Connecting Social Networks
Summary
The video explains how to connect social media accounts to Senegal for social posting, a task that requires system administrator access. In system settings, under the “social networks” section, administrators can link social media accounts, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Instagram is connected through Facebook, and during the Facebook setup, users will be prompted to link Instagram as well. The process involves logging into each platform and authorizing Senegal to post on your behalf. Once completed, connected accounts will appear in the social network settings, showing their connection status.
Transcript
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We’re going to talk about how to connect your social media accounts to Senegal so that you can take advantage of the social posting component. You need to be a system administrator to do this. You’ll click the icon on the far right and go to system settings, and then under system you’ll see social networks. Click that and then you’ll be able to connect. You see we have a number of them already in the system. You’ll be able to connect to your social network, pick the social network that you want. You’ll notice you don’t see Instagram here, and that’s because Instagram is tied to Facebook. So as you go through connecting your Facebook account, it’ll ask you if you also want to connect your Instagram account. You’ll go through the steps. Once you click into it, it’s going to take you to that social media platform and it’s going to ask you to log in and each of the different platforms have a series of screens to walk you through connecting and authorising the Senegal platform to publish posts that you put in Senegal to that particular network. Once you’re done, it’ll take you back to the social network screen and you’ll be able to see all the networks that you have connected and how they’re connected All.