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        • Dan-Lawrence
          Dan-Lawrence last edited by

          Hi

          Im trying to use the invite friends feature on Facebook pages to send a page invite to some email contacts, as per #3 in this SME recent post of FB tips: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/five-lesser-known-facebook-page-features-for-marketers

          However whenever i click the 'invite friends' option the dialogue box swirls for a bit then disapears and nothing whatsoever happens, not just not being able to see invite email options but nothing at all happens, the loading box just disapears.

          Does anyone know if this is a current know issue bug or other way of doing this so it works ? (I have tried on 3 different pages)

          Many Thanks

          Dan

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            Dan-Lawrence @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

            also ive checked with some other page admins and they are definatly not seeing that drop down option for this or other pages they are admins for

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              Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

              nothing happens when i press print screen 😕 not having much luck with anything today am i 🙂

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                DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                uhmm... I used keyboard. a print screen button.

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                  Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                  i use awsome screenshot and it wont capture drop down menu annoyingly !!

                  what screenshot soft did you use and ill try that ?

                  cheers

                  dan

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                    DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                    I reeeeeally doubt that.

                    Now, what are you seeing? attach a screenshot

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                    • Dan-Lawrence
                      Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                      thanks again Dmitri but i definately don't see that option. Since i don't do you agree this could be being phased out ?

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                        DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                        See the screenshot below.

                        Lz1mNiL

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                          Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                          Im not seeing it anywhere on that drop down list and have checked a couple of other pages i manage too and its just not there, do you think its being phased out and already has been for some users (also as per the penultimate comment on that SME article thread) ?

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                            DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                            Oh, that's when you click on that three dots icon, it's right below "invite friends".

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                              Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                              Good stuff Dimiti 🙂 thanks for that !!

                              All good up until point 5 where i dont see a 'suggest page' option , where do you see that in the list of friends after you click invite friends or somewhere else ?

                              all best

                              dan

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                                DmitriiK @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                                Ok, I figured it out.

                                There is a misleading and not full info on the article you linked to.

                                So, to make it work you gotta:

                                1. log out, log in as yourself;
                                2. on LEFT side column find the business page
                                3. then on cover photo, by "message" click three dots icon
                                4. click "invite friends" if you want to invite friends
                                5. click "suggest page", if you want to use email uploads

                                Works like a charm

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                                  Dan-Lawrence @DmitriiK last edited by

                                  HI Dimitri

                                  yes i have also tried firefox and same issue , the loading box pops up and swirls around a bit (to indicate a dialogue box is about to load) but then just disapears.

                                  I presume if pop ups were not enabled the dialogue box would not even begin to load ?

                                  cheers

                                  dah

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                                    DmitriiK last edited by

                                    Hi.

                                    Have you tried in different browsers? do you have pop-ups enabled?

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