Wednesday Words: Cover photo

Every page and profile on Facebook has a top banner image. This large, horizontal image is called a Cover Photo.  Every cover photo, whether on a page or profile, is public and can be seen by everyone.  The cover photo is a great place for fanpages, especially brands and organizations, to use unique images to represent who they are, what their business is about, what they care about etc. Cover images can attract attention and make people more interested in a page and more inclined to see what the page is about.

Cover images display at 851 pixels wide by 315 pixels tall on your Page on computers and 640 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall on smartphones. They must be  at least 399 pixels wide and 150 pixels tall.

Facebook provides a great tool to show you dimensions, which includes the distances for the profile image that fits into the cover photo.  https://www.facebook.com/help/125379114252045

Facebook's suggestion to fanpages regarding images is this: "For your Page's cover photo, use a unique image that represents your Page. This might be a photo of a popular menu item, album artwork or a picture of people using your product. Be creative and experiment with images to see what your audience responds to best."

Wednesday Words are a series of definitions released on Wednesday each week regarding a word found specific to Facebook's social media platform, or may be a generic word dealing with social media. These definitions are to help provide you with a better understanding of common and uncommon terms associated with Facebook and social media. You can find all the Wednesday Words by clicking on the Wednesday Words tag below.