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October 20th, 2009 at 6:04 am

How To Set Up A Custom Landing Page For Your Business Facebook Fan Page

1. Login to your Facebook account.

2. At the bottom left of your screen – click on Applications (blue arrow pointing).

Facebook fan page landing page step 1

3. Click on Browse More Application.

4. Type in FBML in the search box.

custom Facebook fan page landing page

5. Add the app to your Page.

setting up a custom landing page for Facebook fan pages

6. A window will open up to select the Page you want the application to install to.

add FBML to your Facebook fan page

7. Go back to your Page and select Edit Page.

editing a Facebook fan page

8. Scroll down to the FBML settings and click on Edit.

custom business Facebook fan page

And then on this.

Facebook fan landing pages

9. Name your box. I named mine ” Download Report” . You can change it whenever you want.

Cut and paste your HTML code that points to your images, PDF files etc.

Click Save Changes.

custom Facebook fan pages

10. Last step – change your Page settings so your non-fans land up on this page instead of your Wall.

customizing your Facebook business fan pages

11. Go to your page and admire your new custom tab.

12. Logout of your Facebook account and go back to your Page. You should land on your new custom tab displaying the report download page.

Note:  This article was originally published on IJLAL.com but republished here with permission from the author.

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Mark IjlalAbout The Guest Author: Mark Ijlal is the CEO of Internet Strategy Club which builds & manages online lead generation campaigns for businesses. He blogs daily at Ijlal.com.

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    Great tutorial Mark. I had no idea that you could redirect the landing page to a customized page. I appreciate the lengths you took to show detailed pics of each step. Makes it a nice, simple process. Thanks!

    Dawn on October 28th, 2009
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    uberVU - social comments on October 28th, 2009
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    Great tutorial! I followed it step my step and it worked perfectly. I will definitely refer other business owners to this page.

    Jocelyn - Portland Web Design on November 12th, 2009
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    Hi there, I followed your advice step by step and managed to create a great custom page, however when i try and set it as my landing page in the settings menu, it doesn’t work. Any ideas??

    Toby on December 7th, 2009
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    Where would I obtain the HTML code needed?
    Thank you!

    Bryce W on March 5th, 2010
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    This is awesome, I have been looking on how to do this for ages!

    Dan Lew on July 15th, 2010
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    Great simple article ! I customized my Facebook landing page in 6 min. Saved me lot of time !

    Kumar on August 22nd, 2010

 

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