My Little Facebook Page
Let’s face it, sometimes going out in the big bad world can be a scary idea, especially when Facebook can treat you like this:
(Why would Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash fight?)
But today, we take back the power! Let’s bring our show profiles into the 23rd century. In case you didn’t know, you can tie your DJ profile and show into a Facebook Page so you can publish things to it from the Facebook account you are already on 24/7. Some people already have, here is a short list so you can see what you can do by integrating Facebook:
As before, once you are signed in as a DJ you can always edit your show, by clicking the “My Shows” link on the right panel. Clicking the title of the show takes you to the show page, where as clicking edit and rent do their respective actions. If your show is missing, you can claim it by going to its show page (like the ones above) and click the claim link in the helpful box that appears. This page is kind of mysterious looking:
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Relax! Some things are straight forward, others, mysterious. Detail is what shows up as the descriptive text for your program. Promo is the image that appears behind the text on our beautiful schedule. If you want a promo it should be at least 450 pixels wide and 50 pixels tall. You can upload larger, but only upper left 450x50 will be used. Then, at the end, is the mysterious “Facebook ID” box. When you enter the ID of a facebook page into the box, you will connect your show profile to that page. KMNR.org will set your show details to the description you set for that Facebook page, and display the feed from your page on the show details.
If you haven’t already, its easy to make a Facebook page. Because Facebook doesn’t recognize college radio as a viable medium for Facebook pages, you’ll have to get creative on the categorization, to pick something that sounds cool. Once you’ve got everything set up (Facebook is very helpful in that regard) snag the FB ID by inspecting the page URL. For example my page has the ID 181371645208485 which is at the very end of the URL. Just take the numbers and paste them into the box. Hit submit you will be shown the form again. Since the detail about your show is taken from the description of the Facebook page, that will now be missing. If you change your mind, simply clear the Facebook ID field.
From there, post whatever you like to your Facebook page. You can even get fancy and post tweets to your Facebook page in the same way you have them post to your regular Facebook profile.
Oh the places you’ll go!