Facebook Fan Page

So now you have a Chapter Fan Page It has a representative picture, a logo and easy URL You add interesting articles to your status You invite all your FB friends to Like your page. What is next?

Facebook Page as Website

This is the Short Description

Find this in Page Info This is the only text

that FB allows you on page 1

Only 155 characters Links allowed, no

HTML

Short Description

Make this count (only 155 characters) Pick Subcatagories (Events, Political

Organization, Gardening) Newsletter link (to Fed or issuu.com?) Use bit.ly to shorten link Next Event Cram everything into 155 characters

Now for Some Apps

Photos, Likes and Events – defaults

Extended Info Static HTML You can change the

caption and the image

Extended Info App

Extended Info Cont.

PLACE: <a style="color: #e30078" href="http://www.cityofbowie.org/index.aspx?nid=109" target="_blank" title="Will open new window">Bowie Senior Center</a>

DATE: April 17, 2014

TIME: 10:00 AM meeting; 10:30 AM Presentation

PRESENTATION: <a style="color: #e30078" title="Will open new window."target="_blank" href="http://www.homesteadgardens.com/tips-trends/gene-sumi/">Gene Sumi</a> the Homestead Gardens Education Coordinator will speak and answer questions on Spring Gardening.

Extended Info Cont.

Allows many fields Controls what fields are visible 8 different styles of fields Can rearrange fields up or down Can use some HTML decorations

Static HTML App

Allows full HTML including javascript Use to embed types of HTML from sites not

supported by FB I use it to embed publications from issuu.com If you have a website that you can edit you

can put your publications there and reference them directly. If not you have to wait for someone to put them up

Static HTML Cont.

With issuu.com you are in control If you want to read the NARFE Magazine

without signing on or you want to send a link to a prospective member you can with issuu.com

I put our chapter's publications on our website and on issuu.com

Static HTML Cont

Current newsletter 2 buttons Get readable copy of

newsletter or magazine

Static HTML

The HTML<script>function newsletter(){document.write('<iframe width="525" height="679"

src="//e.issuu.com/embed.html#9923214/6886292" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>');

}function magazine(){document.write('<iframe width="525" height="345"

src="//e.issuu.com/embed.html#9923214/6886144" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>');

}</script><button onclick="newsletter()">Chapter Newsletter March 2014</button><button onclick="magazine()">NARFE Magazine March 2014</button>

issuu.com

Get an account; it is free Upload your PDF Fill in title and description Open your publication Click Share → Embed Click Use on Tumblr, Wordpress or similar Use this code to embed in Static HTML

Questions

Howard Gordon flash@acm.org