Community pages

[Maisie]

Hello - I created a community page in Facebook, and from there did a search on some topics I was interested in, and pressed the *like* button on those pages. I then found out that my regular profile showed up on those pages *friends*, instead of my *community page profile*. I wasn't intending on people to be checking out my regular profile, as that is meant for family and friends only. I was intending on advertising with my community page, and was hoping to build up some (I guess you would call it) fans?

Would anyone be able to shed some light on my confusion please? Lol - am finding Facebook not too user friendly in this aspect!
Thanks!

[Admin]

I then found out that my regular profile showed up on those pages *friends*, instead of my *community page profile*.

Could you please share a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] of what you mean by this?

[Maisie]

Ok - I guess only the recent *like* friends show up on their fanpage, so am not visible anymore, so a screenshot will not be relevant.

What I did, when I went to a page of an organization, (from my own community page) - I pressed a *like* button. Well, I'm pretty sure I remember my regular profile then showing up in their *friends* list. But I wanted only my *community page* to show up in their friends list, NOT my regular profile ...............I hope that made sense....LOL!!

[Maisie]

Yes, I just liked another page - I'm supposing it's a community page, and my regular profile (not my community page profile page) shows up in their *friends* or people who *like* this box.
The whole reason for me creating my community page was to start directing traffic there, but am finding it's not working, as i seem to be driving traffic back to my regular profile....

[Admin]

What I did, when I went to a page of an organization, (from my own community page) - I pressed a *like* button. Well, I'm pretty sure I remember my regular profile then showing up in their *friends* list.

FYI, Community Pages don't have Friend Lists. Are you referring to this...

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... or this?

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Both of them are taken from different types of pages

But I wanted only my *community page* to show up in their friends list, NOT my regular profile ...............I hope that made sense....LOL!!

You can't 'like' stuff using your page. You can only do that using your personal profile; hence it shows up like that

[Maisie]

It was the bottom pic where my profile pic shows up (like the one that says 1668 people like this).

All right - now I understand that my profile is the one that will show up if I like people's pages - so, no point in doing that. SO........ how do I drive traffic to my community page? This is where I want the traffic!

Thanks......!

[Admin]

All right - now I understand that my profile is the one that will show up if I like people's pages - so, no point in doing that. SO........ how do I drive traffic to my community page? This is where I want the traffic!

You want to drive traffic from your profile to your Community Page? Well, you could...

1. Make a profile picture that includes the link to your Page
2. Leave the link to your page on your Wall and make it visible to Everyone on Account >> Privacy Settings >> View settings >> Posts by me
3. Suggest your page to your friends (Go to your page >> Suggest to Friends)

If that's what you're looking for You could also ask the admin of that page you 'liked' to add your page as favorite, and you could add his page to your favorites as well.

[Maisie]

Ok thank you - how would I add someone else's community page - is that the same thing as *liking* a page?

[Admin]

No, add as favorite. It means to add that page into a box on your page's profile. Have a look at this example >> [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Have a look at the "Favorite Pages" widget.

To add a page as favorite, just go to that page and click the "Add to my page favorites" link below the profile picture.

[Maisie]

I have another question - when someone *likes* your community page, aren't all your posts supposed to show up on their wall?

[Admin]

Sometimes I stupidly confuse Community with Official Pages. Which one are you talking about?

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If you mean the 1^st one, the posts where you mention the name of the page should apprear on the Related Posts feed in case your wall is visible to everybody.
If you mean the 2^nd one, nope. That feature isn't available for that kind of pages yet.

[Tim]

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