AutoFacebook [Support]

[countrycharm]

Maybe I can help you.
You have your application created so the hard part is done. Yea Right whatever you say buddy LOL Actually it is


My first suggestion don't make it any harder than necessary - Yea easy for you to say buddy LMAO

Starting with the web site profile what you see is at the top is the application ID and the application secret then directly below is site URL and Site domain

this is simple in site URL copy and paste the URL that you see in your browser when you go to your zen cart

example: http://www.yoursite.com or http://www.yoursite.com/cart/ that is it nothing more nothing less

next site domain this is the name of your domain
example yoursite.com that is it no http no www just the name of your domain

Sweet your now done with web site tab - moving on to the next tab this is even more simple since the hard part has already been taken care of in the web site tab.

Facebook Integration Tab the only thing you do and I repeat and stress the only thing you do is go to the very bottom where it says "Installable to" and uncheck the user and check facebook page

Thats it your done now click save changes

Wow pretty cool right you just did your first app!!!

Yes then add it becuase you need to make sure you have admin privileges to post to your page

Now go back to your editor and make sure that you have the update_product.php with all the correct information as outlined by Jamielife

Save that and upload to your server.

Setup a test cat and create a test product and attach an image to the product.

When you add the new product what happens is the zen cart calls the update_product.php the new autofacebook code talks to the facebook application and says hey buddy how you doing - the FB application says sweet I know you what you got for me - zen cart then instructs the application to post this new information to the page that has been authorized to accept it.

If everything went well then you will see the New Product posted to your page!!

Hope this helps this helps you out - if not I just confused the heck out of you LOL

Good post. I was going there next. You got there before me

[WHOSYOURDADDY]

Good post. I was going there next. You got there before me

LMAO I'm working on my post count so i can be totally zenned just like you -

[confusedforever]

Thank you for the detailed reply. Ive double and treble checked all this info.

It has worked which is a good thing.

The bad thing is its worked on the wrong page. Its worked on another fanpage I admin. Ive now removed myself as an admin to that particular page and then posted up a new product and it has stopped adding to that page.

Only thing now is it wont add to any other page.

Is there something else I am doing wrong? I went to the applications page and clicked "add to my pages" and slected one page but nothing posts on it.

Help much appreciated.

Jay.

[jamielife]

Each page has to be independently authorized. Here are detailed instructions for those adding a different page (thanks to whosyourdaddy)

***IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR THOSE WHO MANAGE SEVERAL FACEBOOK PAGES***

Like most I have been scratching my head on how to get this app from Jamielife (Thanks Jamielife) to post new products in our zen cart to the proper Fan Page/Business Page.

Each fan page has its own page id and access token. The easy part was getting the page ID the hard part was figuring out how to get the the access token for the specific page.

After you have gone through the initial steps outlined by Jamielife to get the app authorized the next steps will allow you to have this app post to the page of your choosing.

Here is the solution.:

1. Run this link in your Browser. Please replace ~URL~ with your connect URL (Facebook Application dialog) and ~APPID~ with your application ID


You will need to add https// to the following links

graph.facebook.com/oauth/authorize?type=user_agent&client_id=~APPID~&redirect_uri=~URL~&scope=publish_str eam,offline_access,manage_pages





If done correctly you get your zen cart with the URL Parameter Access Token

2. This URL will return to you a URL parameter access_token.
3. Save the token somewhere;
4. Load This URL. Replace ~TOKEN~ with the token received from Facebook at point 2.

graph.facebook.com/me/accounts?access_token=~TOKEN~



5. As a result you will get the json with all your pages and all access tokens. Save them somewhere;

Once you have this data it is simple going into the update_product.php at lines 88-92 and change them according to the information associated with the specific page that you want to mod to post to.

Test to make sure it works

I have tested it on 1.3.9f with the latest version of Jamielife's mod with success

Good Luck

That should fix it

[confusedforever]

Its the connect URL my website where my shop is and do i need to include http://

If so then this is the error I got...

{
"error": {
"type": "OAuthException",
"message": "redirect_uri isn't an absolute URI. Check RFC 3986."
}
}

The APPID I am assuming is my application ID?

[WHOSYOURDADDY]

Its the connect URL my website where my shop is and do i need to include http://

If so then this is the error I got...

{
"error": {
"type": "OAuthException",
"message": "redirect_uri isn't an absolute URI. Check RFC 3986."
}
}

The APPID I am assuming is my application ID?

This is what your URL will look like

remember to add https:// to the beginning

graph.facebook.com/oauth/authorize?type=user_agent&client_id=Your FB App ID&redirect_uri=http://Your Site Path&scope=publish_stream,offline_access,manage_pages

Your FB App ID is the FB Application ID
Your site path is what you defined in your FB application under the Web Site Profile. http://www.yoursite.com or http://www.yoursite.com/cart/

If you have done it correctly when you activate that in your browser it will take you to your zen cart.

Look back into your browser address bar and copy and paste the entire string that you see (to be saved locally on your computer)

what you will see is something like this.

there will be an http://www. at the beginning

yoursite.com/#access_token=some very long number and letter&expires_in=0

copy and paste everything between the access_token= and the &expires
this is called your URL parameter access_token - this is the big bad boy that will gleam the rest of the information that you need to tell FB what page for zen cart to access and post the new products to.

Next step take that very long string that you just copy and pasted locally and insert it into the following URL

add https:// to the beginning of the string

graph.facebook.com/me/accounts?access_token=Your URL parameter access token

activate the string in your browser
if you have done it correctly what is then gleamed is all the fan pages that you manage, along with the page ID and Page Access token for each fan page managed

{
"name": "Bugs Bunny Frontier",
"category": "Websites",
"id": "29469045921",
"access_token": "some secret string."

"name": "Daffy Duck Play Pen",
"category": "Websites",
"id": "15326801473",
"access_token": "some secret string."

"name": "Mother Goose Brothel",
"category": "Websites",
"id": "19785012358",
"access_token": "some secret string."
},

copy and paste this locally for future reference

Now you have the Page ID and the Associated Access Token for that page

Go back to your editor in the update_product.php

replace the Page ID with the one that matches the page you want zen cart to post to.

then replace the Page Access Token on the line directly below with the one that matches the Page ID you put in the line above.

Save and upload to your server then test - if all went well it will now be posting the page of your choosing.

Jamielife will be adding a drop down option on his next release that will make it simpler in the future to pick which page for zen cart to post to - this is only a temporary procedure for the release that is currently out for us.

[WHOSYOURDADDY]

One thing I meant to say is that it is easier to make those URL changes while in your editor like notebook and then copy and paste into your web browser address bar then click to activate that string

[confusedforever]

Thank you for your idiot guide. Was perfect. Its worked now.

New problems...

The £ doesnt show up and also, the most important thing for me, it doesnt post the music items but does do the normal items.

Any help?

[WHOSYOURDADDY]

Thank you for your idiot guide. Was perfect. Its worked now.

New problems...

The £ doesnt show up and also, the most important thing for me, it doesnt post the music items but does do the normal items.

Any help?

I'm glad I was able to help but I'm going to half to take my Que from a Holiday Inn Express commercial - I'm not a real programmer I just play one on TV and let a real programmer step in and help you from here on out!

Good Luck!!

[confusedforever]

No problem Mr DADDY! You have been a big help. I think I may just have to give up and delete it as I need to get on with the rest of the website and this is holding things up.

Its a very useful module and I am glad I found it, just seems like its no good for this project