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facebook 503 -- how to create a facebook event

one of the great things to do with facebook is set up an event with your friends.  it is great because everyone can easily see who is coming to the event and write on the events wall to share information on the event.

1. from any page in facebook, click on the events icon (the white box with the 31 in it and the red bar at the top) in the lower left hand corner of the facebook page (this will bring up your events page)
   
2. click on "create an event" in the upper left hand corner of the events page
3. fill in all the information on the event info tab (event name, host, event type, and location are all required)
   one note on the network field, if you choose a network other than global, you will only be able to invite people in that network to your event
   
4. click on "create event"
5. you can now upload a picture (or logo) for your event, set your options, access level (I typically choose closed, that way, I can decide who I want to have on the guest list and others can request an invite) , and choose if you want to publize the event
6. click on "save"
7. click on the friends you want to invite or enter their e-mail address if they are not on facebook
8. click on "send invitations"

and your done, see, wasn't that easy!!  one note, if you select to have a closed event, you can click on the view guest list and choose to make anybody on the guest list an admin on the event so they can invite others or approve invites as well.

facebook 501 -- setting up facebook with your cell phone

one of the great things about facebook is that you can set it up to send you text messages for certain things on your cell phone (standard text messaging rates apply). here is how to set it up:

1. from facebook, click on account settings from the settings menu on the top facebook toolbar (by your name).
2. click on the mobile tab under my account.
3. enter your cell phone number and select your carrier from the drop-down list and click on activate.
4. you will then receive a text message on your phone with a confirmation code that you will need to enter on the same page. enter the confirmation code and click on confirm.
5. you will then receive another text message saying that your phone has been confirmed.
6. by default, the texts are off, so you will need to select on to turn the texts on and then you can select which texts you want sent to your phone.
7. once you are done, click on save preferences.

facebook 403 -- uploading videos

so, now you've got some friends on facebook and you have some pictures of them up, but what if you have some videos that you want to share as well. it is very easy on facebook and not something that you should be afraid of. here is how to do it:

1. from your facebook page, click on the video camera on the left-hand side of the lower facebook toolbar.
2. click on upload on the upper right-hand corner.
3. click on browse to browse to where the video is saved on your computer. read the information under the filename field regarding file size and other important information about uploading videos.
   
4. click on ok.
5. your video will then start uploading. while it is uploading, you can add the information about the video (i.e. title, description, and the privacy settings)
6. be patient, depending on the size of your video and you connection speed, it may take a little while for the video to upload.
7. you will then have you edit video window appear, where you can tag anyone that is in the video and choose which thumbnail from the video that you want shown.
8. then simply click on done. the thumbnail that you choose for your video will now show on your wall and your friends homepage, they can click on the thumbnail to view the whole video.
   

see, wasn't that easy!!

facebook 402 -- adding captions and tagging your friends in your pictures

so, now that you have friends on facebook and pictures on facebook, you probably want to tag your friends that are in the pictures that you have on facebook and you may want to add captions to help explain what is going on in the picture. here's how:

1. from your main facebook page, click on the photos tab or click on the photos icon on the bottom left hand side toolbar.
2. your albums will be listed on the bottom of the page. click on the album with the pictures that you want to tag your friends in or add captions to.
3. click on "Edit Photos" above the box of pictures in your album.
4. all the pictures for your album will then be listed on the page with a box on the left-hand side for you to type your captions into and the picture on the right-hand side where you can tag the people in the picture.
5. to add a caption to the picture, simply type what you want the caption to be in the caption box on the left-hand side.
6. to tag someone in a picture, click on them in the picture on the right-hand side.
7. a box will pop up with a list of all your facebook friends. click the check-box next to the friend's name that is shown in the picture.
8. click on tag. the person's name will now show up in the "In the Photo" section under the caption box for this picture and this picture will now show up on you friend's wall, stating that you tagged them in a picture.
   
9. you can repeat steps 6 to 8 for all the people in the picture.
10. repeat steps 5 to 9 for all the pictures in your album.
11. once you are done, click on "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page.

see, wasn't that easy!!

facebook 401 -- creating photo albums and uploading photos

now that you have made some friends on facebook, you probably want to share some of your photos with them. personally, this is one of the things that I use facebook for the most. there are two things that you will need to do, create a photo album and upload pictures to that album.

creating new photo album:
you can create as many photo albums as you want to, but you can only put 60 pictures in each album. I typically create an album for each month and add the pictures that I want to share during the month (I find the 60 picture limit keeps me from boring my friends with too many pictures). I will create a separate album for special events (i.e. kids birthday parties, Christmas, etc.)

