A short intro to apps on social networks, specifically Facebook, with a postscript about customising a Facebook page.

1. Social apps?

2. Here's me on Bebo

3. Here's two of my apps

4. That was then...

6. What can apps do? Anything we can fit in here...

7. Spread through the stream App message!

8. Why do people use them? (On their profiles...)

10. Examples...

11. Small print: Disclaimer: some examples of apps for profiles are of our projects. Other companies do make apps...

12. Quizzes: one with a purpose.

13. Sharing: in this case, books.

14. Sharing/info: Find things to do

15. Social gaming: agressively viral

16. (No, not one of ours...)

18. Why might organisations use them? (On their pages...)

19. FBML: custom pages

20. Notes: Import a feed

21. RSS graffiti: Managing feeds

22. You Tube Box: Sharing videos

23. Poll Daddy: polls on your page

25. Not quite an app: Ads

26. Creating an ad

27. Targeting options

29. Thank you

30. Postscript

31. My new Facebook page

32. Go to the FBML app page

33. Add the app to a page

34. Adding (some simple) HTML

35. Edit the page, find the app

36. Edit application settings...

37. Adding a tab...

38. Choose a landing page

39. Results!

40. Not very inspiring... But.

41. Eg. from a US non-profit