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Customization will always make you stand out from the rest of the world, the same rule applies on Facebook as there are more than 400 million active users.By now you may be well aware of Facebook fan page which is used for promoting business online on Facebook. But just creating a simple fan page won’t help you get the fan following you want. With this article I will be sharing with you some of the most basic tips that you can implement right away & customize your fan page within few minutes, using some applications and codes.
An application which should be implemented by most of the fan-page owners. Static FBML is really simple to implement and can be used to do various modifications on Facebook Fan Page. FBML supports pure HTML & CSS.
We will use Static FBML to create customized Fan page for Facebook.
Now we will add some code that will transform your fan page completely.
Landing or Welcome Page is the first page you see when you visit a new fan page encouraging user to click on the Like button. Creating a Landing page really simple & I will share the step by step guide on how you can do it easily.
In previous step you have already installed the Static FBML application now you need to create a welcome page image that will encourage users to click on the like button. You can do it easily in Photoshop or any similar applications.
When creating the image “Do remember that image’s width should be of 520px” the height does not matter but it would be good if you keep it of appropriate length.
1.Create an image with width 520px & appropriate height in Photoshop or similar application.
2.Create a folder name FB at your server & upload the image in that folder.
3.Now Navigate to your fan page & click on Edit Page tab below the Fan Page’s Profile Image.
4.Locate your FBML application & click on Edit.
5.Now you will see a similar window like the image below.
6.Now add an appropriate title like Welcome or your blog name anything you prefer.
In FBML part just add the following code.
<img src =”http://yourwebsite.com/FB/imagename.jpg”>
If you want to add link to the image just add the following code
<a href=”http://yourwebsite.com”> src =”http://yourwebsite.com/FB/imagename.jpg”></a>
You can also use text after the image with some HTML tags like h1, h2,, etc as done in 1st Web designer Facebook fan page.
7.Once you are done click on save changes & now navigate to your Fan Page you will see a new tab with the title you have written, by clicking on that tab you will see your image in that page.
8.Now to set your new page as default landing page you need to click on the edit page tab as we have done in step 3 & locate wall settings then set your default landing page to new page.
You are all done with creating a new & improved version of your fan page. We will add some more code to fan page to make it more personalized so keep reading further.
If you use feedburner to manage your feeds you can easily add subscriber form to your fan page by getting the code under the Subscription management in your feedburner account.
Now navigate to your FBML application and then click on edit & then click on add another FBML box.
After adding the FBML box, enter title subscribe & paste the code from the feedburner into that box & now you are all done.
If you want that box to be appearing in the sidebar or the wall just click on the tab & select move to wall tab & then it will be appearing on your fan page’s wall. Similarly you can add contact form to the fan page as well.
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How to Add Google Analytics to Your Facebook Fan Page
7 FBML examples to rock your Facebook fan page
How to Put a Contact Form in a Facebook Fan Page
If you are not comfortable using FBML, then still you can customize your fan page using various applications. This application makes easier to share photos, Videos, Files, Twitter updates & lots of other stuff depending on your needs. There are large number of applications that will help you with your fan page. Below are some of the effective applications that will help you get your work done easily.
This is really useful application if you want to integrate live chat room to your fan-page. It is free application & allows users to create chat rooms & invite other friends to chat. It is great way to encourage users of the page to communicate with each other & increase the level of interactivity of the page.
If you sell products online then ShopTab is perfect application for you to showcase & sell you products through fan-page. ShopTab is premium application so you need to pay monthly charges.
Involver provides professional application for your Facbook Fanpage which you can install with a single click. The involver has large application gallery which has RSS Feed, Twitter, YouTube Channel, Photo Gallery & many more applications. With the free account you can install only two applications.
Tigerlily application is easy to implement & its has content management systems of its own which is easily controlled from fan-page. In Tigerlily CMS free version you can easily add different modules like text editor, video, image, twitter, RSS Feed, MP3 player, flickr & podcast.
With Poll Daddy application you can create polls which you can share it on your fan page to get feedbacks from the users & increase their participation on the fan page.
Hope you found the post useful & informative, If you have other useful applications or FBML tricks to share then feel free to mention them in comments.
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Friday, March 16th, 2012 03:39
But can you tell me how to and counting system in Facebook comment.
Sunday, February 12th, 2012 10:28
this is very useful for me to make my facebook fan page much attractive. Thank you very much.
