Today we’re going to go over some key areas of the Open Graph and how to get started. If you’d like a quick overview of the impact of the new Facebook super applications that will be released to users time lines, you can get more information by reading Bret Taylor’s (Facebook’s CTO) blog post.
In order to get started you must first define the application functionality in terms of what actions you’d like to be published in people’s news feeds, while making deep and relevant connections. These are things such as:
- Actions: these are things people can do within your app.
- Objects: the type of things users can interact with your app.
Once you’ve determined what your actions and objects will be, you’ll be prompted to select how you’d like the aggregations to look like in the user’s timeline.
Please visit the Facebook Developer blog for more information on setting up your Open Graph app. Facebook also offers a very easy to follow and comprehensive tutorial on how to set up a Facebook Open Graph Application.
If you’re a more visual person, check out their Vimeo video below that goes through the full step-by-step process:
