Monday, November 13, 2017

8 steps to re-posting old content onto a new Facebook page

Technology has changed. New features are just getting started. However, our mission isn't; We've been here for 18 years. So there is a lot of stuff that pre-dates the Family Mission Facebook Page - www.facebook.com/ChowningAmazon So, I'm trying to figure out how to get that over there into this over here. It took me 8 steps. Here's hoping you do better.

  1. I tried to post. I wanted to re-post an older post. But it kept giving me an error message. “Sorry, the privacy setting on this post means that you can't share it on that site.”
  2. I did a Google search for advice. I was hoping for a video that would show me where the buttons were to fix this, but there weren't any. I finally found an answer in the Facebook Questions page, although it didn't have any pictures to guide me.
  3. I realized had posted it as a Friends and Friends of Friends option, and the “Memories” feature wasn't letting me re-post it. So I had to go over to “Timeline” and click the drop-down menu beside “Recent.” But my Timeline on my Newsfeed wasn't showing the menu, so I went to my personal profile page (www.facebook.com/name.lastname).  When I can't find it by typing it in, I cheat and search Facebook for myself. I open the Timeline. Once I scrolled down a few clicks, the floating header menu was visible, showing my name, "Timeline" (where you can also switch to "About") and ... "Recent;" The button I wanted.


  4. Once I found the post I wanted to re-post, I was able to click on the drop-down menu and change the post to “Public” (1). After that, I was able to click on the button “Share” (2). It brought up a whole new message-box pop-up (which I had to diligently make sure I didn't click away from. Ay, can't you load this on your own while I go and check on some other stuff? No? Why not?)
  5. In the roll-up menu, I tried multiple times, unsuccessfully, to use the “Share to a Page” option. (It made sense to me that that would work, but it sure didn't seem to.) Finally, I found out that I had to choose the “Share . . . “ (3) option.
  6. An entirely different pop-up window pops up. Along the top, it says “Share to Timeline.” Clicking on that opens (yet another) menu. This time, the “Share on a Page You Manage” option actually works (for me, the Administrator; I'll have to go through this process again with someone else from the team before I'm convinced.)
  7. The pop-up window totally shifts in style. After I start writing and it finishes loading, an additional feature appears: the ability to post as myself, or as the page (4). That will be handy. Once again, I'm not sure if this feature is available for everyone on the team, or only me. And I'm not even sure which option will be best. But I just want to note that the option is there.
  8. By the way, this also works to enable me to re-post posts from others of the family team onto the mission page as long as they are set to public. So I can work on getting the Family Mission Facebook Page caught up with where we are.

    So . . . How many steps did it take you?

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