Friday, January 27th, 2012 04:45
In static FBML, Can you add a second tab? I created one effortless (my welcome/landing page) Id like to add a tab for my blog & I cant figure out how to add a second.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 20:04
Is Static FBML even available any more? when I go to the page you linked there is nothing. Just a regular but empty facebook page. Has facebook disabled this app or am I totally missing something?
Sunday, February 26th, 2012 18:29
It IS still available, they just kind of MOVED (read:hid) it. If you search for it, you can find it somehow. Some place called “Hike”, I think, makes it or similar (this is the first time I’ve tried it so I don’t know what it WAS like). Also, you’re not really making “tabs” across the top, with the one I use anyway. It just adds them as menu items on the left. What I’d like to find out is if there is anyway to either get rid of or “hide” the bars on the left and right, I’d prefer to be able to use MOST of the page anyway!
Saturday, December 31st, 2011 11:11
Nice article, kepp posting
I must activate this in my blog http://www.odishajobs.in and http://www.newodisha.blogspot.com
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 03:18
Really great information that I needed considering I’m just starting with my facebook fan page. I really liked the Involver b/c it integrates so many functions.
Friday, December 9th, 2011 02:24
Excellent post. Step by step guide really helps me a lot. Am really don’t know how to move my step into facebook but this post gives me a tremendous boost. Thanks a lot.
Saturday, December 10th, 2011 01:22
agree. Great job. Now if you could tell me how to add color to my FB? that everyone can see, not just me? =)
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 04:43
oh .. i have already get the FBML app .. my problem now is that what is a feedburner ? im stuck here :(
how to get the code under the Subscription management in my feedburner account. i have no feedburner :((
help please .. just a new guy here .. thanks ..
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 04:24
hey .. i cant find the my FBML application .. im done adding that to my page .. where can i locate that app so that i wouls be able to edit FBML .. thanks ! :(
Monday, December 5th, 2011 12:32
excellent stuff and well writen! Thumb up to you bro!
Friday, November 25th, 2011 04:54
Very interesting post. Never thought customizing facebook page can be this easy. Thanks for sharing.
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 23:04
thanks for the information that is helpful
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 05:45
Brilliant post. This clearly describes how to do customize my fan page. The information provided here can help anyone with very basic knowledge creating a really good and functional fanbook page…
Monday, October 24th, 2011 20:46
Thank you for this helpful information on how to go about with ethically building professional facebook fan pages. God bless you. Website bookmarked.
Monday, October 24th, 2011 06:26
Everything has worked up to “Edit Wall Settings.” That appears nowhere on my Edit Page selections. Any suggestions?
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 17:00
Facebook will Turn Off all FBML on June 01, 2012. Transition to iFrames Now! Last year, Facebook announced its plan to deprecate FBML as a Facebook page administration platform over time. This March, it followed up this statement with the announcement of a full transition to iFrames, phasing out FBML. Since March, page admins have not been able to create any new FBML apps, but apps which were already in existence remained functional until the deprecation was scheduled to begin. Facebook announced at f8 the official deprecation date of all FBML endpoints: June 1, 2012. This is the date when any remaining FBML modules inside of Facebook will cease to function. As the time has come to fully transition to iFrames and depart from the FBML standard completely, PandaCMS is a FREE iFrame software and can do the same as the old FBML
Saturday, October 8th, 2011 06:24
This is not working any more?? I tried a lot. But couldn’t apply this to my blog.
Monday, September 19th, 2011 05:05
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011 13:52
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011 22:53
May this post is verry old,
why i can’t find a newer. Much changed 2011 in Facebook and new possibilitys come up!
I would like to read something new about rich text static apps for fanpages.
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 18:19
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Dave Johnson
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 14:58
Awesome article with some great tips. If you aren’t using these tips to build a more interactive fan page, you’re nuts. Contrary to what some people believe, social media, especially Facebook, is not a marketing fad. It is here to stay and if you don’t jump on the bandwagon soon, you will miss this awesome opportunity.
Divyesh
Friday, October 8th, 2010 08:59
thanks for help.
thanks
Divyesh
Johanna
Saturday, September 25th, 2010 04:08
This is such a GREAT article—thank you!!! Question for you—I have seen people post on a fan page from their own fan page. Every time I post, it shows up as my personal page. I would really like to post on certain fan pages as my business, not personal fb—do you know how to make this happen?
