Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

[papi34]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

What about simply displaying your Deal of the Day Page on the scaled down (narrow) FaceBook Page? That's what I tried to do with this app, but I did not get to far (Link). I have a link to my full size DEAL page that needs to be viewed in Facebook via horz/vert scroll bars. Idealy, I'd like the page to appear without having to click on a link AND have it show up formatted for the intended downsized window.

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

Using that system you have to click the link to run the javascript on whatever page. The easiest thing to do is have the alternate page. That could be any new page you create in the store. The only thing on it would display the deal (not the whole deal page), kinda like I do on my storefront. This is part of the code on my storefront.

<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="import|current|deal.dat|" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="gettoken|g.current,#,1|currentday" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="gettoken|g.current,#,2|currentproduct" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vproduct_find|prdfound|g.currentproduct" />
<mvt:if expr="g.prdfound">
<center>
<h2>
<a href="/DEAL.html" title="&mvt:key_product:name;">
Deal of the Day</a> - 
<mvt:if expr="s.dyn_tm_isdst">
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="set_time_zone|our_time|-4" />
<mvt:else>
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="set_time_zone|our_time|-5" />
</mvt:if>
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="time_t_year|nyear|our_time" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="time_t_month|nmonth|our_time" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="time_t_dayofmonth|ndayofmonth|our_time" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|months|Jan#Feb#Mar#Apr#May#Jun#Jul#Aug#Sep#Oct#Nov#Dec" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vgettoken|months,#,nmonth|cmonth" /> 
&mvte:global:cmonth; &mvt:global:ndayofmonth;, &mvt:global:nyear;
</h2>
<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:key_product:thumbnail">
<a href="/DEAL.html" title="&mvt:key_product:name;">
<img src="&mvt:key_product:thumbnail;" border="0" alt="&mvt:key_product:name;"></a>
</mvt:if>
<br />
<a href="/DEAL.html" title="&mvt:key_product:name;">
&mvt:key_product:name;</a>
<br />
<b>Regular: </b>
<font color="red">
<s>&mvt:key_product:formatted_price;</s>  
</font>
&nbsp; &nbsp;
<b>Today: </b> 
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|percentsave|.8" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="math_multiply|newprice|l.all_settings:key_product:adjusted_price|g.percentsave" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="currencyformat|formatted_newprice|g.newprice" />
&mvte:global:formatted_newprice;
</font>

<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="ratingshow|rating|l.all_settings:key_product:id" />
<mvt:if expr="g.rating:average GT 4">
<table><tr><td align="center" valign="middle">
<mvt:if expr="g.rating:average GT 4.5">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 4) AND (g.rating:average LE 4.5)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkhalf.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 3.5) AND (g.rating:average LE 4)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 3) AND (g.rating:average LE 3.5)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkhalf.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 2.5) AND (g.rating:average LE 3)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 2) AND (g.rating:average LE 2.5)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkhalf.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 1.5) AND (g.rating:average LE 2)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 1) AND (g.rating:average LE 1.5)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkhalf.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT .5) AND (g.rating:average LE 1)">
<img src="graphics/tkwhole.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
<mvt:elseif expr="(g.rating:average GT 0) AND (g.rating:average LE .5)">
<img src="graphics/tkhalf.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0"><img src="graphics/tkzero.gif" border"0">
</mvt:if>
<br />
</td></tr>
</table>
</mvt:if>

</center>
</mvt:if>

[PicturesqueWeb]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

The code I provided above is for a new page. Using any good analytics software you should be able to track clicks without any affiliate voodoo.

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

You are just going to a single page in your example. When they click a product link, they are immediately taken away from FaceBook. If you want to keep the shopping experience within FaceBook, you need to tell Merchant that you are arriving from Facebook in an iframe and to serve up the FB version of product pages. Same way with searching, pagination, sorting, products per page all within FB. So the choice is a variable like fb=1 at the end of links or affiliate=fb. The added benefit of affiliate is you can see your actual sales from that portal with the built in affiliate system. You aren't doing payouts so it does not matter that the built in affilate doesn't work real well.

[papi34]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

Using that system you have to click the link to run the javascript on whatever page. The easiest thing to do is have the alternate page. That could be any new page you create in the store. The only thing on it would display the deal (not the whole deal page), kinda like I do on my storefront. This is part of the code on my storefront.

Done. I now have a preview of our Deal of the Day on facebook. If customers are interested, they can click through to our miva store for details and to purchase. Thanks Bill!

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

Nice. Would you like to share the full code in the FaceBook tab?

