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How to add a Facebook APP to your Page as a Tab

By Ralph Vugts on Jul 17, 2012

If you have had a Facebook app developed, you will want to add it to your own page as a Tab so users can easily find it.

Follow the steps below to get your Facebook Tab up and running in five minutes.

Create a Facebook App

Instructions:

  • Make sure you are an Admin of the page you want to add the Tab to.
  • Get the APP ID from your developer or look it up at https://developers.facebook.com/apps if you developed it yourself.
  • Get the APP URL from your developer. This will look something like https://yourwebsite/facebookapp/. Note the APP is not hosted in Facebook but on a 3rd party server such as your own website.

Complete the URL below with the details listed above:

https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=[APP_ID]&display=popup&next=https://[URL_TO_YOUR_APP_ON_YOUR SERVER]

  • Copy this into your Browser's navigation bar and hit 'enter'.
  • Facebook will now ask you which page you want to add the APP to. Select the appropriate page and your done!

Facebook app URL

Ralph has been developing websites and systems for nearly 20 years. Passionate and curious, he’s an a-typical developer who understands how users interact with the systems he builds. He understands that systems need to be human-friendly. Ralph loves working in an industry that is constantly changing and disrupting itself.

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