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How to connect your clubs Facebook account
How to connect your clubs Facebook account

Integrate your existing Facebook account with ClubZap to update automatically.

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Written by Declan Murphy
Updated over 6 months ago

When a club connects their social media accounts with ClubZap it removes the replication for club admins in updating multiple communication channels. Once integration is completed a single click can update 4 channels of communication for your sports club: App + Website + Facebook + Twitter.

Before you begin you must check that you have access on your Club's Facebook Professional Dashboard.

Note: Connecting your clubs Facebook account to ClubZap can be done by a ClubZap Admin user with Editor or Full Admin privileges.

Login to Facebook, in your clubs page, select the Professional Dashboard. To find the professional dashboard, switch users to your club and Professional Dashboard will be in the menu options along the left side.

From the options on the menu on the left side, select Page Access.

On the following screen the person connecting the Facebook page must be listed as someone with Facebook access - see example below.

Once you have ensured you have the correct access continue as follows.

  1. Login to the Admin portal here

  2. Select Club Settings -> Social Media from the left hand menu

  3. Select “Connect Facebook” button.

5. Click on the option to Connect or Reconnect (if you were previously connected)

**At this point you are logging in on your personal account (not your clubs)**

6. Next you will be asked which page you want to integrate with - click on the checkbox for the page required to complete the setup.

In this example we are connecting the Bedrock page. Select Continue.

You will then be asked to verify permissions

Select Save.


7. Finally, once successfully connected click on Got it to confirm.

Your Facebook page is now connected to ClubZap.


Troubleshooting

What type of Facebook page can I post to?

Recent security changes by Facebook means 3rd party applications like ClubZap can only post to clubs Facebook pages who are setup as an organisation or Business. As a result we cannot post to pages that are stup as personal pages (i.e: You must add as a friend to see content rather than simply like the page) and can only post to community or business pages which is the norm now a days for sports clubs.


Reconnecting your page

If your Facebook page changes or a new page is created you may need to connect your account for integration with ClubZap again. This is normally achieved by going to
Club Settings -> Social Media and selecting the Reconnect Facebook option and following the steps detailed above.
If you have issues reconnecting your Facebook page it may be down to permissions which can usually be resolved by removing the old ClubZap profile on your clubs Facebook account and reconnecting which creates a new profile.

Facebook Menus

  1. Click on the following link

2. Select the remove button to remove access for ClubZap to your Facebook page.

3. On the ClubZap Admin Portal Reconnect your Facebook page:

Club Settings -> Social Media -> Connect Facebook

Classic Facebook Page Views

If your running the Classic Facebook page views these steps will apply:

  1. Log into your Clubs Facebook page

  2. Click the Menu on the top right as seen in the screenshot and select Settings:

3. A new menu is presented from which you should select Apps as shown here

4. Remove the ClubZap profile from the list of “Logged In With Facebook” using the X button as shown below. 

5. On the ClubZap Admin Dashboard  go to Club Settings -> Social Media -> Connect Facebook and start the connection process.

Alternatively go to your Business Settings page:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=business_tools&ref=business_login
and View/Edit the settings.


How to enable your visitors share news articles from your website to Facebook

To have your Like us on Facebook button at the bottom of your website enabled as well as the option to share news articles by your visitors you will need to create a Facebook Application ID and then provide this to our support team who will connect it to your website page.

To create a Facebook Application ID:

  1. Go to the Facebook Developers Apps page, and sign in with your Facebook username and password.

  2. Click the "Create New App" button. ...

  3. Enter a name for the application in the "App Name" field. ...

  4. Read the Facebook Platform Policies and decide if you accept them.

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