Unexpected Progress
- Feb, 02 2011
- By Belinda
- Contests
- 12 comments
Dear Reader,
I’ve made unexpected progress. Unexpected, because it doesn’t have to do with writing, sadly. Once again not following through with my ROW80 goals. I once again have taken a break from the writing, but instead made progress on some of my web presence issues.
Maybe I should change my ROW80 goal altogether. To something like, “Do it. Whatever it is, if it takes you one measurable step forward this week, do it.”
You see, I have a Facebook Page, but have struggled with what to do with it. Even though I have a computer engineering degree, the FBML app just confused the crap out of me that last time I tried to work with it. I was over-thinking it like CRAZY, which isn’t a surprise. That’s kind of my modus operandi, to be honest.
That said, I finally buckled down yesterday and worked on two graphics for the fan page: a large banner on the left, and a splash image for the welcome tab. AND, I figured out how to get the stupid FBML tabs to work so I can throw in my HTML. So now we have a “welcome” tab and a “buy a copy” tab. The content from “buy a copy” came straight from my Bright Bird Press website. Easy peasy. What took me so long?
No clue. But I credit ROW80 for making me do something about it. Check out how everyone else is doing, will you?
All the best,
Belinda
Kait Nolan
Dude, can you like, write a tutorial on how to do that? Because I just looked at it (and I'm no computer dummy) and I'm like "huh?"
Belinda Kroll
Right? I tried it months ago and gave up swearing like a sailor. I can definitely write a tutorial for it. Next Monday it'll go live. How about that?
Kait Nolan
:claps:
catewrites
Sometimes, it's the unexpected progress that can be the most rewarding.
Belinda Kroll
Definitely. It's a special kind of relief.
Craig Hansen
It's definitely a step forward, Belinda. You'll benefit from that effort sooner than you think!
Belinda Kroll
Do you think so? I hope so! I'm trying to focus on marketing ventures that can take care of themselves a bit, since it stresses me out so much.
@JohnBetcher
Way to perservere, Belinda!
Belinda Kroll
Thanks, John. :)
andrewmocete
That's great Belinda! I'm learning as long as I'm doing something productive, even if it's not within my goals, I feel good. And if this helps any, I read this on The Creative Penn a few months ago. http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2010/12/02/how-to-…
Claudia Lefeve
I have no idea what you were talking about! And here I thought I knew something about the web/computers!
Belinda Kroll
Well… this is just about Facebook, which is a very specific part of the web/computers haha. Basically, you can have a Facebook profile, which is personal. You have to be a person to have a profile.
But a Facebook page is for a public entity. Either a person, band, etc. Think of it as a Facebook version of a Myspace page for a band. You can "customize" the page by adding tabs through Facebook apps, which aren't really apps, but more like plugins to the page.
Anyway, I feel you. It's not real web design, or real computer science. It's the Facebook crazy. You'll see on Monday, when my tutorial will go live.