Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2013

Facebook - The Social Cigarette!




Facebook - The most popular site of the world with more than 1 billion users. If Facebook were a country it could be in the third place- Just next to the China and India! And within next few years hopefully Facebook will exceed the population of China. Currently Facebook is the strongest online media. 


Why people use Facebook? Why they waste or pass their idle time or even working time on it? Why they can't go a single day without it? 

The answer is Addiction

As the chain smoker smokes cigarettes one by one just for bad habits, many Facebookers waste their time on Facebook without any break. You may browse Facebook at most 2/3 hours a day. But spending more than 6 hours on Facebook is not a good sign at all. 


I'm not a serious critic of Facebook or Facebookers. I'm just anxious about the future of the earth. Few factors are responsible to create imbalance. And Facebook is one of them. By the name of social networking site, Facebook is leading to social imbalance! Should I explain? Let's start - 

  • Leading to Wars: Within less than a decade of launch, Facebook has already led to several national wars. The wars occured in Lebanon, Libya, Egypt are all accelerated by the Facebook communities in those countries. When the Governments of those countries tried to stop the opponent parties, Facebook communities went against Governments. 

  • Spreading Aggression: A very common news throughout the world. But this is Facebook which is spreading racial, cultural and religious aggression among different communities. Sometimes a person of different values attack others directly through Facebook comments and posts. And this is the starting of endless aggression! 

  • Slow Down Productivity: Facebook is banned in many offices and educational institutes. Survey reports show that, many people waste half of their working time on Facebook! As it can also be visited from Mobile devices, people keep it open all the time.

  • Hackers' Target: Your Facebook ID is the hackers' target! Because it is easy to hack. Though Facebook authority has already increased security, but hackers are smarter. They can easily beat you as well as Facebook. Anytime you can lose your account. You may be able to recover it. But within short time, they can steal your sensitive information. 

  • Privacy: A very very serious issue of today's world. You're an smart user of Facebook. You use secured connection of Facebook, sign out of Facebook every time, use secured password etc etc. But when one of your FB friends lose his account then what? Your chat records as well as sharing are there! Then how can you ensure your privacy? 

  • Detrimental to Health: Excessive use of something is always bad. Same rules apply to Facebook. When you're using Facebook, you can't do other tasks. Maybe you use Facebook sitting on a chair. And certainly this will have a negative impact on your physical fitness. Know more . . .  

  • Mental Instability: Facebook is great for creating new friends. It can also help you to find your old friends. But it creates distance among existing friends! Boys and girls often fall in love through Facebook within moments! And some of them break up within few days. Sometimes your status, likes and comments may lead to serious conflicts among your friends. Divorce, Suicide, Attempt to Murder are very common incidents. 

  • Family Crisis: This problem usually belongs to so called modern families or modern countries of the world. When all the members of a family use Facebook then it is very easy to arise family crisis. Suppose a husband may communicate with his ex wife. Or a wife may communicate with his ex husband. And a husband may not accept his wife's friend request due to privacy problem. Even the crisis may grow between the children and parents. Parents may send friend request to the children. But they may not accept their requests. Few days ago, an Indian husband forget to change his marital status on Facebook. Consequently his wife divorced him! 

  • Fraud and Cheating: This is a very common problem of Facebook. Millions of people are being deceived by Fake IDs every day. Some of them are losing money. Some of them are losing privacy. Even some people are losing their IDs by sharing  passwords with wrong people! 

  • Unnecessary/ Irrelevant Ads: For their own betterment, Facebook show ads on people's pages. Sometimes irrelevant and stupid advertisements are being shown on profile. Which may look odd. Sometimes you will see the ads of different products and manufacturers' ads. Sometimes Facebook forces users to like pages, join groups, share posts which are very irritating. 

  • Millions of Traps: Millions of traps are always trying to hunt you. Anytime you can caught by those traps. Suppose you get a link from your friend which says- See who have unfriend you, or See who have watched your profile. Never click on such links. Remove them as spam. If you even click on these links, it will be automatically shared with your friends and groups. 

  • Spam/ Virus/ Malware: This is a very common suffering for the web users. But Facebook is the land of cultivating virus, spam and malware. Spam or virus may take the form of a link or even could be normal image. Whenever you click on it, you're . . .

  • Criminals' Weapon: Facebook is becoming a popular medium for blackmailing and threatening day by day. A criminal can easily go to a Cybercafe with his fake ID. And he can easily threats a person. For example, he may get your sensitive information. It could be a video, audio, image or text which belong to you. And which are capable of damaging your honor. He may demand monetary or other benefits from you instead of sharing these on Facebook. Even after you fulfill his requirements, he may share those things on Facebook. 



There are only few problems discussed here. Millions of problems are being generated by Facebook everyday. Don't know how to get rid of these. A shortcut way to avoid problems is to use Facebook only when it is necessary. 


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Sunday, February 24, 2013

How to Add Facebook Like box on Website or Blog


Facebook Like Box by Marks PC Solution


If you have a Facebook fan page or an official Facebook page of your blog or website, then you can place it in your site. Certainly this will ease your interaction with visitors or fans. Another issue you should keep in mind that it is also a part of SEO. Placing a like box may attract visitors to visit your site! 

Earlier I wrote about how to create a pop out like box in your site. And also discussed how to create Facebook fan page. Remember: You must have a fan page to create a Facebook Like Box. If you don't know please read this first: 



If you're ready then I can start. Read carefully. 

To add a like box in your website or blog you have to place two codes in two different places. These are as below: 

Code 1: Place this code on your page once, just after the opening <body> tag. If your site already has this code then you don't need to place it again. 

