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TSwcypierre
post Nov 12 2011, 09:25 PM, updated 11y ago

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Since there's a lot of members who keep asking the same questions over and over, I had decided to compile the Howto's that I made so that they can just refer to this thread so there'll be less waste and redundancy.

Collection(Not in any order):

Howto: Enable tagging
1. Click the Inverted button at the upper right(Beside Home) of the page.
2. Click Privacy Settings.
3. Click the Edit Settings beside the How Tags Work.
4. Click the Friends can check you in using the old mobile Places app.
5. Click the Disabled Button(because its now disabled, if enabled then skip this) and change it to Enabled.
6. Click Okay.
7. Click Done.

Howto: Download Videos uploaded at Facebook server
1. Get the url of the video.
2. Go to http://www.facebookvideodown.com/.
3. Paste the url of the video at the Download box.
4. Click Download.
5. Click Download this Video
6. A new tab/windows will be opened
7. You will be prompted to download the video.

Please follow these steps if the video is loaded instead of prompting you to download the video
8. Right click any part of the Video.
9. Click Save page as
10. Select your destination and download the video

Howto: Set privacy settings for Facebook pictures
1. Click the name of your username at the upper right side of the page.
2. Click Photos
3. Click the Album where the picture that you want to edit its privacy settings.
4. Find and click the picture that you want to edit its privacy settings.
5. Click the (edit) beside the Shared with:
6. Click the button beside the word Privacy:
7. Select the filters that you wanted and click Save.

Howto: Disable certain Notifications sent to your Mobile Phone by SMS:
1. Click the inverted triangle beside the Home.
2. Click Account Settings.
3. Click Mobile.
4. Click Notifications.
5. Disable the notifications that you do not want by unticking it.
6. Click Save Changes.

Howto: Unsubscribe from an user's status update
1. At the status at your news feed, go to the upper right side of the particular status.
2. There will be a button that is facing downwards, click it.
3. Click Unsubscribe from <username>

Howto: Disable show Friends list at your profile
1. Go to your profile and click Friends(with the number of friends, with your friend's name and picture)
2. Click the blue button beside the Friends(<number>), just move your cursor there and a blue pencil-like button will appear.
3. Scroll downwards and you will see Friends, click the human head like button.
4. Set it to only me.

Howto: Disable Subscriptions
1. Click your username at the upper right of your page(which will lead you to your profile)
2. Click Subscribers(IF you have it, if you don't have it then it means that your subscriptions is turned off)
3. Click the button beside the Subscribers.
4. Click Off
5. Click Okay.

Howto: Set Privacy settings on Photo Album
1. Click Profile
2. Click Photos
3. Click Photos beside the See all word
4. Click at the human head icon beside each album to edit its privacy setting

Optional: If you want to make it private(only to you yourself), follow these steps(it continues from the previous steps):
5. Click Custom
6. Click the button beside the These people or lists
7. Click Only me.

Howto: Create a new List
1. Click the MORE beside the LISTS word.
2. Click Create a list at the upper part of the page.
3. Type the list name at the textbox given.
4. Click Create list.

Howto: Add friends into restricted lists and block them without them knowing:
1. Click the Account at the upper right hand side of your page.
2. Click Privacy Settings.
3. Click Manage Blocking at the bottom of the page.
4. Click the Edit list beside the "When you add friends to your Restricted list............you add them to your Restricted list.".
5. Click the On this list at the upper left hand side of the box appeared.
6. Find your friend by typing his/her Facebook username at the search box and click his/her picture when the search has ended.
7. Click Done.

p/s: These howto's are self written btw. Please do notify me if you wanted to add/update something or there's something wrong about it


Added on November 13, 2011, 2:45 pmHowto: Select certain status updates at Lists
1. Go to your list.
2. Click Manage List at the upper right of the list
3. Click Choose Update Types
4. Select the Types of Status updates that you wanted.
5. Done.


Added on November 20, 2011, 1:58 pmHowto: Hide Recent Activity
1. Go to your profile
2. Search for the status that you wanted to hide
3. Click the "X" button that will appear when you put your cursor(mouse) at the status.
4. Click Hide all recent *Comment/Friending or others* Activity from Profile
5. Click Hide All

This post has been edited by wcypierre: Nov 20 2011, 01:58 PM
TSwcypierre
post Jan 21 2015, 02:23 PM

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QUOTE(wcypierre @ Nov 12 2011, 09:25 PM)
Since there's a lot of members who keep asking the same questions over and over, I had decided to compile the Howto's that I made so that they can just refer to this thread so there'll be less waste and redundancy.

