Facebook started out as a social network for high school and college kids. But now grown-ups like you are getting connected, too-even if you use Facebook much differently than your kids do. If you're a grown-up looking to join the Facebook bandwagon, Facebook for Grown-Ups is just the guide you need. You'll learn how to use Facebook to reconnect with old friends and family members and
keep them up-to-date on what's happening in your life.
Facebook for Grown-Ups shows you how to open a Facebook account, find new friends, post status updates, and share family photos and videos. You'll learn how to become a fan of your favorite performers, join a business network, and create your own topic-specific groups. And if you're worried about privacy, Facebook for Grown-Ups shows you how to keep your personal information from becoming public knowledge. You'll even learn how to keep track of what your kids are doing on Facebook-without them knowing it.
Read this book to discover how grown-ups can take advantage of everything Facebook has to offer. It's not just for kids anymore!
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Höhe: 179 mm
Breite: 229 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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978-0-7897-4712-9 (9780789747129)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Michael Miller has written more than 100 non-fiction how-to books in the past two decades, including Que's Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, and Windows 7 Your Way. He is also the author of Que's Facebook Essentials video and Pearson Higher Education's Introduction to Social Networking textbook.
Mr. Miller has established a reputation for clearly explaining technical topics to non-technical readers, and for offering useful real-world advice about complicated topics. More information can be found at the author's website, located at www.molehillgroup.com.
Introduction 1
How This Book Is Organized 2
Conventions Used in This Book 3
Get Ready to Facebook 4
Part I: Getting Started with Facebook-and Social Networking 5
1 Welcome to Facebook: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore 6
What Social Networking Is and How It Works 6
What Is a Social Network? 8
Why Do People Use Social Networks? 8
What Other Stuff Does a Social Network Do? 10
Who Uses Social Networks? 10
How Did Social Networks Develop? 11
Say Hello to Facebook 12
Things You Can-and Can't-Do on Facebook 14
Things to Do 14
Things Not to Do 16
Why Grown-Ups Use Facebook 17
Social Networking Do's and Don'ts 19
Do These Things 19
Don't Do These Things.20
2 Signing Up and Getting Started 23
Before You Sign Up 23
Creating a Facebook Account 24
Find Friends and Complete Your Profile 25
Filling Out Your Profile 29
3 Getting Around the Facebook Site 37
What's What and What's Where on Facebook 37
Signing In 37
Welcome to the Home Page 38
Profile Pages 41
Navigating the Facebook Toolbar 42
Searching Facebook 44
Signing Off 46
Part II: Facebook for Friends and Family 49
4 How to Find Old Friends-and Make New Ones 51
How Facebook Helps You Reconnect 51
Why Friends Are Important 53
Making Friends with People You're Already in Contact With 54
Finding Friends You Email 54
Finding Friends You Instant Message 56
Finding Co-Workers 57
Searching for Long Lost Friends 58
Finding Former Co-Workers 58
Finding Former Classmates 59
Searching by Name or Email Address 60
Accepting Friend Requests 61
Exploring Facebook's Friend Suggestions 62
Finding Friends of Friends 63
5 Visiting Friends and Family on Facebook 67
Catching Up with the Facebook News Feed 67
Viewing the News Feed 67
Viewing More Updates from More Friends 70
Viewing Only Status Updates from Your Friends 71
Hiding Friends You Don't Like 71
Hiding Updates from Applications and Games 72
Commenting on Friends' Posts 73
Liking What You See 74
Sharing a Posted Attachment 75
Getting to and Getting to Know Your Friends' Profile Pages 76
Displaying a Profile Page 76
Navigating a Profile Page 77
Reading the Wall-and Leaving Your Own Comments 79
Viewing Your Friends' Personal Information 80
Looking at Photos 81
Viewing Other Tabs 82
6 Keeping Tabs on Your Kids 85
Making Your Children Your Friends 85
What to Do If Your Kids Hide from You on Facebook 86
Viewing Updates Without Being a Friend 86
Viewing Updates as a Friend of a Friend 86
Creating a Surreptitious Identity 87
Using Facebook to See What Your Kids Are Up To 89
Using Facebook to Contact Your Grown Kids 90
7 Organizing Your Friends List 93
Creating Friends Lists 93
Editing Your Lists 95
Displaying Status Updates from List Members 97
Deleting Custom Lists 98
Getting Rid of Unwanted Friends 98
Blocking Unwanted Users 99
Part III: Keeping in Touch with Facebook 103
8 Updating Your Friends on What You're Doing 105
What Is a Status Update? 105
Where to Update Your Status 107
How to Update Your Status 108
Posting a Simple Text Update 108
Attaching a Photo 109
Attaching a Video 110
Attaching an Event 111
Attaching a Link to Another Web Page 112
Tagging a Friend in a Post 113
Determining Who Sees Your Status Updates 114
Setting Universal Status Privacy 115
Setting Who Can View Individual Updates 117
