To gain more exposure for your video content, our Online Video Platform (OVP) offers an easy method to export videos to your Facebook page.
In this article, you will find instructions to:
- Create and authenticate a Facebook export channel in the OVP;
- Export video content to your Facebook page.
To connect your account and export video content to Facebook, you need to have administrator permissions for one or more pages under your Facebook account.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, make sure you have:
- An active Facebook account with at least one Facebook page you administer;
- The Facebook export feature enabled on your Blue Billywig publication (contact support if you are unsure).
1.0 | Set up Facebook Export
To get started with exporting to Facebook:
- Click “Media library” in the OVP;
- In the left menu panel, select the “Social” tab;
- Click the Connect button and select Facebook from the dropdown:
- Authenticate by clicking the Authenticate button and log in to the Facebook account you wish to use;
You must have administrator permissions for one or more pages under your Facebook account to complete this step.
- Authorize the Blue Billywig API to manage your Facebook account;
After authorizing is complete, you can start setting the following:
- Channel description (optional)
Enter a name for the channel to easily manage multiple export channels. - Selected page:
Define which Facebook page you would like to connect.
Facebook access tokens expire periodically. When this happens, the channel will show an “Authentication expired” status. Re-authenticate by clicking the re-authenticate button in the channel settings to restore the connection.
2.0 | Export videos to a Facebook page
Export videos to your Facebook page by:
- Manually selecting individual videos; or
- Automatically syncing videos (using filters or existing playlists).
2.1 | Manually export individual videos
- Click Media library in the OVP;
- In the left menu, select the Media Clips tab;
- Open the Social tab and select the Facebook export option;
Want to add to multiple social media platforms? Just add another platform to the list.
- Add a custom description or click “Accept prefilled content” to use the description already added to the clip’s metadata;
- (Optional): select a different Facebook page to override the default set in the channel settings;
- (Optional): check Schedule post to post your content at the set date and time;
- Click Share to start your export.
- The status pop-up window indicates the export progress;
- After the export is completed, go to your Facebook page to see the exported video.
The video description has a maximum length of 63,206 characters.
2.2 | Automated Syncing
Instead of manually exporting mediaclips, it is also possible to automatically export videos that meet specified metadata conditions or that are part of an existing playlist:
- Click Media library in the OVP;
- In the left menu, select the Social tab and select your channel;
- Head over to the Automated syncing tab and enable automated syncing by selecting the checkbox;
- The easiest way to automatically export videos to your Facebook page is by using the playlist option (read more about creating playlists);
- Instead of using an existing playlist, you can also apply the relevant filters in the current window;
- Use a SOLR query for more advanced filtering (for advanced users only);
- Optionally set a clip limit to cap the number of videos synced (default: 30). Disable the limit to sync all matching content;
- Do not forget to activate your channel in the upper right corner and click “Save”;
- Mediaclips will be added to the Facebook export queue as soon as they meet the specified conditions or when they are added to a playlist;
- Exported videos will appear on your Facebook page shortly after.