Effective Monday August, 23rd Facebook is changing the maximum width of all custom pages from 755 to 520 pixels. Additionally, the site is removing the “Boxes” tab, which has been an important feature for developers of 3rd party applications. This means major changes are in store for the look and layout of fan pages.
Having designed many fan pages for our clients we feel a responsibility to notify everyone in time of the change. If you don’t make the change by August 23rd your page will look something like this:
(notice the cut off images in the 3rd column)
So the Smarter team has decided to offer all clients currently on retainer a free redesign of their Facebook pages. For clients not currently on retainer we will be offering to redesign your Facebook page for $500 per tab. This offer is open to the public. Any brand or business that needs to resize their Facebook page in advance of the August 23rd deadline can contact me directly (drew@smartersm.com).
In the past, Facebook has stirred up controversy by hastily implementing its new features without fully bracing for resistance from its users—such was the case when the “newsfeed” was first introduced in 2006. This time around, Facebook is doing everything in their power to make sure this change does not bring the activities of individuals and businesses to a screeching halt. That being said, these pages do need to be reformatted to fit the new 520 pixel layout.
As usual you can be certain that we will take the same care and precise expertise in getting all pages updated as we do for all the services we offer.
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