22 Sep 2011

How to create your Facebook Timeline before everyone else

If you heard about Facebook's new Timeline feature, you're probably one of the millions of people who won't have access to it until September 29th. But there is a trick to getting quick access, here's how to do it:

You will need a Facebook Application under your account first, so head over to:

https://developers.facebook.com/apps

Once you're there, click on the Create New App button:

Step1

Then fill out the form with bogus information:

Step2

Then you'll be able to edit your application. Click on Open Graph on the left side menu. And fill out the two field form to add a random action that a user can do (this doesn't matter, put anything).

Step3

Now when you hit Get Started, it will send you to the next page. You're done, don't even look at this page. Just head back to Facebook and you should see a special invite at the top from Facebook to access your page. Once you accept you'll be able to start using Timeline:

Timeline