Can anyone tell me (in really simple terminology) or point me in the right direction to add a link behind an image on the Facebook banner, eg by clicking on the image it takes you to an opt in box to sign up for something

@dhsllc Do you have an example of this in action on Facebook?

@andrea-vahl  is correct, this wouldn’t work on the Facebook page banner or any album photo. However, if you have a page/tab that you manage and customize with HTML you can incorporate images or links that point where ever you want. 

Say for instance you setup a default tab where you give insights about your business and one of the calls to action is invite visitors to subscribe, an image could link to to a page where subscribers would complete the registration. Some email programmers provide you with code where you could even include the form on the page where the user doesn’t have to go anywhere – just enter email address and click submit.

@moinshaikh @dhsllc @andrea-vahl

I was listening to a webinar yesterday from Amy Porterfield yesterday and I am almost sure she said this could be done and gave an example of a Facebook page where this was done – I will try to find the page for you – mind you, I could be wrong!

@jamesalonso

You can’t redirect from a FB banner.

@dhsllc @jamesalonso @andrea-vahl @moinshaikh @ndonelly

Hi Guys, here is a link to look at what I was trying to explain

https://www.facebook.com/MortgageMarketingAnimals?sk=wall

They have images across the top and when you click on each of these you are directed to a link, hope this will make it clearer!

Thanks

Polly

@warrenveach

I knew I didn’t explain it properly! Is this easy enough for a non tekkie to do?

@dhsllc

I thought so too Cynthia, simple but effective. At least I hope it’s simple to do!

Yep, @pollyb – that’s what I was talking about before with putting the link in the description and I love the way they created the pictures to point to the link!  Awesome!

@pollyb – aha… the photo strip – FB keeps changing the language.  Now they generally refer to the wide rectangle on the profile pages as the banner……yeah def put links in your descriptions of pix in photo strip – and just “Hover”  on pix you don’t want in the photo strip and hit Hide (doesn’t delete photo – just hides it from the photo strip…..

I’ve tried only loading 5 pictures and in the order I wanted them to appear and every other combination….I think it’s totally random how those 5 show up…I’m sure in time there will be an app for locking them in!

thank you for the hard work, and yes, it will be little easy for non techy as googl is there to assist! @pollyb

@ndonelly- Yes, the images in the photo strip on a (fan/business) page always display in random order (the most recent 5 images you’ve uploaded, and you can “hide” them as people explained above). Every time you refresh the screen, they will appear in a different order.

I imagine Timeline for Pages will be debuting soon, which will completely change the way things function on our business pages.

ON yes, Facebook will force all pages into their new Timeline.The question for us is .. what will this look like and will be have to totally redesign our pages, tabs, etc.

@michellefontaine the timeline has been rolling out for personal pages; I haven’t heard of a business roll-out yet but wouldn’t be surprised if this is next.

I think the timeline can be a valuable tool. 

I implemented it for my personal profile. I find it not only appealing but it allows me to display milestones that I am proud to share with my children, family, friends and it’s even good for business should I choose to share it. 

IMO, it is a quick and easy way to provide a quick glimpse of yourself and get a feel about anybody you are curious about without major effort.

Not sure if this has been answered yet as I am just passing through and havent had time to read everyones replies – so apologies if this is a duplicate answer but the way to add clickable links ot your banner images on your FB page is to add it to the description of the image so that when someone clicks on the banner images the picture is displayed int eh photo viewer and everyone can see the clickable link …

You can also create your banner images much larger than the default 97×68 pixels and add a large header at the top and at the bottom something like Click the link to get your free xxx and some arrows pointing down to make the link stand out even more

hey Michelle – If you go to this facebook page (its one I created a few weeks ago) and click on the wall tab (you dont have to click like to be able to view the wall) and click then on any of the banner images you will see exactly what it looks like  https://www.facebook.com/mikeherberts

I’ve used the image-linking to create an illusion of a “website navigation menu” on the top of the image. Maybe this is what you had in mind: https://www.facebook.com/ThatSocialDude 

@clusterwebdesign @caroldodsley @michellefontaine @jamericanspice @dhsllc @casmccullough @localbusinessco @pollyb

re: the top five images on a page… i’ve always thought target’s strategy with their images was pretty cool – because no matter in which order they randomly refresh, you still get the same continuity with half of one “target” connecting with the next.

http://www.facebook.com/target

question – does anyone know how to allow fans to post photos, but NOT to have them appear in the upper five postions? (without the hover and hide method)?

@Peg Sousa – my photo strip pics are in their own album. When fans post pics to my wall, they don’t show up in the photo strip. Only my own uploads show up there and then I have to get rid of them (See my blog post above for more)