So, what’s the catch?

In order to bring the holidays to your FB profile in layout form, users must install PageRage.  Not to worry, the install is safe and very user friendly.  The app is compatible with most widely used browsers like: Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox.  PageRage is offered 100% free to FB users but be aware that the app is ad-supported, meaning, once installed, the app places advertisements on your FB account.  The app does offer ad-free Facebook layouts though; upgrading to PageRage Premium for a one-time fee of $1.99 USD guarantees users an ad-free Facebook layout experience.  Very thoughtful of them since more than half the population can’t stand ads.  Thank you kindly PageRage!  All in all, this is one spiffy Facebook customization app and what better way to celebrate the holidays than with a custom, colorful and free Facebook layout.

For more information about this new and innovative app, visit www.PageRage.com.

While your at it, scope out some of the Holiday themes we found on their site; these definitely put is in the holiday mood!

No?  What if we say the annoying news-feed-like window that sits directly on top of your chat window?

The new homepage ticker was pushed out by Facebook on Wednesday September 21st to all users of the social network.  The new feature is programmed to give us more of a “news” insight into our friends activity (in real time) via Facebook.  Creepy right?  The news ticker shows when you have chat open, and if you close chat, it takes residence above the ads and everything else.  Talk about a migraine!

Currently, this news ticker is not optional and we don’t know if Facebook will ever make it optional, fingers crossed.  Until that happens, here are some nifty solutions to getting rid of that annoying Facebook news ticker courtesy of AllFacebook.com:

1. Adjust the size of your browser window           

By adjusting the size of your browser window to a smaller view, the news ticker will (magically – we wish) disappear.

2.  Post-Its are key!       

It will take not just one, but two post-its, because one is too thin and you can still see the news ticker movement from underneath.  It’s not a realistic option but it works for now.

3.  Maximize chat window

This is a somewhat good solution to the ticker but with this solution, another issue arises: chat box.

4.  Switch to Myspace

Quite a desperate solution but with Facebook expecting to release more profile updates, Myspace doesn’t look so bad after all…

5.  Quit Social Media Altogether

It’s not a difficult feat to accomplish but for the other 99.9%, we just can’t quit you Facebook…

What do you think of Facebook’s news ticker feature?  Have you discovered ways of getting rid of the darn thing?  Share with us in the comments below!

If you are one retailer out of millions in the world, how would you go about separating yourself from the herd in order to get noticed?

Hipster fashion retailer Urban Outfitters has found a creative solution via Facebook to get the masses interested and coming back for more.  The retailer’s new interactive campaign will enable Facebook fans to browse through Urban Outfitter’s fall catalog on the brands page. Genius!

Urban is the first retailer to utilize the interactive service introduced by Enter: New Media, a digital media agency specializing in fashion, retail and entertainment.  The questions running in our minds is, why didn’t anyone think of this sooner?  This service is, without a doubt, needed by all fashion retailers who manage pages on Facebook.  As a fashion enthusiast, I love the fact that I can visit Facebook and scan through retailer catalogs without having to navigate outside of the social network.  I am on Facebook constantly and the ability for me to check and see if my favorite store added more fall pieces to their collection by just visiting their fan page is key!

I sure hope that more and more retailers adopt this service as Urban Outfitters has to make all our lives that much simpler.  Moreover, looking forward, it would be awesome to see fashion retailers adopt shopping services directly to their Facebook pages too.  Shopping on Facebook would be the ultimate, wouldn’t it? Anything is possible, only time will tell and I cannot wait!

Have you checked out Urban Outfitter’s interactive catalog on Facebook?  If so, did you find it more convenient than having to scan an old school catalog?  Let us know in the comments section below!

The infographic comes from OnlineSchools, which states that parents spying on their kids via Facebook maybe isn’t such a bad thing:  “Children are vulnerable on social networks and many are on Facebook without their parents’ permission. That’s why many parents feel that they’re not snooping on their kids — they’re protecting them.”

Good point.  If we were parents, wouldn’t we want to know what our children are talking about behind our backs?  Or who is talking about them behind their backs?  These questions bring up an important point, if parents are so interested on keeping their kids safe from harm, shouldn’t they just talk to them about it, person to person instead of finding out by Facebook?  It’s obvious that with the rise of social networks, that the communication barrier between kids and their parents continues to grow larger and larger apart from each other.

Sooner or later, will this communication be lost?  It’s parents’ responsibility to take the initiative and force communication with their kids at all times because in the end, we just can’t rely on Facebook to do the communicating for us.

Thoughts?  Leave your questions and/or comments below for us!

Courtesy of: OnlineSchools.com

Facebook has now released a feature to Facebook page admins where they can now add fans to their pages by sending notification to Facebook friends.  This new feature is a bit more robust and convenient than the previously available “suggest to friends” feature, which was removed earlier this year.  Admins now have the ability to search for friends by name or filter by recent interactions, group, and even friend lists.  It seems that there isn’t really a limit to how many notifications you can send but be weary; Facebook has a thing out for Fan page admins who try to purposely spam users of the social site.

The cool thing about this new feature is that if a page has more than one admin, those admins have available to them the combined networks.  We wonder too if Facebook Deals has become just as popular as fan pages now?  The social site is growing and changing at a rapid pace; we are beginning to feel that trying to keep up with the network is becoming mighty hard.  Do you agree?

Log-in to Facebook today to try out this new page feature and let us know here at Facebook Layouts, what you think in the comments below.

