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Urgent Facebook Question

by sanjon
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Hie, I have been designing Facebook fanpages and landing pages since last few months and I am pretty successful with what I am doing.
Ok, I have got a very good project with a very hefty price on line and I need to deliver it asap.

Here It is, The client wants a few videos on the page, I have already Integrated them. He wants to play the videos only after the user clicks on the "Like" Button.
Rest I have already Integrated contact form, animations and everythng!!

Can some body guide me in right direction on how to make the videos play only after the user clicks on the page??? I am sure its gonna be a PHP script..

Thanks
Sanjana!!
#facebook #question #urgent
  • Profile picture of the author officer_iron
    Put them on a custom tab using "Static IFRAME Tab" app, and it has a built in fan gate system. You put the "before" content in one box, and the "after" content in another box.
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    • Profile picture of the author dsouravs
      create a revel page and put the videos there...
      php is absolutely not needed

      thnx
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Originally Posted by sanjon View Post

    I am sure its gonna be a PHP script..

    I am pretty sure too, or maybe javascript will work better.

    My gut instinct says that you need to utilize cookies on the page.

    Load a cookie once someone has landed on the page.

    When the FaceBook Like button is clicked, also fire a new cookie that indicates that the Like button has been clicked. This is where Javascript Jquery might be the better solution.

    When the page loads with the right cookie in place, a Play button is authorized.

    I would seek out a programmer who understands the FaceBook API better than I do. They might have a better solution.
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  • Profile picture of the author 3genter
    I've had no luck getting Youtube videos to auto play once the "like" button is clicked.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheZafraGroup
    just get the static iframe tab for his fan page. You can set how the tab will look like to people who have liked the page and how it will look like to those who haven't liked the page. It's really simple to use and go for that I say.
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  • Profile picture of the author sanjon
    Naaah Yesterday I actually stumbled upon a page which had these instructions but I lost it!!!

    as far as those who are asking me to put the before and after content is that my client wants the video to be there on the front [landing page].. so if it is there, it will play!!
    dsouravs- how to create a revel page???
    TPW- thanks but I need to figure this out myself!!!

    demo page :
    Code:
     http://www.facebook.com/KinaGrannisFans?sk=app_178091127385
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    • Profile picture of the author Brian Alaway
      I think you're making it harder than necessary. Just use the fangating (reveal tab) method as others mentioned. On the page non-fans see just put a screen capture of the videos page. Then when they click Like that page gets replaced by the page with the actual videos.
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      • Profile picture of the author sanjon
        this is what I told him..he is ready to shelve more than $300 just to get a page like

        Code:
         http://www.facebook.com/KinaGrannisFans?sk=app_178091127385
        and in this page, there is a script which requires users to like the page before any videos can stream!!
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        • Profile picture of the author tpw
          Originally Posted by sanjon View Post

          this is what I told him..he is ready to shelve more than $300 just to get a page like

          Code:
           http://www.facebook.com/KinaGrannisFans?sk=app_178091127385
          and in this page, there is a script which requires users to like the page before any videos can stream!!

          Why don't you look at the source code on that page to see what they have done?

          If it is in javascript, it will be clear to you.

          If it was done with PHP, it will be hidden of course.
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  • Profile picture of the author MoreTricks
    I am not sure about the technique , but I tasted a lot of pages using the same concept
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Alaway
    I went to that page, clicked Like under Valentine, it put a checkmark next to Like but did nothing other than sending a Post to my profile wall that I Liked the page. And even worse, it didn't even really record the Like. So I would have to say that whatever script they used is broken.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Try this tutorial:
    Reveal / Fan-Gate / Like-Gate Facebook iframe tab tutorial (with*PHP) | Blog | Chili Pepper Design
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    • Profile picture of the author dsouravs
      1. add static iframe app.
      as soon as it is added u will get 2 text areas.
      one for non-fan and other for fan.

      put the page with videos in fan area and voila.
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  • Profile picture of the author SarahRose
    correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Facebook allows auto-play of videos. Refer this excerpt below from Facebook itself, under I.7.a:

    Facebook Platform Policies - Facebook Developers

    I was alerted to this because I once wanted to do something similar and a message pops up that no autoplay is allowed.
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