Access Facebook & Instagram Photos
These are buttons on your Photo Finale site that appear right in line with the Collections, on the print ordering screen. They allow connection to those services so that images can be viewed and ordered as prints, or included in any creative product you offer.
- Facebook connect button is free, it's already there. Users log in, account is connected.
- Instagram has a $99 fee, retailers can sign up in myLab.lucidiom.com (use Lab 50 credentials).
Size Info, for Printing
- For Facebook printing we use the largest size of the photo available … depends what they have uploaded to Facebook, but if they do a large upload we can get a 2k image… 2000x1333 or 2000x1500 usually (2:3 or 3:4).
* Instagram is… 612x612. 8” probably the biggest you want to offer. User FAQs
How do I disconnect my Facebook account from the PF account?
To log out, just go to Facebook and log out there, then it’s not connected. To not show the Facebook button, on the PF site, go to My Account, Setting and uncheck the option.
Where is the Instagram button?
Instagram will be back in PF 9.2 (mid Jan 2013). It was there, but we turned it off when Instagram changed some code on their end that broke it. The good news is that there used to be a 60 quantity limit but in 9.2...no limit, you will see ALL your Instagrams.
I see the FB/IG buttons but nothing happens when I click them. (FB=Facebook, IG=Instagram)
Check the popup blocker...allow popups.
What can access/control do I have with the Facebook button?
-create new photo albums on Facebook
-upload photos to Facebook
-view your photos
-view photos you are tagged in
-delete photos from Facebook
-view friend's albums (if permissions are set for it. a message is shown when a friend has no photos or prevents photo access outside of Facebook.com site)
-share a link to a Facebook album
What can I do with the Instagram connection?
-view/order your instagramed photos
-view/order photos from feeds you are following
-view/order photos you have liked
-view/order popular shots from Intstagram’s public feed.
Retailer Tips
- Offer square prints for Instagram!!
- Take advantage of the Facebook friends connection...suggest/make sample of a book made with friends' photos.