Facebook's new profile layout, Timeline, promises to turn your Facebook account into an online scrapbook where you can highlight important moments in your life and resurface past Facebook activity. Facebook Timeline changes the default profile from a list of your most recent updates which is the original profile to a complete summary of your entire life since birth. Do not let this scare you; Facebook doesn’t know your entire life. Only what one adds to this timeline can be shown, which includes photos, videos, status updates and locations you have visited. The Facebook profile will look a little different; it will have two main columns, with a line down the middle representing the passage of time. In order for this timeline to work one must add life events that took place before you joined Facebook, such as photos on important moments, really anything you wish. Your Timeline can be edited to your satisfaction leaving anything out you do not want anyone to see. Also unwanted updates can be hidden from the Timeline. The new profile pages are thought to constitute one of Facebook's most extreme redesigns so far, completely reimagining what a social networking profile can be.
When you first arrive on Timeline you will be given the option to publish it right away or wait until you finish editing it before making the project go live. You will only have a limited time to keep your Timeline private, as Facebook sets a specific date for your Timeline to be published.
At the top of Timeline sits a large photo--Facebook calls the cover photo--along with an inset of your profile photo. You get to select the cover photo. Below the right side of the cover photo, you will see three menu items: Update Info, View Activity, and settings.
"Update Info" takes you to a new page where you can edit your basic profile information, including employment and education history, contact information, favorite quotes, places you've lived, and a list of your family members and relationships. The data you see populated on this page will depend on how much information you've included on your Facebook profile.
"View Activity" shows you a list view of all your Facebook activity that is organized by year since the date you joined Facebook. It includes such information as things you've written on friends' walls, photos and links you've shared, and photos you've been tagged in.
”Settings” includes a privacy setting that shows you what your Timeline will look like to specific Facebook friends or people on Facebook who are not your friends. The settings feature also allows you to add a Facebook badge to your own website.
A little further down from your cover photo, you'll see your basic information listed, which includes where you live, where you studied, where you work, or other information that you may have included in your profile. You will also see a photo montage representing your Friends list, another photo showing the number of photos you've been tagged in, a map showing where you've lived, and a list of all the Facebook pages you've ”liked.”
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