Publish a Facebook Album (Distributed User)

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From within the Sprinklr platform, you can add multiple photos to Facebook and publish as a Facebook Album. Facebook Albums help you categorize images within Facebook, organizing your images into distinct groups that can be viewed by your fans.

Publishing a Facebook Album lets you utilize this Facebook tool while taking advantage of Sprinklr's ability to report on the engagement rate of the album as a whole and by individual images. 

Note:

The Facebook album cover is set as the first photo uploaded. To set an image as the album cover, that image must be the first photo uploaded to the album.

Before You Begin 

  • Due to an API limitation, you can't create a new album in the Sprinklr. You can publish an album that is already created.
  • Sprinklr counts each photo in a Facebook Album as an individual post. This is because each photo added to Facebook will have a different set of engagements;
    • Additionally, the album itself will have its own set of engagements.
    • Separate entities are shown in the Editorial Calendar.
    • The reporting data is calculated separately to give the best insight into the album's complete performance as well as the engagement data on individual images. 

To Publish a Facebook Album

  1. Log into the Distributed environment.
  2. Click the Publisher icon clipboard_eb6a2b380b75418e0d8ec20472651c812.png in the bottom right corner.
  3. In the Create Post window, select your Facebook Page where you want to publish. You can also use Advanced Search to narrow your searches by a series of different filters.
  4. Select the Type of Message as Album from the drop-down menu. 
  5. Select the Album Name from the drop-down menu.
  6. In the Album Description, you will be able to view the description of the Facebook Album added natively. 

    Note

    You can't edit the Album Description. 

    Selecting Album Name and view Album Description for Facebook Album
  7. Click Select Photo to add a photo from the Media Uploader (or Upload Photo to select media to upload from your device).Uploading Photo to select media to upload from your device
  8. To add a photo description, enter the text in the Write photo description here... message space alongside the photo.
  9. To add an alt text for the photo, enter the text in the Write alt text here... message space which is down to the photo.


    Tip 

    • Keep in mind that this alt text will only be read if someone is using a screen reader to access Facebook.
    • Alt Text functionality is available for Facebook Album and Post.
    Entering the alt text for the photo
  10. If you wish to add more photos in the album, click baseline_add_black_18dp.pngAdd Another Photo.
  11. Select Tags and Social Bars from the drop-down menu respectively.
  12. You can select URL Shortener to shorten every link that you paste in your message. This helps you make the most of the character limit.
  13. Apply Properties to the post.
  14. Under Approval, set an Approval Type for your post. You can also add an ApprovaNote.
  15. The preview of the post will render on the right pane. Also, you can click the Preview icon Space_Icon_Preview.png in the bottom left corner if you have minimized the Create Post window.


    Tip 

    Both Mobile and Desktop preview is available for Facebook Album.

  16. Click Post in the bottom right corner to publish the post on the selected Facebook Page immediately. If you are not ready to publish and want to save your post as a draft, click Save as Draft.
  17. You can also schedule your post for a future date and time by clicking the  Schedule Post in the bottom right corner. Select the month, date, and time of publishing. Click Apply to save your changes. 
  18. To continue publishing the post, check the given Publish Another box in the bottom.