What the latest Facebook changes mean for social media managers

The social network tweaked its timeline design. Here’s what the people who manage Facebook pages for brands need to know to prepare.

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Last month, ABC was the first to report on these changes, which at the time were only hypothetical. A Facebook spokesperson told the news outlet the changes aimed to “make navigating timeline even easier.”

Most of the changes are minor design tweaks, and will likely improve the experience:

On your page, posts will appear in a single column on the left, rather than being divided across two columns.

The features below the cover photo are decreasing in size and will no longer feature a photo—your design department will be ecstatic about not having to make tiny icons for each seldom clicked tab.

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