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HowToCreateAFacebook(Fan)Page
AFacebookPage,sometimesreferredtoasaFanPageisasinglepagethatyoucanusetospotlightyourFlotilla.Withit youcanpostphotosortogetoutinformationfast.YoucanalsolinkyourFacebookpagetoatwitteraccount.Whenyou posttoyourFacebookaccountitwillautomaticallyposttoyourtwitteraccount..ThinkofyourFacebookpageasa onepagemeetingplace,withinformation,links,amessageforumbox,RSSandanythingelseyouwant.Allyouneedis aFacebookaccount!
WhyHaveaFacebookPage?
AFacebookpageaddsonemorewaythatasearchenginecanindexandlistyourimportantinformation.Itisallabout gettingyourDivisionorFlotillaonthenet!Additionally,youcanaddaFacebookpagelinktoyourwebpage!Whatdoes thatdo?Youknowaboutallyourwebsitesbutyourfriendsmaynot.Withlinks,everyonewillhaveaccesstoallofwhat youwantthemtosee.YouwillfindthatyouwillstartgettingfreshhitsonyourFacebookandTwitteraccounts.
FacebookPagesvs.FacebookGroups
AFacebookPageissimilartoablog.Youupdateit,justlikeyouwouldawebsite.Youcanlockitsothatonlyoneperson canposttoitoropenittoall.Thisisagoodoptiontomakesureofthecontentposted. AFacebookGroupiskindoflikeaforum.Youmoderatedit,anditsfocusismoreabouttheconversationsthatare postedtoit.Itisbestusedforitsdiscussiongroups.Ifyouwanttobeabletocontrolcontentthisisnotwhatyouwant todo.
CreatingaFacebook(Fan)page.
YoumusthaveaFacebookaccounttobeabletocreateaFacebookPage.IfamembercreatestheFacebookpageand thengoesawaysodoesyourFacebookPage.ThebestprocedureistocreateaFacebookaccountforyourorganization andusethataccountONLYforyourDivisionorFlotillaPage. Afteryouhavecreatedyourfacebookaccountyoucanlogontoit.Scrolldowntotheverybottomofthepage.There, amongthefooterlinks,youwillseeonethatsaysAdvertising.Clickonit.
Onceyouhavedonethis,youwillseeanewpage.IntheDeepenYourRelationshipssectionclickonFacebookPage".
Once eyouhavedo onethis,atthetoprightof fthenewpag ge,youwillse eealargegre eenbuttonthatsaysCrea ateaPage. Clickonitandyou uwillaccessto t aform.
e,youhavetw wooptions:Official O Pageor o Communit tyPage.You wanttogot totheOfficialPagesitean nddothe Here follow wing: 1 1. ClickonBrand, B produc ct,ororganiza ation.2.Click konthescrol lbox,thense elect#3NonProfit.
PutinthenameofyourorganizationandChecktheboxon#2andthenclickonCreate.
Atthispointthepageisalreadycreated.Youwillbetheadministrator,butnotyetafan.Ifyouwanttobethefirstfanof yourownpage,clickonthelargebuttonthatsaysLike,atthetopofyournewpage.
LetsLockDownTheAccount!
Youwanttotalcontrolofwhatispostedtoyouraccount.Evenmoresoifyoulinkthisaccounttoatwitteraccount!
ClickonEditPage
ClickonWallSettinganduncheckthetopboxatthebottomandtheonecheckboxatthetop.Thiswilllockdownthe accountandonlythecreatorofthepagecanpost.Thisistoprotectyourorganization.
GototheDiscussionBoardsandyoucanREMOVEtheDiscussionTab.Youdonotneedtoremoveitbutyoucanifyou want.
HowdoyougetbacktoyourFacebookPagefromyourmasterFacebookaccount?ClickonAccountintheupperright cornerthenclickonManagePagesthenclickonGoToPages.
Hereistheworkaroundbeforeyoucangetashortname.Youmaywanttodothisanyway topostonyourwebsite.HereishowtomakeashortcutlinktoyournewFacebookpage.
Onyourwebsiteyouneedtocreateadirectorycalledfacebook.Inthisdirectoryyouneedtocreateanindex.htm page.Youcandothisinawindowsnotepadoranytexteditor. Replacethetextinred!WhereitsaysTITLEyouneedtoPutthenameofyourwebsiteandwhereitsaysMETApaste theCrazyLONGURLofyourfacebookpage.
<!DOCTYPEHTMLPUBLIC"//W3C//DTDHTML4.0Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Puntinthenameofyourwebpagehere</title> <metahttpequiv="REFRESH"content="0;url=http://PutintheLONGWebpageURL"></HEAD> <BODY> </BODY> </HTML>
Nowyoucantellpeopletogotohttp://YourWebSite/facebook
Soitshouldlooksomethinglikethis:
<!DOCTYPEHTMLPUBLIC"//W3C//DTDHTML4.0Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>USCGAUXEighthDistrictCoastalRegion</title> <metahttpequiv="REFRESH"content="0;url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/USCGAUXEighthDistrictCoastal Region/122413737795424?created#!/pages/USCGAUXEighthDistrictCoastalRegion/122413737795424?ref=sgm"> </HEAD> <BODY> </BODY> </HTML>
Afteryouget25fansormoreyoucanshortenyour fanpagesURLfromwithinFacebook!
AllPagesareeligibletoclaimusernamesiftheyhavemorethan25fans.Gotothepagesettingsandclickonthe UsernamesoverintheNEWSforPageAdmins.
ClickonSelectaUsername.
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