Good Morning, Social Rabbit here with your guide to the world of social media.
Today Rabbit lovers I will explain how you with very little technical skill can add a welcome/landing tab to your Facebook page.
1. Log into Facebook so that you are an admin for the page you want to add the tab to
2. In Facebook search for the “Static FBML” application, when you have found it go to it and click on “add to my page” choose your page from the list click on “add” then close it – see the image below….
3.Go to your page and click on EDIT MY PAGE
4.Find the static FBML app in the list of applications and click on “edit”
5.Open a new tab in whatever internet program you’re using and go to Flickr.com. If you don’t have an account open one (it’s free) or sign in if you have an account, upload the image you want for your landing tab – this MUST be as a jpeg.
6.Click on “share” and get the HTML code, copy the code as below
7. Go back to your Facebook tab where you have the FBML window open
8. Choose a title for your tab eg Welcome and write in the the small top box, then paste the code from Flickr into the big FBML box and hit “save changes”.
This will only give you an image, no link through to a website, so it is really a quick and dirty option. To change the image link see 8B below. If you have great graphic design skills you can make sure that a) it fills the space (520 wide by from 0 high) and b) include text.
8.B The code below is what you have pasted from Flickr, if you don’t want a link on your image then delete the section highlighted in red (but obviously in your code). If you want a link to NOT go to Flickr then change the http://…… section in the red text to where you want it to link to, make sure you don’t delete the “” as they are needed.
<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/socialrabbit/4900378406/” title=”$10 Off by Social Rabbit, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4900378406_4cd7542809.jpg” width=”500″ height=”400″ alt=”$10 Off” /></a>
9. When you have done this you need to back into the backend of your page and change your wall settings so that new fans land on this tab.
If you want to add more tabs you can just repeat as above. I look forward to seeing them all popping up! If you try this tell me your thoughts below in the comments.
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it was very interesting to read.
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
Hi Nosetinker,
Thanks for the comment, fine for you to quote my post in your blog as long as you link it back to my blog
SR
it was very interesting to read http://www.socialrabbit.net
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
Hi Torrua,
Please feel free to quote my blog in your post. The Twitter account is @SocialRabbit
SR
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I attended your webinar yesterday and didn’t even know you could add a landing page. I am very new at all this, I haven’t even worked out how to add the like button yet. Thank you for your help, now I am inspired to do more.
Hi Melissa,
Thanks for the comment, great to hear that you are enhancing your page.
SR
At step 2 I am not getting any options to choose my page…any suggestions. I’m pleased to find instructions on this. thanks for your help.
Hi Birgit,
You need to be an admin for your page, if you are then it will show up.
SR
well I musn’t be…how do I go about setting that up?
Thanks again.
b
Hi Birgit,
Some questions..
Did you set up the Facebook page?
Are you sure that you have a page and not a group?
This is not really something that is a quick answer over email, please post your page link on the Social Rabbit Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/socialrabbit and then I will look at it and respond.
Thanks
SR
Thanks for sharing this info. I just tried it and got an image up (very exciting) but in the process have realised that I need some content on the image to make it relevant! Still very exciting!
Great to hear Francesca
Social Rabbit,
I clicked on Like when I first hit your FB page but it didn’t lead me to the free ebook. Not sure what happened there…
Hi Jodie,
That’s strange, I have just checked and both images are there. So when you like the page the image will change on the welcome tab, you then click on this and it takes you to the free tips.
Thanks,
SR
Thanks for that! I just created my welcome page: http://www.facebook.com/wedding.photographer.sydney
Will keep looking around your website to try to found others helpfull stufs.
Cheers,
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