Set up the NEW Facebook Timeline!

What is Facebook's new Timeline feature? You've probably seen it on the news as it made major headlines. I tried in out (see steps below) and it's not as thrilling as you might think.

Timeline Recap

Facebook has unveiled Timeline, a major re-imagining of user profiles that allows users to build what’s essentially a visual scrapbook of everything they’ve done on the site.

CEO Mark Zuckeberg showed off the new features in his keynote at the company’s f8 conference. It algorithmically organizes everything you’ve done on Facebook — from post photos to change relationship status to check in — and also allows users to fill out a “Way Back” section to add details that are omitted or pre-date the social network.

See more details here: http://mashable.com/2011/09/22/facebook-timeline/?WT.mc_id=obinsite by Adam Ostrow.

Set up Facebook Timeline

You’ve been hearing about all the wonderful new Facebook features, and like us, you’re probably super-eager to get started with them. You can get into the brand-new Facebook Timeline right now. Simply follow the instructions in our gallery below, and suddenly you’ll be basking in a new world of Facebook goodness, just like the developers are.

Please note: If you haven’t already verified your Facebook account with either a mobile phone number or credit card number, you’ll be asked to do so before you can try the new features. If you need more help with that, here’s a helpful link.

First, you’ll need to go to the Facebook developer page, which is a part of your Facebook account. Make sure you’re logged into your Facebook account, and then simply follow this link to get started.

For more info see the article by Charlie White: http://mashable.com/2011/09/22/how-to-facebook-timeline/

After I installed it, I couldn't figure out how to get back to the "timeline" page, I had to click on my name at the top right. to change the "cover" photo, I had to click on the photo. It's not a very user-friendly format, & the cover photo is huge. So you may have to experiment with several different background-scapes to get the right one with the right fit. See my pages above.