Facebook Timeline Profile

Facebook announced it’s new update named “Facebook Timeline Profile” on Thursday (22/09/2011). It’s a new and beautiful but only out for the developer account and would take a week to be live for all Facebook users. You can see all your post and action you have done on Facebook since you sign up by using “Facebook Timeline Profile“. You can take a look on above image of the timeline profile  and good new is any can enable and use Timeline on his/her profile by creating a new Facebook application. If you are not a developer still don’t worry you can also enable “Facebook Timeline Profile” by creating a small application. Here I am showing you step by step how can you enable and use “Facebook Timeline” for your profile.

Step 1. Open the URL to signup for “Facebook Timeline“ http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline 

Step 2. After opening the above URL click on Sign Me Up marked by red circle in below image.

Step 3. After requesting for “Facebook Timeline” signup login to your Facebook account.

Step 4. Once login to your Facebook account type “Developer” in search box and click on the first result as shown in next image.

Step 5. Now Facebook will ask you to allow access of basic information. So, Click on Allow button.

 

Step 6. After going to the Facebook developer application page click on create new app which you can find on top right corner.

Step 7.  Now fill Application Display Name and Application Namespace whatever you like (Any Name) and check the agree box.

Step 8. After filling above details Facebook will take you to next page where you have to fill once againApplication Namespace (without any space) and click save changes on bottom of the page.

Step 9. Now click on Open Graph which you can find on top left side menu and create the test action for your application like “read” in first box and “book” in second box or “eat” in first box and “sandwich” in second box as shown in below image and click on get started written in green box.

Step 10. Now on next step change “read” to  ”redd” in “Plural Past Tense” column as shown in next image and click on save changes and next on bottom of page.

Step 11.  Again Click on save changes and next on bottom of the page without making any changes.

Step 12. Now click on Save and Finish again without making any changes.

Step 13. Your “Facebook Timeline Profile” is setup. Now open http://www.facebook.com and you will find “Introducing Timeline – a New Kind of Profile” box on top of the window as shown next image. Click on “Get it Now” button to activate your “Facebook Timeline Profile“.

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