Create Your Own Facebook Page
A. The value of Facebook 1. One of the best, if not the best, social networking utilities – and it’s free 2. Features of a chat room, blog, instant messenger, address book, photo site, video site all in one 3. Message your friends from any computer, even from outside the U.S. (don’t have to carry your laptop or address book with you) 4. Maintain relationships - stay in touch with friends and family 5. Makes it easy to connect with friends from your past (i.e. school, organization, home town) 6. Publicize events 7. Share photos, photo albums and videos with comments, available to Friends only or with everyone B. Create your own Facebook account 1. www.facebook.com 2. Review ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Privacy Policy’ (13-18-year-olds who are students are eligible, plus anyone older than 18) 3. Fill in name, email address, password, gender and birth date, then click ‘Sign Up’. 4. Type in security characters 5. Reply to confirming email C. Find Friends – there are lots of ways 1. Facebook automatic service when you open an account
a. If your email address is on hotmail.com, aol.com or other popular types, Facebook will prompt you to add friends by comparing email addresses to Facebook users. b. If you type in another type of email (pie.midco.net, for instance), you will be prompted to import your email addresses from Outlook. c. OR, you can find people that you Instant Message
Create Your Own Facebook Page
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d. If you OK one of these list options, it will invite everyone on the list who’s in Facebook to add you as a friend. They always have the option to decline. (And it’s OK for you to decline any offer to Add as a Friend.) People You May Know (from your Home page) a. Add as Friend Join Groups (from your Home page) – click ‘Groups’, use ‘Search’ function a. See what groups your friends join b. Find people with like interests c. Relink with people from your past or locality d. Share joys and sorrows (create a memorial page for a loved one) Invite your friends (Search for their name from your Home page) a. Add as Friend Find Friends utility (also available from your Home page) View Friends (of your Friends or others you are not yet your Friends)
D. Set up your Profile 1. Have fun – it’s about your best/favorite ‘you’ 2. Information goes to your ‘Info’ page on Facebook 3. Favorites, Contact Information, Education and Work, Groups, Fan Pages E. Settings – Privacy/Security 1. Public vs. Private – probably do not want to make your page/posts available to ‘Everyone’; don’t include your telephone number or address 2. Manage privacy/security by clicking on ‘Settings’ and ‘Privacy Settings’ on the upper right of your Home page
3. Be aware that Friends and ‘Friends of friends’ can see some or all of your posts and comments (i.e., your great-aunt as well as your hottest Friends) 4. Cautious Openness – Be yourself, but be aware. It may seem like you are making a small amount of innocuous information available, but your Wall may tell people more about you than you think/want 5. If any inappropriate posts, requests, applications or other activity appears, report it to Facebook F. Add Photos 1. From your ‘Profile’ tab – click ‘Add Photo’ a. ‘Post a Photo’ – Browse to photo, write a comment, click ‘post b. ‘Create Album’ – name album, type in path to album, select privacy settings, select photos and add text on ‘Upload Photos’ page c. Tag photos – mark photos and add names of people on Facebook or others G. Posting 1. Update Status – I try to do it at least every day 2. Write Note – from your Profile page, it can be your own blog. You can also tag people you write about, or add their names to the note so they’ll be notified it’s been posted.
