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Michael McMahon
Michael McMahon

Reputation: 3

apps.Facebook.com/XYZ vs. Facebook.com/XYZ/app_123456789

what's the difference between apps.Facebook and Facebook.com/COMPANY_NAME/app_1234567 ?

For example: http://www.facebook.com/AcademyofArtUniversity/app_307555419320340

I'm trying to build a similar contact form page for a client, but I when I create an app, I get apps.facebook.com/APP_NAME rather than the app name at the end. Is there a difference? Are these different types of apps, or is one just an older style name?

Bonus question: Why wouldn't Academy of Art (using the second step from their example above) request User permissions to pull in the Facebook Graph data rather than require users to re-enter it? Is this related to my question above? Is there a best practice around using Permissions vs. New Entry?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 458

Answers (1)

Sean Kinsey
Sean Kinsey

Reputation: 38046

apps.facebook.com/[namespace] is the primary url to a Canvas app, while the latter, `www.facebook.com/[pagename]/app_[appid] is your app added to a page as a Page tab app.

For the second question, this app probably doesn't want to ask for permissions (perhaps to lower the friction) since only a few fields would actually be accesible via the graph.

Upvotes: 1

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