Integrating Your WordPress Blog to Facebook
September 28, 2010
Importing your WordPress or any RSS feed to Facebook is a fast and relatively simple. It is the perfect way for you to share your posts on Facebook as once you add the feed, it not only imports it to your notes, but will automatically post to your wall as well.
Importing an RSS Feed To Facebook Notes
- On the tabs at the top of your Facebook Page, you will see a tab called notes. Notes always update to your wall and it is the same for your RSS as well. Go to the notes tab, if you have not added any notes or RSS feeds yet your page will tell you that you haven’t written any notes and to write a note now.
- Tip – If you have no notes, you may not see the button that says start importing a feed. The way around this is to post a note. It doesn’t matter what you post as you can simply delete the note afterward. Write your note and hit publish if you don’t see the “Subscribe’” and “Edit import settings” on the left of your screen.
- Once you have the “Subscribe” option on the bottom left of the screen, click on the “Edit import settings” directly below it.
- You will see the information on importing your blog as well as a place to enter the URL of your feed.
- Enter the URL and check the box directly below to confirm that you have the right to reproduce this blogs content and hit the “Start Importing Button”.
Please note: The note can take up to 24 hours to post to your Facebook account.
UPDATE – November 3, 2010:
There seems to be a glitch in the feed import. Some have had problems getting their feed added. The message says:
“Import Failed We couldn’t find a feed using the URL you provided.”
As long as you are sure the feed is correct, you may want to double check by making a post that your feed is not working. Some have noticed that even though Facebook says that the feed is not working, it seems to still be posting feed updates to their wall.
The Simple Secret to Making Your Website Load Faster
September 26, 2010
You’re dying to know “The Simple Secret to Making Your Website Load Faster” aren’t you? It’s really an easy thing to do.
The 3 steps to a faster load speed on your website are:
1.) Open Notepad
2.) Add this line: “php_value memory_limit 48M”
3.) Save the file as php.ini (no other extension) and upload file to the root directory of your website (linux hosting).
That should do it! Load time is another important factor in search engine optimization. The simplicity and effectiveness reminds me of my secret to making your computer run faster, so stay tuned for that tidbit!
P.S. If you are on a monthly plan just drop us an email requesting this file to be added to your website. Alternatively, if you are not on a monthly plan and need help implementing the php.ini file, please contact us for a quote.
Creating A Flickr Tab For Your Business Page – A Step By Step
September 11, 2010
Just like many other applications linking accounts to Facebook, adding a Flickr Tab is an item of convenience. Not only do you save time by not having to add each picture to Flickr and Facebook, but you increase future productivity.
Like Twitter, there are a number of Flickr Tabs and Applications to choose from, but not all work with fan page. This makes actually finding the app that will work for you, the most difficult aspect to adding it at all. I have found that the best Flickr app for Facebook is one known as Flickr Tab.
Though it does cost a small yearly fee to upgrade your Flickr account,$10.00, it is a tried and true application that works well.
Note: if you are simply adding a Flickr Tab to a personal profile, the $10.00 upgrade will not be necessary, it is only necessary for “pages” in Facebook.
The object of having a Flickrtab is to allow your Facebook fans to see all of your pictures from your Flickr account, including updates, without having to actually visit Flickr.
1. If you are an administrator – log into your Facebook profile and choose the page you will be managing from your account settings.
2. In the search bar, type in Flickr and choose the app called Flickr Tab
3. Make sure that if you manage more than one Facebook or Flickr account you are on the ones that will be linked.
4. Add the application to your Facebook page by allowing access to Flickr, this can be done without a profile or administrator so you don’t have to be logged in as an administrator for this step, but you will need to be for the next step.
5. If you are not already logged in as an administrator, do so now to complete the link between your accounts. It will ask you for access to your profile information; you must allow access to go any further.
* You may also want to be logged into Flickr for simplicity as you will have to go there soon anyway.
6. At this point, you can go back to the Flickr Tab app http://www.facebook.com/flickrtab and add the tab to your page, except now you have to pay $10 to become a VIP member on Flickr to do so.
7. To become a VIP member of Flickr, simply choose “You” from the top tabs, opt for the “your account” option and choose to upgrade to a Pro account.
8. Once you pay to become a VIP member using paypal, the Flickr feed will be added to your Facebook fan page.
Your Flickr Tab will update each time you update your Flickr account allowing your fans to see your Flickr Photos from your Facebook page.
How to Connect Facebook To Twitter
September 7, 2010
There are dozens of ways in which you can keep your fans up-to-date on what is going on with your business or organization. The advent of social networking sites and micro-blogging are easy ways to keep people interested and informed on what’s happening and involve the public as well as reaching a broader audience. This is an simple way for you to create a social presence and increase the popularity of your business or organization.
By far, the most popular sites that companies use today are Facebook and Twitter. Facebook and Twitter allow your group or product to offer promotions, and interact in a conversational format with fans, thereby creating a visible online presence and effectively advertising for free.
The problem with having multiple options for social networking is that administrators would have to update each site individually. In 2009, Facebook announced that they would be making it possible for fan pages to share their updates more easily. By creating an application that allowed administrators to post to Facebook and update Twitter immediately, administrators could now effectively update two social sites with one post, saving significant time and hassle and reaching a wider audience.
The time to link your social sites is now. The sooner you can reach more fans at once, the more effective you can make your online presence. Though there are many ways to do this, the following method seems to be the simplest way to link Facebook to Twitter. After installing the following application, you will be able to post updates from your Facebook fan page to Twitter automatically.
How To Automatically Update Twitter From Your Facebook Fan Page
1.Log into your Facebook profile
2.Paste the following url into the browser once you are logged in http://www.facebook.com/twitter/ and hit enter, this will take you to the Facebook to Twitter application.
3.You will see a list of the pages you manage. If you are an administrator of the page, you may now begin the process of linking Facebook to Twitter.
Note:If you are not an administrator, you must log into the fan page you are planning to link and make yourself an administrator. Once you do this, you may log out of the fan page and log in as yourself. Then you would complete step two.
4.After you have made it to this step, you must click on the “Link to Twitter” box next to the page you are planning on managing.
5.The page automatically redirects you to Twitter where you can enter your login information for Twitter.
6. Fill in the information and click “Allow”. After a few moments, you will be redirected back to Facebook, where you can now edit your settings.
7.Check or uncheck the boxes that you would like to post to Twitter and hit “Save Changes”
A word of caution – be sure when editing fan pages that you manage that you click on account and choose the page to manage to keep your profile separate from your fan pages.
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