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Get Timeline Now!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Posted by Sarathganesh

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As I have mentioned in my previous posts, The Timeline(What is Timeline?) is available only for developers, and is open to all others from September 30 2011. But if you are a little impatient and want to get your hands on it right now, well read on.
All you have to do is become a developer! , and no you don't need to study something special for it and all, just follow these steps and become a developer.

Benefits of being a Developer

Developer get cool benefits like being allowed to try out new features before it is available for the general public. The concept behind this is developers know more about the coding and working of things, so all to-be-released updates are given a 'test drive' in their hands. They spot any bugs in it and report it to Facebook

Become a Developer

According to the description anyone who has at least created a single app is a developer.
So this guide is basically on creating an App
  1. Login to your Facebook Account
  2. Go to this page. Click 'Allow'
  3. Give a random name for App name and Namespace
  4. Click the checkbox that says “I agree to the platform privacy policy.”
  5. Enter the captcha image verification code
  6. Click the "Open Graph" button in the left sidebar
  7. Again type anything in the two boxes that appear
  8. Click "Get Started" , scroll to the bottom of the screen
  9. Hit "Save Changes and Next"
  10. Wait for a couple of minutes and then go to your Homepage
  11. You will get a message below the search bar
And welcome to the world of Developers and hello Timeline!
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Facebook Timeline

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Posted by Sarathganesh

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The release of Google+ has made Facebook crazy. With potential competition capable of stealing its users away, Facebook had to do something and out comes a slew features.
With better accessibility functions such as Automatic sorting of people into lists on the basis of something in common, i.e: Workplace, Location . They also announce the release of Facebook Timeline to all its users on September 30, 2011[Now available to developers only.Click if you want it NOW].So what is this Timeline?

The Timeline is essentially a replacement for your profile page which is now in a hierarchy of every single social activity of your Facebook account since your birth!, Additional features include Cover. I feel that the cover is just another decorative feature but it has great potential to advertise your views like showing support for football teams. And then you have your regular profile picture in a smaller box. And all this bundles up into a major update in the Facebook Design sector.

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Allow me to explain each feature marked in the picture above

Work and Education (1)

Add any recent changes to information regarding this, and it will be listed in your timeline (Job, Graduated, Military Service)

Family and Relationships (2)

Add any recent changes to information regarding this, and it will be listed in your timeline (Married, Engaged, Children, Pets, Death, etc)

Home (3)

Add any recent changes to information regarding this, and it will be listed in your timeline (Moved, New home, Roommate, Vehicle )

Health and Wellness (4)

Add any recent changes to information regarding this, and it will be listed in your timeline
(Fractures, Surgery, Illness)


Milestones and Experiences (5)

Any new different experiences or awards (Vacation, New Language, Books)

Cover (6)

Its basically a great place for promoting your views (Save the Tiger, or any sports team for the matter). Any image can be uploaded (Non Violating Facebook TOC), but if you are someone who likes specifications its a space of 850 x 275 px

Timeline (7)

Very similar to my blog's Archives. Just groups all of your information on the basis of dates, Makes a great non-personal diary if you ask me.(Thinking of which, Why don't you create a new account with no friends and use these features to have your very own sophisticated Diary!)

Final Note
The Timeline and other updates make Facebook a whole new experience. I like it, The Developers like it and I'm sure you'll like it too.
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