WOW -- Was this fun or what? I added 2 tabs to my Fanpage

I just learned how to do this yesterday -- it's really cool!

As you may or may not know, Facebook Fan pages are the business side of Facebook. Unlike your Personal Profile, you can have unlimited FB Fan pages. Facebook Fan pages come with two tabs by default, "photos" and "likes." To add additional tabs, use can use a third party application such as "Short Stack." (This ap has a FREE and a paid version.) Click here to sign up.

After you sign up for free, you'll be presented with the following screen:

 

You can either "Create App From Template" (easier) or "Create Blank Ap." Let's say I want to create an app for visitors to sign up for a free newsletter. Here are the steps:

 1. Check to see if there is a ready made template for newsletter signups by clicking "Create App from Template."

2. I find a template called "Newsletter Signup 2.0" and select it. I'm presented with a preview screen and instructions on Newsletter Signup 2.0. I click on "Make App" at top right hand corner of page.

3. I am taken to the "Designer" screen. This screen allows me modify and customize the template. I copy the instructions onto Notepad and delete them by clicking the X on the Instructions Widget. Here's a screenshot of what I see next:



4. Since I won't be using Testimonials or Links, I delete them by clicking the X.

 5. Since I've designed a "header" image, I click the pencil icon in the Header Image Widget to upload it. If you don't have a header image, you can delete it by clicking X.

6. I move down to the Main Message Widget and edit as necessary -- it looks good so I move down to the Newsletter Sign Up Widget.

 7. I will send my signup to my MailChimp account so I delete the current Newsletter Sign Up Widget and drag over the MailChimp Widget. (You may integrate this form with your Email Provider such as Constant Contact, High Rise or MailChimp.) If you use other e-mail providers such as AWeber, you'll need to upgrade -- sorry!

 8. My Newsletter Sign Up Form is now complete and I click the "Install App" button at the top left of the screen. I have to log in with Facebook, and choose "Quick Publish."

9. Next I tell ShortStack the Fanpage to install to and magically the new tab appears.

10. Now I go to my Facebook Fanpage, edit the tab name and image, save the settings and I'm done. Here's my Fanpage with my 2 new tabs, "Free eBook" and "Website Newsletter" added:



 I need to work on the eBook tab image, but still not too bad for a first attempt! Cheers all!