How to add custom welcome tab in your facebook fan page

Facebook fan page become popular as a blog or website for a celebrity, brand or business. It enables facebook user to join and be updated about any brand. This is great way to build up a community on facebook.

Facebook fan page come with various tab like wall, photo, info etc. you can also create a custom tab. In this article we will learn to create welcome tab. It will visible / displayed to the non-member visitors to the page, asking them to join the page.

Adding a custom tab to the Facebook Fan page :

This is done with Static HTML: iframe tabs.  You can add advance functionality to your fan page using this application. This application will add a box to your Page in which you can render HTML or FBML(Facebook Markup Language) for Page customization. This application is only available for facebook fan page not for profile or groups.

How to add Static HTML : iframe tabs to your fan page :

1. 1.       The first and most important, you need to be the administrator of the page. 
2. 2.       Search for Static HTML : iframe tabs in the search box and reach the application 
3. 3.       Select page to which you want to add the new tab.

Setting up Static HTML : iframe tabs as a tab :

1. 1.       Click on Edit Page Button. 
2. 2.       Now click on Apps tab 
3. 3.       Make sure that the tab setting is added. 
4. 4.       You can also change the tab name

 

Adding content to the Static HTML : iframe tabs Tab :

1. 1.       Click on View Page Button 
2. 2.       Select your tab. 
3. 3.       And use HTML tags to add the any content. 
4. 4.       You can also use FBML (Facebook Markup Language) tags.

 Make this tab default landing tab (Welcome Tab) :

1. 1.       Click on Edit Page Button. 
2. 2.       Click on Manage Permissions tab 
3. 3.       Select default landing tab.

Once you have done this, go to your page and view the tab...