Facebook error?

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  jimmybs · Member · Feb 13, 2012 at 11:48 pm

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  I ma trying to link my Facebook account to my page widget but the following warning keeps coming up: Could not retrieve ID for the specified page. Please verify correct href was passed in.
  My Facebook page URL is: https://www.facebook.com/Jimmy.b.uk
  Can anyone assist please.

  Many thanks, Jimmy B
  Blog url: http://jimmybs.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 13, 2012 at 11:53 pm

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  That page, if it is a page and not a profile wall, is not publicly accessible.

  It would need to be publicly accessible before it can be used in the widget.

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  jimmybs · Member · Feb 14, 2012 at 12:19 am

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  Cheers Macmanx,

  Is it because of my actual FB account privacy settings? Would I have to make my account publicly open before it worked via WP?

  Many thanks, Jimmy B

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  evarlese · Member · Feb 14, 2012 at 4:23 pm

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  Hi Jimmy,

  Okay, the link you’re inserting is a for a Facebook profile, rather than a page. The Facebook Like Box Widget only works with pages, not user profiles.

  You can create a page by following Facebook’s instructions:
  https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=174987089221178#What-is-a-Facebook-Page?