How To Add Media To Your Facebook Profile

Step 1: Photos

Facebook allows you to store up to 60 photos in an album, but you can store as many photos as you want. These photos can be shared around you face book friends and added to their profiles as well. To create an album, first of all go to www.facebook.com and login. Next click on 'My photos' in your profile on the left hand side. On the page, select 'Create album'. Then enter a name for the album, such as 'Steve's summer holiday in Spain', a short description of the album, select who you would like them to be visible to then click 'Create album'. Now you'll be asked to download a small piece of software called Active X Control. This programme enables you to upload photos quickly and easily. So follow the onscreen instructions to install. The best tactic is to click 'yes' to any prompts that appear.

Once your album is created, you can start uploading photos. Click on the 'Add more photos' tab. You will be taken you a java application that allows you to search your computer's files for photos. You'll see boxes that contain thumbnails of the photos that you want uploaded. As you scroll over the photos, you can rotate them if you wish before you upload them. Once you have picked all the photos you want, align them how you wish. Then click 'upload'.

Facebook will now take you to the 'edit photos page'. Here you can leave captions underneath photos, and do something called 'Tagging'. This is when you 'tag' the people in the photo. Once you tag someone, they will be notified through their news feeds on their profile. Also if you tag someone in a photo, or they you, that photo will then appear in the photo section of your page under 'view more photos of me' underneath your profile picture in 'tagged by others'.

To tag someone, click on the person's face in the photo, select their name in the box that pops up. If their name does not appear in the box then you can enter it. If the person is not on Facebook, then once you tag them you can enter an email address. They will then receive an email saying they have been tagged on a photo, and they'll get a link to the photo. You can tag everyone in the photo if you like, even yourself. When you tag someone, that photo will appear in their profile. If you don't want it to, click 'remove' next to their name. Once you are happy, click 'done' at the bottom of the page.

When it comes to other people's photos, you can't tag them directly, but you can suggest tags for them. Simply click on the 'tag this photo' link and tag whoever you think needs tagging in the photo. The person who added that photo will then be able to confirm or deny your tagging. As soon as this is done, other users can see it.

Step 2: Who can see my photos?

You are able to change the privacy options to dictate who can see your photos. You can have different settings for different albums. You can let:

1: Everyone see your photos - that is your friends and people on your networks. Also if you tag anyone in the album, the friends of the person you tagged will be able to see them.

2: Just your networks and friends - this means that anyone on your networks and anyone you're friends with can view this album.

3. Only your friends - This means that only your friends can see the album.

Step 3: Sharing albums with people not on face book

Facebook provides public links that allow you to show anyone your albums. To do this, go to your album, go to the bottom of the page, and click on 'Public link'. Now sending this link to friends or posting it on a website will allow people to view it if they click on the link.

Step 4: Posting a video link

Facebook allows you to post video links and share them. Go to your profile and click on 'Posted items' on the left hand side. Then find a video that you want to share on the internet. Then simply copy the URL address and paste it into the 'Post a link section', then click 'Post'. You can write a comment to go with the film. Once you are done click on 'post' to put it on your profile. When you view your profile, the video link will appear under your posted items.