The NEW Facebook Timeline is meant to be a collage of your entire life in images, links, posts, and more.
1. Head to http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline to activate your Timeline.
2. Activate Your Timeline. Once you activate your Timeline, you’ll be able to see how your Timeline will appear to others.
3. Click “Publish Now,” or take the next seven days to edit your Timeline and develop it to your liking.
You’ll see the brand new Timeline view. You can add a new “Cover” banner image to flaunt a photo you love.
Pick a date in the right sidebar and you’ll be immediately zapped to that point in your life. Pictures and popular updates you’ve posted get highlighted. As you scroll down the Timeline, you’ll notice that Facebook has plotted important events in your life. As you go back through your Timeline, Facebook summarizes how many friends you made each year, and who you were tagged with the most.
As you dig deeper into your past, you’ll need to narrow down your search. Using this toolbar, you can only view photos, new friendships, and to the right, “All Stories” versus “Highlights.” Mixed into the Timeline are boxes representing recently used apps. “Activity” lets you see everything you’ve ever done on Facebook in list form.
Want to go back in time to add a milestone in your life? Click somewhere along the actual timeline itself to plug something in. The new status update window includes buttons to help you point out important events in your life. These events will be highlighted on your Timeline.