Timeline is a new way of presenting yourself on Facebook. Gone is the single column wall of posts you're used to for profile updates. Gone are the neatly divided panels of every Facebook profile page that existed up until now. Gone is the struggle to figure out what someone you've met only recently was like a few years ago. Gone is the static feeling that all your past updates have.
In your old profile's place is a page that gives over much of its real estate to updates presented down the page as a dual-columned array of tiles that contains status updates, links, photos, media and a whole lot more. And oh yeah, you can plaster a giant-ass panoramic image across the top of your profile.
How it works
Facebook Timeline looks like a Tumblr blog, letting you scroll vertically through all the biggest moments in your life-maps of where you've been, pictures, comments, apps, and more.
In Timeline, you can curate "the story of who you are," highlighting important photos, events, apps, and more by clicking a Star next to any event.
How to do it
Step 1:
Log into Facebook
Step 2:
Enable developer mode, if you haven't already. To do this, type "developer" into the Facebook search box, click the first result (it should be an app made by Facebook with a few hundred thousand users), and add the app.
Step 3:
Jump into the developer app (if Facebook doesn't put you there automatically, it should be in your left-hand tool bar)
Step 4:
Create a new app (don't worry -- you want actually be submitting this for anyone else to see/use). Give your shiny new app any display name and namespace you see fit. Read through and agree to the Platform Privacy agreement. This is the step you need to be verified for.
Step 5:
Ensure you're in your new app's main settings screen. You should see your app's name near the top of the page
Step 6:
Look for the "Open Graph" header, and click the "Get Started using open graph" link.Create a test action for your app, like "read" a "book", or "eat" a "sandwich"
Step 7:
This should drop you into an action type configuration page. Change a few of the default settings (I changed the past tense of "read" to "redd" -- again, only you can see this unless you try and submit your application to the public directory), and click through all three pages of settings
Step 8:
Wait 2-3 minutes
Step 9:
Go back to your Facebook home screen. An invite to try Timeline should be waiting at the top of the page
And you're done! We've seen this work quite a few times now,
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