FB Comments Plugin App ID

Question

I have followed the instructions on the fb dev website as well as searching for my problem on here and google, but I am still stuck.

I have managed to get a FB comments plugin working on a site and I can get the moderator function to work on the site but I cannot get the mod tools to through my facebook account (ie this link https://developers.facebook.com/tools/comments?view=queue)

It says I "Cannot edit global settings or moderation mode without fb:app_id" but I am unable to obtain an app_id. I generated the code using this link https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/ but no app id was given. When I go to create my own app it asks me for credit/debit card information which I am not prepared to add. How do I find out what my app id is?

Much appreciated, thank you!

Answer 1

I faced that issue and resolved it with the following steps:

1. Make sure you are using the appropriate Facebook application (that means also to make sure you are not using different apps ids on the same page).
2. Make sure the app settings are correct (like the domain and website url).

3. Use the following HTML tags:

   <meta property="fb:app_id" content="app_id" />
   <meta property="fb:admins" content="facebook_user_name" />
   <meta property="fb:admins" content="another_facebook_user(if you have moderators)" />
   

   You can use other properties (but advanced that must match your website defined variables):

   <meta property="og:type" content="article" />
   <meta property="og:url" content="" />
   <meta property="og:site_name" content="" />
   <meta property="fb:admins" content="" />
   <meta property="fb:app_id" content="" />