Chayns: Create a free app for your own Facebook page
With Chayns you can easily create an app for your own Facebook page. We'll show you what requirements your site has to meet, how to create and personalize the app.
First hurdle: meet the requirements for your own app
In order to create your own app with Chayns, you have to meet a few requirements. Only then will you be permitted to install the Facebook application on a Facebook page that you manage:
- Your page must have more than 100 fans. This is to ensure that your site is legitimate and to prevent Apple and Google stores from being flooded with applications.
- Your page must have more than five posts. Again, only regularly used pages should be allowed for the development of an app.
- As a last requirement, your page must have at least two photo albums and a cover picture. If you have less, you can quickly add additional content to your page to meet the requirement.
Install Chayns on your own Facebook page
If you meet the requirement, you can start right away by creating an app for your own Facebook page:
- Open the Chayns website and click on "Set up now". Confirm the app's access to your Facebook profile, where you have administrator rights for the desired page.
- Now select the Facebook page for which the app is to be created in the selection menu and click on "Next".
- You are now advised that a new button can now be found on your Facebook page, which you can use to access the administration area for the app creation of Chayns. Click on "Open Facebook Page".
- Click on the "chayns Apps" tab on your Facebook page to continue creating your own app.
Basic settings on the app for your Facebook page
Before your app is developed and then also lands in the various app stores, you have to make a number of basic settings:
- Click "Next" to set a program icon for your app in the first step. It will later be displayed not only as a logo in the stores, but also as an icon on the smartphone. Click on "Upload file", select a file on your PC and wait until your icon is displayed. If necessary, you can still adjust the image section, otherwise click on "Next".
- Enter a meaningful, but short and suitable name for your app. Note that you can use a maximum of 12 characters. Confirm with "Next".
- Choose a color scheme that suits your app. You should pay attention to the color design of your Facebook page and if possible choose a scheme that corresponds to your overall appearance on the Internet. When you have decided on one of the seven suggestions, click on "Next".
- Describe your app in a few sentences. Do not only explain who you are, but also show what your app can do. Your text will later be used as a description for the stores. With "Next" you get to the last point.
- Enter your name, address and email address in the appropriate fields and click "Next." Then finish the creation of your app with "Finish". If your app meets all the requirements for development, it will usually be uploaded to the app stores within the next 5-15 days.
Add more content to the free app
Your freshly created app only has a few functions. The Facebook entries on your page are displayed and pushed if you wish, you can view your pictures and have contact details and an imprint displayed. If you wish, you can add some additional content to your app. To do this, go to the admin area of the app creation by clicking on the Chayns application on your Facebook page.
- Add a start picture to your app that is shown to the user every time the app starts. To do this, click "Settings", "Smartphone apps", "Appearance" and "Start picture". It is best to prepare a graphic in HD (for example 720 x 1280 pixels) and select your desired picture with "Upload".
- You can add further menu items to your app via the TappStore. In the admin area click on "Tap management" and then the TappStore button. For example, to satisfy football fans among your app users, select the "Table" supplement under "Sport". Click "Install" and optionally choose a favorite club, which is highlighted in the presentation of the Bundesliga table in your app. In order to display the new menu item in the app, you have to set the visibility to "Public" in the tap management in the admin area. To do this, click on the gear icon in the "Table" row and select "Public".
- Do the same if you want to integrate your own HTML content into your app. Click on "TappStore" in the admin area and then on the TappStore button. Under "Content" you will find the addition "Web page". Click on "Install", enter a name for the menu item and confirm with "Install". In the tap management you can now select an icon for your menu item as well as a URL as a data source, which is then loaded dynamically in your app. For example, you can offer text content, entire websites or widgets from manufacturers such as "SoundCloud" in your app.
- Play with the different settings and personalize your app as much as possible to make it as attractive as possible for your users.
Alternatively, you can develop your app yourself. We'll show you what options you have for Android.