Create Your Own Facebook Page
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3. Every time you add/change/delete an item, a notification shows up in your News Feed and on other users’ walls and their email notifications, depending on their settings and yours 4. If you change your relationship status, people will notice (one of our pastors – the one with five children – changed his status to married a few weeks ago) 5. ‘Friend of a friend’ – depending on your settings, they’ll be able to view your photos and/or wall from your friends’ walls H. Logout, Deactivate, Delete 1. Logout - Click ‘Logout’ on the upper right 2. Deactivate – Click ‘Settings’, ‘Account Settings’ and ‘Deactivate’ 3. Delete – Click ‘Help’ on lower right, search ‘Delete’ in the Help Center and follow instructions (account deletes in 14 days) I. Make a page for your Nonprofit/Business/Organization – from Anne Lewis, SD Discovery Center 1. Facebook Business Pages: You can create a page for your business or organization. The benefit is that people can "Become a fan" which posts to their profiles. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/business/?pages 2. Facebook Share: I put some code, a logo, and some tags into a table on the Center's website and voila, people can click on it and the Center's logo will post to their profiles. http://www.facebook.com/facebook?ref=pf#/share_partners.php I. Facebook Etiquette (“Save Face on Facebook” from Wired How-to Wiki)
1. One should not friend another whom they have no association or connection with whatsoever. Doing so makes you what I like to call a ‘creeper’. 2. Poke with moderation and caution (I stand firmly by this etiquette principle). 3. When speaking with someone whom you have been casually ‘facebook stalking’, try to pretend you do not know everything about them. Avoid comments like: “So, I saw you and Mike broke up on facebook…” 4. Drunken facebooking can get you in trouble… Try to restrain yourself from leaving an inebriated wall post on that cute guy or girl’s profile. 5. Additionally, writing on your own wall is somewhat of a "faux pas" (I believe strongly in this one as well). 6. Beware of potential employers browsing facebook photos. That body shot or keg stand picture might not encourage hiring. 7. One’s profile should not be overloaded with unnecessary applications (such as Superpoke, Food Fight, ect.), Facebook is not meant to be like myspace. Keep in mind that you can delete an apps box on your page and still keep its functionality. 8. Being part of too many Facebook groups devalues the ones you truly care about, try to stick to a select few (under 25?). 9. One’s popularity is based on the number of “Happy Birthday!!!!!” wallposts they receive. Do not forget to leave one on good friends’ walls on their special day. 10. Finally (for now), do use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with people whom you otherwise might not but do not let it replace actual human interaction (easier said than done). 11. Facebook is great for stalking finding people whom you only know by first name and sight. But this only works if their user pic is actually a picture of them and not their cat or their feet. 12. Be careful of the gifts you give to your friends in public. Sometimes, gifts intended as jokes are not really appropriate for public viewing. If so, give them privately. Remember that the same principle applies to Facebook gifts as real gifts: it's not the gift, but the thought that counts! 13. [From DeAnn: It’s OK to ignore any Applications that are sent to you; it’s also OK to decline to add someone as a friend.]
Create Your Own Facebook Page
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J. Upload pictures from your camera 1. Mini-USB (caveats - Sony cameras don’t have the generic plug, some cameras use Twain software and require drivers to be installed) a. Easy to obtain the cord – mine came with my laptop case b. Plug in USBS to computer and mini-USB to camera c. Turn on camera d. Open Windows Explorer (right-click on ‘Start’, click ‘Explorer’
e. Browse to Camera f. View thumbnails, copy and paste to My Pictures or other folder
g. Click on the icon for ‘Safe removal of USB device’, then on the popup 2. Card reader a. Easily available (Walmart or other) b. Plug card reader into your computer; insert card c. Open Windows Explorer d. Browse to card reader e. View thumbnails, copy and paste to My Pictures or other folder K. Best in Show (non-Facebook applications/features that may be useful to you) 1. Best and easiest way to improve your computing experience – add memory (Microsoft users) a. Open Outlook, Internet Explorer, or Windows Explorer; click ‘Help’, ‘About’, ‘System Info’ b. Look at ‘Total Physical Memory’ – optimum is at least 2 gb (2048 mb) c. Obtain more memory i. Some older systems can’t manage that much, get as much as your system will manage ii. Computer Sales and Service, Microfix, or Dakota 2000 can install it for you if you need help 2. Managing photos - Google Picasa 3 – the easy way to find, edit, and share your photos a. http://picasa.google.com/ b. Free, easy to install, really easy to use and extremely powerful
Create Your Own Facebook Page
DeAnn Hilmoe, BPro Inc, www.bpro.com
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