Since last week these apps Static HTML: iframe tabs, static HTML – iframe for Pages or any other related apps the fan only content redirect to the wall
From the above issue you can see there is a redirect issue with Facebook fanpages.
Solution:
If we can redirect the users directly to the app URL every thing should work.
1st install another Static HTML page app ( click on this link and add it your page )
In the new Static HTML app add this code
If user does not get redirect to the custom app, you can include text and link to the redirect page
Replace YOUR_APP_URL with permalink for your Facebook App. Make sure you rename your new static html app (I renamed mine to redirect) and change your default landing tab to the tab you installed the code. In my case Redirect tab
Hope Facebook or Static HTML app finds a solid solution
According to Google, Google Plus is “Real-life sharing rethought for the web.”
Features included in Google Plus
Circle (Share what matters, with the people who matter most)
Circle = Grouping
You can circle or group people into different circles. The best part is that they don’t need to be in your friends list. You can add any one to any circle and receive their updates as a news feed. Just like the ‘follow’ in Twitter that allows you to read their updates
Hangouts (Stop by and say hello, face-to-face-to-face)
Hangouts allow you to have a video conversation with people in a circle. Similar to Chatroulette, except you meet people who you want to meet. According to google it’s the best thing on Google+.
I would use hangout because of its multi-person video or group video chatting. Now we can stop paying Skype or ooVoo for group video conversations.
+Mobile A.K.A Instant Upload, Location (Share what’s around, right now, without any hassle)
Take videos or photos of your mobile device and upload it straight away with geo-location. You can decide if your media should be private or public.
Google location services will provide a list of public location you can choose from (maybe) just like Foursquare
Sparks (Strike up a conversation, about pretty much anything)
Add your interests into Google Plus and Google Plus will return stuff that you want to read about on that specific topic. Why use bookmarking sites such as Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon etc when you have sparks?
Huddled (Chat with groups of people)
Huddled is group conversation. Just like the ones you can have on MSN, Skype, Whatsapp or Blackberry Messenger or even like the upcoming iMessage.
So What is Google+ again?
Put simply, Google+ is a combination of popular web services in one big box.
Google Plus = Facebook + Twitter + Chatroulette + Skype + Digg + Foursquare + Blackberry + Other popular services you use on a day to day basis.
If you know how to use the above services, Google Plus will be painless for you to get started with. If you don’t, then the learning curve will be a steep one.
When will Google Plus be available to everyone?
Google Plus beta was launched on 28th June and was open to ‘invite only’ users (I was fortunate enough to be one of them). Later that week they stopped users from sending invitations due to the large amount of people wanting to have their hands on the Google product. Another reason to stop the inviation was to fix the beta problems that Google Plus had. According to Google’s Vic Gundotra – “Lots of criticism for Google+. We are listening and working to address. Stay tuned for changes this week.”
Invitation to Google Plus?
You want to use Google + ? If your friends are on Google + you can ask them to invite you.
Ask them to login in their Google Plus account
Scroll down the home stream and at bottom of right hand side bar they can find ‘Invite people to join Google+’ link
Click on that and add your email address.
You should receive an email with instructions
Google Plus is still in the beta stage and they have not given any dates for a full release. I am hoping it should be available by October – November 2011
This is the message i get on my Google Plus account
Here are some of the known issues in Google Plus – Click here
How popular is Google Plus
Google Plus One vs Facebook vs Twitter
According to a BrightEdge survey of 10,000 large sites, 4.4% had integrated Google +1 buttons whereas Twitter was only found in 3.4% of them. But with 20% integration, it’s clear that Facebook is still top dog.
Google+1 buttons can be found beside your search results in Google. Clicking on this buttons will add these sites to the +1′s tab on your profile and in the future may impact search rankings.
WordPress is fast taking over the blogosphere and for good reason. They are easy to use, free and the functionality is brilliant. Here is a short video to help all you blogging newcomers to publish new posts and even do a bit of basic formatting. If you have any problems with issues not covered in the video then just drop me a question under this post.
Add a new post
Edit a post
Preview post
Add category & tags
Insert Image
Embed video
Basic formatting
Publish post
Log into you wordpress backend (www.YourWebsite.com/wp-admin)
1. Add a new post
To add a new post panel on the left > Add new
Enter your post content
2. Edit a post
Click on post panel > Click on the post you want to edit from the list
Post edit page will open where you can edit your post
3. Preview post
To preview your post click on the preview button on the post editing page
4. Add category & tags
On the edit post page, at the bottom right you will see a list of categories and below that you will see the tags panel
If you can see this on the edit post page, at the top right there is a screen option button, click on that and make sure categories & post tags are selected
If you want to add new category, click on [+] Add new category link on the category panel
5. Insert Image
To insert an image, below the post title there is upload/insert with couple of icons. Click on the first icon and upload your image / select for existing image in your website
6. Embed video
Go to youtube, copy video embed code from the share option, paste that code in the HTML part of the edit post page.
