Facebook URL?????

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  charbish · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 2:53 pm

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  I have a message at the bottom of my blog saying “It looks like your Facebook URL is incorrectly configured. Please check it in your widget settings.” I don’t know how to fix this. I don’t know how to find my FB URL. I copied what was in the adddress bar but that didn’t seem to fix the problem. I am just wanting to add a LIKE button to my blog. I am a TOTAL NEWBIE.
  Blog url: http://charbish1059.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 2:55 pm

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  The Facebook Like Box widget is only for Facebook Fan Pages. It’s not for profile pages. You need to enter the correct URL starting with http:// for a fan page there.

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  charbish · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm

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  THANKS will try that!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:01 pm

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  You’re welcome. For Facebook integration see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/

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  charbish · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:08 pm

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  Gracious clearly I do not know what I am doing. I don’t even know what a fan page is. So there you have it. I think I must abandon this project! STILL—when my page says I need to correctly configure my FB URL it bothers me—as if there’s something I’ve left undone. What I think you’re saying is this: if I do not have a Fan Page, then I don’t need to worry about that error message.

  I am too new to have a fan page I imagine lol!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:11 pm

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  You most likely have a Profile page and if that’s the case then the Facebook like box widget cannot be used for it.

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  charbish · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:13 pm

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  Thanks I appreciate your tutorial assistance!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes for happy blogging. :)

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  isadz · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm

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  Well you can promote your profile in the text widget. Do you want to do this?

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  charbish · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:38 pm

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  That sounds like an idea!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 19, 2012 at 3:46 pm

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  @Charish
  Click the Facebook integration link I provided above.
  Facebook Badges
  You can also add a Facebook profile badge or a Facebook page badge to your blog if you’d like. We have a full guide for doing so. http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/facebook-badge/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/facebook-badge/#add-a-badge-to-your-blog-sidebar