How to create a Facebook page

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Facebook Pages are a free product for organizations and public figures to connect with people on Facebook in an official, public manner. With over 500 million global users on the site every month, Pages have created more than 5.3 billion connections.

The following guide provides step-by-step instructions to create a basic Facebook Page. The content on this page has been compiled into one document for your convenience. Source: Facebook homepage, under the help section.

Creating a page

1. If you already have a profile
   Go to www.facebook.com/page to get started.
2. If you do not have a profile
   Click the Create a page link to create a profile and page together. The profile you create will automatically be the administrator of the page.

Adding Content to your page

1. Add a page photo and adjust the thumbnail. Wave over the top right corner of the picture box and click the Pencil.
2. Add some text here that tells users a little info about your organization or public figure. Double click inside the box to edit this section.
3. This section is an important summary of your organization or public figure. Click this tab and then the Edit Information link.

Your wall

1. The Wall is the place where your updates are displayed in chronological order, with the latest updates at the top.
2. You can adjust how your wall appears to viewers of your Page. This will allow you to display just your posts or your posts mixed with fan posts.
3. This is the space where all of your activity will show. When you make a status update or share a photo, it will display here in chronological order.
4. Wave your cursor over these stats to see what they mean.

Getting to know the features

1. The “Like button” is how users connect to your page. When a person clicks “Like”, a news feed story is generated and shared with their friends, “James likes your page.”
2. These are you page tabs. The pre populated tabs may vary depending on your page category but every page has wall and info. You can move a tab, delete a tab, and add a tab.
3. This is the publisher. Use this box to create an update to your fans. Type the text in the box and click “Share”. This message will show up on the page wall and in users’ news feeds.
4. You can always find your page by typing the page name into the search box.
5. “People who like this” box shows the number of people connected to your page as well as 6 random thumbnails photos of your connections.
6. “Favorite pages” box shows other pages you would like to cross promote. They could be organizations or public figures you are affiliated with or other pages you just like. To add pages, click the Add to My Page’s Favorites link on the Pages you would like to add.
7. These features allow people connected to your page to remove themselves, create their own page and share your page with their Friends.

Editing your basic settings

1. Click the Edit Page link underneath the page photo to open up your settings page.
2. Open up each of these three sections to set-up your page settings for your needs.
3. Link your page with your Mobile device. Add the Page’s unique email address to your mobile device to send mobile photos straight to your Page Wall. You can also add your Mobile device to your Page for Status Updates by texting “f” to 32665 (FBOOK). After the Page is linked with your mobile number, send a text to 32665 (FBOOK) to post an Update to your Wall.
4. This window displays news and product updates for all Page admins directly from Facebook.

Editing your applications and admins settings

1. These are the applications that are added to your page when you first create it. From click on the links below each app to take further actions.
2. Facebook is an open platform and allows third party developers to build applications that could be useful for you page. Here you can browse through the Application Directory and check out applications Facebook thinks you may find useful.
3. You are able to add more admins here. Once another person confirms your request to become an admin on your Page, their name and thumbnail photo will show here. You can remove an admin from this section as well.

Get to know your fans

1. This snapshot shows key insights on your page. Click “See All” for an in-depth look. Note, this information cannot be seen by users, only admins.
2. Page admins can export most of these insights to an Excel or CSV file.
3. Check out the different ways in which people interact with your Page.
4. Understand what type of people are connected to your Page.
5. Post Quality ratings show the quality of your posts in driving interaction from users.

Managing your Facebook pages

From your Page Manager you can view all of the Facebook Pages that you created or administer.