Facebook are rolling out a change which means you can choose how your page will appear to your visitors based on what you are using it for. Facebook templates seem to be rolling out in a fairly random way. To find out whether your page has them, you need to manually check.
To see the new Facebook templates, click Settings on the top right of your page.
Then click Edit page.
If you have the new settings, you will be able to choose Templates.
There are a number of pre-made templates including
- Standard
- Shopping
- Venues
- Gaming
- Politicians
- Professional Services
- Restaurants & Cafes
Each template shows different default tabs along the side of the Page page and different buttons under the Cover Photo. The layouts might also affect what is shown in the middle column – you could show videos or events at the top. We have noticed that it wasn’t until we chose the Shop template that we got the option to create a shop tab on one of the pages we are managing.
Standard
Toolbar Buttons – Like, Follow, Message, Share
Tabs – Home, Posts, Videos, Photos, About, Likes
Shopping
Buttons – Like, Follow, Message, Share
Tabs – Home, Posts, Photos, Shop, Reviews, Videos, Events, About, Likes
Venues
Call to Action – Learn More
Buttons – Like, Follow, Message, Share
Tabs – Home, Events, About, Videos, Photos, Reviews, Posts, Likes
Gaming
Buttons – Like, Follow, Message Share
Tabs – Home, About, Videos, Photos, Likes, Posts, Reviews
Politicians
Call to Action – Send Message
Buttons – Like, Follow, Message, Share
Tabs – Home, About, Videos, Posts, Events, Notes, Photos, Likes
Professional Services
Call to Action – Call Now
Buttons – Like, Follow, Message, Share
Tabs – Home, Services, Shop, Reviews, Photos, Videos, Posts, Events, About, Likes
Restaurants & Cafes
Call to Action – Call Now
Buttons – Like, Follow, Message, Share
Tabs – Home, Photos, Reviews, Posts, Videos, Events, About, Likes
Once you have chosen a template, the tabs and buttons will automatically change. However, you can still reorder the tabs. It is interesting to note that at the moment the buttons are all the same. Perhaps this will change in time.
What do you think? Have you implemented a template?
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