On the homepage of your store, you can place one of the standard Facebook widgets in the Stay connected section. Such widgets help to grow the audience of your business page organically.
To connect the widget, you need to:
Get the widget code in the special settings section on Facebook.
Install the code on your website.
The widget will be displayed on the homepage if you have enabled the Stay conneced block on the home page. To enable this block, please contact support.
How to get the Facebook widget code
To generate the code for the Facebook page widget:
On Meta for Developers, go to Page Plugin section.
In the Facebook Page URL field, enter the address of your Facebook page.
If necessary, set the widget parameters.
Click Get Code.
You will be offered two code options for integration — JavaScript SDK or iFrame. You can choose any of the two.
How to embed Facebook widget using the JavaScript SDK
In this version, the code to be installed on the website consists of two parts.
The standard block that corresponds to the first part of this code is already installed on your website. You only need to activate it. To do this:
Go to the Marketing → Marketing services section of the admin panel.
Click on the Facebook SDK for JavaScript to enter the settings.
Activate the system by checking the Active checkbox.
Click Save.
The part of the code from the Step 2 field must be placed on the website. To do this:
Go to the Website → Social networks section in the site admin panel.
Click on Facebook to enter the settings.
In the Widget code field, paste the code from Step 2 field.
Activate the widget by selecting the Show on storefront checkbox.
Click Save.
How to embed Facebook widget with an iFrame
In this case, it is enough to place the code from the iFrame tab in the appropriate field in the Social networks section. On the Facebook page where you generated the code for the widget, go to the iFrame tab and copy the code that appears. Then:
Go to the Website → Social networks section of the admin panel.
Click Facebook to enter the settings.
In the Widget code field, enter the code you obtained.
Activate the widget by selecting the Show on storefront checkbox.
Click Save.
Link to the Facebook page in the header and footer of the website
To further engage your audience, blocks for links to your social networks are provided in the header and footer of the site. To enable the display of the block in the header, please contact support.
Example of social media block in the header
The settings of the block in the footer can be found in the Webite → Design → Design editor section, the Footer → Footer layout item, the Social media element.
Example of social media block in the footer
How to set up the link
To display the link to your Facebook page:
Go to Website → Social networks.
Click Facebook to enter the settings.
In the URL field, paste a link to your Facebook page.
Click Save.
