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December 16, 2009 03:50 AM

Coming soon to a Custom Facebook Page near you…

Tab Width Reductions!

(boo….)

Part of Facebook’s developer roadmap was the proposal for applications to have a reduction in canvas width from 760 pixels to 520 pixels wide.

It was unclear if this was also meant to include Custom Facebook Page Tabs and there was plenty of discussion that they would not. (custom tabs are not applications but use many of the same features like FBML)

Facebook just clarified their stance and reportedly will be changing the max width of page tabs to 520 pixels sometime in late 2009 / early 2010.

What does that mean for you? Nobody’s sure yet. Using just the banner image as an example, here’s what I can tell you.

If you have a banner image that is sized by number as in

img src=”http://www.your website.com/header.jpg” width=”760″

You’ll have to go in and change that to width=”520″ – easy enough, eh? This is a way to force the size of an image to fit the space

If your banner image is set via the percent function as in: width=”100%” you may have nothing to change. It depends on the image itself. The browser will automatically size the image to 100% of the width of the image. If the image is 520 wide – it’ll now fill the available space. If it's a 900 wide image, you'll have to change to the width=”520″.

When will this all happen? They’re not saying, just “late 09/ early 10″. (oh happy days!)

One thing is for certain – nothing in Social Media is ever constant (except change).

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Mike Mueller

Tech and Social Media Consultant - Walnut Creek, CA

Greg - Thanks for the very nice words! I LOVE the way your page came out. (all I did was copy your website's look and feel). Glad you asked...

Button size as it is now The good news is that everything is salvageable. We can just adapt the width to fit it all in.

For instance, this is the 1st button of the 6 in a row on your site. "MLS Search". To initially make it fit we already shrunk it a bit from it's 132 x 168 size.

It's brought into GB via this:

We need to change it to roughly width="80" height="120" And the same idea with the tables and other images (and the flash).

Greg's Button For others, it's a redesign - making the page more vertical in design.

Dec 17, 2009 02:02 AM

Gregg Schoh

Montana Land Company, Flathead Valley Montana - Lakeside, MT

I'd guess that John hit the nail on the head. Whenever someone offers you something for free, expect the other shoe to drop sooner or later. First they get you used to using it and build a customer base... THEN start building in the profit centers. How many of you remember when ATM's first came out and withdrawals were fee FREE?

Dec 17, 2009 02:22 AM

Benjamin Clark

Homebuyer Representation, Inc. - Salt Lake City, UT

Buyer's Agent - Certified Negotiation Expert

Interesting Mike. Thanks for the heads up! I first have to get a banner up!

Dec 17, 2009 03:43 AM

Raj Dhaliwal

Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd. - Abbotsford, BC

Personal Real Estate Corporation

I am just getting started with facebook. I have no banner image yet.. Its good to know in advance whats coming

Dec 17, 2009 03:47 AM

Tim Bradley

Contour Investment Properties - Jackson Hole, WY

Commercial Real Estate Expert in Jackson Hole, WY

My guess is that they will use the new acquired empty screen space to sell more ads.

Dec 17, 2009 04:02 AM

Peggy Chirico

Prudential CT Realty - Manchester, CT

REALTOR® 860-748-8900, Hartford & Tolland County Real Estate

First of all - nice holiday picture! Second, thanks for the information - I bookmarked it.

Dec 17, 2009 04:15 AM

Linda Lohman

Fonville Morisey Realty - Cary, NC

Former Teacher/Broker

It seems everytime you turn on FB they have made changes...most for the better. It's the keeping up that is critical.

Dec 17, 2009 04:22 AM

Lottie Kendall

Compass - San Francisco, CA

Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

I'm now a fan -- lots to learn in 2010. Thanks Mike

Dec 17, 2009 04:53 AM

David Whitehead

RE/MAX Pace Realty - Crown Point, IN

How does a fan page work vs. a regular facebook

Dec 17, 2009 07:47 AM

Stephen Kappre

KW Hometown - Mantua, NJ

Helping You Home

Great timing Mike - I'm in the midst of creating my FaceBook Business Page - I would have been really mad to size everything and have to change it shortly after. Thanks a ton!

Dec 17, 2009 08:57 AM

Patricia Aulson

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES Verani Realty NH Real Estate - Exeter, NH

Realtor - Portsmouth NH Homes-Hampton NH Homes

Things are always changing and moving so darn fast!! Just as you think you've got something down pat.....it changes!

Thanks for the heads up!

Patricia

Dec 17, 2009 01:05 PM

Gene Riemenschneider

Home Point Real Estate - Brentwood, CA

Turning Houses into Homes

Well I am just going rolling with my page so I work on it all the time. A little here and a little there.

Dec 18, 2009 03:14 AM

Lyn Sims

Schaumburg, IL

Real Estate Broker Retired

Thanks for the update, bookmarked.

Dec 18, 2009 08:25 AM

Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807

HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ

Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

Mike - Thanks for sharing this information. I don't have a banner image yet, but have been wanting to create them. Now I can make sure and size it properly for the change.

Dec 20, 2009 06:22 AM

Dolores "Dee" Mauriello

Keller Willaims - Wayne, NJ

Realtor, Homes For Sale Wayne NJ

Thanks for the update.

Dec 20, 2009 12:43 PM

Dana Smithers

PRES Staging Resource Centre - Vancouver, BC

PRES Staging Training, Redesign Training & Busines

It's great to be aware of changes coming. Everything with the internet and social media is expedentially changing so it would be impossible to keep up. I just try and be aware of what really does affect me and what do I really need to change. It's all about ROI with our time.

Dec 21, 2009 07:54 AM

Karen Rittenhouse

www.JKKPropertyInvestors.com - Greensboro, NC

Real Estate Investor

Facebook is making lots of changes. Facebook is confused so it's no wonder we are as well.

Thanks for the heads up. We'll see if they do it and if it makes any difference...

Dec 21, 2009 08:37 AM

Bill Risser

Fidelity National Title - Saint Petersburg, FL

Fidelity National Title - Tampa District

Mike - Thanks for all of the great info you have provided on Facebook. Whether it's on Jason's show or through your Twitter feed, I have picked up some great tips from you... Happy Holidays!

Dec 23, 2009 01:59 AM

Mike Mueller

Tech and Social Media Consultant - Walnut Creek, CA

Bill - You are welcome! Thanks for the nice words and happy holidays to you as well.

Dec 23, 2009 02:50 AM

Dana Devine

Charles Rutenberg Realty - Apollo Beach, FL

thanks so much Mike for sahring and the up date...it seems ot me all is great and free with this social ewebsites uptil they get enough followers and they start changing everything and charging a fee to be there...3 things r a given...death, taxes and change

Dec 25, 2009 07:04 AM