[Facebooker-talk] Facebook Test Accounts

[Ken Schroeder]

BEWARE!

I just converted a test account back to a regular account and added the user
as a friend, then a developer, then added the app to the previously  marked
test account.  When that process was done everything seemed fined so I
changed it back to a test account.  When I did that my application
disappeared. It's gone under my personal developers tab as well as everyone
else that is a real developer.  Seems I need in touch with Facebook support
as I can't access it at all since it was in developer mode.

 To convert test account from Test Account Status you need to Leave the
Facebook Platform Developer Test Accounts network under the test Account ->
Networks Tab.  Once you do that as Chris suggested you can make the test
user your friend, then add it to the developers list and add the app.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Christopher Bailey <chris at cobaltedge.com>
wrote:

> Actually, even FB's docs essentially indicate that that is ok, and that
> designating it a test account is more of a way of ensuring your account
> won't get nuked for reasons they deem ungood(tm!).
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:10 PM, BJ Clark <bjclark at scidept.com> wrote:
>
> > You guys didn't hear this from me, but you can just make fake users that
> > aren't "test" users.Turns out, with like, however millions of people, a
> > few can sneak by.
> >
> > Just don't create hundreds or thousands to inflate your install #s.
> >
> > BJ Clark
> >
> >
> > On Apr 20, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Christopher Bailey wrote:
> >
> > 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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