I have to say I’m not too happy with Facebook over these changes, as they’ll affaect thousands of people who have invested time, effort and money in their Facebook pages.
So what’s happening?
1) The Boxes facility and tab is being removed. So if you have spent time making a really nice layout on your Boxes tab (which some people have) – you’re going to lose it as from next week. It’s not being changed, moved elsewhere or streamlined – it’s being removed. That also means that if you used the boxes facility to have a sign up form, or Google Analytics, or nice graphics, in the left hand side of your Facebook page, you’ll lose it.
2) The size of custom tabs is being changed. So if you spent money on a custom welcome tab, it won’t fit. The new size is 520 pixels, so if you’ve designed to the old 750 pixels size, your tab is going to look mighty odd.
Now I’m unhappy about this on my page, but I’m also unhappy about the 100+ pages we’ve set up for clients – all of their custom tabs will now be the wrong size, and if they want us to fix them, we’re going to have to charge. Yeah yeah, I should be happy I can make more money, but I’m not. To put it bluntly, it’s going to be a lot of work if everyone comes back wanting them changed, and I hate to have to be the one to tell them.
How are the changes going to affect your page?
This post was generated by an RSS Feed from Nikki Pilkington
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