What can you do with Facebook Widget

Integrate one of the biggest and most popular social networks in the world into your store. Display the newest posts and events in your online store without extra efforts. Talk with your clients the same language and allow them to send you a message without necessary sign up on your website.

Set different widgets on website pages

As the extension allows to set a number of widgets, you can diversify your pages by creating a new widget with its own configurations on every page you want. Choose separate customization settings and Facebook profiles if you have a number of them and make your pages varied.

Enable and disable one widget separately from others

Every set widget supports special configurations allowing to turn it on and off independently of the whole extension. It means that you are able to temporarily switch off a number of widgets you need separately without disabling all of them.

Easy to use settings

Facebook Widget configurations were composed in such a manner to be clear for users while also giving a possibility to fully adjust it. A great amount of settings have a small description, telling users what this configuration will influence.

Can be placed anywhere on your website

Convenient configurations of Facebook Widget allows to set a widget on any page you want and assign in to any content block there. Consider the best place for it, where it will be observed by as many clients as possible.

Regulate the extension dimensions

Along with setting the basic configurations like Widget Title and its Sort Order, you can adjust the dimensions of a widget to make it better suit your design. Indicate the particular Width and Height of a widget to regulate its appearance in the store.

Doesn’t require log in your Facebook account

You don’t have to connect your Facebook account with your Magento Admin Panel by any complicated means. The only thing you should do here is set the profile’s url, whose posts you want to show on your website. Remember that you can use only Facebook Business Account for this purpose, regular profiles won’t work here.

Show your Timeline, Events, or both of them

This extension allows you to regulate the content appearing in the widget block. Decide on what information to share with your customers and set it right on your store. You are free to display your profile’s Timeline, Events, or both these blocks in one widget.

Turn the extension on

To start working with Facebook Widget extension, you should enable it. To do so, go to Stores > Settings > Configuration > NEKLO > Facebook Widget. You will see there the only setting applicable to the whole extension at once. Set “Yes” in the field “Is Enabled” to switch the extension on and start to work with it.

New Widget Instance

To add your first Facebook widget, go to Content > Elements > Widgets and click here on the button “New Widget”. You will appear on the page of creating a new widget. At first, set “[NEKLO] Facebook Widget” in the field “Type” and choose your website design in “Design Theme”. Press the “Continue” button to proceed.

Storefront Properties

When you proceed with configuring the extension, you will come across a number of new settings. The first of them you will see is “Widget Title”, which sets the name of this particular widget in the table with all of them. Then you can Assign this widget to a number of existed Store Views or to all of them at once. The next option here is responsible for the numerical order of this widget in the general table - it is called “Sort Order”.

Adjust the appearance of Facebook Widget

Click on the tab “Widget Options” to continue the configuration process. You will find here settings mostly responsible for the widget appearance. Here you can turn on and off this particular widget by settings the relevant option in ht graph “In Enabled”. “URL Key” is created for a specific url of the Facebook account you want to assign to this widget and show correspondent posts. Note that only Facebook Business Accounts can be set here. Regulate the widget’s dimensions with “Width” and “Height” fields. Another option here called “Tabs to render” is responsible for setting the type of content shown on frontend. You can choose all the three types and they will be displayed in three different tabs on your website.

Make every widget to be unique

CThe last options you will find here are responsible for further customization of every separate widget you add. With the field “Hide Cover Photo” you can disable widget’s cove photo display if necessary. The following option called “Show Friend’s Faces” allows you to show the faces of the friends, who liked the post. “Hide CTA” lets to hide the call-to-action button if there is such a thing. You can also use a small header with the relevant option and let the widget adapt to plugin container width with the last option on this page.