How do I set up a facebook page for this website independent of my personal FB page, so people who want could “like” and then have BJ posts fed to them through FB?
Anyone?
by John Cole| 34 Comments
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How do I set up a facebook page for this website independent of my personal FB page, so people who want could “like” and then have BJ posts fed to them through FB?
Anyone?
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slag
Ask Alberto Gonzales’s former chief of staff.
Yes. I do hold a grudge.
samara morgan
Facebook is evil.
in the Utah desert an abomination is rising.
Joey Maloney
In the left column you have an item called “Pages”. Mouse over it and the word “More” will appear to its right. Click on that, and a button “Create a page” will appear in the center content area just below the banner.
This explanation does not constitute legal advice or the endorsement of any particular course of action involving you with a huge, evil, worldwide datamining operation.
GregB
Consult your closest 14 year old relative.
ant
fuck assface
jheartney
You could try the “Create Group” function. I’ve never done it, but it looks to me like the sort of entity that would do what you need. You have the option of having a closed group (visible only to invitees, so you could keep out trolls) or an open one (so all the People Who Know Your Name around here could visit unimpeded, assuming you can persuade them to dirty their beautiful minds over at Facebook).
Mark H
open it as a business account.
MattR
I don’t spend much time on Facebook and certainly don’t know the inner workings, but I am guessing that creating a group from your personal account will link the group to that account in some way so you will want to create a separate account before trying to create the group.
Shalimar
Use another email address to set up an additional account for Balloon Juice.
Narcissus
wait what did assface do
Jeffraham Prestonian
John, I would tell you… but There Be Dragons.
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trex
@samara
Slouching towards Total Data Awareness.
What revelation is at hand? Why…everything. Literally everything about our lives.
jheartney
Just FYI – having multiple Facebook accounts is a TOS violation, and can get you banned, apparently. Or at the least, you may get one of your accounts deleted. You can only set up a business account if you don’t already have a personal account.
Yes, FB is evil. Stop the presses.
VividBlueDotty
What @Joey Maloney says. Or just go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
I don’t know how much effort you want to put into it, but if you want a free and easy tool to make a nice landing page for first time visitors, you may want to look into Pagemodo.com. You would want to do that after you make your page. : )
I checked out many tools for free landing pages, and this one was by far the easiest to use. Of course, a landing page is not necessary, but could be helfpul if you want to grow your audience at this page through the Facebook page.
I’m an admin on many Facebook pages; please feel free to message me if I can be of help. I’m a longtime lurker, long ago poster under a different name, and new daily visitor to Balloon Juice. : )
VividBlueDotty
@jheartney: I believe you are misinterpreting the Facebook terms of service. You can only have one personal Profile page, but owners of “brand/business” pages can have those in addition to their personal pages. You just can’t use a second personal page, either for your business, yourself, your alter ego or whatever.
THE
Open an account in Tunch’s name.
Jk. I don’t know the first thing about FB
ruemara
It’s darned easy, John. I see you already have expert help on it. Join us!
Joseph Nobles
Feel free to start a page, John, but I find the Share button up there very amenable to share individual posts. It lets me do a initial comment, and I can usually get the FEED thumbnail to accent the post.
Lojasmo
Ask ABL.
Ksmiami
I abandoned fb : hipsters are trying to bring back my space
Walker
You want to make a page for an organization, not an individual. It is not a TOS violation to have both a personal page and an organization page. It is like making a page for a company.
Just Google facebook organizattion pages.
kindness
Balloon Juice Facebook page?
Oh John, are you going over to the dark side?
Lojasmo
Like that?
(friend me, and I’ll make you the admin, or email me, and I’ll take it down)
Cynthia Dudley
You use the create a page option. The set-up is just like a regular page but then you need to invite some people to join. With 25 members you then have a more independant page and any of those members can be activated as an admin to off load some of the work. It isn`t as hard as it looks and as an admin you will be able to go between your personal page and any additional pages with a simple link.
Marcellus Shale, Public Dick
@ant:
i just joined that group.
Just Some Fuckhead
http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/14/how-to-integrate-facebook-with-wordpress/
MoXmas
Wow, you really got a lot of help, up there.
Log in to FB, then go to:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Probably be most useful to pick “cause or community” instead of “organization”, but it’s up to you.
The rest, the FB system will walk you through.
Rob
@MoXmas: Seriously, I can’t believe it took over 20 comments before someone just posted the link.
Just Some Fuckhead
Hey rocket scientists, he’s looking for integration.
Mark H
@jheartney: I’ve had both for several years now.
Maudie Mccumiskey
Congratulations Roger and the entire ERICKSON’s team.We are very proud of you
Lex Lurker
FB and CIA
That is all
Lex Lurker
BookFace and CIA
http://tinyurl.com/7nvs6k7
That is all
VividBlueDotty
@Rob: Actually, it only took 14 (and less than one hour) for this post in the wee hours of the morning for most people. //sarcasm tag//Are the posts of newbies invisible?