{"id":157,"date":"2012-12-24T14:47:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T19:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tridence.wordpress.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2020-06-26T22:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:12:33","slug":"facebook-single-column-timeline-design-rolls-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/facebook-single-column-timeline-design-rolls-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Single Column Timeline Design Rolls Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As reported by TheNextWeb, among others, back on October 31st, 2012, Facebook began\u00a0testing<\/a>\u00a0a new Timeline layout with a single column of posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And now,\u00a0the new design just rolled out on my personal\u00a0profile<\/strong>.\u00a0 Awesome!!\u00a0 No more eyeball ping-pong bouncing back and forth to read content. Presumably, Facebook is still conducting tests on certain profiles. But, my guess is\u00a0this new format is imminent for many more users<\/strong>. I doubt it\u2019ll take as long to switch from the old layout to the Timeline layout as that was a major overhaul.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve marked up a screenshot below with an overview of all the most prominent changes. If you know of any additional ones, please do share in the comments below! To view the image full size, just click on it.<\/p>\n

Organize and hide profile sections<\/span><\/h3>\n

I rather like that you can now\u00a0organize various sections of your profile as you wish<\/strong>. That is, except for About, Friends and Photos \u2013 they have to stay in place in that order. I was surprised to see many sections resurrected that I\u2019d long forgotten about\u2026 like Books and Notes. Fortunately, it\u2019s easy to hide sections that you don\u2019t want displayed.<\/p>\n

Tweak your cover image<\/span><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s possible\u00a0many lovely custom designed cover images will need to be altered slightly<\/strong>\u00a0now given a) your name is now in white OVER the cover image, and b) your profile picture sits slightly lower. The overall dimensions of the cover image remain the same: 851px wide by 315px tall. However, the cut out for the profile photo is now 17px from the left edge and 64px from the bottom. (Previously, it was 23px from the left and 104px from the bottom; fan pages remain as those dimensions\u2026 for now!).<\/p>\n

Followers<\/span><\/h3>\n

As reported by\u00a0Mashable<\/a>, among others, on December 5th, Facebook announced that it would be\u00a0changing the label of \u201cSubscribers\u201d to \u201cFollowers.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Just makes more sense, really.\u00a0 A Follower can see your personal profile posts in their news feed that you publish to PUBLIC. (FYI, anyone can see any public content on your profile anyway. Following someone just means you\u2019re more likely to see their posts in your news feed). Basically the same as a fan (Like) on your fan page. Except, ahem, it\u2019s not 100% of your Followers or Fans (or Friends) who see your posts in their news feed. That\u2019s where promoted posts come in. We\u2019ll leave that for another blog post.<\/p>\n

Highlights?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I am stumped by the new \u201cHighlight\u201d feature. Previously, starring a post would make it appear \u201cdouble wide\u201d across both columns. Now,\u00a0the post just gets a little bookmark flag<\/strong>\u00a0in the top right corner and nothing else seems to happen. My guess is there is a section coming called Highlights where all your starred posts would appear for quick access. Thoughts?<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0<\/strong>Mari Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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