How to use the Facebook Counter App – OptiSigns

What You'll Need
Setting Up a Facebook Counter App
Deploying a Facebook Counter App

This article will guide you through how to create and use Facebook Counter app.
You can select what type (Like or Follower) you want to display.

What You'll Need

An OptiSigns account - Free Plan or higher
An OptiSigns-enabled device - if on Free plan, one of these devices
A screen, set up and paired with OptiSigns

Setting Up a Facebook Counter App

On the OptiSigns portal, go to Assets → Add Asset → Apps.

Select Facebook Counter:

Login to Facebook. If this is the first time registering it with OptiSigns, you will need to hit Connect Facebook Pages then log in.

The Facebook Counter App allows you to register numerous Facebook accounts. If you have already registered your account, you can choose it with the Select option.

After logging on with Facebook in the Facebook popup window, select the Pages you want OptiSigns to access data to create the Counter.

Click Next, then Click Done.

Whether you connect a new Facebook page or choose it from an existing on, you'll see the below screen:

After that, you can enter information for your wall.

Name: Name of your Facebook Counter Wall, this is the name of the wall in your asset list. It will not be displayed on your screens.
Page: Page you want to use (if you have more than 1). Important: you can only set this one time during the creation of the asset, if you want to change this later, you should delete the old asset and create a new one.
Type: There are two types: Like or Follower. You can select what do you want to show on your Facebook page.
Title: This is the Title you want to give your Counter. It will be displayed above the Counter.
This is an optional field.
Text: This is a description text you want to provide the viewer. i.e. Use case may be to instruct viewer to 'Like' your page by scanning QR.
Theme: Select Light (Facebook blue background) or Dark Theme (black background).
Show QR Code: When checked, allows you to add a QR code. You can choose for the QR code to go to the Facebook page, or to any other page by choosing Custom.

Click Save to the QR code and the Facebook Counter app page.

Finally, hit Save. You've created a Facebook Counter asset.

Deploying a Facebook Counter App

You can deploy your new Facebook Counter app as an individual asset, or as part of a Split Screen.

To get your new Facebook Counter asset to a screen, go to the Screens tab, then click the screen you want to assign it to.

This brings up the Edit Screen tab:

Here, select Asset under Content type, then hit Select Asset.

Then, select your created Facebook Counter Asset:

Now hit Save. Your Facebook Counter asset will now display on screen.

You can also deploy it as part of a split screen, allowing you to show other assets at the same time. See how in our Split Screen app article. It can also be displayed in a Playlist or Schedule.

That's all!

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