How to Connect apps to Facebook

To connect your Facebook application with your Facebook page, you will need to create a custom tab and to access your Facebook Developers account where you set up the Facebook app. The custom tab settings let you add the application as a tab to any Facebook page, including your own pages.

1. Go to Developers.facebook.com and click the "Apps" option on the top menu bar. You may be prompted to sign in to your Facebook account if you're not already logged in.

2. Go to the left sidebar and click the application title you want to edit. Click the "Edit" link near the upper-right side of the "Settings" bar.

3. Click the "On Facebook" link from the left sidebar. Copy the website address from the "Canvas URL" in the "Canvas" section to the "Tab URL" field of the "Page Tabs" section. Next, copy the "Secure Canvas URL" field from the "Canvas" section to the "Secure Tab URL" field in the "Page Tabs" area. Click the "Save Changes" button.

4. Go to Facebook.com and type the name of your app in the top search box. Select the "See More Results" link from the drop-down list.

5. Go to the left column of the application's About page and click the "Add to Page" link. On the pop-up screen, click the "Add to Page" button next to the Facebook page you want it added to. Click the "Close" button.

6. Visit your Facebook page and you will see a new tab on the left sidebar below the profile picture. The tab should have the title of your app. If you click on the tab, it will load your application on the Facebook page.

Have you ever been on a website that tells you that you must link your account with Facebook to use the site's features in their entirety? If you are wondering how to do this, this article will help you out.

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   Open your web browser to a web site that you know has a Connect with Facebook feature enabled.

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   Look for the button that says either "Sign in" or "Connect with Facebook" or something of that sort.

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   Click this button. This should open up a pop-up box on top of your current window.

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   Look at the window that displays. Most of the time, it'll ask you to "Login to Facebook". Even if you already are logged in, complete the next step. Otherwise, skip ahead to the following step.

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   Click this "Login to Facebook" button.

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   Use your Facebook credentials to sign into the site.

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   Click the "Sign in" button just below the password line you just provided.

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   Wait a few moments for the website to catch up with your actions and to sign you in.

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   Look over the list of permissions Facebook needs to run the app efficiently.

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    Click the "Allow" button. You won't be granted access to the app or connection to Facebook, until you click this button.

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    Wait a few moments. It'll all be good at this point. There's no turning back now!

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• If you are already logged into Facebook when you click the "connect box" you won't be pestered with needing to re-login to the Facebook. You will still be pestered with having to allow the app.

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• If you have already accepted the authorization but the app/website still tells you you need to apply your permissions to grant access, it will sometimes tell you "okay" when you click the box. This will box will occur mostly on apps accessed from a mobile device such as an iPhone or Android device.

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• It becomes a little easier to authorize (a little less intensive on the user) when the user signs-in before clicking on the Authorize link. You won't have to provide your login credentials, and subsequent logins will run smoothly thereafter.

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• Don't be fooled by the Facebook Like button. Liking something won't connect you to the service-ever. There are several ways to unlike this page directly from the page you clicked the like button on.

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