Don’t get lost in the Facebook new pages experience changes! In this blog post, we will cover the most asked questions on how to operate the New Pages Experiences.
UPDATED FEB 24 2023: This blog post was updated to include how to share posts from other pages to your company page or groups.
The difference between Facebook classic pages and New Page Experience?
Here is your Facebook New Pages Experience User Guide to cover your questions about the pages! The Classic pages version is most likely the one you are currently using. It’s focused more on being a page, rather than an account that you can interact with customers on other Facebook mediums (groups or posts). But New Experience is focused on being more user interactive. However, it’s not the most user-friendly for people with a strong history with the classic version in terms of settings. The New Page Experience is more focused on being a profile than pages.
Hearing that Facebook might force you to create Facebook New Pages Experience pages or switch your account to that format can sound daunting, but after this guide, you will feel much better about the switch.
Here is our overall Facebook new pages experience guide to make the switch a little easier.
Major Differences
- Redesigned layout for a cleaner layout.
- Easy switch capabilities to use the company profile to the personal profile.
- Seamless interactions with other companies, individuals, or profiles.
- Updated access roles.
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR November 8th 2022
Facebook has emailed one of our marketing specialists that, “Starting soon, the option to switch back to the classic Pages experience will no longer be available for your Page(s). Over the coming months, all Pages will be updated to the Facebook new Pages experience and the classic Pages experience will no longer be available.
Thanks,
The Facebook Pages Team”
Which means that you will no longer be able to switch back to classic and the Facebook New Pages Experience will remain.
User Guide
For the most common questions, we have created a list for you to get to know the new format.
How to switch back to a classic page from the new Facebook page experience?
- In the menu beside Edit Page, click “…” and select Switch to Classic Pages.
- Follow the flow, and select Continue.
- This will switch your new Page to a classic Page.
But if you don’t see the option to switch back to classic pages, unfortunately, you cannot switch back to the classic version.
How to switch/get to Facebook new page experience?
- You should see the option to switch when you load your Facebook page in the back end.
- It should say “Try a new Pages experience” with a “Get Started” button. Click the button and go through the steps to make the switch.
- If you don’t see the option, Facebook currently isn’t offering the switch to your page.
How to add a username to the Facebook New Page Experience?
- Click on the image top right
- Settings and privacy
- Settings
- Add username
How to share a post on your Facebook New Pages Experience?
Do you need to share a post from another page but not see the option to share it? That is because the option to share has been moved!
- Switch to your Facebook business page profile.
- Find the post you want to share.
- Click on the “Share” button.
- And then, add some text to the post and click “Share now” which will then post it to your page.
How to share a post on your Facebook group?
Do you need to share a post from another page but not see the option to share it? That is because the option to share has been moved!
- Switch to your Facebook business page profile.
- Find the post you want to share.
- Click on the “Share” button.
- And then, add some text to the post and then click “share to a group” and done!
Not allow people to post to a page from the Facebook New Pages Experience?
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- Click on your profile picture top right
- Settings
- Settings and privacy
- Click on page and tagging
- Click on Who can post on your page
- Turn to only me
How to review posts you’re tagged in before the post appears on the New Page Experience?
- Click on your profile picture top right
- Settings
- Settings and privacy
- Click on the page and tagging.
- Review posts you’re tagged in before the post appears on your Page – Turn on.
How to create an event for the Facebook New Pages Experience?
- Click on your profile picture top right
- Under professional tools
- Click on the professional dashboard
- Then click on Events
- Then click on Create Event
Issue: I drafted my event but cannot find it.
We ran into a similar issue. We created two drafted two different and neither one showed up in our events tab.
But here is how you can find it:
Go to the URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/ and you will be able to see your events. As long as you’re still on your Facebook page it should be there. Or try URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar
OR:
Click on your profile picture in the top right corner.
Under suggested, go to events.
Differences
Events
| Classic | New Facebook Page Experience | |
| Event Admission Cost | Available during the setup process. | Available for in-person not online. |
| Recurring Event | Available for the first step of the process. | Currently not available. |
| FAQ | Currently not available. | Available for the first step of the process. |
| Keywords | Currently not available. | Available for the first step of the process. |
| Category | Available for the first step of the process. | Currently not available. |
| Event Settings (Let people ask you questions about this event over Messenger) | Available during the third step. | It’s under FAQ from before. |
Issue: I drafted my event but cannot find it.
We ran into a similar issue. We created two drafted two different and neither one showed up in our events tab.
But here is how you can find it:
Go to the URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/ and you will be able to see your events. As long as you’re still on your Facebook page it should be there. Or try the URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar
OR go through your profile:
- Click on your profile picture in the top right corner.
- Under suggested, go to events.
How to post a job post to the Facebook New Pages Experience?
- Click on your profile picture top right
- Under professional tools
- Click on professional dashboard
- Click on Jobs.
- The process is the same as the classic page.
How to link to Instagram for the New Page Experience?
- Click on your profile picture top right
- Under professional tools
- Click on professional dashboard
- Click on Linked Accounts
How do I link a Facebook page to a Facebook group?
- The first thing you must be a admin on the Facebook group so you have the permission level to link to a page.
- Go to your group page.
- On the left side, you should see “group settings” and click that.
- Then at the far bottom under “manage advanced settings” you should see “linked pages” and click on that.
- Tap Link next to the pages you’d like to link to your group.
- Tap Link Page.
OR
You may be looking to create an affiliation to add to your Facebook page.
- Go to your group page.
- Go to “group settings”and click on that.
- Then under “Customize group” you should see “Group affiliation” click edit on that to proceed.
- And then add the group affiliation.
How to delete a Facebook New Pages Experience?
- Click on your profile picture top right.
- Click on settings and privacy.
- Click on Settings.
- Click on Privacy.
- Click on Facebook page information.
- Click on Deactivation and deletion
- Choose Delete Page
- Click on Continue.
Overall we hope that this Facebook new pages experience guide was helpful, if you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
If you still have other questions or issues with your Facebook New Experience page please reach out today or in the comments!
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