MM5.5 Facebook Sharing Configuration

This page contains a description of how to configure the DAM Center to allow users to share assets and collections from MM5.

Creating a Facebook Developer Account

If you already have a Facebook Developer Account, which can be used to make the configuration, you can skip to section 11.2.

It is recommended to have one Facebook Developer Account per client.

If you don't have a Facebook Developer Account, please do the following:

  1. Make sure that you are not logged in with a Facebook account, which you don't want to use for the configuration.
  2. Open a browser and navigate to: https://developers.facebook.com/
  3. Press "Get Started". 
  4. Create a new account or log in with the account, you want to use.
  5. If you are prompted for your role, select "Developer".

Getting an App ID

When you are logged in with a Facebook Developer Account, navigate to https://developers.facebook.com/.

Then do the following:

  1. Create a new app in the menu in the top right corner.
  2. Give your application a name and press "Create App ID" (e.g. "Digizuite Media Manager 5")
  3. Go to "Settings" in the left-hand menu and select "Basic".
  4. Go to the bottom of the page and press "Add Platform"
  5. Select "Website"
  6. In the field "Site URL" type in the base URL of the Media Manager 5 you want to enable Facebook sharing for.
  7. Go to the top of the page and type in the same URL as in 6. in the field "App Domains".
  8. Type in "https://www.digizuite.com/privacypolicy" in the "Privacy Policy URL" field.
  9. Press "Save Changes
  10. Press the "OFF" button at the top, select an arbitrary category, and press "Confirm". The status should now be "Live".
  11. Click the "APP ID" at the top of the screen, which copies the APP ID.


Configuring the DAM Center

  1. Navigate to the DAM Center being used.
  2. Find the configs file for the MM5 installation that is being configured.
  3. Paste the copied APP ID into the config field "Facebook App ID"
  4. Save the changes.


Users will now be able to share assets and collections from the given MM5 installation.