Free Website Tips

I read a lot of website advice every day. The best of that advice I wish everyone knew. Brainstorm! Let's put the greatest advice in quick tips. Usually I see a really good tip every few weeks. Remember to act on the tips - they are short so it should be easy.

Clients Include

United Nations

Center for Interpersonal Effectiveness


Coram Deo Consulting Group


Benchmarx

Facebook

When I used Facebook's Debugger (Linter) to peek at how Facebook parses the advanced OpenGraph data I'd included, I was greeted by errors like:

Creating a powerfully targeted Facebook ad

Posted by Joshua Stewardson on February 22, 2011
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Transcript

Hi. This is Joshua Stewardson of Covenant Web Design. And I want to explain today how to create a Facebook ad and what is so powerful about these ads as opposed to other forms of online advertising.

Create a "transparent" logo on Facebook

Posted by Joshua Stewardson on October 21, 2010

Facebook profile pictures - your own or your company's - are put in the top left with the top portion overlapping a grey background.  This works fine for the average profile picture of a smiling face:

However, if the profile picture has a white background - like a company logo - it starts looking blocky.