Archive for the ‘Facebook Tips’ Category

The general idea of ‘Subscribe’ is to let Facebook users follow up on things from people they care about, and this ranging from not just personal friends but including public figures such as celebrities or journalists. This is a good method to hear from people who you do not know personally without forcing them to accept your friend request. There are a few things you should know about your ‘Subscribe’ button: -          You have to opt in to use it [...]

Recently, there are many Facebook scams messages and phishing activities ongoing on Facebook. Facebook security team is looking seriously at this issue and published a 14 pages ebook called “A Guide to Facebook Security” to educate Facebook users to understand the risk of scams/threats and learn the necessary techniques to protect their information both on and off Facebook. Obviously, this is an official guide to Facebook security for all Facebook users where you are being guided to: Protect your Facebook [...]

After learning all the upgraded features in a Facebook page (9 New Features in Upgraded Facebook Page), it is necessary to know there are a couple of new forms you can use to report bugs and problems with the new upgraded pages. 1.       Upgraded Pages Bug If you encounter some weird issues with upgraded pages that do not resolve in days or weeks, report this with screen shot by using this form. 2.       Feedback about Upgraded Pages Have things to [...]

With over 500 million active users it’s no walk in the park when there’s a complaint about login error or accout hacking. So now Facebook is encouraging users to fill up a number of information to secure their Facebook account. Basically there are three levels of security: low, medium and high. To reach a High account control level, you will need to complete all information listed: -          Include and confirm a second email address -          Include and confirm a mobile [...]

You should know by now how easy it is to import your blog to facebook with NetworkedBlogs. As promised, this post will introduce you another Facebook application that works similar named RSS Graffiti. It displays post excerpt and image but with more control over how, when and what to post. Without further ado, let’s see how it works: Import blog feed to your page with RSS Graffiti 1.        Firstly, add RSS Graffiti to your page: 2.       Edit page > Apps [...]

Bloggers desire traffic influx to attract advertisers and readers. Besides building exceptional quality content, what’s left is the effort to make it known with social media. How do you do that in facebook? After a blogger created a facebook page and learning all the tips about landing tab, adding static fbml box to apply basic html codes, the question next is how to import your blog to your page? One of the blogger favorites is NetworkedBlogs. NetworkedBlogs connects you with [...]

Last post I talked about removing unwanted facebook applications from your new facebook page. It wouldn’t be fair if I stopped there without alerting you about application intrusion of your facebook profile. Too many times when we asked to allow application access to our personal data, we ‘Allow’ without reading through. Not that I am paranoid or anything, but this is dangerous especially you don’t know what the app is capable of doing: To find and add a facebook application [...]

Before Facebook new profile was introduced on facebook, facebook page had already undergone changes in its page settings. Comparing to the post I did about removing facebook application from page, clearly it needs an update so this is what this post is about. Two ways you can remove facebook applications from your page: Option 1: Remove selected application from facebook Page 1.       Edit Page > Apps and look for the application you want to delete. 2.       At far end of [...]