[Facebooker-talk] Facebook Test Accounts

[Christopher Bailey]

The key to it (I wrote the below referenced blog entry), is to add the app
to the test accounts before they are test accounts.  But, honestly, things
on FB may have changed since I wrote that (yes, they change fast!).  What I
found was, I add my app to my "regular" FB account.  I set it so only devs
can see it, etc.  I then make some "test" accounts, but don't actually use
the URL that makes them a test account yet.  I then have all of them add the
app (make those test accounts developers of the app first).  Finally, when
that's all set up, you can make them test accounts.
The whole test user thing on FB is pretty bad, actually, it's terrible to be
honest.  They put all sorts of limits and weird behaviors on it, and it
makes it hard to use, as well as makes it far less useful because you can't
interact with those accounts as well.

NOte, if you already made test accounts, you can "undo" that by removing
them from the test group/network (can't recall precisely).  So, if you need,
undo them, then add the app, then make them test accounts again.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Dustin Anderson <dkanderson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I apologize if this isn't relevant necessarily to facebooker, but I'm
> trying to figure out what everyone is using as a best practice for
> setting up test apps & test accounts.
>
> Basic question - how can I use Facebook test user accounts to add an
> app that is in Developer Mode (the box is checked in the App Settings
> that says "Check this box to only allow developers of the application
> to install the application.")?
>
> I followed the instructions from this post:
>
> http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/02/testing-facebook-applications-with-test.html
>
> And it didn't work... the application disappeared completely from the
> original owner's "My Apps" listings after adding the test user as a
> developer and changing the test user to be in the Facebook Test Users
> Network.
>
> The wiki (
> http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php?title=Test_Accounts)
> has a ton of complaints about this problem - with seemingly no
> resolution, but I'm wondering if anyone has figured it out... or if
> I'm missing something.
>
> Do I have to develop an app in non-Developer Mode if I want to use
> test accounts?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dustin
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