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Comparing Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s profile update (above)

So what’s the new design?

Yesterday, Facebook released to me, a new profile design. How is it? Pretty good, I can’t complain …or have enough authority to recommend even MORE customization, but its nice, lol. They found a new interface for the profile layout which was selected by the geniuses at facebook. So what’s changed?  In short, photos now appear at the top of your profile, tabs are removed, and user info is in plain view.  If my weird grammer isn’t to bad read on, or skip to the video section below.  To read articles about these changes, view our info at the end of this post.  If you haven’t upgraded to the new design yet, then simply visit this facebook’s link (click here).

Now for the good part! Below, i’ve listed some tips to help get the most from your new profile design experience for 2011:

New Photo Section

Facebook places a handful of images at top-center of your profile.  These images are ones you’ve been “tagged” in.  To change them, simply click the x to hide a pic until the desired one is displaying.  You can even tag your own pics, then return to profile & select them for display.  If your a business, this can include products or finished works from services.  I’ve seen some beauty salons list their hair-do’s, car dealerships their new 2011 models, and even graphic designers display a preview of their portfolio.  Cool ideas, I just love the fact facebook is embracing “media”.

Friends Section

Now your friends are listed on the left, sidebar.  A single row, vertically of your friends; however, they can not be preset as before. Bummer! But to utilize this design effectively, you can create “lists” that will display even more friends.  This will display under or above your friends list. How? This can be set after clicking the top, right edit button on the friends section. This will take you to settings, which lists relationships, family & friends.  It even includes groups that can be included as another list.  If you drag the friends or lists you’ve created, you can reorder which appears on your profile’s left sidebar. Try making a group of your “top8″ or “highschool buds” or “top biz clients”, so much to think of!

Profile Details / Info

To identify who the user actually is, facebook moved info to the top of the profile. The eyes will train to look here …for the readers info readers or the layback visual type people who like photos. The top of the profile consists of your location, school, workplace, language, and others. You can set this by going to ‘edit profile’ which now has added features. Wanna know a trick? I’ve seen kids place a hidden language entitled “Profanity in American Sign Language”, which adds humor to a page. I’m pretty sure facebook knows this as only select languages are included. I tried selecting slang, jive, ebonics, but managed to find spanglish, lol. Previously, facebook added this sorta language humor by adding a selection called “Pirate”. It changed some of messaging in tone of a pirate, “shimmy me timbers, mate!” :P

Likes / Interest

The tabs are now removed and placed directly under your profile pic. We can now navigate to sections “INFO, PHOTOS, NOTES, etc” in this new sidebar menu. I don’t really like it there, as it’s smaller and now seems we have a mini-microsite, rather than a profile.  Don’t get me wrong i love it, but as an entrepreneur & marketer, I’d rather have these menus visible, if not visual.  The old tabs ‘were’ actually visual …now the new menu is simply links. Facebook loves to keep it plain :/  Anyhow, if you click the info section, you will notice the changed design.  It now lists our “Likes and interests” in a bigger looking icon set. You can edit these. We recommend to add those that have icons as some are duplicates or madeup ones, chose wise.

 

Thanks for checking out my short tips & tricks section for the facebook new design. Here are some resources for the visually stimulated and more links for the reader’s delight.  Please revisit, soon.

Here is link to upgrade your facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/about/profile/

MORE ONLINE LINKS: (Great Resources, Know First, Innovate!)

VIDEOS

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