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"Facebook announced on its blog Tuesday that all users will have Timeline within the next few weeks, bringing a close to the gradual rollout process that began September 2011.\nTimeline changes the old Facebook profile from a list of your recent updates to a summary of your life since birth. Among its new features is a cover photo at the top of your profile and a timeline to which you can add life events not previously captured by Facebook. The new profile is thought to be one of Facebook's most extreme redesigns so far, redefining what a social networking profile can do.\nWhether you've already switched to the new feature or you're baffled by the new look, read on for Mashable's roundup of Timeline resources to help you with the transition.\nFacebook Timeline Tips, Tricks, Tools and Impressions\n\nFacebook Timeline: The Complete GuideNow that the Facebook Timeline is rolling out to all users, we thought it time to reexamine just what this new design is all about, and how to best optimize your profile.\nFacebook Timeline Roll Out: Everything You Need to KnowFacebook announced Tuesday that profiles will be gone in a few weeks and replaced by Facebook Timeline. Here's everything you need to know.\nHOW TO: Fill In Your Facebook TimelineFacebook has made adding events to your new Timeline quite easy, but there are a few different methods and a few privacy-related points to note. Check out this quick overview before you begin.\nThe New Facebook: How to Take Control of Your PrivacyFacebook changes too much sharing for your comfort? Here's how to control who sees what.\nFacebook Timeline: Zuckerberg\u2019s Biggest Gamble YetFacebook Timelines will, ultimately, replace Facebook\u2019s profiles, to become the way we view each other on the popular social networking service. It may also be Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s biggest risk since launching the Social network in 2004.\nFacebook\u2019s New Profiles: First ImpressionsTimeline is a moving mosaic of the photos, videos, places and status updates that make up not just your Facebook profile, but in a way, your personality.\nWhy Facebook Timeline Is Made For Its Youngest Users [OPINION]Is Facebook Timeline for you? That depends how old you are. Here's why the newest features are aimed squarely at its youngest users.\nWhy I Love Facebook Timeline [OPINION]Timeline is a new way of looking at your personal data that will change the way you use Facebook \u2014 and even the way you look at yourself. I love it, and here's why.\nFacebook Is Getting Too Damn Complicated [OPINION]Unfortunately for its 800 million users, Facebook is falling victim to feature creep \u2014 and settings that are becoming increasingly complex.\nNo, You Aren\u2019t Going to Quit FacebookThink the latest Facebook changes are going to lead to a massive user exodus? Don't worry, they'll be back.\nWill the New Facebook Lead to Information Overload?The new Facebook is presenting more information than many users know what to do with. How much is too much?\nFacebook Privacy: 3 Fights to Expect When You Get the New TimelineFind out how Facebook's new timeline might affect certain relationships in your life, and discover how to adjust your privacy settings to avoid potential quarrels.\nWhy Facebook Timeline Will Be Huge for BrandsUsers have been abuzz over the possibilities of Facebook's Timeline, but brands should be excited too. Here's a look at the possibilities.\nFacebook Timeline Launch Date: Unraveling the MysteryWhy so many rumors surround the launch date for Facebook Timelines?\nFacebook Developers Explain the Making of Timeline [VIDEO]In a post on Facebook, developers explain what it took to make Timeline a reality.\nWhat Facebook\u2019s New Features Mean for JournalistsVadim Lavrusik, journalist program manager for Facebook, shares how to use Facebook's new features for breaking news, research and content analysis.\nFacebook Timeline Is Basically Your Digital ResumeYour Timeline is more than your gateway to Facebook; it's also a potentially powerful resume. Check out these tips to make it up to par.\nFacebook Timeline: 5 Sites for Customizing Your Cover PhotoIf you don't have the time to design your own creative cover photo, consider these fun free services that can help. \nFacebook Timeline: 10 Stunning Designs [PICS]We've collected 10 more examples of creative designs of the new Facebook Timeline profiles.\nFacebook Timeline: 10 Fresh Designs for Creative Inspiration [PICS]If you've got the new Facebook Timeline and are looking for design ideas, check out this gallery for inspiration.\nFacebook Timeline Customization: 5 Tools for Killer Cover PhotosHave you personalized your new Facebook Timeline? Here are five tools that make it easy and fun.\n10 Things You Can Fit Into Your 63,206-Character Facebook StatusWe measured 10 pieces of text to determine whether they made Facebook's 63,206-character cut.\nSaved By the Facebook Timeline [CARTOON]Facebook executives said they planned on using early adopters to train others how to implement and manage their Facebook Timelines.\nFacebook Timeline: How to Enable It With One Click [PICS]Enabling the Facebook Timeline is now as easy as a single click. Here's how.\nWhy Facebook Uses MySQL for TimelineFacebook Timeline uses MySQL for database management, a surprising choice.\nWhy Real-World Socializing Is the Next Big Thing for Social MediaThere\u2019s no doubt that social networking has made the world a more open and connected place. Just one problem \u2014 social networking isn't actually social, in the traditional sense.\nDoes Facebook's Timeline Violate Its FTC Settlement?Facebook might be in hot water again. A public interest group says the new Facebook \"Timeline\" feature violates the recent FTC settlement.\nFacebook Apps: Highlights of the 60 New Integrated ApplicationsIf you enjoy using Spotify or Foursquare on Facebook, imagine having the same integration with a bevy of other Facebook apps. But how will they look on Timeline?\n\n\n\nHow to Fill In Your Facebook Timeline\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The Timeline Menu Bar\nAs you scroll down your new Timeline, a floating menu bar will appear at the top of your screen. Use it to add new events.