As many of you have seen in recent months, Facebook has implemented a “New Page Experience” which changes the way your personal or business profile appears on different devices. To simplify things, I’ve made a graphic / template you can download and use to help you create the best background image possible. What you’ll find out is that logos work best inside of your circular photo/icon area and background images that are more scenic, graphical or with human elements work the best. Cramming text in is possible, but it just comes off as cluttered. Use your page for text and links to get people to visit your personal site. Remember, social channels are distribution channels that you don’t own – so try to get clients and customers to visit your world / website.

Click here to download the template.

• A redesigned Page layout that’s cleaner and more intuitive
• Easy switching and navigation between a public-facing Page and an individual profile. Manage your Page and profile separately.

• Seamless interactions with other public figures, brands and people via access to Feed: Follow other public figures, brands, and partners to create a Feed with topics that matter to you. Stay up to date and connect with people and content on your new Page Feed.

  • Your new Page Feed will be separate from your profile. You can follow different Pages and profiles to curate a unique experience for your Feed on the new Page. Anyone with full control will see this Feed.
• Actionable insights and more relevant notifications

• Updated Page Management tools: You can give others Facebook access or task access to manage the Page.

  • About Facebook access
  • About task access

  What features will I have access to with a new Page?

  Anyone who was previously an admin on the Page will retain Facebook access after transitioning to the new Page experience. If you have Facebook access of a new Page, you will have access to the following:

  • Settings: Manage and edit all settings, such as Page info and deleting the Page.
  • Permissions: If you have Facebook access with full control, you can give Facebook access or task access to your new Page to help manage it.
  • Content: Create, manage or delete any content on the Page, such as posts, Stories and more.
  • Messages: Respond to direct messages as the Page in Inbox.
  • Community activity: Remove and respond to comments, remove unwanted comments and report activity on the Page.
  • Ads: Create, manage and delete ads on all platforms.
  • Insights: Use Page, post and ad insights to analyze the performance of the Page.
  • Instagram account linking: Link your new Page with your Instagram account to manage communication, cross-post and run ads across both platforms.
  • Monetization & advertising: Use tools to help monetize content you create. Create and manage ad campaigns using your new Page and Ads Manager.

  Will I lose access to features or tools from my classic Page?

  • Page likes and followers: You’ll retain existing likes and followers on your new Page.

    • Like or follow counts will be displayed beneath the Page name on your new Page, depending on the action button. For example, creators with a “Like” action button will have their like count visible, with their follow count accessible in the professional dashboard. Those with a “Follow” action button will have their follow count displayed beneath the Page name. Learn more about likes and follows.

  • Classic Page roles, such as moderator and editors, will not be available at this time

    • You can give Facebook access or task access to your new Page to help manage it

  • Publishing tools, such as scheduled posts

    • You can schedule posts from Meta Business Suite or Creator Studio.
  • Business features, such as jobs, appointments, offers and Facebook Page Shop
  • Manage from mobile web browsers: You can manage the new Page from the Facebook mobile app, but not from mobile web browsers.
  • Locations management (http://business.facebook.com/business_locations) is not available for pages that are transitioned to the New Pages Experience.
  • Global pages structure isn’t available yet for pages that are transitioned to the New Pages Experience.” via Facebook

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In this new year, many people will undertake different goals for our health, lives and businesses. The best part of that, is that any improvement in one area often bleeds over into another. So, make a plan and stick to it as best you can. Nobody is perfect and no plan is perfect, but action is always better than apathy. Alongside the more standard ‘live healthier’ plan, I decided to purge down as much as I can, including electronics that are no longer in use.

I began in the usual way, thinning out the closet. Why are t-shirts such a difficult thing to toss or donate? The answer is the fact that like a song, they take us back to an event in our lives that brings on emotions. You can turn your old t-shirts into a blanket if you need one more of those. Project RePat offers that service, or you probably can find a local person to do it for you. Moving along.

My relationship with computers began an early age. By the time I was looking into college, I was already building my own computer using sites like NewEgg, well over 20 years ago. As I shifted back and forth from PC to Mac, I ended up with the latter. Today I have a 2006 MacBook, a PowerMac G5 with dual cinema displays and a 27 inch iMac. To add to the pile, my father was in need of a new machine – so his 2007 iMac found it’s way here.

I checked Reddit, eBay and Marketplace to see if there was any demand for a computer that will be 20 years old in 48 months. The findings were varied, but for my time – it just makes more sense to recycle. Happily, Apple has a great program for anybody looking to recycle a old machine – and it does not have to be an Apple product. The end goal is for them to reclaim precious metals and materials so that they may go on to live another life in another device. Cycle of life stuff, in computer form. I guess we ALL get recycled eventually. Is the box checked for organ donation on you license? 😉

From there, it was simple. You provide with the serial number of your product and they will either give you credit towards a new machine or a gift card. If it’s too old, like this 2007 iMac, they will simply send you a prepaid label. Box it up and you’re done. You get a little piece of mind that it won’t rot in a landfill and a feeling of ‘I helped a turtle cross the road‘.

So, if you are trying responsibly recycle your gear in 2023, you have options!

Start here: https://www.apple.com/recycling/nationalservices/

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