
Ideally I do not want to use my personal Facebook account to create the App Id.
I ...
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Is there a way to hide Facebook advertisements in an application iframe? [closed]
Does anyone know if it is possible to hide Facebook advertisements in an application iframe?
If not, does anybody have any reference or arguments to explain it to me?
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Example Price Model Numbers for Google App Engine hosted game? [closed]
I'm working at a startup developing a Facebook app using Google App Engine for the hosting. Right now we're still in development and so using GAE under the free quota. The current rates (as of the ...
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Limit on use of Facebook API [closed]
Is there any limit or fee to use the Facebook API? Can I develop a commercial software app with the Facebook API?
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Facebook App Developer Logo is gone?
Facebook has changed the developers app screens and now I can't find the normal logo image to upload.
I have a "website platform" and all they show me is this:
Where do I upload the 75x75 logo image ...
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Facebook app to delete friends [closed]
I'm looking for an app that would “measure” how bad friends you are with all your Facebook friends. For example, it could take into account those points:
If you have friends in common/how many of ...
