[facebook] Runs not showing up in news feed? (Read 1817 times)

Eric, have you considered adding a "Post to Facebook Wall" (or similar) button/link on each activity page? I have seen other sites that take this approach and the security might be easier since you are required to enter your Facebook username and password as part of the post. Not sure about that though. All activities could still be synced with the RA app, but this would give users control over which runs show up on their wall. Just a thought.

Eric, thanks so much for the time and energy you've put into this. It would be fun to have RA update the newsfeed on Facebook, but it hardly seems worth it for you. Thanks for the update.

I second this opinion!! Especially since FB gets ad revenue that you as a developer do not. Thank you for all that you do.

Facebook changes stuff all the time in ways that pisses off users too, without ever giving any warning.  I can no longer easily find out what my friends are doing; this was very easy in the prior version.

Hi guys,

 

let's keep the good energy and try to get it working. I would appreciate having RA publishing automatically to my FB news feed, especially when I always see my pals Nike+ running monitor stuff in their status updates, grmpf!

 

Cheers, Martin

 

 

Update: I think I fixed the feed problem.  If your settings are correct, your workouts will be published to your Facebook profile.  Note that the workouts will also be included in your friends' feeds.  I can see all kinds of havoc this will cause.  After enough people complain about it, I'll switch it back to being a news feed instead, which will appear only in your profile.

 

If you're not seeing them, here are some things you should check:

 

Preference settings

1. in Facebook, go to the RA app's preferences tab
2. in the news feed section, if you see a Publish button, click it

If that doesn't work, you may need to reset some internal data:

1. click on the Applications button on the Facebook toolbar (bottom of the browser window)
2. click "Edit Applications"
3. click "Edit Settings" to the right of "RunningAHEAD Training Log"
4. click the "Additional Permissions" tab
5. uncheck the two permissions you see in the tab
6. follow the Preferences settings instructions above

If that still doesn't work, then post it here with a detailed description of your problem and I'll look into it.

 

eric :-)

Eric, your constant work making this site a working and useful network for us is more than we can ask for.

 

I mention this because it is a new glitch and might help you diagnose it--if it is indeed a glitch. As of this morning, my FB tab shows no activities or totals--until the second or third click. It hasn't published this morning's run to my wall--yet. I set my permissions as you outlined.

 

My friends might be thankful for me to talk less about running, though.

 

Thanks again for your hard work.

 

MTA: the first time, it worked when I went to my Boxes tab and then came back, now I have to click the "add the RA application" tab, and then all my data magically appears. Interestingly, all my data shows up in my Boxes RA thingie.

VixiDu,

That was a bug and I've fixed it.