Archive for August, 2010

Often times, we are asked to submit a screen shot of problem faced while reporting a bug to Facebook Support team. Some facebook users are novice PC users. Taking a ‘Print Screen’ sounds like impossible to them. It is actually quite easy, just follow the instructions below and you know what I mean:   Go to the facebook web page where you like to save the screen shot. Look for the Print Screen button on your keyboard ‘Prt Scr’, press [...]

Previously we had talked about adding facebook comments plugin to your blog for extra visibility from Facebook users. There is one term ‘Unique ID’ that captures the readers’ attention and a few had requested on ways to get it. While generating code for a social plugin, you will see a command stating that XFBML requires JavaScript SDK to work. As for JS it requires users to register application with Facebook beforehand to create an application ID for your site, and [...]

Facebook 101: How to Protect your Facebook Account from Facebook Places It seems that finding out someone’s whereabouts can be piece a cake, even through Facebook. Many people are concerning over the launching of Places. Can it be another threat to our Facebook privacy? What one needs to be aware of is the default privacy setting for Facebook – everything is open to tagging and checking in. Let’s see how we can fix the privacy for Places. Things I Share [...]

Facebook announced the new feature ‘Places’ few days ago, a location based functionality that caught every user’s attention. But this new launch is only available for US users for now (not all states at once but gradually expanding). In order to use it, the user needs to have a mobile device. Facebook iPhone users can download the latest version of Facebook iPhone application or access it from touch.facebook.com . What is so special about Facebook Places? It is about finding [...]

Among the facebook social plugins, ‘Like’ receives the most attention so far. We covered a post on How to Add Like Box to your Website as requested by our readers. But let’s not overlook other social plugins too, today we will be showing you how to install Facebook Comments to your blog. Comments plugin allows facebook users to comment on any piece of content on your website, let it be a post, a video or even a photo gallery. The [...]

There will be times when you have too many ‘friends’ on pages that you hardly keep up. For some people who combined both their business contacts with personals, it’s always good for a clear division via grouping. Same as building a Twitter Lists, today I’m going to show you how to manage your friend and page lists properly. Go to Edit Friends, at the left side of the page you will notice ‘Friends’ and ‘Pages’. Select the category you would [...]

NOTE: Random results surfaced when one tries to transfer their username starting Nov,2010 – works for some and not. Unable to identify why and how. Be forewarned there may be risks involved. Often times we created a username for our personal profile, then later figured we should reserve that for our fan page! Even though it is not advisable to use company name for a personal profile, but some company accounts have long started and now since there’s no way [...]

So the big brand has spoken, all users are to get ready for the BIG change on 23rd August 2010 and it affects everyone who owns a Facebook account. It has been awhile since we heard about Facebook plans to narrow down the width of custom tabs, since early January 2010 up till today, when the date has finally been set to next week. There are basically two things that we expect to see: -          Facebook Page: New 520px width [...]