How to Add a Facebook Feed to Member Profile Pages

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000019740

Business accounts can stream their Facebook feed in the sidebar of their profile. With this functionality, the Facebook Feed streams all of the latest posts and updates from a specific Facebook account.


The Facebook Feed will display the posts in chronological order:



Important

  • Only Facebook Company Pages or Fan Pages will stream content.  
  • The tool only works with public Facebook company pages. If a member uses their personal Facebook account link, then the feed will show an error or a blank widget.
  • Facebook does not allow personal Facebook pages from being streamed.*


* There is nothing that Brilliant Directories can do to change this limitation imposed by Facebook.


Add the Facebook Feed to Member Profile Pages


The Facebook Feed widget is found in the Sidebar Manager. Follow the steps below.


  1. Go to the Toolbox » Sidebar Manager » Member Profile Page sidebar:



  2. Search for "Member Facebook Feed" in the Member Profile Page sidebar.

  3. Drag the "Bootstrap Theme - Module - Member Facebook Feed" widget into the display position on the Member Profile Page sidebar:



  4. Click on "Save Changes"

Please note that a Facebook Feed will only show on a member's profile page if they have added a proper facebook link in their contact details form:




Facebook Company Page

The tool only works with public Facebook company pages. If a member uses their personal Facebook account link, then the feed will show an error or a blank widget:






These Facebook accounts won't work for the Facebook Feed:

  • If it's a personal Facebook profile (not a company page).
  • If it's a company page, but not public (users must be logged into FB to see the timeline)     
  • If it's an invalid Facebook Link     
  • If the company Facebook page is still not published


Is my Facebook account a personal profile or a page? 

Facebook pages must be public for the feed to work. When not logged in to Facebook the information will be still accessible. 


For example, our Facebook page is a public page: https://www.facebook.com/BrilliantDirectories


On the other hand, Facebook profiles or private pages are not available unless logged in to the Facebook account, so it will always prompt the user to log in:



 

If a Facebook link asks for login credentials to continue, that link won't work for the Facebook Feed.


Difference between Profile and Business Page 

For more information about the difference between a Facebook profile and a page go to the link below:


»https://www.facebook.com/help/337881706729661


Note

We updated the Facebook Activity Feed widgets to display the content from this 3rd party site after the rest of the page loads to improve page load times and page speed scores.