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t3ck on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

t3ck — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:13 +0000

Getsocial has a share to face book button here is the tutorials I made for Getsocial [Written Tutorial]/[Video Tutorial]

bkilephoto on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

bkilephoto — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:31:21 +0000

Never mind. I finally found it:
http://www.facebook.com/share_options.php

bkilephoto on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

bkilephoto — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:17:24 +0000

Where is the 'Share on Facebook' icon that one drags to the bookmark bar? I did that on my desktop but when I went to find it again for use on a new laptop, I couldn't find it. Thanks

mainmeja on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

mainmeja — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:43:18 +0000

Uh sorry for the late reply asand08:
If you haven't know already. here's how:

- I don't have digg plugin in my wordpress, so i need to do it the manual way, which is submitting my own article to digg, with my digg account.

In my digg account setting (or share setting), i have configured it to automatically send tweets and facebook msg for everyone. so whenever i submit article, it will automatoically be published in my facebook and twitter.

well, that's all. i guess.

chansom on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

chansom — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:46:37 +0000

thanks - that works great.

asand08 on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

asand08 — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:51:13 +0000

yontory: care to post the directions on how to get your blog to auto list with digg.com and in turn, auto list from digg.com to your facebook page?

Thanks!

mainmeja on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

mainmeja — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:55:44 +0000

It's not automatic, but I use digg.com to publish my blog on facebook. It links to digg.com which in turn links to my blog. It's a bit complicated but that way i can make people to get to my blog, which is good. and also, i can select which post i want to share since i don't always write a quality post. ;)

asand08 on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

asand08 — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:24:31 +0000

ugh, sorry for the typos... there doesn't seem to be an edit option...

asand08 on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

asand08 — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:23:15 +0000

desperatemothers: not this doesn't solve the issue. Yes, it does provide auto updates of your blog, which is great, but the moment you click the link title link so that you can read more, it doesn't take you to the blog. Rather, when you sign up your blog via facebook's rss feed option, it imports your blog as a note on your facebook account. The problem with that is, it causes facebook users to leave their comments on the note page and any stats for blog hits do not happen. If this rss feed option didn't import the blog into facebook's notes and it when a user click the blog's title, they were directed to the blogs website, then this would be a terrific solution. Alas, I will just continue to hit the "share on facebook" button I placed in my toolbar.

Thanks for the suggestion!

desperatemothers on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

desperatemothers — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:45:07 +0000

I think this is what you all have been looking for. Got these instructions from a friend and they work beautifully. If only Facebook was a little more intuitive! Follow everything below, except substitute your blog's url for http://desperatemothers.wordpress.com. You still need the /feed/ part.

here's how I automate pulling content from my blog:
1) in Facebook, click on your name in the upper-right corner of the page (just before settings)
2) click on 'settings' (on the right side of the page under the 'share' button
3) click on 'blog/rss'' and enter the RSS URL from your blog
( http://desperatemothers.wordpress.com/feed/ )

when you post, the stories will get imported to your wall. It doesn't happen immediately, but fairly soon after you post.

Good luck!

desperatemothers on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

desperatemothers — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:40:29 +0000

Thanks! Okay, one more time:

Share on Facebook

Where it says "yourblogurl", cut and paste the url for your blog post.

I actually just figured out how to generate the facebook post automatically, I'll post that in my next comment.

thesacredpath on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

thesacredpath — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:37:13 +0000

Put the code between backticks ( ` ) the key to the left of the #1 with the ~ on it. Put one backtick at the beginning and one at the end.

desperatemothers on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

desperatemothers — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:07:28 +0000

still didn't show the whole code, sorry, I can't figure that out. If someone can tell me how to post html code without it trying to actually execute it, I can post it again.

desperatemothers on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

desperatemothers — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:04:55 +0000

It didn't post the html code the right way. I'll try again:

Just lose the  at the end. Hope that works

desperatemothers on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

desperatemothers — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:58:21 +0000

Okay, this is a bit clunky but should work for those of you who are on WordPress.com (i.e. don't self-host) and just want to be able to post on Facebook every time they have a new blog post.

At the bottom of your blog post, add this code:

<img src="http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?8:26981" alt="" />Share on Facebook

Where it says "yourblogurl", cut and paste the url for your blog post (yes, the one you're updating right now, but of course not the url of where you're updating the page but the url your visitors will see).

This will insert the Facebook icon followed by "share on Facebook", and will be visible to everybody at the bottom of that post. Once you've updated your post, go to it and click on the Facebook icon you created, and bingo - it'll let you post on Facebook.

