Adding Custom Tabs To Your Facebook Fan Page

The easy-peasey no brainer way to add a custom tab and basic image or file to your Facebook Fan Page!

To begin- you will need:

To be an admin on the page

To know what to call the new tab and where in the tab order you will want it to appear

To have the URL of the image or file once it is loaded online somewhere. This means the item you are placing or referencing on your new tab will have to be online somewhere already- your own web hosting, an online photo account…etc

Here we go!

First be a fan page admin

Then search for the FBML Static application on Facebook

Click on the “add to my page” button once you find the app

It will ask you what page you want to add it to

Select your fan page (you are done in the app at this point)

Then go to the fan page

Click on “edit page” under the profile image

Scroll down until you see the FBML app listed

Click “edit”

Name the page and add your code (example below) to link to the image/file

Then view the fan page

Drag the new created tab to the order in the tab list you want it to appear. Mostlikely it will be hiding under the “>>” looking tab

Here is the basic HTML you will need to put in the FBML box ( be sure to change the URL to the specifics of your own situation):

Which will look like this:

This code is so so so so so so so so basic- it only includes:

placement on the page (center)

the link you want someone to go to if they click on the image (the “a href”)

where the image is located on the clients server, also called source- (full address- needs http:…”)

dimensions of image

what you want to appear as the name of the image if it loads slowly or doesn’t show in someone’s browser ( also called the “alt tag”)

Obviously, if you are familiar with HTML you can see the potential right from the beginning- rollovers, hotspots, animations, links to here, there and everywhere… Fun Stuff!!!

If you are not familiar with HTML, the above code is just basic enough to get you started and add some unique content to set your Fan page on FIRE! Enjoy!

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