Collection(Not in any order):

Howto: Enable tagging
1. Click the Inverted button at the upper right(Beside Home) of the page.
2. Click Privacy Settings.
3. Click the Edit Settings beside the How Tags Work.
4. Click the Friends can check you in using the old mobile Places app.
5. Click the Disabled Button(because its now disabled, if enabled then skip this) and change it to Enabled.
6. Click Okay.
7. Click Done.

Howto: Download Videos uploaded at Facebook server
1. Get the url of the video.
2. Go to http://www.facebookvideodown.com/.
3. Paste the url of the video at the Download box.
4. Click Download.
5. Click Download this Video
6. A new tab/windows will be opened
7. You will be prompted to download the video.

Please follow these steps if the video is loaded instead of prompting you to download the video
8. Right click any part of the Video.
9. Click Save page as
10. Select your destination and download the video

Howto: Set privacy settings for Facebook pictures
1. Click the name of your username at the upper right side of the page.
2. Click Photos
3. Click the Album where the picture that you want to edit its privacy settings.
4. Find and click the picture that you want to edit its privacy settings.
5. Click the (edit) beside the Shared with:
6. Click the button beside the word Privacy:
7. Select the filters that you wanted and click Save.

Howto: Disable certain Notifications sent to your Mobile Phone by SMS:
1. Click the inverted triangle beside the Home.
2. Click Account Settings.
3. Click Mobile.
4. Click Notifications.
5. Disable the notifications that you do not want by unticking it.
6. Click Save Changes.

Howto: Unsubscribe from an user's status update
1. At the status at your news feed, go to the upper right side of the particular status.
2. There will be a button that is facing downwards, click it.
3. Click Unsubscribe from <username>

Howto: Disable show Friends list at your profile
1. Go to your profile and click Friends(with the number of friends, with your friend's name and picture)
2. Click the blue button beside the Friends(<number>), just move your cursor there and a blue pencil-like button will appear.
3. Scroll downwards and you will see Friends, click the human head like button.
4. Set it to only me.

Howto: Disable Subscriptions
1. Click your username at the upper right of your page(which will lead you to your profile)
2. Click Subscribers(IF you have it, if you don't have it then it means that your subscriptions is turned off)
3. Click the button beside the Subscribers.
4. Click Off
5. Click Okay.

Howto: Set Privacy settings on Photo Album
1. Click Profile
2. Click Photos
3. Click Photos beside the See all word
4. Click at the human head icon beside each album to edit its privacy setting

Optional: If you want to make it private(only to you yourself), follow these steps(it continues from the previous steps):
5. Click Custom
6. Click the button beside the These people or lists
7. Click Only me.

Howto: Create a new List
1. Click the MORE beside the LISTS word.
2. Click Create a list at the upper part of the page.
3. Type the list name at the textbox given.
4. Click Create list.

Howto: Add friends into restricted lists and block them without them knowing:
1. Click the Account at the upper right hand side of your page.
2. Click Privacy Settings.
3. Click Manage Blocking at the bottom of the page.
4. Click the Edit list beside the "When you add friends to your Restricted list............you add them to your Restricted list.".
5. Click the On this list at the upper left hand side of the box appeared.
6. Find your friend by typing his/her Facebook username at the search box and click his/her picture when the search has ended.
7. Click Done.

p/s: These howto's are self written btw. Please do notify me if you wanted to add/update something or there's something wrong about it


Added on November 13, 2011, 2:45 pmHowto: Select certain status updates at Lists
1. Go to your list.
2. Click Manage List at the upper right of the list
3. Click Choose Update Types
4. Select the Types of Status updates that you wanted.
5. Done.


Added on November 20, 2011, 1:58 pmHowto: Hide Recent Activity
1. Go to your profile
2. Search for the status that you wanted to hide
3. Click the "X" button that will appear when you put your cursor(mouse) at the status.
4. Click Hide all recent *Comment/Friending or others* Activity from Profile
5. Click Hide All
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