My facebook page is now on the left side no access to friends chat games notifications please help thankyou i just want the old format back it changed on monday

you've turned off the chat feature. there's a little cog wheel by the search bar at te bottom left. click it and you can turn chat back on.

Is it just facebook or your internet connection ??..
The Facebook Chat feature allows you to send and receive messages in real time with friends who are online.
Your chat box reveals a list of available friends you can chat with by clicking their names.
For those times when you're not up for chatting, you can choose from several different privacy options, including disconnecting Facebook Chat.
You can opt to disconnect it completely, or just partially allowing chat availability for certain people and not others.
You can reconnect in a few quick steps.
Facebook Chat Availability

Your Facebook Chat availability determines how you appear in your friends' chat lists.
When you're logged in to your Facebook account, your name appears in the chat sidebars of any friends who are currently logged in.
When you set your chat preference to available, a green box appears next to your name.
When you're available, but idle, a grey moon appears next to your name.
When you're unavailable, your name appears without an icon.

Adjusting Chat Availability
Adjust your chat availability to control the visibility of your name in friends' chat lists.
Sign in to your Facebook account and click the "Chat" box in the lower right corner of any page to open your chat list.
Click the "Options" icon in the upper right corner of the box.
Click "Go Offline" to disconnect your chat availability.
If you're using the Facebook Chat sidebar, click the "Options" icon in the upper right corner of the box. Click the "Chat" box to open the sidebar if it isn't showing up on your home page.
Click the "Available to Chat" option to delete the check mark, making yourself invisible and unavailable to chat. Click the "Limit Availability" option and use the resulting pop-up to choose which friend lists you wish to remain visible to. This allows you to chat with some friends without others knowing you're logged on.
Disconnected Facebook Chat
Once you disconnect Facebook Chat or limit your chat availability, your online presence will be invisible to other users.
You can still browse the Facebook site as you would normally.
The appearance of your chat list won't be altered by your availability; you'll still be able to see which of your friends are online and available to chat.
That is, as long as their chat availability isn't hidden or disconnected.

Your Chat Messages

If a friend attempts to message while your Facebook Chat is disconnected, the message will be delivered to your Facebook inbox.
You'll receive an on-site notification, as well as text or email notifications if you're set up for that, alerting you that you have a new message in your inbox.
Click the "Message" icon that appears in the upper left corner of any page upon signing in to your Facebook account.
Any new messages will appear in the drop-down list. Click the "See All Messages" link at the bottom of the box to access your inbox and respond to any messages.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=chat

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Chances are the friend to whom you are sending might be accessing Facebook via mobile. Mobile Facebook does not provide chat notifications appropriately and it depends on the device too. When you send message or chat,both are now equal in Facebook. Recent Facebook version,what it does is, it combines chat and message into message section. Whatever you chat is sent as message to the person,if that person is offline or not responding to chat. If at the time of receiving message,you are online,then you receive it in chat window. At the same time,you might see notification in Message area.

Eventhough it is to an extent confusing,either way,you can reply/chat and you get all messages. In short,your message never gets lost. It gets to your friend. If he/she cannot see it in Chat,they can definitely see it in Messages section.

Chat is disabled Problem with the Facebook Facebook Social Network

Enable Chat

• Click the "Chat" bar on the bottom of the screen of the Internet browser after you arrive to Facebook web.
  

• Sign into your FB account then on the very first page on the left side you see a option to go online. just click on it.

• click on the chat box, go to the top & click online.

• Go to your Group Settings and you should be able to turn it on
  

• Click on the little man with the green dot (next to the "online friends" and notification boxes) at the bottom right corner of your browser.In the middle of the pop up box, you will see the option to "Go Offline", click on it.If you click this option, you will still be on facebook like normal, but your friends won't be able to see that you're on.

• on the bottom bar (where you should have these buttons: applications on the left and online friends on the right), check on the right of "Online Friends" button, and you should have:- the notifications "icon"- and the shape of a man with a green "dot" on the right of the notifications button.

• on the bottom bar (where you should have these buttons: applications on the left and online friends on the right), check on the rightof "Online Friends" button, and you should have:- the notifications "icon"- and the shape of a man with a green "dot" on the right of the notifications button.if you go over this with the mouse you should show: "chat".click on it = open chat menu), and where it says "you are online",just click on the "Go Offline" button.-there is an option 'settings', click on it, and uncheck box for sound for new message :)

This is apparently a common enough issue for it to have it's own page in the Help section of Facebook. The issue is either your firewall is blocking websites that Facebook needs access to, or your browser is outdated. Here's the page:

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=15257

Hello thanks for using fixya
Actually your status on Facebook is as "Offline", thats why you are not able to chat with your friends and you appear them as "Offline"
To chat with your friends and make you visible you have to make your status as "online"
For this sign in your Facebook account, when your home page will open, On the left side down on the page there will be written that "you are currently offline to chat with your friends "Go online". Click on it and your status will become online. To demonstrate it physically here given is a Picture which will surely help you out




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Hi all,

For all problems dealing with facebook I suggest you talk to a human being directly.

Facebook customer service 650-853-1300 Palo Alto, CA 156 University Ave., Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

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