New profile tab – photo size (18 posts)

  • Does anyone know the dimensions of the photo space on the new fb profiles?thanks

  • 180 pixels across, 540 pixels down.  Did you mean the profile pic on Pages?   

    Also, a little while back, @edenrudin posted this handy chart of picture sizes in this thread:  http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-sizes-and-dimensions-helpful-worksheet-for-you-happy-holidays/

  • Thank you,  @andrea-vahl. It seems like that chart is no longer avalable.  @edenrudin, could you make that chart available once again and add the link to this thread? I greatly appreciate it.

  • @andrea-vahl ~ thank you VERY much!  I knew I needed to create new pics for my FB pages, but couldn’t remember where I’d seen the size :)

    EDIT:  I just built new images for our pages and they look fab . . . but I didn’t think about how the image would appear next to our Page name in posts.  When you upload your pic, you should see a link under it that says EDIT THUMBNAIL . . . you can move the pic around so that it looks good next to your posts :)

  • Hi everyone – here is the link (sorry had to rebuild my website – don’t go peak at it because it’s still a mess ;-)
      http://thesocialgarden.net/wp-content/uploads/facebooksizes.pdf

    Have a great day!! Eden

  • @edenrudin Thanks for such a great resource! As a side note, do you know how to add 301 redirects to all the pages from your old site so they redirect to the new pages? That way you won’t have people ending up at broken links and it’ll really help you preserve any search listings you already had.

    @loiswyant If you were asking about the new profile picture in Timeline (not pages), I think it’s the ‘Timeline Cover’ at the bottom of Eden’s guide (851×315). I haven’t done my timeline yet myself. Need to test it out in my profile before they get expanded to Pages!


  • @k4satin Nope I sure don’t but if you tell me I will do just that ;-) so it’s not lost forever ;-)  Thanks Eden  oohhh and don’t stress about the pages/timeline thing, no matter what they announce next Wed. nothing will happen immediately …just like with personal timelines the announcement was last Oct. and it still isn’t all across the platform….just like going from FBML to iframes, there was plenty of warning ;-)  
      

  • @edenrudin Do you have a list of your old urls? Maybe a sitemap from the old site, or is it still up anywhere? Once you have that, I like to use Simple 301 Redirects (WP plugin) to route each old url to the new one. It’ll show up under ‘Settings’. You enter the old url (the part after the domain name, like the example) under ‘Request’ and the new url (w/ domain name) under ‘Destination’. That’s it. Do it manually for each of your old urls and you’ll be all set. If you haven’t recreated all your new pages, you might want to wait until you’ve finished, or add them one at a time once you have the new url. You can email me if you still need help.

  • @edenrudin  @k4satin 

    I created a spreadsheet on Google Docs that you can use to import all the pages in your site that Google has indexed. Follow the instructions on both the Intro and Scrap Site Links tab. You’ll be able to save your own copy and then update it with your website address.

    Note: the formula that makes this import possible is specific to Google Docs. The import doesn’t occur when you place the same code in say an Excel spreadsheet.

    There are a couple of ways to do 301 redirects from old site pages to the new site page. I use the .htaccess file to do my redirects. Looks like this:

    redirect 301 /old-page http://www.mynewsite.com/new-page

    This file is located in your parent site folder usually named public_html or www

    You can also do redirects from your server panel interface. Usually it’s something callled a cPanel.

    Without knowing more about the situation that’s about all the helpful info I can think to give.

    Let me know if you have any questions.

    Cheers!
    Jules

  • Thanks, @juleswebb. I saved a copy of your spreadsheet. That’s a super tool to have on hand, either for SEO tracking or for this type of situation. I usually use http://www.xml-sitemaps.com to download a url list before I take down a website that’s being redesigned, but it’s a lot trickier to track down the urls after the fact if you didn’t save a record of them. 

    On creating 301s, I use htaccess as well, but since I noticed @edenrudin‘s site is in WP, thought the plugin would be easier for her.

    BTW, great to find another MODX user. :) Rare to come across anyone who knows what it is!

  • On a related note, the new banner style image that is supposed to be coming to fanpages – or at least the announcement is supposed to becoming on 2/29 - that size is reportedly 802 x 200. But you may need to dedicate 30 pixels of the bottom area for the ‘info bar’.   We’ll see.

  • @k4satin

    Glad you’ll find the spreadsheet useful. 

    RE: 301′s — Suggesting a plugin for a non techy is no doubt a good call. 
    RE: MODx — I’ve built a few sites in MODx, but more using Expression Engine. have you used them before?

  • @juleswebb I was looking for something as an alternative to MODx to try and looked into Expression Engine, but decided on Silverstripe instead. I still have several MODx sites I maintain, but new ones are usually either Wordpress or Silverstripe. How are you liking Expression Engine?

  • @k4satin

    LOOOOVE IT!

    I spent several years looking for the right CMS for me. Started out with Drupal, then wordpress, MODx and finally EE. 

    Took me a bit to understand the flow of things and templating language, but now I find it very intuitive and extremely flexible. The support is GREAT as is the community. And the Addon selection is great as well. It is not an open source CMS and I know that turns a lot of people away, but since I work from home and don’t have anybody else to turn to, I need to be able to count on the support forum responding to my inquiries. Because I spend less time searching for answers I can spend more time learning and doing cool new things, which of course brings up more problems to be solved!! LOL

    Cheers!jules

  • Wow, learned how to make a site map, redirect old URLS, got a great resource for FB media sizing, and another great resource for seeing what Google is seeing on my site . . .

    As well as learned the size projection for the new business timeline . . .

    Thank you all!

    @edenrudin @juleswebb @ndonelly

  • @dedimason Sorry we kind-of hijacked this thread! ;) But, hey, lots of useful info, right?

  • @juleswebb @k4satin  Thank you so much!! I got lost somewhere on the thread with that coding talk, lol, ;-) but I did understand what both of you were saying and really appreciate the help. 
     @ndonelly  - those dimensions are for the group cover image that just (finally) came alive this week…it will be very interesting to see what is announced on Wed. although the reality is that nothing will be changing immediately for the majority of us, just ‘announced’. Just like Timelines announced in Oct (I think it was, time flys so fast) and then mandatory in Dec, then mandatory in Jan and still not everyone is switched over yet. 
      I have the entire 6 hours free on Wed. to listen/watch the event….exciting stuff!!
    ;-) Eden

  • @k4satin ~ I didn’t mind finding so much useful info in one thread at all :)


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