UPLOADING PHOTOS TO A FACEBOOK ALBUM
You can create a photo album for just about any purpose, such as to showcase employees, products, events, or portfolios. Whenever you need to segregate photos on a Facebook page, an album is the answer. You can upload images files in GIF, JPEG, or PNG format. File size doesn’t make a difference because Facebook resample’s the images to a smaller size.
To create a Facebook album, follow these steps:
1. Organize the album images on your hard drive. Store in a folder all the images you want in one album.
2. Log into your Facebook account.
3. Click the Photos tab. The Photos tab expands. Initially, all you have is an album for profile pictures with one photo in it.
4. Click the Create a Photo Album button.
The Facebook Photo Uploader dialog box appears. This Facebook plug-in lets you upload multiple images (you must have Java installed on your computer). Download it by clicking Download and following the prompts. If you prefer to upload images by using the standard Facebook photos uploader, click Cancel.
5. Enter a name, location, and description for the album:
. Name : Choose a logical name that helps people who like your page easily identify which images appear in the album.
. Location : This is where the photos were taken. If a location isn’t applicable, leave this field bank.
. Description : This additional information is used to identify the type of images stored in the album.
6. Click the Create Album button. The album is created and the Upload Photos page appears, which lets you upload five images at a time.
7. Click the Browse button. The File Upload dialog box appears.
If you have a camera phone and want to upload images from it, click the Upload Photos Straight from your Phone link, at the bottom of the Upload Photos page.
8. Navigate to a file and Click Open. The file is added to the upload queue.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for other images you want to upload. The standard Facebook uploader limits you to five photos. If you need to upload
more than five images, you have to repeat these steps to upload them. If you decide to go with the plug-in, you can upload a folder of files.
10. Select the check box that says you have the right to distribute the photos and that they don’t violate the Facebook terms of use.
If you don’t select the check box, you cannot upload the images. If you select the check box and you have no right to distribute the images, you run afoul of the copyright laws.
1. Click the Upload Photos button. The Uploading Photos page appears. Don’t close your browser window until the upload is complete. After
the photos are uploaded, the Edit Album page appears.
2. Create a caption for each photo in the album. You can add a fairly lengthy description, but the best method is to create a short caption that
describes what’s in the photo.
3. Click a person in the photo and enter the person’s name.
4. Decide which photo serves as the album cover, and then click the This Is the Album Cover Radio button.
A thumbnail of this photo is displayed in the Photos tab as the album cover.
5. Click the Save Changes button. The changes to your album are saved and the Unpublished Photos dialog box appears.
6. Click Publish to publish the photos to your wall and profile now, or click skip to add more photos to the album or perform other edits, such as organizing photos.
EDITING YOUR PHOTOS AND ALBUMS
After you publish an album, you still have the opportunity to fix any mistakes you made in the captions, change the album cover, organize the order in which your album image appear, and delete any photos you accidently uploaded.
To change the order your images appear in an album, follow these steps:
1. Click the Photos tab on your page and hover the cursor over the album you want to edit. A Pencil icon appears, which is your clue that you can edit the album.
2. Click the Pencil icon. The Edit Album page appears, which has five tabs:
. Edit Photo’s : change any captions, delete photos, or change the album cover.
. Add More : Add photos to the album.
. Organize : Change the order in which the photos are shown in the album.
. Edit Info : Change the album name, location, and description.
. Delete:Delete the album.
3. Click Organize. Thumbnails of the images in the album appear.
4. Click the Reverse Order button. This step reverses the order in which the thumbnails are displayed in the album.
5. Drag a thumbnail to change its position in the album. This step lets you arrange images in order of importance, or by the time at which a photo was taken.
6. Click the Save Changes button. Your album is organized.
7. To delete a photo, select the Edit Photos tab, and then select the Delete This Photo check box. You can’t undo this action, so think twice
before deleting a photo.
ADDING VIDEO
To upload a video to your facebook page, follow these steps:
1. Log into your Facebook account.
2. Click the Video tab on your page. The Video tab appears. You have two options for video: Upload a video or record a video using a webcam
attached to your computer. If you have a good webcam, experiment with recording a video directly to Facebook. The remaining steps describe
how to upload a video you’ve already created.
3. Click Upload. If you want to record a video right now, click the Record button. The Upload File dialog box appears.
4. Click Browse. The File Upload dialog box appears.
5. Navigate to the video file you want to upload and click Open. The file you upload must be smaller than 1024MB and less than 20 minutes long.
After you click Open, the file starts uploading.
Video files are large, and sometimes even humongous. Be prepared to wait a while for your video to upload.
After the file uploads, you can enter some information, such as the title of the video.
6. Enter information about the video. You can add the names of people in the video, enter a title for the video, and enter a description of the video.
7. After adding the information you want, click Save Info. Your video is ready for viewing. It’s posted on your wall and is also available from the video tab.
If you aren’t crazy about the thumbnail image Facebook chooses for your video, click the Video tab and then click the Pencil icon to edit the video. In the Choose a Thumbnail section, use the arrow keys below the default thumbnail to navigate the thumbnails and choose one you like.