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Re: 30 Social Media Predictions From 30 Social Media Pros

Nick Shin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:41:10 -0000

Really enjoyed this article Cindy. I'm honored to be part of such a knowledgeable group of writers. Some of these comments are very insightful. SME has done a great job building up such a passionate community. Here's to an even better year!

Re: How to boost an SEO campaign using press releases

Nick Shin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:00:26 -0000

At Marketwire, membership and sign up is free. There will be a cost to distribute your news release to help SEO.

Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:07:10 -0000

Thanks Adriana, good luck! If you encounter any issues, these string of comments will have some answers for you.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:06:32 -0000

Nope. What happened for me when the left column disappeared is that it reappeared as an FBML tab.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:04:47 -0000

In order to use CSS, try pulling in an external stylesheet. If that still doesn't work, you'll have to change the FBML code to center/move YouTube video.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:03:48 -0000

Since "boxes" are a thing of the past, the only other way to customize one's FB page is to add the FBML app and use FBML to customize.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:02:19 -0000

Thanks Amanda!
You must create a personal profile in order to create a Facebook page. Once you assign yourself (and others) as admins, the others will NOT be able to access your personal profile. Also as an admin, your post on the company page will appear as the company and not under your personal name.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:00:20 -0000

Hi Vitaly,
I'm not very familiar with CSS, but it actually does work in Static FBML. It should work if you call up an external stylesheet.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:55:59 -0000

Thanks Kathleen, building a community that is open to communication is what social media is about and Mike and the team at SM Examiner have done a great job in that area.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:53:22 -0000

Thanks and you're welcome!

To customize your entire landing page requires some advanced coding or paying money to get a customized FBML tab. At this point, the best I can do is direct you to google. Sorry I couldn't be of more help in this area.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:49:13 -0000

What you do with the jpg is upload to a site like photobucket. That way you are able to use the link that photobucket provides to your jpg and insert it into your FBML code.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:40:55 -0000

Thanks Louise, good luck!

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:40:36 -0000

To answer your first question, provide the code that you used to insert an image as well as the link you want to use and I'll be able to help you.

RE: Facebook URL, as long as you have at least 25 fans, you can customize your FB URL by going here: http://www.facebook.com/use...

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:37:33 -0000

Thanks Sylvia! If you changed the "welcome" tab as the default landing tab, then "everyone else" will be the wall. It looks like FB changed a few things in that particular menu.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:28:03 -0000

That's a great question because I don't know the answer. The way I would do it is to create a new wall post, post a link to the donation page and make sure the image that pops up is the "donate" button.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:23:29 -0000

sorry, I'm not understanding the question. Could you please clarify, I'd love to help.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:18:44 -0000

Very good point Kyle and thanks for sharing. FB has announced that IFrames will be replacing FBML, but I'm not too sure about existing Fan pages using FBML being "frozen". How'd you come up with that conclusion?

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:57:37 -0000

Thanks! The number of fans have nothing to do with the ability to post links, photos, etc. Are you trying to use the FBML app as explained in this tutorial or are you talking about simply posting links and photos on your Facebook page wall? I need more clarification.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:56:08 -0000

Thanks. Glad it worked for you!

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:55:26 -0000

You butchered the code that I provided in the tutorial ;-)

try this code, it works (make sure you retype the quotes ("):

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:49:50 -0000

If you want to edit the FBML app to input the FBML code, then click on "go to application". If that didn't answer your question, let me know.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:46:32 -0000

Helps to have the code you're trying to use! I would suggest retyping the quotes (") and making sure that the code and spacing is just like the example in the tutorial.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:44:55 -0000

You're welcome!

When it comes to linking on Facebook, Facebook will shorten it. The same goes for outbound links to blogs. If the URL is, for example, http://www.socialmediaexami..., then Facebook will automatically shorten it to socialmediaexmainer.com. If you want to display the entire link, you can post the link within the wall post AND include the direct link. Hope that answers your question.

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Re: 7 Steps For a Successful Social Media Strategy

Nick Shin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:06:05 -0000

Thanks Nigel. I think a lot of marketing professionals are patient when it comes to results, but are impatient when it comes to implementing a new strategy. Some are too quick to try out a new platform only to quit much too soon to see the overall benefit.

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Re: How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML

Nick Shin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:02:58 -0000

Have you tried retyping all the quotes (")? Also, it's good to double check any spacing issues as well. That has solved a lot of other people's issues with the code.

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