Adding a Flipbook to a Facebook Fanpage

A flipbook on your Facebook fanpage is a great addition for your users and makes your fanpage more interactive and fun to use. Follow these steps exactly and adding a flipbook to your fanpage will be a piece of cake.


Step 1 – Go to the Developers site on Facebook

In order to add the flipbook to your page, we'll have to create an app Go to the following URL and login with your Facebook login information that is the administrator of your Fan page: https://developers.facebook.com/apps

Create a New Application


Step 2 – Create a new App ID

This will serve as your App’s display name.

Create a New Application

Make sure to enter your email address. Once done, click on the Create App ID button.


Step 3. Go to Settings

A. Under the Privacy Policy URL enter the url of your Flipbook that is hosted on your website.

Please note that you would need to enter the secured website url (https://)

B. Under Category please select “Apps for Pages”

Create a New Application

Make sure that your email address is entered in the contact email field.


Step 4 – Click on +Add Platform

Create a New Application

And choose Page Tab

Create a New Application


Step 5 – Page Tab

Enter the Secure Page Tab URL. You must use the secured URL of your flipbook (Must start with https://)

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Click on Save Changes


Step 6 – Go to App Review

Slide over the option under “Make Public?” To Yes. This will allow your App to be available to the Public.

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Step 7 – Adding the app to your Fan page

Go to https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&next=YOUR_URL

Replace "YOUR_APP_ID" with your App ID and "YOUR_URL" with the URL to your flipbook. Please note that you would need to input the Secure URL (https://)

The App ID can be located in the Dashboard or at the upper left corner of the page

Create a New Application

Select your Facebook Fanpage and click on Add Page Tab

Create a New Application

Questions?