Chapter 8. Adding Photos and Videos to Facebook

Get ready to ...

  • Upload a Photo to Your Account

  • Create a Photo Album

  • Tag Photos

  • Untag Yourself in a Photo

  • Delete a Photo

  • Upload a Video to Facebook

Since Facebook is all about sharing, it's up to you to share! Putting up photos of you, your family (that includes pets), and your friends is fun — and it gives your Facebook friends a chance to interact with you.

I figure you've uploaded an image to your Profile page already, but what I'm talking about in this chapter is setting up online photo albums.

So let's get started!

Upload a Photo to Your Account

  1. As with most Facebook tasks, you have more than one way to post a photo. The easiest and best way to post a single photo is to post it directly to your Profile page. Start by signing in to your Facebook account and navigating to your Profile page (click Profile in the upper-right corner).

  2. Type a message about the photo in the Wall posting box that says What's on your mind?

  3. Below your message, find the icon for uploading a photo (it looks like a little stack of photo prints), as I've done in Figure 8-1. Clicking that icon changes the window.

    Figure 8-1

    Figure 8-1. Figure 8-1

  4. The new window gives you three choices: Upload a Photo from your computer, Take a Photo with a webcam, or Create an Album with many photos. Here's how those choices work:

    1. To use a photo already on your computer, click the Upload a Photo link. Your ...

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