[papi34]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

Nice. Would you like to share the full code in the FaceBook tab?

Sure, but it's not much different than what you linked to in your original post.

 
<a onCLick="outside_location.setInnerFBML(link_1);" style="cursor: pointer;">Click here to see our Deal of the Day...</a> 
<div id="outside_location"></div>
<fb:js-string var="link_1">
<fb:iframe height="500" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="width:100%; border:none" src="http://www.yourdomain.com/DEAL.html"></fb:iframe>
</fb:js-string>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var outside_location = document.getElementById('outside_location');
</script>

The facebook DEAL page was constructed with guidance from examples you tweeted last year. Toolkit and Coupon Redemption Modules are required.

 
<mvt:item name="html_profile" />
<head>
 <title>&mvt:store:name;</title>
 <base href="&mvt:global:basehref;">
 <mvt:item name="head" param="css_list" />
 <mvt:item name="head" param="head_tag" />
</head>
<mvt:item name="body">
<div id="site-container" class="SFNT">
 <div id="content-container"><center>
  <mvt:item name="hdft" param="header" />
  <div class="SFNT-featured">
  <mvt:comment>Display the deal of the day</mvt:comment>
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|cat_code|BDS" />
  <mvt:if expr="s.dyn_tm_isdst">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="set_time_zone|our_time|-4" />
  <mvt:else>
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="set_time_zone|our_time|-5" />
  </mvt:if>
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="time_t_year|nyear|our_time" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="time_t_month|nmonth|our_time" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="time_t_dayofmonth|ndayofmonth|our_time" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|months|Jan#Feb#Mar#Apr#May#Jun#Jul#Aug#Sep#Oct#Nov#Dec" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vgettoken|months,#,nmonth|cmonth" /> 
 
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="import|current|deal.dat|" />
  <mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL g.current">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="gettoken|g.current,#,1|currentday" />
  <mvt:else>
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|currentday|99" />
  </mvt:if>
 
  <mvt:if expr="g.currentday EQ g.ndayofmonth">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="gettoken|g.current,#,2|currentproduct" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="gettoken|g.current,#,3|Coupon_Generate_ID" />
  <mvt:else>
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="randomcat|pcount|g.cat_code|10" />
  <mvt:if expr="pcount GT 0">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|gotimage|" />
  <mvt:foreach iterator="sub_product" array="sub_products">
  <mvt:if expr="NOT g.gotimage">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vassign|currentproduct|l.all_settings:sub_product:code" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vproduct_find|productfound|g.currentproduct" />
  <mvt:if expr="productfound GT 0">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="custom|dealstck|l.all_settings:key_product:id|STCK" />
  <mvt:if expr="g.dealstck EQ 'In Stock'">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|gotimage|1" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|override|g.currentproduct$asciichar(124)" />
  <!--
  <mvt:item name="couponrd" param="22~DEAL-|g.override" />
  //-->
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="export|deal.dat^#^ndayofmonth,g.currentproduct,g.Coupon_Generate_ID^1" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|msg|'status='$encodeattribute('Deal of the Day - ' $ l.all_settings:sub_product:name $ '. Take an additional 25% off our reg low price of ' $ l.all_settings:sub_product:formatted_price $ ' http://www.yourdomain.com/Merchant2/...)$&#39;p=&#39; $ l.all_settings:sub_product:code)" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="export|deal.msg^#^g.msg^1" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|ok|fscopy('/Merchant5/s01/export/deal.msg','/deal.msg')" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|ok|schmod('/deal.msg', '0644')" />
  </mvt:if>
  </mvt:if>
  </mvt:if>
  </mvt:foreach>
  <mvt:if expr="NOT g.gotimage">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="randomcat|pcount|g.cat_code|1" />
  <mvt:if expr="pcount GT 0">
  <mvt:foreach iterator="sub_product" array="sub_products">
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vassign|currentproduct|l.all_settings:sub_product:code" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|override|g.currentproduct$asciichar(124)" />
  <!--
  <mvt:item name="couponrd" param="22~DEAL-|g.override" />
  //-->
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="export|deal.dat^#^ndayofmonth,g.currentproduct,g.Coupon_Generate_ID^1" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|msg|'status='$encodeattribute('Deal of the Day - ' $ l.all_settings:sub_product:name $ '. Take an additional 25% off our reg low price of ' $ l.all_settings:sub_product:formatted_price $ ' http://www.yourdomain.com/Merchant2/...)$&#39;p=&#39; $ l.all_settings:sub_product:code)" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="export|deal.msg^#^g.msg^1" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|ok|fscopy('/Merchant5/s01/export/deal.msg','/deal.msg')" />
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="mvassign|ok|schmod('/deal.msg', '0644')" />
  </mvt:foreach>
  </mvt:if>
  </mvt:if>
  </mvt:if>
  </mvt:if>
<mvt:item name="fonts" param="body_font">
  <h2>Deal of the Day - 
  &mvte:global:cmonth; &mvt:global:ndayofmonth;, &mvt:global:nyear;
  </h2>
 
