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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

How to add "Google Calendar" Tab to Facebook Fan Page

In Facebook, fan page plays an important role for many individuals who use it properly for their business to expand or display information. Sometimes fan pages need other party tabs like Google Calendar that will get the details of your calendar with events scheduled. People who follow you are waiting for the schedules of any event you are organizing and they are participating. After all, the basic intention of creating fan pages is to engage fans in it and participate in the things arranged by you.

Your "Google Calendar" which has dates added with the forthcoming events. To inform fans about the actual time, date and details regarding an event, just add calendar to your fan page. It is simple as you have read in my earlier post regarding how to add or embed Google Calendar to Facebook Group.


Steps to add Google Calendar in Facebook Fan page are:

  • Log in to your Facebook account
  • Type "Simple Google Calendar Tab" in the Graph Search
  • In the site click "F Log In" button 
  • Click "My Account" tab at the top of the web page
  • Now at the right bottom corner, the list of fan pages that you have created are displayed with an option to add or edit tabs to. 
  • Select the fan page for which you want to add the tab and click the "*" symbol besides the name
  • The option will redirect you to a page which displays the tabs that are installed and not installed separately. 
  • At the right below "Apps Not Installed", select the "+" sign to add the particular tab. In this case, its Google Calendar. So click the "+" sign besides it. 
  • At the very next moment, the message is displayed as "Installation successful". 
  • Check whether the tab is installed on the fan page by opening the Facebook site on the other browser. 
  • To do so, click on the fan page and click on the pencil where the tabs are displayed. The list of tabs that are installed on this fan page is shown. Also the latest one "Google calendar" tab is also added. 
  • When you click on the Calendar tab, it displays  the following message: "This tab has not been fully configured by the administrator. Please check back later." So, you have to go to your Google Calendar and change the settings. 
  • Go to Google, and select "calendar" from the list. 
  • Log in to your Google Account
  • Click on the calendar name under your account. Click on "Manage Settings" option. 
  • Select "Share the Calendar" tab
  • Tick the check box to make the calendar public. 
  • Now lastly click "Save". 


When you go step by step in adding Google Calendar tab to Facebook Fan page, then easily you can get through. The process is not so lengthy as it is appearing here. 


So, add your personal Google Calendar to your business fan page and let your fans and visitors accompany you in the events you have organized. 




1 comment:

  1. This worked great thanks! Any ideas why I can't view this app from a mobile device?

    Thanks,
    Neil

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