Pagemodo's do-it-yourself Facebook fan page creation service has achieved our TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award for its easy user interface that's designed for individuals who don't necessarily have programming or Photoshop expertise. We evaluated its Pro package, which lets you create up to seven tabs. We like that its photo-upload tool makes it easy to crop, shrink and enlarge your images to meet the dimensions of its Facebook template's components.
Pagemodo's interface lets you choose from an array of Facebook layouts, or you can upload your own designs. It provides images with its templates, but they only fulfill a narrow window of utilization, so plan on generating your own images outside of the service's web interface.
In evaluating Pagemodo, we used one of its templates to design a Facebook tab. We will say that the service's template designs are rigid – we were unable to remove components such as the mini-captions for each of the images or the coupon code text it required us to place over our central image.
However, we found that creating a reveal-page tab is a straightforward process with this service's setup. A reveal-page tab includes two sets of content – one that non-fans see and one that potential fans can see if they click the Like button at the top of the page. We tested this function in each of the Facebook tab creation services we reviewed, and of all of them, Pagemodo has the easiest process. We also found that its process for publishing a tab to the Facebook application is seamless.
Where Pagemodo doesn't measure up to its competition is in its selection of business-promotion widgets, such as the ability to insert an RSS feed, run a poll or contest, contact forms, add a Twitter feed, maps or music to your Facebook tab. In addition, it doesn't provide a place to insert HTML or JavaScript code. However, the company will soon launch Pagemodo 2.0, which will add many of these tools.
It has only been since February 2011 that Facebook created iframes, which allow programmers to use common programming languages such as HTML and JavaScript to develop Facebook page tabs. Doing so has allowed companies like Pagemodo to provide do-it-yourself Facebook tab creation services. And it hasn't taken long for Pagemodo and its competitors to identify creative applications for Facebook tabs that will help spread the word about your cause or build your business.
Pagemodo offers many of the features listed in our testing criteria. It offers a true WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) design interface. We like that it lets you easily edit or delete a published tab. It's easy to upload or type content into components of its multilayer designs.
Pagemodo is one of five of the services we reviewed that doesn't require establishing a password to open an account. Instead, it is able to verify your identity by having you log in to your Facebook account through the Pagemodo web interface. Doing so saves you from one more password to remember, and the process is safe and secure.
The design interface lets you add links to text or hotspot hyperlinks to images that you upload to its template components. The service also lets you customize your tab label name.
Pagemodo provides a variety of Facebook tab layouts, and it allows you to upload your own images designed in Photoshop. Many of its templates include spots for several images that you can upload as a photo array. Other templates let you upload a video to your tab. Many of the areas where the service falls short, such as the inability to upload an RSS feed, Twitter feed, map, photo slide show and sign-up forms, will be integrated into Pagemodo 2.0. Pagemodo co-founder Thomas Kjeldgaard told us that the improved version will likely be available before the fall of 2011.
Publishing a tab to your Facebook page is a snap in Pagemodo, and we like that it lets you edit or delete a tab that you have already published. Pagemodo's templates are much more limited than some of its competitors, but that makes the process of completing your tabs simpler. Its design interface is easy to navigate and it provides clear descriptions or instructions at each step of the process.
Pagemodo is a company founded by two Danish entrepreneurs that is based in Bangkok, Thailand. It provides contact information on its website, and we received a cordial email response to our query within 24 hours. The website does not include a section with answers to frequently asked questions, nor does it provide tutorials, articles or blogs, but it does provide a community forum for its users.
Pagemodo provides an excellent do-it-yourself Facebook fan page creation service that doesn't require you to have programming or Photoshop expertise. It does have limitations in terms of its tools. In addition, its rigid templates don't let you remove a component if it doesn't fit your needs, such as a caption across an image. We look forward to Pagemodo 2.0, which will be released soon and will provide additional tools to enhance your ability to customize your Facebook page. For now, we recommend Pagemodo because of its simplistic design and straightforward process.
