AutoFacebook [Support]

The above mentioned guide works, kudos to you sir!

Thank you very much,

f you experience the Facebook Error: Error validating access token you can follow ther guide, if that fails use the light version which dosnt have the error and is easier to install

Thank you Knuckle your a genius!

Glad to be of assistance

bauhu:

Hi - I have installed the auto facebook and it works fine BUT like others I would be really interested to know if (or when) you have a mod which auto posts on Facebook when you UPDATE a product instead of having to make a new product from scratch. Almost everyone uses the copy function to add new products. Thanks - hope to hear from you. Paul

Open admin/includes/modules/update_product.php find the code below and move it just before the zen_redirect right at the end of the file. Now when you add new products or update a product it will update facebook. You can do the same thing for twitter.

//AutoFacebook
$app_id = "Your Application ID"; //given when you created app
$app_secret = "Your Application Secret"; //given when you created app
$page_id = "Your page ID"; //obtained from running facebook_authorization.php from your browser
$page_token = "Your page token"; //long number obtained from facebook_authorization.php
$store_name = "yourstore.com"; // store name i.e. "Mary's Car Shop", or "MikesCupcakes.com."
$store_url = 'http://www.yourstore.com'; //path to your store without the trailing "/"
$cur = '$'; //change to your currency symbol. Assumes symbol comes in front of numbers
$new_message = "New Product!"; // change to whatever or leave the same. i.e "New Cupcake!"

// No Need to edit below here.
$prod_image = $store_url . "/images/" . $_POST['products_image'];
$price = $products_price;
$prod_url = $store_url . '/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $current_category_id . '&products_id=' . $products_id;
$prod_name = $_POST['products_name'][$_SESSION['languages_id']];
$prod_description = $_POST['products_description'][$_SESSION['languages_id']];
//$prod_description = implode(" ", $_POST['products_description']);

include_once 'facebook/facebook.php';

$facebook = new Facebook(array(
'appId' => $app_id,
'secret' => $app_secret,
'cookie' => true, ));

$attachment = array(
'access_token' => $page_token,
'message' => $new_message,
'name' => $prod_name,
'link' => $prod_url,
'caption' => 'Price: '.$cur . $price,
'description' => $prod_description,
'picture' => $prod_image
);

try {
$status = $facebook->api($page_id.'/feed', 'post', $attachment);
$messageStack->add_session('Facebook was successfully updated!', 'success');
}
catch (FacebookApiException $fbe){
$fberror = $fbe->result['error']['message'];
$messageStack->add_session('Facebook Error: '.$fberror, 'error');
}
//end of autoFacebook

countrycharm:

Open admin/includes/modules/update_product.php find the code below and move it just before the zen_redirect right at the end of the file. Now when you add new products or update a product it will update facebook. You can do the same thing for twitter.

That worked. Thanks!

gonewild:

That worked. Thanks!

Glad to be of assistance

I've got a bookstore, and I'm using the model no. as the ISBN, and I was wondering if it is possible to display the Model No.(ISBN) in the Lite Version.

Any suggestions would be great.

countrycharm:

Glad to be of assistance

Need one more assistance please.....
Is there a way to have only newly created products be sent to FB? Or a product only sent once in it's lifetime?
As it works now anytime a change is made to a product it is sent to FB. Correct a spelling error and it is sent to FB, correct another spelling error and it is sent to FB again, change the price and it is sent to FB.
thanks!

gonewild:

Need one more assistance please.....
Is there a way to have only newly created products be sent to FB? Or a product only sent once in it's lifetime?
As it works now anytime a change is made to a product it is sent to FB. Correct a spelling error and it is sent to FB, correct another spelling error and it is sent to FB again, change the price and it is sent to FB.
thanks!
gonewild:

I recently installed this mod.

It works......

But it only sends to FB the newly created products that are actually created from a blank "new product" form. When we create a new product by copying a current product and then change info to make the new product then these new products don't show on FB. Not really good because we almost always create new products from old product pages.

Any solution to this?

If you installed it like the instructions says to, it will only be sent to FB once in it's lifetime. You and someone else wanted to know how to update a product on facebook every time you made a new change to it. I showed how to do that. If you did what I suggested, just undo it. The code will only work in one place or the other. If you need it to do something else you will have to rewrite the FB code.

countrycharm:

If you installed it like the instructions says to, it will only be sent to FB once in it's lifetime. You and someone else wanted to know how to update a product on facebook every time you made a new change to it. I showed how to do that. If you did what I suggested, just undo it. The code will only work in one place or the other. If you need it to do something else you will have to rewrite the FB code.