Joey
Saturday, September 25th, 2010 15:00
Hi. Thanks for the article. I am using it right now on my facebook fan page. How do i make the picture wide enough to cover both or atleast the left sidebar? I want the sidebar to b hidden when I click on the fbml tab
Rachel
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 20:15
I have a quick question for you, I have a welcome page on my facebook fanpage and I’m wanting to promote our business with video content. Is there any way we can add video to our welcome page instead of a picture?
Nikunj
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 07:28
If you need custom url for your fan-page you should atleast have 25 fans after that when you are logged in your account use the following url: http://facebook.com/username
smagnesen
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 19:35
My image is not showing up… I’ve tried using my mobile me server and also dropbox.com and neither public links work. I have put the link into a browser and the image shows up but when I put it in the FBML box with the link it doesn’t work. :( Help?
Preeti
Friday, March 11th, 2011 08:47
Hello,
I am facing the same problem. The image link is working when I test it, but when I put it as an HTML code in the box and save, its not turning up! Please help somebody!
Jen Nifer
Thursday, November 18th, 2010 04:18
How do you add your twitter feed on your fan page?
Jason Padvorac
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 07:17
Hi Nikunj!
I’m sure you’ve heard that Facebook is going to deprecate Static FBML. :’(
I’ve used it a lot, and like it, so I decided to make a replacement for it: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=190322544333196
It’s basically the same, except it uses the new iframe pages so any valid markup works.
Cheers!
Danette
Monday, April 4th, 2011 04:52
Great post – with the development of facebook, so many more applications are available to grow one’s business presence. Static HTML is a great replacement for the static fbml pages.
Faady
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 13:44
I need small help I created a application page on facebook there is a button on top it says “Go to App” I just want to link that button to my website pls help me thanks
Tom
Sunday, February 20th, 2011 10:02
Now everything is much easier and clear! thanks for share this tips and tricks
cassy
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 12:25
thanks it helped. but the static fmbl thingy , i have the photo already , but when i use it , it becomes so small
Dan Ingersoll
Thursday, November 25th, 2010 14:35
How do you add boxes to the sidebar of your fan page? I understand there used to be a “boxes” tab where you could do that, but now there isn’t.
When I go into the “Applications” on say “Video” and click “Edit Settings” it shows a box there, but it doesn’t show up on in the sidebar. How do you get applications into the sidebar and how do you organize them? Thanks,
Rm
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 10:13
I like this article!
Jyht319
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 02:24
i have tried using this application and other html boxes and none of these applications actually work on my page at all.i dont even see a save button on the second step…grrrrrr
Jon
Friday, January 28th, 2011 06:27
I downloaded the FBML and when the tab appears and I click the edit page, it always take me to the info. Any suggestions?
Mohit
Monday, September 13th, 2010 13:15
I want to add twitter app to my facebook fan page but I want to rename the tab under which it shows……is it possible and if yes, how?
Thanks
lean
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 06:10
still no images come out, something wrong with my link???
please help :(
thanks
Allen Cooper
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 05:50
Awesome tutorial. Thanks
rebecca
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 05:59
Thanks heaps!!!
Very useful article!
I just happened to be looking into FBML when i came across this article in my regular blogs.
I have been trying to customise both my personal fan page and the one for work, so thanks heaps for this article!
I have tweeted and facebooked this link.
thanks again!
Nikunj Tamboli
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 17:16
Glad to know the article helped you. Thanks for the tweet & share :)
Dan
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 04:31
Cool, I didn’t realize how customizable Facebook pages were. Thanks for showing!
Dan
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 21:15
Very informative. I can’t wait to try the FMLB.
boom
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 03:09
Default Landing Tab is not working.
I set the default landing tab to new page but the Wall page is still the default landing tab.
Michael Alperstein
Friday, July 9th, 2010 04:45
@boom It’s possible that the default tab is just not working for you, because you are the admin. But it might be working for someone else who lands there for the first time. I am pretty sure that is what is going on.
and @Nikunj, thanks for the great info!
Nikunj Tamboli
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 17:19
@boom
If the Fan Page you have created is new & does not have enough people giving a like to it then its possible that you cannot set your default landing page.
Hussein Gaber
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 01:46
amazing tutorial :)