Description
The Facebook Feed element allows you to connect a Facebook feed to your signature. The element displays a preview of the three most recent posts from a connected Facebook account, including images, within the signature and allows users to access the posts directly via hyperlinks.
Select an option below to view the related instructions:
To access the Facebook Feed signature element:
- Open your signature in the Signature Designer.
For more information, see how to select a signature to edit.
- From the toolbox, expand Social Feeds and select the Facebook Feed element.
The Facebook Feed element is found in the Social Feeds section of the toolbox.
To add a Facebook Feed element to the signature:
- Drag and drop the Facebook Feed element onto your canvas.
Drag the element to where you would it to be on the canvas.
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If you have not connected an account in Integrations, the Facebook Social Feed window is displayed.
EITHER:
Select Change Facebook Settings to connect a Facebook page to your Exclaimer account. This will redirect you to the Integrations section of Exclaimer and and changes to your signature template will not be saved.OR
Select Continue without connecting to add an unconnected placeholder element to the signature. This will not show any Facebook content.
The Facebook Feed window. This appears if you have not connected an account.
The connected Facebook Feed displays and links to the latest three posts from the chosen Facebook page, depending on the number of posts available.
For more information on connecting Facebook pages to your Exclaimer account, see our resources on Integrations in Facebook Social Feed.NOTE: If there are no images in your posts, then no images will be displayed in your signature. - To change the connected Facebook account, expand the Facebook Social Feed section in the Properties pane and select CHANGE FACEBOOK SETTINGS.
WARNING! Selecting CHANGE FACEBOOK SETTINGS will redirect you to the Integrations page WITHOUT saving your template.
Select CHANGE FACEBOOK SETTINGS to redirect to the Integrations page.
To delete a Facebook Feed
- Select the element on the canvas.
- Select Delete from the Properties pane.
The Delete button is found in the Properties pane. You may need to close Properties sections to view it.
Facebook Social Feed properties
Facebook Social Feed properties are used to determine whether you wish to display the images in your signature.
Show Title | Select On or Off to toggle visibility of post titles in connected Facebook posts. |
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Show Images | Select On or Off to toggle the visibility of images in connected Facebook posts. |
Configure |
Facebook account: Displays which Facebook account is connected to the element.
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CHANGE FACEBOOK SETTINGS |
Select to add or remove the selected Facebook pages, or log into another account. |
Text properties
Text properties are used to determine the appearance of any text within your social feed.
Font Family | Select a font from the dropdown menu. The default font style is Inherit - select this font style to allow your text to inherit a font style from the parent element. |
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Font size | Select or enter a font size in pixels (px) or points (pt). The default font size is Inherit - select this font size to allow your text to inherit a font size from the parent element. |
Text Color |
Select or enter a color for selected text.
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Visibility properties
Visibility properties are used to adjust when the item appears.
Always visible | Select to ensure the item is always visible in the signature. |
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Visible when | Select to set conditions under which an item becomes visible. |
Alignment properties
Alignment properties are used to determine the horizontal and vertical alignment of the item.
Horizontal | Select Left, Center, or Right to set the horizontal alignment. |
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Vertical | Select Top, Center, or Bottom to set the vertical alignment. |
Border properties
Border properties are used to set borders on the item.
All | Check All the same to enable the All border properties. Select line style, line width, and line colour to apply to all sides of the item. |
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Left / Right / Top /Bottom | Uncheck All the same to enable individual border properties for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. Select line style, line width, and line colour to apply to each side of the item. |
Padding properties
Padding properties are used to define spacing for the item.
All | Check All the same to enable the All padding properties. Enter either a pixel or point value to apply padding to all sides of the item. |
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Left / Right / Top /Bottom | Uncheck All the same to enable individual padding values for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. Enter either a pixel or point value to apply padding to each side of the item. |
Render properties
Render properties are used to determine how the element is rendered in messages.
Normal | Select to render the element in HTML. |
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Bitmap | Select to render the element as a bitmap image. NOTE: In bitmap signatures, any externally linked images will be embedded into the signature, and text will not wrap if the field size is set to auto. |