Archive for the ‘FaceBook Others’ Category

Facebook page has always been the ‘popular kid’ in Facebook land. Since the last time we talked about the brand new Facebook Groups, there have not been enough posts explaining how it actually works. So this week, I will start with one of the most asked questions about Facebook – adding an extra admin to the group. To add a page admin is a piece of cake. Same thing with group admin, you just need to know where to look. [...]

I’m not much a mobile user but I value privacy as much as anyone else. So when a friend told me the syncing ability in Facebook that ‘might’ import your contacts from your iPhone without consent, I was worried. Lots of my friends are iPhone users, no way I’m letting this news slipped without checking with them first. Looks like there is a Facebook contact sync feature in Facebook iPhone application that when clicked, synchronize your friends contacts numbers in [...]

Facebook had announced earlier they will be implementing iframes for custom tabs soon, replacing fbml. Up till today, many readers still requesting about fbml posts to be covered more on faebook. How about some basic HTML tags for your current customization? Here we go. Setup the FBML tab to your page first, then add in the effects: 1.       To link to an external web link: <a href=”external web URL”>the clickable title for the link</a> 2.       To place an image: <img [...]

Few weeks back Facebook released the brand new Facebook Groups. This is quite a huge surprise; many have guessed that ‘group’ is outdated and hardly competable to the almighty facebook page. The renovated facebook groups proved the other way around. Well, maybe not completely, but in what condition we may use Facebook Groups? -          Network with family members -          Private discussion groups with colleagues/ friends And much more, anything when a public facebook page cannot fulfill your focused discussions. What [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]