I haven't figured out how to generate the Facebook post automatically, which would be more convenient, but this is the next best thing. It doesn't take all that much time, if you keep that code in a handy place. Good luck!

crfreeridedownhill on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

crfreeridedownhill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:46:10 +0000

props to musicskins1...I'm one of those...I want to get my wordpress to be loaded into my facebook... :)

musicskins1 on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

musicskins1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:35:56 +0000

This might seem really dumb, but I'm a wordpress neophyte. Can anyone walk me through how to set up this RSS - Connect thing?

rgrady on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

rgrady — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:53:15 +0000

Using RSS Connect posts to my FB page's wall, but doesn't update the FB feeds of my page's fans. What's going wrong?

raincoaster on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

raincoaster — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:03:10 +0000

I use Notes and I've noticed if you have a Sticky post at the top of the blog, the Notes are not updated. I post, take the Sticky and un-stick it, update the page, wait till I see the new post listed, then re-sticky the sticky post. Pain in the butt, but it works.

queensissy on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

queensissy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:44:35 +0000

I'm wanting the same thing dbbyleo and asand08 are asking about. I'm using RSS-Connect and have a box that shows a current feed, but:

1) if I manually try to share the most recent post via updating my status, the most recent post isn't listed as a choice; and

2) the post title I choose to share links to the previous post (?!?)

I just want my contacts to get a notification when I make a new post, ideally with the title of the post noted.

gdreadradio on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

gdreadradio — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:34:03 +0000

What about Facebook Connect? Any chance of that being made available to wordpress.commers?

soulgate on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

soulgate — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:30:33 +0000

nationsfilm, I followed shimworld's advice and used RSS-Connect - Worked perfectly.

"RSS-CONNECT application to automatically retrieve my WP.com feeds at user configurable intervals.

Check out my FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/JAN-SHIM-PHOTOGRAPHY/37787581389 and you'll see what I mean."

Click on the RSS-Connect icon and it will take you through the install. Make sure your blog address ends in /feed

nationsfilm on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

nationsfilm — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:48:37 +0000

I just want to publish the fact that I posted a new blog into the newsfeed without using my status to do it. Is there a way to do that?

nbolton on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

nbolton — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:56:21 +0000

Still looking for a good way of displaying my blog updates on facebook. I have tried the methods suggested but I want it to link to the blog, not to simply repost my blog entry on facebook. I want them to remain separate. The Wordbook plugin is cool, but I can't use it because it is only for self hosted wordpress blogs.

Any new ideas on this topic?

notoriousnfp on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

notoriousnfp — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:01:05 +0000

I was wondering if that feature may become available

asand08 on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

asand08 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:36:02 +0000

I added the "share on facebook" button to my bookmarks bar in my web browser. Now, after I post a new blog, I just go to my blog's site and hit that button. All I really want is for WordPress to have some interaction with facebook, such that when I post a new blog, it simply states as a post on my Facebook main page (read: not on my "boxes" or my "notes" tabs): "name" has posted a new blog called "xyz". Then show a few lines of the block and give the reader the ability to click it to be taken to the blog's site to read the entire post. I've tried some of the options listed here, but I can't get the functionality to work. I like how shimworld's rss-connect is listing his blogs and the snippet of his most recent, as well as the "share" button, but that requires someone to check his "box" tab, I would like that same information to be posted to my main facebook page and to refresh when it reads a new blog post.

sorry if that was too long, ;p

shimworld on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

shimworld — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:09:04 +0000

As long there's a blog feed, it can be done. I don't know to what extend you want to show your updated posts on FaceBook but I use the RSS-CONNECT application to automatically retrieve my WP.com feeds at user configurable intervals.

Check out my FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/JAN-SHIM-PHOTOGRAPHY/37787581389 and you'll see what I mean. If this is what you're after, then RSS-CONNECT is your best friend.

davidmakela on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

davidmakela — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:48:43 +0000

I used the notes feature on Facebook to feed my wordpress blog to auto post but it only updated once after I set up my feed on facebook. How do I get my wordpress blog to post automatically to facebook?

greatergrafton on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

greatergrafton — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:59:21 +0000

You can use Networked Blogs on Facebook -- here's the link to my page so you can see what it looks like:
http://apps.new.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/greater_grafton/

The positives: People who aren't your Facebook friends can still follow your blog, the feed is automatic, people on Facebook may stumble on your blog and may decide to stick around.

The negatives: It won't automatically post an update in your newsfeed (I used to use the Notes feature, which I didn't like because it didn't link back to the blog or increase traffic), I believe you can only post the headlines rather than an excerpt.

The inconvenient: When you create the page, you become your first "fan." A certain number of people need to verify that you are the owner of the blog before it starts updating.

simonmackay on "Getting WordPress updates onto Facebook?"

simonmackay — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:17:57 +0000

Hi all!

Another issue that I have with WordPress blogs is the ability for a Facebook friend to comment on my blog's articles using _their_ credentials and, preferably, the Facebook interface, then the comment appears on the actual blog associated with the article they commented on. They don't have to be "approved" by me because of them being in my Web of trust.

The idea could be extended further with most other social-network setups.

With regards,

Simon Mackay

http://homenetworking01.wordpress.com/