Create Public/Private Reply

In short, Public Reply refers to the message which the bot will reply in your post's comment section. Private Reply refers to the message which the bot, on behalf of the page, will inbox users privately.

For this section, you will learn how to connect the chatbot to your Facebook posts on Stella.

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What is your Result?

Public reply

Private reply

Property	Description
Successful Result	You will be able to connect the chatbot to your Facebook post, and successfully receive a Public Reply and a Private Reply.

You may also right click Save As to download a sample result tree here to cross check with your chatbot!

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Getting Hands-on

Create a Public/Private Reply Node

1. Create a new tree and name it as Hidden Menu Public/Private Reply Tree. Check out the previous level if you forgot how to create a tree.

2. Then, create the first node of this tree. Fill in the node details. Check out the previous level if you forgot how to create a node.

Create new tree & new node

3. Create a trigger under the type Facebook Comment.

4. Select your channel and input the Post ID.

5. Fill in the comment keywords "Hidden menu" as you specify on the post.

Create a Facebook comment trigger

6. Create a response under the type Public Reply.

Create a Public Reply

Fill in the Public Reply content

7. Add another message response, this time create it under the type Facebook Like Comment. It means the bot will like the user comment as the page.

Like comment as page

8. Then add another message response and under the message type Quick Reply to invite users to click and receive your special menu.

Fill in the Private Reply content

You can also create the private reply in other message types, including button and carousel.

9. Save your response after you have created both the public reply and the private reply.

10. Add "Save Composite ID" and save your first node.

11. Create a Global Node that will redirect back to this first node. Check out the previous level if you forgot how to create a global node.

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Create a Child Node to Send Hidden Menu

12. Then, repeat the same steps to create the child node to send out the hidden menu.

Create a child node to send hidden menu

12. Create the payload trigger "HIDDEN_MENU".

Create payload trigger

13. Create the button response for the hidden menu.

Create button response for hidden menu

14. Add "Save Composite ID" and save your child node.

15. Create a Global Node that will redirect back to this child node.

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Add Tree into Channel

16. Go to your corresponding channel and add back the tree you have just created for this public/private bot. Remember to select the global node and click "Save".

Add back the chatbot tree

17. You should now have connected the mini-chatbot to your Facebook post. Go to comment on the draft post and check if you can get a successful result 🎉