Customizing Your Page
You're not done yet, however. You can now customize the look and feel of your Page, as well as which elements appear on the Page. You do this from the Get Started page that appears when you click the Get Started button.
Here’s what you can do from the Get Started page:
- Add an image. This image appears at the top of the sidebar on your Page. This can be a picture of you or your product, or maybe your company or brand logo.
- Invite your friends. Invite people from your Facebook friends’ list to “like” your new Page.
- Tell your fans. Use this option to import names and addresses from an existing email contact list and then invite them to become fans.
- Post status updates. Click the Post Update button to post your first status update.
- Promote this Page on your website. Click the Add Like Box to generate the HTML code to create a “Like” box for your Page that you can then add to your regular website or blog.
- Set up your mobile phone. This enables you to configure your Facebook account to receive status updates direct from your mobile phone.
Additional options are available when you click the Edit Page button on this page or on your Page. The resulting page has a number of different tabs that let you edit Page settings and add other elements to your page (see Figure 6). Table 2 details the available options.
Figure 6 Customizing your Page from the Edit Page page.
Table 2Facebook Page Options
Tab |
Options |
Your Settings |
Posting preferences Email notifications |
Manage Permissions |
Page visibility Country restrictions Age restrictions Wall tab shows (what appears on your Page’s Wall) Default landing tab Posting ability (who can post what to your Wall) Moderation blocklist (list of terms to block in Wall posts) Profanity blocklist (enables you to block posts containing moderate or strong profanity) Delete page |
Basic Information |
Category Name Address Affiliation Birthday About Biography Awards Gender Personal information Personal interests Phone Website |
Profile Picture |
Use this tab to upload or change your Page picture |
Featured |
Use this tab to add your own “likes” to the Page, add to add profiles of featured owners of your Page |
Marketing |
Use this tab to promote your page via advertising or invitations; add a Facebook Badge to your Page; or add a Like box to your website |
Manage Admins |
Use this tab to add or edit your Page’s administrators |
Apps |
Use this tab to add specific apps and elements to you page (more on this later) |
Mobile |
Use this tab to register your mobile phone for uploading status updates, as well as download the Facebook iPhone app and sign up for Facebook text messaging |
Insights |
Click this tab to see usage information for your Page |
Help |
Access Facebook’s Help system for Pages |