Facebook Timeline now available for pages

Once again facebook made a big change, "Launching New Design" for brand pages. I was tired when came back from university. But I received a phone call from office to go there for my radio show. So I had to update status on my facebook page. When visited my page, a notification from facebook:
Coming Soon: New Facebook Pages:
On 30 March 2012, all Facebook Pages will get a new design. Preview your page now to see what it looks like and try out the new features. See a list of all your Facebook Pages.
It's a whole new day on facebook this morning, it is to roll out the social networking site's new design, and now refreshed Facebook pages features a new timeline that allows viewers to dive into years history.

Your cover photo:
Your cover photo is the first thing people will see when they visit your Page.Choose a unique photo and change it as often as you like. Or, learn more about picking a great cover photo.

Adjust your profile picture:
Your profile picture represents your Page on other parts of Facebook, like in news feed. Use your logo or another image that represents your Page. Choose an image that's square and at least 180 pixels wide.

Highlight what's important:
Photos, likes and apps are now at the top of your Page. Photos show in the first spot, but you can change the order of everything else so people see what matters most. You can show a maximum number of 12 apps, so make sure to put your most important ones first.

Review your Page timeline:
Hover over a story and click on the star (star icon) to make it wider, or on the pencil (pencil icon) to pin it to the top of your Page, hide or delete it entirely.

Manage everything in one place:
Keep track of your activity on your Page from the admin panel. Respond when people write on your Page timeline, and view your latest insights.
Visit your activity log to review all your posts and activity.

Respond privately with messages:
Now people can contact you privately using messages. Notifications about new messages will appear right in your admin panel.
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Facebook Pages around the world can now upgrade to Timeline, allowing businesses to express themselves more visually through a redesign consistent with what was pushed to user profiles this fall. Major new features include the option to pin posts to the top of the feed for one week, and receive and respond to private messages from users, as well as add a big cover image and feature posts from amongst a feed of updates Facebook determines to be the most engaging.
Facebook official page
Overall, Timeline should inspire users to spend more time browsing Pages and reading their feed stories. However, it removes the ability to set an app as a default landing page, which could reduce engagement with signup widgets and contests. All Pages can upgrade to Timeline today, and but also have an optional 30 day period to curate before Timeline is forcibly pushed to them on March 30th. Here’s the product guide for Timeline for Pages, also embedded below.

Existing Page APIs will remain intact. Facebook has been working with platform partners like Buddy Media and Vitrue to make sure their tools don’t break and can support the new functionality. A new admin panel and Activity Log lets Pages see a quick view of their Insights data as well as feature, hide, and delete posts. Timeline for Pages is not visible from mobile yet, but will be soon.



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