<div id="fb-root"></div>

<script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>


Code 2: Place this code on your page wherever you want the plugin to appear on your page.
<div class="fb-like-box" data-href="http://www.facebook.com/markstips" data-width="240" data-height="350" data-show-faces="false" data-stream="false" data-header="false"></div>

You know, the second code is the main code. And the first one is just to help the second one. If your HTML has already the first code then you don't need to paste the code again. 



Customization: The Red Parts of Code 2
  • Name: The word markstips should be replaced with your page name.  
  • Width: Current width is 240. You can increase or decrease. 
  • Height: Current height is 350. Change it if necessary. 

Tips: Try to place the second at the footer of your page. It will be helpful to load the site faster. Not only this code, you should place any Java Code at the bottom. If more java codes are placed at the header it will dramatically affect your site's loading time



Implementing the Code on Blogger: 

Code 1: Template > Edit HTML > Proceed > Now find <body tag by pressing Ctrl + F > After few lines paste the code from code 1 above > Save. If you placed any code like it earlier then you don't need to paste again. 

Code 2: Layout > Add a Gadget > HTML/ JavaScript > Copy and paste the code from Code 2 above > Save


Now view your blog or refresh it. You will be able to see this within few seconds. If the server is down, then the like box may delay to appear on your site. Until then, keep waiting. 



Advice: If you don't think the like box not important for you, or if you think it consumes your site space then you can try this one: Pop Out Facebook Like Box. 

If this code is not working properly, or if you face any problem to implement the code, then try to make the code directly from Facebook Developers






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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Create an Official Facebook Page for Website, Person or Place



Facebook Fan Page

Facebook Fan Page is a very common way to communicate with public. Almost all major organizations, websites, places or brands have their own Facebook page. You can also create a Facebook page for your business, blog or website. This is very easy and free of cost!  

To create a Facebook page go to the link below. Before that make sure you're signed in to your Facebook account.  


There are six types: 
  1. Local Business or Place
  2. Company, Organization or Institution
  3. Brand or Product
  4. Artist, Band or Public Figure
  5. Entertainment
  6. Cause or Community

Select any of the types which is suitable for you. Then choose your page category and give it a name. Agree with the terms and conditions and hit on Get Started. 

Now do the followings:
  • Set a profile picture
  • Give a description of it
  • Set a Facebook address
  • Enable Ads or Skip it
Now your page is almost ready. Invite your friends to like it. Try to build audience. You will find several options to build audience and to invite friends to like it. 

Keep posting for the audience. Post only necessary contents. So that people find it useful. It will help to grow the page quickly. Never abuse it. 



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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Add Floating Share Buttons on your Site: 7 Buttons!


Google Plus, Twitter, Facebook Favicon


To improve your traffic rank SEO can contribute a lot. Few years back SEO was somewhat difficult. But at present time SEO is little bit easier by the grace of social sites like twitter, facebook, google + etc.

Today I will show you how to add floating social share button to blogspot website. This code will provide you facebook like, Google +1,  Stumble Upon, Digg, Tweet, Linked in and Reddit button.

To add these floating buttons to your blog, just follow the steps below:

  1. Sign in to your blog
  2. Click design from the upper right corner 
  3. Click on layout and hit on Add a Gadget option
  4. Now you'll see a list of gadget and you need to select html/ java script gadget. It will show you  Configure HTML/JavaScript window
  5. Now copy the following code and paste it into the content box of Configure HTML/Java Script window
  6. Now save this gadget
Note: Make sure your blogger dashboard is set to the new look. Click here for more info. 

<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code Start-->

<style>#pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:15%; left:3px; float:left; border: 1px solid black; border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;background-color:#eff3fa;padding:0 0 1px0;z-index:10;}#pageshare .sbutton {float:left;clear:both;margin:3px 3px 0 3px;}.fb_share_count_top {width:48px !important;}.fb_share_count_top, .fb_share_count_inner {-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;}.FBConnectButton_Small, .FBConnectButton_RTL_Small {width:49px !important; -moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;}.FBConnectButton_Small .FBConnectButton_Text {padding:2px 2px 3px !important;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;font-size:8px;}</style><div id='pageshare' title="Share This With Your Friends">

<div class='sbutton' id='gb'><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like layout="box_count" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></div>

<div class='sbutton' id='gplusone'><script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script><g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone></div><div class='sbutton' id='su'><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"></script></div>

<div class='sbutton' id='digg' style='margin-left:3px;width:48px'><script src='http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js' type='text/javascript'></script><a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a></div>

<div class='sbutton' id='rt'><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" >Tweet</a><script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type="text/javascript"></script></div>

<div class='floatbutton' id='linkedin'><script src="//platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="IN/Share" data-counter="top"></script></div>

<div class="sbutton" id="reddit"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.reddit.com/static/button/button2.js"></script><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="addthis_counter"></a></div>

<!--SideBar Floating Share Buttons Code End--></div></div>

If everything is correct then you will be able to see a vertical floating share bar at the left side of your blog.

Customization: This code will give you the opportunity to customize as you like.

Add or Remove Button: You can add or remove button from this code. Notice that each code starts with <div class and ends with </div>. For your convenience I've separated the each code. If you wanna remove one or two codes then just delete the part of the code. When you wanna add something to this code make sure that the new code starts with <div class.

Position: At the beginning of this code you might notice a text like this- #pageshare {position:fixed; bottom:15%; left:3px; float:left;. Now, if you wanna place it to the right side then type right in the place of left. And you can also increase or decrease the size of the button if you are somewhat expert in coding.