Note: When you click on visual, there are chances for the embed to code to disappear. Every time you update a video you will have to be re-embed it
Tip: To avoid video embed from disappearing you can use various plugins such as Jetpack. Which give you short code which can be used to embed the video
7. Basic formatting
Make sure you are on visual tab, and “Show / Hide kitchen sink” button is clicked. You should have two rows of buttons.
The buttons should have bold, italics, underline, bullet points, font colour, paragraph styling etc. Choose the once you require to enhance your post
8. Publish post
To publish your post, on the post edit option on the publish panel click on the publish button
A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds
eg: his words were cut off by a faint electronic twit
Verb /ˈtwitər/
Twittered, past participle; twittered, past tense; twittering, present participle; twitters, 3rd person singular present
(of a bird) Give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds
Talk in a light, high-pitched voice
eg: Old ladies in the congregation twittered
Talk rapidly and at length in an idle or trivial way
eg: he twittered on about buying a new workshop
Twitter.com does what its dictionary meaning suggests. Twitter allows you to broadcast messages which are 140 characters long. These 140 characters can be text, links to images, videos, your website or any other web services. Twitter allows you to connect with your friends, family, co-workers and other members of twitter. Twitter gives you the opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with like minded people. To get started with twitter, just visit www.twitter.com and sign-up.
So you have decided to use twitter? To get started there are specific twitter terms you should know in order to use twitter to its full potential. Since twitter only allows 140 characters, twitter terms have short codes you can use in your tweets
Tweet
Tweets are messages you broadcast to the world
Re-Tweet (RT)
When you like some one’s tweets (messages they have posted), you can share their tweet to your followers
In simple terms Re-Tweet = Repost their message
You use RT tags to Re-Tweet user message
Short code: RT username
Mention (@)
If you want to talk to some one directly then you mention their user name using @ tag
Mention’s are publicly available in your twitter stream
Short code: @+username
Direct Message (DM)
Direct messages are also know as private messages.
To DM (direct message) a user use DM tag
The user needs to follow you for you to be able to DM them
Short code: DM username
Timeline
Is a stream of latest messages from people you follow
Lists
A Twitter list is a way of grouping your followers
These list can be public or private
List url: www.twitter.com/your-username/your-list-name
Hash Tag #
Allows you to categorise your tweets.
Lets say you need help, you can use #help to post message, you can then connect to lots of people who are in the same situation as you
eg: I need #help on twitter or I need help on #twitter
Twitter Trend
Lot of users can be using the same Hash tags (#) which becomes a occurring twitter trend
Favourites
If you like some ones tweet, you can add it to your favourite list by clicking on the stat button
Adding it to you favourite allows you to view the tweet in the future
Username
Choosing right user name for twitter is vital
Most profesionals use FirstnameSurname. Eg. www.twitter.com/ShovanSargunam
Avatar
An avatar is like a logo. Your followers will recognise you with your avatar. Keeping your avatar consistent will make your profile familiar with users.
@Phil_EH Technical writer, blogger for Procare Child Care Management Software. Interests: Early childhood education ECE, eLearning, technology.
@GeneviveHauber3 HR and Social Media geek. Perpetual Learner. Interested in how emergent technologies are changing Organizations. Organizations 2.0 if you please!
@PeterShallard The Shrink for Entrepreneurs who want freedom, wealth & sanity. 100% Organic Tweeter
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From the drop down select the business category and enter your business details and click on get started
Once created, you will see your new business fan page with set of instructions.
Click on edit info link below the fan page name
Click on ‘Your setting‘ tab on the left
You can set Posting preferences here. If you want to post as business fan page or as your profile. Check if you want to post as a business profile when you interact with you business fan page.
If you want to get email notifications every time user post or comment on your page click on the check box
You can manage permissions on your Facebook fanpage. Click on manage permission tab on the left.
Page visibility: To hide/to make the fanpage private check on Page visibilityOnly admins can see this page check box
Country restrictions: Enter country name and select countries from the drop down list you want to restrict to your business fanpage
Age restrictions: Choose the age from drop down list
Wall tab shows: How do you want users to view your wall? All post by every user or post by only business owner? choose the option from drop downx
Default landing tab: You can set what page user views, as soon as the come to your page
Moderation blocklist: Enter words you want to restrict from your fanpage
Profanity blocklist: Set your profanity setting here
Delete Page: Click on the link to delete your facebook business fanpage
Enter your basic business information here. The option changes according to the category you have selected
You can not change the business name once you have 100 fans. Make sure you have a correct username and stick with it
You can upload profile picture for your fan page by click on profile picture tab on the left
Maximum facebook profile picture dimension is 180px width and 540px height. This on 6th April, Facebook can change the photo dimension in the near feature
Add featured business owners: You can display facebook business page admins or people working on your business by clicking on add business page owner.
