How to change your Facebook online status?

Hiding yourself on Facebook

Is it possible to hide your online presence on Facebook?

Question:

Judy asks: I am trying to change my online status on facebook - I tried to go into Privacy, then my online status and it always worked before but now, for some reason the online status bar is gone and I can’t change it - help please? thanx

Answer:

Thanks for your question, Judy. After incorporating the new chat functionality, Facebook has slightly modified the process for hiding your online presence. Details can be found in this post i wrote a few months ago.

Make a Facebook background

Is it possible to modify your Facebook background

Question:

Cindi asks: I was just wondering if you could make a background for your facebook. If not thats fine. I was just wondering. But if so That AWESOME! Let me know. Thanks.

Answer:

Thanks for your question, Cindi. Imho, one of the strengths of Facebook is the fact they insist on keeping their general profile layout as clean and uniform as they can. That said, they still allow their users to make some degree of graphical customization in their porfiles via applications like Facebook expressions, which allow you to create custom backgrounds or wallpapers that you can use for decorating sections of your Facebook profile but not the entire page (as it is possible on MySpace).

Remove friends names and links on MySpace

Code to hide your top 8 names and links on MySpace.

Question:

Ann Marie asks: I am wondering if there is a way remove your friends names from your friends list and comment box, and also a way to remove the link that takes you to their profiles. Thank you, this is for my MySpace profile

Answer:

Thanks for your question, Ann Marie. You can easily remove your top 8 names and links from your MySpace profile. The easiest way to do that is to follow this simple tutorial.. It has the CSS code you’ll need in order to hide the links to your friends profiles on MySpace.