Including Causes in custom Facebook page tabs

Posted May 09, 2011 by

A couple weeks ago, we announced our custom Facebook page tab (are you using it? Tell us!), but I wanted to share a few examples of people including Causes in custom Facebook page tabs. Of course, our tab is awesome if you want to fundraise for a U.S. registered 501(c)3 but you may have an awareness raising cause or want more flexibility for your custom Facebook page tab.

Where to start?

If you don’t have access to a developer, designer or even an HTML-comfortable friend you might get a little frustrated with these steps. But! Creating a custom tab for your page is definitely doable and the examples below are cool implementations of both our API and, in one case, simple HTML.

  1. Install a Facebook static HTML app that allows you to create a custom tab (I’m a fan of Involver’s Static HTML app since it’s free and you can add multiple tabs)
  2. Follow the app’s prompts to add your custom HTML to your fanpage
  3. Done!

Disclaimer: If you’re not a developer or comfortable with HTML adding the tab might not quite be so simple (in that case, use our Facebook page app for your page since we’ve done all the work for you). I’m definitely not a developer, though I am comfortable with HTML, and I added a custom tab using Involver’s app in 10 minutes.

Examples

On The Nature Conservancy’s Facebook page, fans can donate, invite their friends and even create a Birthday Wish. Their implementation is more advanced (built by a third party company) using our API, but the right developer can easily do the same for your organization.

 

Pioneer Services is celebrating Military Appreciation Month with both a cause and a custom tab on their Facebook page. In this case, they’ve simply created a custom image, hosted that image on their site and then linked the image to their cause, Operation Building Freedom. This is the most simple implementation as it only requires an HTML app, basic HTML knowledge and somewhere to host an image.

 

 

The American Red Cross’ use of our API on their custom tab is similar to The Nature Conservancy’s (they use the same third party developer). Their tab has multiple data sources and donation options outside of Causes options.

 

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  • http://Facebook Navneet Anand.

    very good

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  • http://www.SchoolsNotPrisons.com Jonathan Perri

    We just added the Causes facebook tab on Students for Sensible Drug Policies’ page – it’s awesome and looks great – we’ll be playing around with it more this week!

    We’ve also created 3 tabs using the static HTML app and those work great too. We have one for donating, joining our newsletter, and taking action on legislation.

    Check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/schoolsnotprisons

  • Jen Burton

    @Jonathan – Your page looks great! Let us know if you have any questions about the Causes tab. You can find us over on http://forums.causes.com

    Thanks!

    Jen

  • http://www.lifewater.org Shruti

    This was very helpful! Though rough at the moment, we got our very first static html custom page up, thanks to the article.

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    Raise $5,000 to Help Build An Orphanage in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

    Homeless Haitian children need your help. Severe poverty levels has forced mothers and fathers to desert their children, leaving millions of kids to fend for themselves. There is a dire need for an Orphanage in Haiti’s second largest city, Cap-Haïtien. Currently, A Chance For Kids is already housing 50 Orphans, but needs a more permanent place for them, and many others, to call home.

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    Give these kids a home. Help A Chance For Kids build an Orphanage and provide a brighter future for hundreds of Orphans.

How have you used Causes to create an impact in your community?

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