Facebook tabs about to get smaller for pages

Posted on Aug 3, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media

If you’re developing custom tabs for Facebook Pages, you’ll want to be sure to design them at a width of 520 pixels, as the change from 760 pixels to 520 pixels is about to go into effect. According to Inside Facebook, the change is expected to happen during the second week in August, or so.

Back in October, Facebook made the announcement on their Platform Roadmap that the dimensions of custom tabs would be changing from 760 to 520 in early 2010. However, that date has been pushed back several times, probably due to the fact that Facebook is still trying to get the word out about the size change.

Why is Facebook shrinking custom tabs on Facebook Pages? Facebook has yet to provide an explanation for the change, but I think it’s so that Facebook Pages will be easily seen on a mobile device. Most Pages have already converted their custom tabs to 520 pixels. Below is an example of a custom tab at 520 pixels from the Starbucks Facebook Page.

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