Creating a Facebook Page Step-by-Step imodules Software, September 2008 Copyright 2008, imodules Software, Inc. Overview

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1 Creating a Facebook Page Step-by-Step imodules Software, September 2008 Copyright 2008, imodules Software, Inc. Overview This document will provide an in-depth look at how to: 1. Create a page at 2. Complete your Basic Info 3. Link Encompass to your Facebook Page with applications, including RSS Feeds and Static FBML Getting Started 1) Go to a. Select Education from the drop down menu. b. Enter the name of your page. NOTE: This will be the name used in searches something to keep in mind when choosing to abbreviate your school s name. Also, your institution may already have a Facebook Page, so adding a distinguishable alumni to your page name is advisable. c. Click Create Page. 2) You should now be looking at a blank page with pre-installed application boxes. To manage the applications, click Edit Page in the menu to the right of the profile picture. imodules.com Page 1

2 3) You are now in the page editor dashboard, where you will be able to edit, remove, and add information and applications on your page. Information: Profile Picture, Basic Info, Detailed Info a. Begin building out your page by clicking (Edit) next to Profile Picture. Once you ve uploaded a picture, use the Basic Info and Detailed Info tabs to add address and Web site information. b. Click Back to Editing <Page Name> to return to the dashboard. Applications: Information, Notes, Photos, Video, Wall, More Applications c. Continue editing the default applications add photos, write a note, upload a video, etc. d. To return to the page editor dashboard after you edit any of the above applications, click (edit) next to the page name in the top left corner of the page. e. If you are not going to use certain applications (Events, Discussions Boards, etc.), just click the X on the left side of the application box to remove it from the page. NOTE: Removed applications will automatically appear in the More Applications box, so you can easily add them back to your page at a later date. imodules.com Page 2

3 4) Add more applications: Suggested applications include: Blog RSS Feed Reader, Static FBML, Posted Items a. Click (Browse More) in the More Applications box to get started. b. Enter the name of the application in the Search Applications box. c. Search the results for the application you would like to add. d. Once on the application page, click Add to Page. Click Add Blog RSS Feed Reader on the next page. Click Allow on the final page. e. You are now on the Blog RSS dashboard page. f. To add another application, return to the page editor dashboard for your page by clicking on Applications and then Page Manager. Once in the Page Manager, click the Pages link (located between Ads Manager and Help in the top of the box). (The process to add Static FBML and Posted Items is very similar. Search for the application name, select it from the list of results, click Add to Page, and then Add <Application Name>. When adding these two applications, you will be directed back to your home page after you complete the process. From there, use the applications menu process above to get back to the page editor dashboard.) imodules.com Page 3

4 5) Using Blog RSS Feed Reader (BRSS): Publish multiple RSS Feeds on your page. Blog RSS Feed Reader is a great way to drive traffic from your Facebook Page to your alumni site. Customize each RSS Feed with images, descriptions and dates. a. Click (Edit) in the Blog RSS Feed Reader box listed under Applications in your page editor dashboard to get to the BRSS page. b. In another tab or browser, go to your alumni site, and click on the RSS icon below your News or Events section. Copy the URL. c. On the BRSS page, click on the Add icon, and paste the URL. d. Check the box to override the feed title, and enter your custom title. e. You may also select to show the article description, which will expand the feed to show the information you have in the short description on your alumni site. Leaving this box unchecked will allow only event or news titles to show with no description. f. Click Save Settings. g. Click the General Settings icon to edit how often the feeds are updated and whether you would like multiple feeds (News AND Events) to appear in a combined box or separately on your page. h. Once you have made all changes to your general settings, click the Update Feed icon. i. You may now navigate back to your page editor dashboard using the process previously outlined. Blog RSS Feed Reader Add Feed page imodules.com Page 4

5 6) Using Static FBML: Add advanced functionality to your page. This application will add a box in which you can render HTML or FBML (Facebook Markup Language) for enhanced customization on your page. This would be a good way to promote features from your alumni site that cannot be integrated with your Facebook Page via RSS (i.e. donation campaigns and forwarding information). a. Click (Edit) in the FBML 1 box listed under Applications in your page editor dashboard to get to the FBML page. b. Enter a box title and any text and/or html you would like to display on your page. This can include links and other static HTML language. 7) Using Posted Items: With Posted Items you can share anything on the Internet by posting it to your page. You can post Web sites, blogs, videos, and songs as well as content on Facebook such as profiles, photos, notes, groups, and events. To create a post, view your page (not the page editor dashboard), and click on Post an Item. a. Enter the link you would like to share, and click Post. b. You can edit the title and content of the post by clicking on the blue text and simply typing over it. Click Post after all edits have been made. imodules.com Page 5

6 c. Adding a comment is not required. A comment will show up in quotation marks below your post when users view the post. You can add comments after an item has been posted. d. To return to your page after posting an item, click Back to <Page Name>. Page view of additional applications: Static FBML Box 8) Publishing your page a. You can rearrange the order of the boxes on your page by simply dragging and dropping them when you are viewing the actual page (not in the page editor dashboard view). b. Once you have added your initial batch of content, click the Publish this Page link, and you re live! imodules.com Page 6

7 Recommendations of third party applications are for informational purposes only. Institutions should install applications with caution, and at their own risk. From time to time, Facebook changes its design and user interface without notice. We strongly recommend that institutions closely monitor and regularly visit their Facebook Page. imodules.com Page 7