  <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vproduct_find|productfound|g.currentproduct" />
 
  <mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:key_product:thumbnail">
   <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="custom|tqd-catcode|l.all_settings:key_product:id|BTMCAT" />
   <a href="/DEAL.html" target=_blank><img src="&mvte:key_product:thumbnail;" alt="&mvte:key_product:name;"></a>
  </mvt:if>
  <br>
  <a href="/DEAL.html" target=_blank>&mvte:key_product:name;</a>
  <p>Take an additional 25% off <br>our already low price of &mvt:key_product:formatted_price;</p>
<p>
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|value75|.75" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="math_multiply|times|value75|l.all_settings:key_product:adjusted_price" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="math_round|times|times|2" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="currencyformat|formatted_deal|times" />
<font color="green" size="+1">Today Only: &mvte:global:formatted_deal;</font><br>
<mvt:if expr="l.settings:key_product:weight EQ 0">
<font size="+1">&nbsp;w/Free Shipping</font><br>
</mvt:if>
  <p>
  Click <a href="/DEAL.html" target=_blank><font color=blue><u>here</u></font></a> for details
</mvt:item>
  </div>
 
  <mvt:item name="hdft" param="footer" /></center>
 </div>
</div>
</mvt:item>
</html>

Edit: Added code for facebook DEAL page. I know it's not pretty, but it does the job. There is a lot of superfluous code in there for the cron job that used to tweet the Deal of the Day before Twitter's API change.

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

I think I'll add that menu selection to mine too.

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

As you did, I added the Deal of the Day to the FaceBook store tabs. Turns out today (Mar 18) is a very good deal. Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/EmporiumPlus?sk=app_4949752878 Add some products from the All Products tab or the Daily tab and then view the Basket tab. You'll see some new features which will be rolled out soon.

The FaceBook storefront does not need any 3rd party module, other than the connector mentioned at the beginning of this thread to get good results. Hopefully, everybody who wanted to do this was able to get it done before the deadline. If not there will be other connectors but I'm not sure if they will be free or if you have to create an account with their owners.

The store above is primarily using one 3rd party module, the Emporium Plus Tool Kit at http://www.emporiumplus.com/1AA00223.html The new discount function is very handy for giving discounts and using simple to complex conditionals written in store morph. When you add products to the basket, you can see the 5% FaceBook discount I am giving at this time. Simply add the products in FaceBook and the discount will carry to the main store when you checkout. If you are buying modules today, please start in the FaceBook store and put the items in the basket there. After completion of the orders, I am testing to see if I can capture the FB sales vs non-FB and discounts given. Your help would be appreciated. For helping, you get a 5% discount and can still use other coupons you might have.

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

For those who missed the deadline and are wanting to include your Miva Merchant store on your business page at FaceBook, there may still be a free solution. I was poking around this morning and ran across this "how to" link which is a current discussion. If you didn't make the deadline, give this a try and see if it works for you. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?ui...78&topic=39413 If you were successful, let us know.

I used the FBML1 since I already had the FBML and it worked. I added this page http://www.facebook.com/EmporiumPlus?sk=app_7146470109 which will show your friends if you are logged into FaceBook and make it easy for you to send them a friends suggestion.

[papi34]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

Weird. Our Deal of the Day all of a sudden stopped working on our Facebook Page. It was set up as described in this thread using an iframe and working fine until recently. Now nothing happens when you click on the link to show the deal.

Truth be told, I really like the way Bill’s Deal of the Day automatically appears when you click on the menu item for it on the left side (column). How do you do that? I thought you had to click the link on Static FBML page to run the iframe javascript.

I don’t want to get too fancy, just want to get our Deal of the Day feature working on Facebook again.

[wcw]

Re: Dynamic Content in FaceBook - Time Sensitive

It looks like they are blocking iframes inside the FBML tags. You need to change to the new PHP connector discussed at http://extranet.mivamerchant.com/for...d.php?t=104279 Must more flexible. Screen loads without extra click. You can have your own icon for the menu item.