1. from your main facebook page, click on the photos tab or click on the photos icon on the bottom left hand side toolbar.
2. click on "create a new photo album" on the top right hand side of the page (right under your name).
3. give the album a unique name and add a location and description if you want to.
4. set your privacy for this photo album, by default it is set to let everyone see your photos. (I usually set mine to only let friends of friends see my albums)
5. click on create album.
6. if you want to start adding photos to this album now, start with step 4 on the instructions below.
   

adding pictures to a photo album:

1. from your main facebook page, click on the photos tab or click on the photos icon on the bottom left hand side toolbar.
2. your albums will be listed on the bottom of the page. click on the album that you want to add the pictures to.
3. click on "add photos" or "add more photos".
4. you can browse to the folder where the pictures that you want to add are located using the folder list in the left hand side of the screen.
5. you will then see the pictures that are in that folder in the right hand side of the screen. click the check-box next to the pictures that you want to upload.
6. once you have chosen all the pictures that you want to upload from that folder, click on "upload" (you can only upload pictures from one folder at a time).
7. the pictures will then be uploaded to facebook.
   

facebook 301 -- limiting your profile

as I make more and more friends on twitter and through my blog, I am getting more friend requests from people on facebook that I don't know "in real life." I've been pretty open with what I share on facebook, so I wanted a way to limit what some of my "friends" could see about me on facebook. here is what I have set up:

1. set up a group of the people that you want to limit
2. click "settings" on your facebook toolbar and click "privacy settings"
3. click "profile"
4. click "customize" for the items that you do not want the group to see
5. in the "who can see this" window that pops up, add the group name to the "except these people" section listed at the bottom
6. click "ok"
7. repeat steps 4-6 for all the items that you do not want the group to see

see how easy that was!

facebook 203 -- creating groups of friends

1. on your facebook page, click on friends on the top toolbar and then click on all friends.
2. you will then see a list of all your friends. click on make a new list on the left hand side.
3. give your list a descriptive name (i.e. waco friends, on-line friends, or family) and hit enter.
   
4. you can add friends to your list by either typing their name or click on select mulitiple friends to bring up all your friends and you can click on the ones you want to add to the group. once you have selected the friends you want to add, click on save list.
   
5. you can add or remove friends from your groups at any time by clicking on the group name.
6. to remove someone from a group, just click on the "X" to the right of their picture and current status. you will then have the option to remove them from the list or remove them from your friends all together.

groups are a helpful way to send information and invites out to only certain friends, you can also lock down your profile by using groups. more about that next week!

facebook 202 -- removing friends

it happens to all of us, sometimes we need to cut people out of our lives, so here is how to remove a friend that you have made on facebook:

1. click on "see all" on your friends section on the left-hand side of your facebook wall.
2. find the friend you want to remove and just click on the x for that person.

see, wasn't that easy just two steps!!

facebook 201 -- making friends

there are two ways to find and friend people on facebook.

1. you can search for people by typing their names in the search field in the upper left hand corner on your facebook screen. OR
   you can also search through the friends of your friend's by going to your friend's facebook page and click on "see all" under the friends section on the left hand side.
2. once you find the person that you want to be friends with on facebook, click on "add as friend" on the right hand side.
3. you can then click on "add a personal message" if you want to add a note with your friend request and then click on "add friend."
4. facebook will then send the person a message saying that you have requested to be their friend, and you will get a message once they accept you as a friend.

feel free to search for me and friend me on facebook. my name is caryn berger brown and if you put "it's all geek to me" in the message in your friend request, I will add you as a friend.

facebook 103 -- profile pictures

first I will walk you through how to change or set your facebook profile picture and then I will tell you my thoughts on choosing a pic for your profile picture.

1. log into facebook and go to your wall, when you are logged into facebook, you can go to your wall by clicking on your name on the facebook toolbar (by settings)
2. you will see your picture (or a white silhouette in a light blue box if you haven't uploaded a picture yet)
3. mouse over your picture and you will see a change picture link appear in the upper right hand corner
4. click on the change picture link
5. click on upload a picture
6. click on browse
7. select the picture on your computer to upload for your profile picture and click on open
   
8. your profile picture will then be added to your facebook profile
   

here are my thoughts on profile pics:

1. you need to have one, this is what people will see when they search for you on facebook
2. try to have one with only you or you and one other person in the picture, so that you are the focus of the picture
   
3. it will be easiest for people to verify that they know you if you have a clear and recent profile pic
4. if you have multiple social media accounts (twitter, blog, facebook, etc), it is best to use the same profile picture across all of them

hope you are enjoying learning about facebook, keep the comments coming!

facebook 102 -- answers to your questions

after my facebook 101 post, I got some really good questions and comments. I decided to add an extra post to address those.

why are you on facebook?
at first, I joined facebook because my hubby was on there, and he had found some good friends of ours that had moved away from waco on facebook. I wanted to reconnect with them as well. once I was on it, I was hooked. I use it as an easy way to share pictures with my friends, to keep up with new friends, and to reconnect with friends from high school or my hometown. I have also started using it to create deeper friendships with people that I have become friends with on twitter.

what is a wall?
every person on facebook has a section of their facebook profile that is called a wall. the wall is where your status updates show up, where your friends can write notes to you, where the pictures that you have posted, and gifts you have received on facebook will show up.


what do the different privacy settings mean?
in my facebook 101 post, I walked you through how to change your privacy settings. below is an explanation of what the different settings are:

my network and friends -- people that you have accepted as friends and people in your network can see

friends of friends -- people that you have accepted as friends and the people that they have accepted as friend can see

only friends -- only the people that you have accepted as friends can see

no one -- no one can see


thanks for all the comments, keep them coming!! I will have a new post up on sunday on profile pictures!

facebook101 -- getting started

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