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Work and Education\nEvents are divided into categories. The first is \"Work and Education,\" in which you add jobs, studies, volunteer work and military service you completed before joining Facebook. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Family and Relationships\nNext is \"Family and Relationships,\" where you can note engagement and marriage events. Facebook also suggests you add the birth of your child or a pet adoption here. Finally, you may feel inspired to write your reaction in the \"Lost a Loved One\" category.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Living\n\"Living\" events include relocation, buying a home and even getting a new roommate. For anyone who likes showing off their shiny wheels, Facebook also included a new vehicle category.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Health and Wellness\nFacebook may have overstepped the privacy concerns of some users with its \"Health and Wellness\" section. It provides the opportunity to tell friends about broken bones, surgery or overcoming an illness.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Milestones and Experiences \nFinally, \"Milestones and Experiences\" is the catch-all category, a broad yet flexible ode to all of life's turning points. Currently you have the option to add a hobby, a new language, a license, an achievement or award, a trip and a \"piercing or tattoo.\" Hmmm, we'll all be looking forward to the pics, that's for sure. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. \"Other Life Event\"\nFacebook also allows user to add an \"Other Life Event\" to each category for circumstances that don't fit into its pre-set milestones.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Adding an Event \nWhen you add an event, a pop-up window appears for you to complete simple fields relevant to said event. You can add more info via the \"Story\" box, and attach a suitable photo, either from pics you've already uploaded to Facebook or from your computer.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Privacy Options\nNote that events you add to your Timeline default to \"public\" view. If you want to keep your events private to your friends, you need to click the drop-down menu on the bottom of the window to set your preferred privacy level. As well as selecting just your friends, you can also include relevant groups or set up a custom option.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. The Event in Your Timeline\nOnce you've added and saved your event, it will show up large in your Timeline display, taking up a two-column space. We presume that because you've taken the time to add it, Facebook deems the event important to you.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Minimizing Events in Your Timeline\nIf this isn't the case, you can shrink the event down to one-column size. To minimize, click the star at the top-right of the event box.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Hiding or Deleting Events \nYou can also edit, hide or delete events from the same menu.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Your Recent Activity \nBe aware that when you add an event to your Timeline, Facebook notifies your friends via the \"Recent Activity\" module. If you were hoping to fill in your Timeline with little attention, you can remove the alert by hovering over it and hitting the \"X.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Adding Events Directly in the Timeline\r\n\nAlternatively you can add events directly in the Timeline. This is a convenient feature, as you may find that looking back through your Timeline's existing content jogs your memory. To add an event in the Timeline just hover over the central blue line. Click the plus symbol that appears to add whatever kind of event suits your fancy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16. And You?\n\nWe suspect the average Facebook user may add a few milestone events to fill in the blanks of their online past. On the other hand, maybe you're not willing to take the time to detail your past so thoroughly.\nWhat do you think? Will you fill in your Timeline? Will your mom fill in hers? Will you click through to see other's Timeline events as they add them? Share your thoughts in the comments below.\nImage courtesy of Shawn Allen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook Timeline: In-Depth\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe New Facebook Profile: Timeline\nTimeline is a radical departure from previous versions of the Facebook user profile. The most prominent feature is the addition of a cover photo at the top of the page. Users can change this to whatever they'd like it to be.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1986\nFacebook knows that in 1986 my sister was born.  Facebook is aware of these life events and includes them in your timeline.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeing Born\nYou can even add a picture and context to your birth, which starts the Timeline.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimeline Interface\nThe Timeline is a two-column interface with top photos, status updates, friends and more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMap\nFacebook has added a feature that lets you see where you have visited. This is powered by Facebook Places.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos in the Timeline\nHere's how photos are displayed in the Timeline.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriends in the New Timeline\nHere's how friends are displayed in the Timeline.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChanging Settings\nSome of the new Timeline's customization features.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2008\nMore of the new Timeline.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLife Events\nWhile joining Facebook is one event, you can also add life events such as getting married or starting a job to your profile through the Publisher Bar.  You can also announce that you broke a bone, moved to a new city, etc.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook Timeline: How Are You Affected?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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