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Social Media App Configuration

Make sure your App Configuration has been saved and the ADF reset.

1. If you haven't already done so, go to your Social Media App Configuration Management page and click the button to add the app configuration data.
2. Update the field listed on this page with your customized information
3. Reset the ADF

Social Media Service Management

Setup the available Social Media Service Pages, Accounts and Keywords:

1. Go to your Web Admin Social Media Manangement page
2. Under the Social Media Service tabs that are applicable to your organization click the 'Add New...' button and fill out and save the social media data.
   1. Facebook Pages
      1. Give the new record a friendly name
      2. Enter a Facebook Page Link (ie. the full URL of your organization Facebook page)
      3. Check the 'Feed Active' checkbox to enable the feed.
      4. Click Submit
      5. Repeat for each desired Facebook page
   2. Twitter Accounts and Keywords
      1. Enter a Twitter @Username or #Keyword
      2. Select if this is an 'Account' or a 'Keyword' entry
      3. Check the 'Feed Active' checkbox to enable the feed.
      4. Click Submit
      5. Repeat for each desired Twitter Accounts and/or keywords
   3. YouTube Channels
      1. Give the new record a friendly name (ie. the title of your Channel)
      2. Enter the YouTube channel username
      3. Check the 'Feed Active' checkbox to enable the feed.
      4. Click Submit
      5. Repeat for each desired YouTube Channel
   4. WordPress Blogs
      1. Give the new record a friendly name (ie. the Title of your Blog)
      2. Enter a Blog Link (the full URL of your Blog home page)
      3. Select (or upload) an Image icon to represent your Blog
      4. Check the 'Feed Active' checkbox to enable the feed.
      5. Click Submit
      6. Repeat for each desired WordPress Blog

Remember: Posts from these entries will not be visible until they are selected during the next step.

Configure the Social Media Stream Page

Select Social Media Pages, Accounts and/or Keywords to build your Social Media Stream page

1. Go to the Social Media Stream Page you created in this step Social Media Stream Page
2. Switch the page into Author (or Work on this Page) mode
3. Click on the element indicator for the Social Media Selector element
4. If this is the first time adding data click 'New Data' after that use the 'Data' icon to edit the Social Media Selector element.
5. From the lightbox window that opens select the go to the first tab
   1. Display Properties
      1. Render Limit
      2. Display source links
      3. Twitter Tweet button options
      4. Facebook Like button options
      5. Lightbox option for YouTube video player (only applicable if a YouTube Channel is selected)
      6. YouTube Video Player size (only applicable if a YouTube Channel is seleted and the above YouTube Lightbox option is set to 'YES')
   2. Facebook tab
      1. Select one or more of the configured Facebook page by dragging any of the available options to the right column
   3. Twitter tab
      1. Select one or more of the configured Twitter accounts or keyword by dragging any of the available options to the right column
   4. YouTube tab
      1. Select one or more of the configured YouTube Channels by dragging any of the available options to the right column
   5. WordPress tab
      1. Select one or more of the configured WordPress Blogs by dragging any of the available options to the right column
6. Click 'Save'

Remember: You can select any combination of the available feeds to display on your feed page.