Tell me about it!
My sister’s FB page and most of my other friends pages look like this.
At the top of their page, just below their cover photo, there is a invitation to create and post something on their wall. I drew a red box around it in the screenshot below.
It says, “Write something to Lori…..”
When I go to your Facebook page, this is what I see.
Notice there is nowhere for anyone to create any kind of post on your page. Your page only shows posts that you created and shared.
When I see something on my FB timeline that I think a friend would like, I can share the photo or graphic or link by clicking on “Share” below the graphic and then selecting “Share on a Friend’s Timeline.”
For all my other friends, a dialog box appears that asks me to specify which friend, and it lets me add a comment to the graphic that I want to share with you.
However, when I try to click o “Post” to share it with you, I get this error message saying that your settings do not allow anyone to post on your timeline, therefore I cannot share it with you unless I send it to you as a private message.
You may have very good reasons for not wanting to allow friends to create and share posts on your FB page. But if you want to change the settings and allow this, here is how. Note that these screenshots were taken on a laptop, not a cell phone. If you do this on a cell phone, the display might be different.
Click on the downward arrow at the top right of your FB blue ribbon. A drop down menu should appear.
Select “Settings.”
On the next screen, General Account Settings, find and click on “Timeline and Tagging” in the left menu bar.
Review the Timeline settings. It should say either “Friends” or “Only Me.”
If you need to change that, click on the “Edit” link, next to the pencil icon. A drop down menu should appear for you to select the setting you want. At this time the two choices are “Friends” or “Only Me.”
Once the settings are changed, click on “Close” link and you are done!
You can continue using Facebook and the settings should stay like this until you deliberately repeat the process to change them.