Facebook and Instagram

Get the low-down on the largest social network in the world.

Locating those close friends and long-lost contacts.

Find out more about this photo-sharing social network and app.

There are times when you are using Facebook that you might want to send a message directly to one or more of your friends.

This guide will show you some very simple steps to start using Facebook, specifically how to post on Facebook.

Step 1: Logging in

Firstly log into your profile using the email address and password that you used to set up your account.

There are several ways to interact on Facebook beyond just having your own personal profile. The two main ways are via a Group (see our guide on creating a group on Facebook) or as a Page.

Notifications are updates about things that are happening on Facebook are sometimes different on mobile apps than they would be on your desktop. You can't turn off notifications completely, but you can change certain parts of it.

We originally gave this a second caption of “Let’s Party!” because that is one of the great uses for this particular part of Facebook. Of course it does not have to be a party; it could be a demonstration, a work event, a wedding or wedding reception in fact anything that you might want to invite a group of your friends to.

There are several ways to interact on Facebook beyond just having your own personal profile. The two main ways are via a Page (see our guide on creating a page on Facebook) or as a Group. 

There are several ways to interact on Facebook beyond just having your own personal profile. The two main ways are via a Page (see our guide on how to create a page in Facebook) or as a Group.

Used well, social media can be a huge success and be of significant benefit not only to the local representative and the community they represent, but importantly enhance local democracy, civic and community engagement.

- Cllr David Harrington