Yes the change you suggested worked perfectly. The problem now is my girls like to make little changes to the products often, this causes the same products to flood FB. So I changed it back to the normal script.
Thanks.

Hy!
I've followed all the instructions from readme and when i try to access the authorization file i get the following error(s):

Strict Standards: main() [function.main]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. Please use the date.timezone setting, the TZ environment variable or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Helsinki' for 'EET/2.0/no DST' instead in /home/ftp/public_html/mydomain/facebook/facebook_authorization.php on line 956

Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /home/ftp/public_html/mydomain/facebook/facebook_authorization.php on line 956

Strict Standards: Unknown: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. Please use the date.timezone setting, the TZ environment variable or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Helsinki' for 'EET/2.0/no DST' instead in Unknown on line 0

Fatal error: Uncaught CurlException: 60: SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed thrown in /home/ftp/public_html/mydomain/facebook/facebook_authorization.php on line 599

Anybody knows why i have this issue?

Does anybody know how to limit how many product update is posted to FB? For example, if we add 300 new products today, we obviously don't want to post 300 updates. I have brought up this issue before but there's still no resolution.

MetallicA25:

Hy!
I've followed all the instructions from readme and when i try to access the authorization file i get the following error(s):

Strict Standards: main() [function.main]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. Please use the date.timezone setting, the TZ environment variable or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Helsinki' for 'EET/2.0/no DST' instead in /home/ftp/public_html/mydomain/facebook/facebook_authorization.php on line 956

Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /home/ftp/public_html/mydomain/facebook/facebook_authorization.php on line 956

Strict Standards: Unknown: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. Please use the date.timezone setting, the TZ environment variable or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/Helsinki' for 'EET/2.0/no DST' instead in Unknown on line 0

Fatal error: Uncaught CurlException: 60: SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed thrown in /home/ftp/public_html/mydomain/facebook/facebook_authorization.php on line 599

>  
> Anybody knows why i have this issue?
 
A couple of possible reasons
 
1. Your browser is timing out if you are using IE for the application try Firefox it is usually best for this script reason is unknown why.
 
2. You are trying to run the facebook_authorization under an SSL URL such as [\https://www.yourdomain.com/\[FONT=Courier New\]facebook/facebook\_authorization.php\[/FONT\]\[/COLOR\]](https://www.yourdomain.com/facebook/facebook_authorization.php)
[COLOR=black]and facebook is rejecting the request (rare but has happened)
 
3. Or Maybe because you are using an ftp URL with port 21 and facebook cannot access that folder try adding the facebook_authorization to your www or public_html folder and then try running the script with Firefox instead of IE and see what happens.
 
Try using this guide <http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=969202&postcount=284> instead and see if that works 
 
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> **BlessIsaacola:**
>
> Does anybody know how to limit how many product update is posted to FB? For example, if we add 300 new products today, we obviously don't want to post 300 updates. I have brought up this issue before but there's still no resolution .The advanced script does not have this feature (unless I missed something somewhere) the lite version may have this feature not to sure as I have never used it with to much success.

Anyone figured out how to get the lite version to only post the price including tax?

Nice mod and uses on a few sites.

One of the sites I use, the page token gets changed every second day for some reason and then it gives me error so I have to change the code.

Can someone tell me why does the token change ?

Thanks

in step 8 it says to run from your browser.... What does this mean?

outeredge2:

in step 8 it says to run from your browser.... What does this mean?

Run the facebook script within your browser (IE, FIrefox, Safari) FF or Safari recommended for best results

outeredge2:

in step 8 it says to run from your browser.... What does this mean?

https://www.yoursite.com/facebook/facebook_authorization.php (it is recommended to create a directory named facebook and add authorization file in it.

knuckle-101:

Run the facebook script within your browser (IE, FIrefox, Safari) FF or Safari recommended for best results
when I tried I got a fail message!?!?

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countrycharm:

Version 2.0 is what I'm running. Did you do anything different on the **Facebook Integration? **The install document states. Now click "Facebook Integration" on the left. Towards the bottom you should see "Installable to?". Uncheck "Users" and add a check next to "Facebook Pages" instead.
It's not on that page any longer. Either that or I don't know what I'm doing I guess.

I've run inot this issue too and I don't really want to continue till I know it is ok to proceed. :huh: