3. Timeline Cover - Rules
NO price or purchase information NO, NO
NO!
NO contact information
NO refs to Like or Share, or other FB features
NO calls to action
NOT for promotions, coupons or ads.
NOT primarily text based
Must NOT be false/deceptive/misleading
Must NOT infringe on anyone else’s copyright
You may not encourage uploading to personal
timelines
4. Ideas for Timeline Covers
Customers using your products
Examples of products
Awards won
Company founders or employees at work
Store interior/exterior
Showcase customers
Integrate with Profile Image
5. How to Get Covers Done
Do it yourself:
Either:
1) Use stock Image e.g. Istockphoto,
Shutterstock, Dreamstime, flickr or
2) Edit own photo with free photo editing
software e.g Gimp.org, aviary.com,
pixlr.com.
12. Image attribution: shapecollage.com
Profile Image
More visible
Image visible when visiting via mobile App.
Company logo or photo of yourself
Should blend with other design elements on all
social media profiles
Incorporate as part of Cover
13. Profile Image
As of 26th April 2012, the new profile
picture will be 160x160px and will sit at
23px from the left and 210px from the
top of the Page.
Thumbnail is cropped further
High quality
Facebook discourage changing it often.
15. Applications & App. Thumbnails
Applications: Another video
Thumbnails:
111 x 74px
Use calls-to-action or descriptive words/images
Can standardize graphics on each thumbnail