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Anyone know how to undo the update once it has been made to the Fan Page? Or what others are doing to save the custom tabs?
Will the "like" button still be in the same place?
The width of the main content area has been reduced yet again - this is a big pain for custom tabs so I would recommend previewing before upgrading. I am also trying to find out the exact size of the new content area - I measured it to 488-490px but am looking for confirmation. Does anyone know?
We have just changed our page to be the new and improved.
H - Custom tabs are still there and can still be your landing page
Overall i think this is a sweet opportunity for all to be involved in the brand.
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I just went thourgh the tour, looks like it dropps off the tabs? I have a landing page for mine if they are not already a fan, does this remain?
While there are some pluses I would like to see the ability to hide the Page Owners. I would also like the ability to choose which if any other Page Likes are displayed.
The center column is too small, the focus is now on advertising and not the page content which will impact the user experience. At least they could take the ads out of the center if the right hand side is now so big.
I was just talking about this today with a client, and wow, did they read my mind? This is great news!
Love it! I can "Like" my customers as my company rather than myself, post on walls, all that stuff. It does mean that companies will have to chose their admins more carefully though. Forgetting to "switch back" could cause serious damage.
Thanks so much for writing this up, it really helped explain stuff to me. It's going to take some getting used to but I think that by utilizing the wall for conversations & news - and not relying on gimmicky tabs that sometimes weren't a lot of substance - turned out to be a good thing. We'll see how I do with it!
Has anyone upgraded to the new page and received a notification yet about activity on their page? I have received some activity on my page, yet not received a notification for it. I wondering what time of activity they are referring to. Thanks!
I just wanted to take a moment and let you know how helpful that your advice has been. Your site is full of fantastic information. Thank you very much and keep up the good work!
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Thomas Francois
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Web Price Right
www.webpricedright.com
Finally! That's about all I have to say about that. Finally.
This is absolutely Awesome!
When we started with Facebook Fan pages we encountered these very issues! Thank you facebook team for the improvements.
This is really going to add some spice to overall Facebook strategy of businesses. With this desired freedom, business users can do lots of things that they wanted to do.
It's really exciting...
Kim, the width is now a max of 492px (had to reduce a couple of custom tabs as original width was 520px). It doesn't break the tab only cuts it on the right-hand side.
Then new format maintains your custom tabs so welcome/landing pages are not effected. The only difference is that the navigation for them is now in left hand column.
Given the short time to evaluate it looks like one of the more beneficial updates made for business users.
Just upgraded - it'll be nice to comment on other posts as your fan page. Other changes look promising too! Thanks for the tour.
This is a useful summary thanks. I blogged about this earlier, how it will help the charity I work for interact with supporters
Been waiting on this for two years - Thanks Mr. Zuckerberg!
We like the new design and garetful for your post Kipp which puts it into better human language than Fb use !
However being a fb newbie and having just about mastered how to build friend connects/fan base with the old design we've noticed the process in the new design is not clear. So our burning question is when importing email address book contacts do we stil have to select just personal friends or can we ask everybody to Like us now ?
Sadly, I think many facebook users will begin to "Hide All by..." as our Newsfeed just turned into spam.
One downside I found out - if you have FBML on your existing page then you are fine, but if you don't, or don't have an existing page by 3/15, then you will be out of luck, as FBML is going away at that time. iFrames are coming to Facebook. <sigh> Something new to learn!
These changes answer some of the frustrations we have had since starting on Facebook. Overall, I think it will improve the way we can interact with fans and potential fans of our page. Thanks Facebook.
This sounds like a great innovation and I look forward to being able to do business soon on Facebook. It has a huge potential for everyone. The better the products and services offered, the better Facebook will become.
Cassy.
As an 'about to be' new user of Facebook (business) I'm wondering if there is a danger in 'getting started' prematurely with a Facebook account before learning the 'ropes' or can I simply refine the page as I go?
In other words, "Will I risk scaring away potential fans because of the amateurish layout, graphics etc.?"
Many thanks for your opinion.
The new changes looks really helpful and better in terms of spreading pages links. However, I heard that this isn’t official until March 1, is it so?
Wow! This is a very nice improvement, I could really use something like this... Thanks for sharing this information...
The new design is just ok in my opinion. I'm not too big on the new look. But take a look at my website and see if we can help you with social media needs.
Hi, I don't understand how the admin showcase works.
I understood that now FB user can see page admins but if logged out I dont see my fan page admins.
Or maybe I just misunderstood and for "admins showcase" they just mean that now admins can see clearer and faster all the other page admnistrators?
Thank you for the support
So, I upgraded my facebook page right away, took the tour, drank the kool-aid. Then I tried to switch back to being "brindey" on facebook and the "identity-switch" page is blank. It won't let me switch back to me. Have you encountered that?
Hey, that is already working wonders...for your clients...
Thanks for bringing them out better than Facebook's tour itself.
Small is the New Big
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Great post, I also found it worked fine for a moment then you switch identity and get a blank page, also this morning the Like button doesn't work as a page. Tried in IE, Firefox and Chrome all the same.
It has allowed me to like certain pages as my page but not others. I was also hoping to be able to send invitations as the page, but you have to switch to do that too. However, I still think it is an improvement.
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@Brindley .... yes I've started to get the same problem when switching identity from Page back to Profile and also when clicking to use the Page as myself .... have you solved it yet ?
why am I seeing some comments in my email inbox that I'm not seeing on my page?
I would love to know the reasoning behing the ordering of comments on the wall of the new business profile page. No longer latest at the top, but seemingly not the most popular either? Can anyone tell me why that is, please?