Deleting an Accidental Status Update 118
Deciding What to Write About 118
Employing "Facebook Grammar" 121
9 Exchanging Private Messages 125
Understanding Facebook's Private Messages 125
It's Just Like Email-Except It Isn't 126
Readingand Replying to Messages 127
Deleting Messages 129
Sending a New Message 130
Adding Attachments to a Message 131
Attaching a Picture 131
Attaching a Video 132
Attaching a Web Link 133
10 Chatting with Your Kids-Live 137
What's Chat-and Who Uses It? 137
Understanding Instant Messaging 137
Welcome to Facebook Chat 138
Who's Chatting with Whom? 139
Who's Online to Chat With? 139
Doing the Chat Thing 141
Managing Your Chat Settings 143
Part IV: Sharing Your Life on Facebook 145
11 Sharing Family Pictures 147
What's Good-and What's Bad-About Sharing Photos on Facebook.147
Facebook Photos: The Good 148
Facebook Photos: The Bad 148
So Is Facebook Good for Photo Sharing, or Not? 149
Creating a Photo Album 151
Uploading New Photos 152
Editing, Moving, and Deleting Photos 154
Tagging People in Your Photos 155
Sharing Photos with Others 157
Managing Your Photos and Albums 158
Viewing Other People's Photos 160
Viewing Photos and Photo Albums 160
Adding Your Comments 162
Tagging Yourself in a Photo 163
Sharing a Photo 163
Printing a Photo 163
Downloading a Photo 163
Downloading Multiple Photos 164
12 Sharing Home Movies 167
The Ins and Outs of Sharing Videos on Facebook 167
Shooting Videos for Facebook 167
What to Upload 168
Editing Your Videos 169
Uploading Your Videos 169
Displaying the Video Tab 170
Uploading a Video File 170
Recording a Webcam Video 172
Editing Video Information 174
Sharing Uploaded Videos.175
Posting YouTube Videos 177
Watching Your Friends' Videos 180
Watching a Video in the News Feed 180
Watching a Video on Its Own Page 181
Viewing Your Friends' Most Recent Videos 182
13 Sharing Birthdays and Events 185
Why You Might Like Events 185
Searching for and Attending Events 186
RSVP'ing to Events 188
RSVP'ing from the Event Page 188
RSVP'ing from a Status Update 190
RSVP'ing from an Email Invitation 191
Creating New Events 192
Viewing Your Events 194
Celebrating Birthdays 194
Part V: Doing More with Facebook 197
14 Personalizing Your Profile Page 199
What Can You Personalize on Your Profile Page-and Why Would You Want To? 199
Choosing What Posts to Display on Your Wall.200
Changing Other Wall Settings 201
Changing Your Profile Picture 203
Customizing the Tabs on Your Profile Page 205
Managing Sidebar Boxes 206
Adding New Boxes 206
Rearranging Boxes 207
Deleting Boxes 207
Editing What You See in Sidebar Boxes 207
Editing Your Profile Information 208
15 Becoming a Fan 213
Understanding Fan Pages 213
The Fan Page as Fan Club 213
Liking a Page 215
Navigating a Fan Page 215
Finding Fan Pages 216
Creating Your Own Fan Page 217
Create a New Page 218
Invite Others to Become Fans 219
16 Meeting Others in Groups 221
Understanding Facebook Groups 221
Group Activities 222
Running the Group 223
Finding and Joining Groups 224
Viewing Your Groups-and Your Friends' Groups 225
Participating in a Group 226
Creating Your Own Group 228
Group Administration 229
Access Levels.229
Group Features 229
Creating the Group 229
Customizing Your Group 231
Letting Others Know About Your Group 232
17 Networking for Business-and for Jobs 235
Understanding Facebook Networks 235
Joining Your Work Network 236
Networking Professionally 237
Finding Other Business Professionals on Facebook 237
Managing Your Professional Contacts 238
Networking via Facebook Groups 239
Job Hunting on Facebook 239
Reworking Your Profile 240
Becoming a Fan of Potential Employers 241
Asking for a Job 241
18 Finding Fun Games and Applications 243
Understanding Facebook Applications 243
Discovering Applications and Games 246
Browsing for Apps 246
Searching for Apps 247
Using an Application or Game 247
Viewing and Managing Your Applications-and Those Your Friends Are Using 249
Viewing Your Applications and Games 249
Managing Your Apps and Games 250
Apps for Grown-Ups 252
19 Using Facebook on the Go 257
Connecting from Your iPhone 257
Viewing the News Feed 259
Posting a Status Update 261
Posting a Picture 262
Viewing Friends' Profiles 265
Checking Messages 265
Chatting with Friends 266
Connecting from Other Smartphones 267
Connecting via Text Message 269
20 Buying and Selling in the Facebook Marketplace 273
Understanding the Facebook Marketplace 273
Shopping for Something to Buy 275
Browsing the Marketplace 275
Searching the Marketplace 277
Viewing an Item Listing 278
Sharing and Commenting on a Listing 279
Contacting a Seller-and Buying Something 280
Selling Your Own Stuff 281
Listing an Item for Sale 281
Ending Your Listing 283
Part VI: Basic Facebook Housekeeping Chores 287
21 Keeping Some Things Private 289
Understanding Facebook Privacy 289
Changing Facebook's Privacy Settings 291
Sharing Your Personal Information-or Not 291
Setting Custom Sharing Options 293
Hiding Your Information from Other Websites 295
Removing Unwanted Fan Pages 297
What to Keep Private-and What to Share 298
22 Managing Your Facebook Account 303
Changing Account Settings 303
Controlling When and How Facebook Contacts You 306
Leaving Facebook 307
Index 313
