Author: Tim Ware

Are you wondering how to visually enhance your Timeline Facebook page?

This article provides five actionable tips you can employ now.
The Visual Opportunity
When Facebook moved the navigation into the left column and added the Photostrip, I wrote how you could optimize your Facebook page for visual branding.

And when Timeline was rolled out for personal profiles, I also wrote how you can customize your cover photo and profile picture.

With each new overhaul of Facebook pages, there

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At the 2011 f8 conference, Facebook announced Timeline -- a major overhaul of the personal Facebook profiles to which we've all grown accustomed.

UPDATE December 15, 2011: Facebook announced that Timeline is now available worldwide. Read how to get started.

When Timeline is rolled out, your personal profile will be organized in reverse chronological order, as a "timeline" of your life, like an online scrapbook. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, "Timeline is the story of your life... in a new way to express who you are."
When Will

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Heads up, page admins! As of October 1st, Facebook announced that any iFrame page tabs not hosted on a secure server under HTTPS will not be displayed to users browsing under HTTPS. This article will tell you what you need to do.

According to Facebook's Cat Lee, "The content will not be accessible for users with secure browsing turned on. There will be a page that states something close to: This app does not support secure browsing."

To help page admins locate a budget-friendly and secure hosting solution for their page tabs, I did some

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Are you wondering how to visually optimize the new Facebook page layout?

As of March 10, 2011, it became official—the new Facebook page layout was applied to all fan pages. Now that the dust has settled, bugs addressed and some tweaks made, admins can now focus their attention on making the most of what Facebook has given them, which is a LOT of screen real estate!

Essentially, the new page layout gives over two-thirds of the available screen space to brands (see the red boxes in the image below), with Facebook reserving only its narrow

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Have you ever wondered how certain Facebook pages add Like buttons to their custom tabs? Look no further.

Many have asked me how sites like Threadless are able to add multiple Like buttons and comments to their Fan page, allowing visitors to buy, Like and comment on any t-shirt on their Shop tab.

Well, it turns out it's actually quite easy, using the fb:comments FBML tag.

Using fb:comments, you can add a Like button and comment boxes in multiple places on your Facebook tabs and, optionally, each can be accompanied by a user comments

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Ever wished you could directly sell your products and services from within Facebook? If so, this post is for you.

I decided to dig in and research the current landscape thoroughly, both to better understand the lay of the land and to save you the research hassle.

It was only a matter of time before Facebook and e-commerce would converge. Until a little over a year ago, only storefronts existed on Facebook, where merchants could display and promote their products and, with "Add to cart" buttons, imply e-commerce functionality.

But when

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Have you ever wondered how some Facebook pages show specific content or offers only to fans? If so, look no further.

(Important Update: Facebook no longer supports FBML. Please refer to the articles on Facebook iFrame.) One of the most popular FBML tags is fb:visible-to-connection. A favorite of marketers, this FBML tag allows a Facebook page to show different content to fans and non-fans. When a non-fan clicks the Like button - viola! - the non-fan content disappears and the fans-only content replaces it. As a method of motivating a

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