In order to do this you will have to make them admin on your fanpage
Facebook provides various marketing tools. Click on markting tab on the left and use them when needed
On the right click on Manage Admins: You can enter one of the user from your friends list or add their email address.
Facebook has various useful apps you can use on your fanpage.
Click on the Apps tab on the left. You can see some default apps already installed on your fanpage.
Depending on the category you selected for your fanpage, default apps changes.
To install more app click on browse more application
You can update your fanpage using email or mobile service
Click on the mobile tab on the left. You will get an unique facebook email address. Email your updates to this email address and it will appear on your business page. Make sure you keep it secret.
If you want to update the fanpage through text message or sms click sign up for SMS button
When we want to share photos with friends, we normally send it through email or compress the photos and upload them to a web hosting service (dropbox,megaupload, sugarsync, skydrive etc). The problem we face is that we don’t use these services often and it’s difficult to manage and share photos with selected friends. According to Facebook Statistics in 2011 – 1 every 13 people in the World are using Facebook, which means most of your friends are on Facebook and are available to have photos shared with them.
Topics covered
This tutorial will help you to use Facebook as an online photo storage tool & will allow you to manage photos & their privacy.
Select ‘High Resolution’ if you want to download the original photo in the future
On ‘share the album with’, click on the drop down list > select custom > in custom privacy popup, type your list name in the text box provided. Once your list appears select it and click save setting
Now click on create album and wait till the photos upload
Once all the photos are uploaded, click on publish now
This photo will only be visible to the users you have added to the list
On the custom privacy settings page, click on the ‘preview my profile’ button
You will be redirected to your Facebook page and you will see ‘This is how your Profile looks to most people on Facebook’. In the text box below type one of the people who are not in the list
Click on the photos icon on the left to see what photos they see
If you have successfully created the list, the photo album will only be available to the friends on the list
The new Facebook allows Facebook Fanpages to do more. Now it’s easy to switch from your personal profile to your business profile. But what does it do? Switching allows you to see who has interacted with your page by literally switching your normal personal profile display with your business page profile.
To switch to a business user:
Click on Account > use Facebook as page
Select the business page and click the switch button to the business page you want to switch to
Once you have switched, you will see your business profile becomes your main profile
You can now view new fan page interactions and users
P.S When you do the switch, you will get a small tutorial which will walk you through the fanpage profile.
Learn more:
It’s great being able to see all of this, but your fan page could be doing so much more with a high quality fan page design.
Facebook Places is becoming huge. They started Places to compete with foursquare. The current version of Places is basic and is fairly restricted. Your company might have an existing Fan page, but if a user wants to check in at your place using their mobile device, they will have to create a new venue or place. Creating new venue will automatically create a new, duplicate page for your business. This can be very frustrating. Luckily, we can now claim the place that was created and connect it to our Facebook fan page.
Step 1:
Create your place
Follow the instructions below to add Places on your mobile device (We are using the iPhone)
Step 1: Open iPhone app and select places
Step 2: Click on the check in button
Step 3: Search for your place
Step 4: Add your place if not available
Step 5: Name, describe & add your place
Step 6: Once added click on close & check in
Step 2
Claim the Places page on Facebook
Go to your place page on Facebook.
Click on the “is this your business?” link below the logo on your Places page
A pop up will appear. Check the box and click on the proceed with payment button
A form will appear. Enter all the information in the form and at the end check the box and click on submit
You will have to wait couple of days for Facebook to approve your request
Note:
When we submitted our official documents (verification method 2) and email address, it took Facebook 24 hours to approve our request.
When we submitted only our Email address (verification method 1) it’s been over a day and Facebook still haven’t approved our request. I will update as soon as we are approved.
step 3
Merge your Facebook Places and Business Page together
Go to your claimed Facebook place
Click on ‘Merge with existing page’
You will get a list of all the pages you are admin of. Choose the page you want to merge places with & click merge
A confirm box will pop up. Click on Confirm merge.
Now your Facebook Places has been merged to your Facebook Fan page.
You will see lot of new options
New layout
Your landing page has been removed
Some of your old options have been removed
Depending on your Fan page you might get a ‘deal’ option
Note:
You can use the ‘deal’ option to promote offers to those that check-in at your place.
We will write a more detailed blog post on this once Facebook gives us more information on who it is that gets this option to offer deals.
Replace YOUR_APP_URL with permalink for your Facebook App. Make sure you rename your new static html app (I renamed mine to redirect) and change your default landing tab to the tab you installed the code. In my case Redirect tab