It was last November when Facebook unveiled their mobile “check-in-deals” program and in April, a site-wide version of their deals program was unleashed on 5 US cities.  Since the start of Deals in November, millions of mobile users have taken advantage of great deals in their area.  When Facebook users check-in on their mobile phone, users will be notified automatically when a deal is nearby; convenience is a luxury that all Facebook users can afford now with Deals.

Facebook has a distinct advantage over its popular competitors like Groupon and Living Social, because they have their own platform to work off of, which happens to serve nearly 700 million people.  With Deals on Facebook, advertisers already know what you like to eat, what music you listen to, places you visit and what brands you love.  The only downside about Facebook Deals may be that it is too specific to a user.  As for Groupon, the deal site searches deals happening depending on your location, which is more flexible in giving you more options for deals to choose from.

Enjoy this nifty infographic we found which gives you an idea on how big of a competitor Facebook Deals is compared to Living Social and Groupon:

Facebook Deals has been available to the public for quite some time now, do you love it or hate it?  Sound off in the comments section below!

The popular Facebook layouts application, PageRage now offers their users ad-free Facebook layouts through PageRage Premium.  Super cool!  If users were already using PageRage, they can now upgrade, if they wish, to PageRage Premium with a one-time purchase of $1.99 (USD).  Once PageRage Premium is purchased, users will experience an ad-free version of PageRage via their Facebook profiles.  Signing up for PageRage ad-free Facebook layouts is easy and took us only 3 minutes to do.

The first step in getting started is to visit www.PageRage.com and click on the “Get Premium” button on the left-hand side of the homepage.  By clicking on this button, the website will direct you to the PageRage Premium page where you can learn more about what the new program can offer you.  Next step is to click on the big green paint splash to get started.  After clicking, you will notice a form appear on the Premium PageRage page.  This step in the process is asking you to sign into your PageRage user account or to create a account if you haven’t already done so.  After logging in or signing up to your PageRage user account, you will now fill out a short contact form and provide credit card payment information in order to pay for PageRage Premium.  This PageRage ad-free Facebook layouts service accepts most credit cards and processes all payments through PayPal to ensure safe online shopping.  Once your payment is successfully processed, you can now select or create Facebook layouts to your hearts content without the distraction of ads when surfing your online social profile.

We think this new product is flawless and really gives PageRage Facebook layouts users more of an option as to what they want from their Facebook layouts application.  Most Facebook layouts applications out there are for free, yes, but many are ad-supported.  If Facebook users can afford to pay $1.99 one time and get ad-free Facebook layouts, then why not sign up?  It’s easy, reasonably priced and fun!

Learn more about PageRage Premium on the app’s blog as well as watch video on how you can get PageRage ad-free Facebook layouts today!

Many of us use Facebook to showcase ourselves, catch-up with friends, and share pictures of good times had. The only thing missing from Facebook, we think, is the ability to customize your personal profile. Although Facebook users are not able to customize their profiles by tampering with the site’s individual html code (like you could on Myspace), there is a very simple way to get around this little bump in the road. Enter, PageRage. PageRage is a browser plug-in application (not available as a Facebook app) that allows users to skin their profiles with pre-made or user created Facebook layouts.

How it works: Visit www.PageRage.com and install the free plug-in. The PageRage app is compatible with the following browser types: Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. Once PageRage is installed, you will have access to all Facebook layouts within their online library and let us tell you, it’s massive. There are thousands, upon thousands of Facebook layouts to choose from. There is also the option to create your own Facebook layouts using their top of the line CYOL tool. Once you have created or selected a layout to your profile, simply log into your Facebook account, navigate to the profile tab and hit the refresh key. You will now see that your Facebook profile is customized with a PageRage Facebook layout. So cool!

Be sure to add Memorial Day themed Facebook layouts to your profiles this weekend to show off that American spirit!  Below are some examples of Facebook layouts you can choose from:

One last note: Not only is PageRage easy to use, it is also very safe. The application contains no viruses, malware or spyware and has been tested as “safe” by many reputable anti-viral software’s. Feel free to read-up on the following articles for more information regarding this topic: PageRage Virus Free and PageRage Scam Free. Lastly, it is important to note that PageRage is ad-supported due to its free download. PageRage is planning to release an ad-free version of their app later this month, so stay tuned for when we report on that upgrade.

Have you used the PageRage Facebook layouts app? If so, what did you think about it? Sound off in the comments below!

If you have ever had the chance to meet a celeb and take a picture with them, you wonder, how can I tag Rihanna in my picture on Facebook?

Great news! Just a few days ago, Facebook released a new feature that allows you to tag Facebook fan pages (aka celebrities, brands and music pages) in your photos.  So cool! Not only is this a great way to show off your awesome pictures to friends, giving you more bragging rights, but this new feature also gives fan page owners free advertising.  As seen in the photo below, you tag a fan page just the way you would tag another person.  Once you tag a fan page, the tagged photo will show up under the fan pages photo’s tab for other fans to see.  A page can be tagged in a photo even if you haven’t “Liked” it.  Pretty spiffy huh?

Page administrators have the ability to turn the feature on or off by going to Edit Page -> Posting Options and unchecking “Users can add photos.”  If you are a user and do not want your tagged fan page photo to show up on the fan page for all eyes to see, you will need to have your photos options set to “only friends.” By doing this, only your friends will be able to see that picture of you tagged alongside that jar of Nutella.

To us, this new feature is genuis! Who doesn’t love free advertising?  Brands will now have a constant flow of new pictures on their page with people using their brand.

So, what do you guys think of this new Facebook feature?  Will you start tagging brands and famous people in your pictures now? Let’s hear it!