How to add your Facebook news feed to your splash page
Tanaza features a built-in captive portal, a web page that users see when they try to log into your Wi-Fi network. Thanks to Tanaza, you can personalize this page by adding your logo, background, text, and video and image advertising .
In this article, we will see how you can add the news feed of your company’s Facebook page to your captive portal.
Screenshot 1: a splash page with Facebook news feed
By adding your Facebook news feed on your captive portal, you can promote articles, events or other news about your business to your Wi-Fi users. In fact, users will be able to easily see your latest activities and be aware of your events, promotions, news, etc.
Having their Facebook news feed on the splash page can be a real plus for locations like bars, clubs, gyms and other sport venues, restaurants, hotels and malls. With it, Wi-Fi users will be able to see all the latest information that the businesses want to share with them before connecting to their Wi-Fi network.
If you already use Tanaza and you want to know how to add the Facebook news feed to the authentication page, follow the instructions below:
To show your Facebook page, write the name of your page as it is written on your Facebook page URL as highlighted in red on the example below with the Disney Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/Disney/
Step 5: Paste the code in the custom HTML object
Screenshot 3: drag and drop the custom HTML object and tape the code in “source code” field
Walled Garden:
Remember to check that the Facebook icon is active on your splash page settings. If the icon is not active, click on it to activate it. This will allow users to see your Facebook stream before connecting to Wi-Fi.
Screenshot 4: remember to active the Facebook icon on your splash page settings to allow users to see your Facebook stream before connecting to Wi-Fi
Can users Like or Share my page directly through the feed?
Before clicking “Like” or “Share” on any news on your Facebook stream, the user must authenticate using their Facebook account. This authentication does not provide the user with Wi-Fi access. In order to access Wi-Fi, the user will must perform a second authentication on your splash page, via Facebook.
Tanaza features various authentication flows such as Facebook login, social login, voucher-based authentication, and now form-based authentication. In this article, we will speak about two practical cases: the Facebook login and the form-based authentication and whether it’s better to choose the first one, or the second one.
Tanaza features a captive portal that allows you to create a splash page and choose the best Wi-Fi authentication flow.
Tanaza features various authentication flows such as Facebook login, social login, voucher-based authentication, and now form-based authentication. In this article, we will speak about two practical cases: the Facebook login and the form-based authentication and whether it’s better to choose the first one, or the second one.
If you provide Wi-Fi to your client, you have to think about the authentication flow that lets them access your network. The authentication flow has an impact on the type of client data you will collect.
Tanaza features a captive portal that allows you to create a splash page and allows you to choose the best Wi-Fi authentication flow. Below, we will discuss in more detail two authentication flows the Facebook login and the form-based authentication.
Similarities and differences between Facebook WiFi and Tanaza
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Hotels in Dubai are being currently challenged by the DTCM to become the number one choice hotel for travelers all over the world. To achieve this goal, first-class WiFi networks in public areas of all hotel establishments should be provided to guests as soon as possible.
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), the main planning and development authority in the city for the tourism sector, is committed to making Dubai the number one choice for travelers worldwide. In 2013, the DTCM modified the legislative requirements for the availability of Wi-Fi access in public areas of all hotel establishments and announced a revision to Dubai’s hotel classification system, that will be implemented in Decembre 2016. (more…)
With its latest feature, Classic Hotspot allows you to use code login and social login together. When this feature is enabled, only users that know the Wi-Fi code will be able to see the splash page and get access to Wi-Fi through Facebook, Twitter, Google or other social networks.
Configuring this feature is super easy.
When configuring your splash page, go to Settings > Security > Select a Password (for your captive portal)
When Wi-Fi clients want to connect, they will see the following pages:
A pre-authentication page that asks for a code
A splash page with social login or other types of authentication (only if the client enters the correct code)
A final page that requests a social action: your page can be configured to ask for a Facebook Like (Optional)
This feature helps you configure your SSID so that only the customers that know the code can see the splash page and access the network via social login.
An easy way to communicate your code is to print it on the purchase receipts.
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