[Hidden-tech] WordPress and FaceBook problem

Thu Jun 4 12:02:35 UTC 2020

Jetpack seems the most likely I think. We also have Press This and Press
This Extended enabled. Do any of these make sense?

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 11:04 PM Rich at tnr <rich at tnrglobal.com> wrote:

> Nope there is none that comes with it - check the admin menu that says
> 'plugins' -- look for one that is marked enabled.
>
> UNLESS you are using wordpress.com - which I don't see indication of.
>
> Do you pay wordpress.com yearly ? if not, check with who setup your web
> site.
>
> Rich
> On 6/3/2020 4:53 PM, David Greenberg via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> Ok, thanks. I don't know what WP addon I'm using. Maybe whatever came with
> WordPress?
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:30 PM Rich at tnr <rich at tnrglobal.com> wrote:
>
>> David, you still have not told us what WP addon you are using - that
>> makes a difference in the setup
>> You appear to not be using WP.com but that's all I tell
>>
>> Also, you really need to keep this on the HT list (I added it) so you can
>> get input from others.
>>
>> As for phone calls, someone else might help you there - I don't.
>>
>> Rich
>> On 6/3/2020 10:11 AM, David Greenberg wrote:
>>
>> OK, I undestand the login part. So how would I get the posts on our
>> WordPress site to show up on our FB professional page, or is this not
>> possible to do directly? I'm including Bob in this discussion, as it is he
>> who most frequently posts to FB for us. In case this helps, our website is
>> here: fccpr.us and our FB page is here:
>> https://www.facebook.com/FCContinuingPoliticalRevolution/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:49 AM Christine Dutton <cgdutton7 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think I see where the confusion is. You don't actually log into your
>>> page. You only log into your personal page and navigate over to your
>>> professional page.
>>> Any person who has Admin and Editor access is able to access the
>>> features and perform tasks-but there is NO specific login for the FB page.
>>> Some orgs do create a "fake account" with the company name, but that is
>>> also only a personal page.
>>> *Christine Dutton*
>>> *Dutton Consulting *
>>> *413-626-6377*
>>> *Find me on Facebook here!  <https://www.facebook.com/duttonconsulting/>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 7:53 AM David Greenberg <
>>> david.greenberg3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you both for your response. Not surprising that I was not as
>>>> clear as I could be, as I, personally, do not use Facebook at all. Here is
>>>> some text from one of the admins of our FB page:
>>>>
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>>>> *We have a facebook page but do not know what facebook profile it
>>>> represents. (again, I’m not sure if that is using the correct facebook
>>>> terms). When I log in to facebook with my username and password, it
>>>> produces my page. if I gave WordPress my facebook credentials it would post
>>>> to my facebook page and those posts would then appear on the facebook pages
>>>> of my friends. We don't know the username or password that we should give
>>>> WordPress so it would post to our page.  I assume there must be a profile
>>>> that produces that page. Is there a way to determine the account
>>>> information for our page?  We have admin access (and editor access, etc).
>>>> We can search for our page and update it, post to it manually, etc. but we
>>>> don't have the login credentials that would log into the profile for our
>>>> page.*
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps. If not, maybe a phone call?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 1:14 PM Rich at tnr <rich at tnrglobal.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> your question is inconsistent - if it is a FB page you have access to,
>>>>> then you can get to the admin panels that gives all that information.
>>>>> And you need to clarify which WP plugin you are using (or if in
>>>>> WP.com) -- there are many different options.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your use of the word 'link' is also not meaningful -- almost anyone
>>>>> can post to any page BUT it might not be shown depending on the posters
>>>>> rights of page access, admin or what.  In your last question it's about
>>>>> having admin access to the target page, do you or not ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rich
>>>>> On 6/2/2020 11:25 AM, David Greenberg via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> WordPress will automatically post to FB if I enter FB credentials. My
>>>>> problem is, although I have access to the existing FB page, I don't know
>>>>> who set it up and whose account it is linked to and I have been unable to
>>>>> find out this information. My question is: If I set up a new FB account, is
>>>>> there a way to link it to an existing page to which I have admin access?
>>>>> TIA.
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
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