a novel and a bitch slap later.

When finishing up at Hot Tin Roof last week I was reading through my blog post named "The Landing Page - a novel by Johanna M. Johansson". Obviously it's not a novel. But it's long. It's about how to customise your Facebook fan page using the FBML app explained in a very straightforward and humorous way (in case you haven't picked up on this yet: I'm funny!) Aaanyways, when reading through it I was also browsing around for Social Media news.

BOOM. BAM. DANG.

There it was:

"FBML is dead. Start using iFrame tabs now for free."

What a slap in the face! But. That is the nature of the digital landscape. It moves

quickly, ruthlessly and usually without warning! (Facebook honestly, what about a "hey everyone we're not gonna use FBML anymore" before the iframes launch? Just saying. A bit of a heads up would have been nice. Totally casual.)

Good news is that the switch from FBML apps to iframes won’t have any effect on your fan page. The FBML tabs will still work in the same way, you can edit them in the same old fashion, you just can’t add any new ones (as of March 11 they claimed, however I had a go at this and I was adding away! Liars.)! Which ultimately means that my "novel" was not in vain.

So thanks. I guess.