By: Garin Kilpatrick

Static FBML is an app that was developed by Facebook to give users some flexibility when it comes to customizing a facebook page.

In order to customize a Facebook page you will need to know some basic html.

To get started customizing your page begin at the Static FBML app page and click the “Add to page” button beside the page you want to customize.

For examples of the static FBML app in action check out the FacebookFlow facebook page. These examples include an “Invite your Friends” tab, newsletter sign up form, and a welcome tab.

See the screencast below for a video I created that will show you how to create a new static fbml app and specify it as a tab on your facebook page!

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In just four short days an onion ring has been able to accumulate over 1,300,000 facebook fans.  The name of this newly viral facebook page is “Can this onion ring get more fans than Justin Bieber?”. Update: The day after this post was posted the fan page achieved it’s goal. Now this fan page cannot be found on Facebook so I am guessing that the publicist for Justin Bieber bought this group and had it shut down. The last time I saw this group it had over 2,000,000 fans, meaning it was also more popular then Miley Cyrus.

The case of this onion ring serves as an interesting example of how unique humor, when combined with a cause, can serve up a recepie for viral marketing success!