iMacros Help with Facebook posting

[pegasus2218]

Hi guys,

So just a quick up front disclaimer: I'm not a total idiot, but I've been giving iMacros a shot ever since I started delving into Facebook. I spend far too much of my day uploading ads, and I think automation is the way to go for this. I know there's a program that already does this (FB AdsManager), but I've started down this road and just need some help completing it.

I'm running iMacros for Firefox on a Mac. I'm trying to write a macro that will pull a bunch of data from a CSV file and input it into the appropriate fields in Facebook, and - here's the kicker - upload a different image each time.

I don't believe in just asking for handouts, and since this is the automation section I'd like to offer non-automated services in exchange for some help. If you've got the inclination to look over what I've done so far and have some content that needs writing, I'm positive we could work something mutually beneficial out.

Thanks.

 

[gutterseo]

Just a guess but I reckon you need to put the path to the image into your csv and use the macro to feed it into the correct field in the upload form before its submitted.

 

[pegasus2218]

+rep gutterseo. I was having an issue with the path in the .csv file... until I realized I was using the wrong file extension for the images, .png instead of .jpg.

Now I have it set up so that it draws from a folder that's already got some automator actions running in it that rename and resize the files ahead of time.

Only thing I can't figure out is that I'll basically have to either rewrite the iMacro or use a different datasource for each campaign... any more thoughts?

 

[gutterseo]

Sorry for being late getting back to you. Do you not just store the path to the image in your csv, then for subsequent campaigns just use a csv in the same format but with the new data?

 

[TBoneAZ]

Gutterseo is right you should have all of your information in an excel file. Use the macro to click in each cell to copy and paste. At the end of the macro click on the down arrow to lower the cell one row. When it repeats itself it will pull the data from the next line.