Archive for September, 2010

A lot of page admins are not aware of the ‘filtering’ feature Facebook provided for them. As a fan of many pages myself, receiving various types of updates in a day can be quite overwhelming. As a page admin myself, it is important to think on behalf of other fans when we are targeting our updates to certain fans only. For example, if you are a business owner, announcing ‘special of the day’ that only applicable to your location needless [...]

Ever wonder how to cope with all those friend requests that you don’t have the heart to say ‘No’ to? Now Facebook gives all those undecided requests a second chance. New Option in Friend Request – ‘Not Now’ & ‘Hide’ Let’s say you received a friend request from someone you know, but not too familiar that you wish to decide later. Those un-attended requests can easily pile up your Request list. With ‘Not Now’ you can hide it from view [...]

We have talked about other facebook social plugins before this: Like button, Comments , Recommendations & Activity Feed . Today we will cover the rest of the social plugins here in this post. Social Plugin: Friendpile Friendpile shows visitors their friends’ profile pictures who have signed up or connected to a site. Social media world is emphasizing on friends’ recommendations and much more effective comparing to ordinary advertisements nowadays. This plugin will load automatically for logged-in Facebook users who land [...]

As we explained in our previous post How to Install Comments to your Blog, adding a Comments box can be easy and efficient for more publicity for your external site. Truth is, we have seen several other pages with a comment box fixed up in their customized tabs. I find that to be quite useful in generating not only exposures but a nice tactic to encourage conversations. Why not let’s all try to learn how to create one instead? Let’s [...]

Below alert can be seen everywhere on facebook particularly in Boxes tab or custom boxes on Wall. Just what exactly does it mean? Although it is said that facebook will no longer support profile boxes from applications after 23rd August 2010, some of us are still in luck to have our boxes up on wall till today. Even so, you are advised to switch all the boxes to tabs first or bookmark it before facebook remove it along with your [...]

This security update was announced in May and still, most facebook users are not aware of its existence. Personally I find this to be very useful to respond to Facebook intrusion as soon as it happens. The idea is to register your regular work stations and once there is an unknown login you will be notified via email instantly.  Here are steps involved to set up the alert: In your personal profile, go to Account Settings:           2.  In [...]

Social Plugin: Activity Feed Activity Feed is another social plugin that deserves a mention here in Faebook.org. The term ‘Activity Feed’ is self-explanatory – to accumulate and display the most interesting recent activities by other facebook users on your website via social plugins such as facebook share and like.    If a user is not logged in to Facebook, a message will prompt him to do so in order to view his friends activities on the site:   The advantage [...]