Overview

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!  

Full Product Details

Author:   Michael Miller
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Que Corporation,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 17.90cm
Weight:   0.532kg
ISBN:  

9780789747129

ISBN 10:   078974712
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   21 October 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780789749024
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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  

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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.

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