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How to create a custom Facebook Page (1 of 3)

Posted on February 9, 2012 in Tutorials

Since my last post on the same topic, Facebook has streamlined the Page Tab creation process, so I thought an updated tutorial is long overdue. I have prepared a 3-part tutorial where I will teach you how to create a custom (1) Facebook Page using (2) Facebook’s Page Tab application, and finally I will show you how to serve the tab content using (3) WordPress.

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bITs: Paste image from clipboard directly into Gmail

Posted on October 17, 2011 in Tutorials

If you are using Gmail and you need to quickly send an image to someone, you can do a screenshot using the print screen key and paste directly into the message body. Caveat: it only works in Google Chrome.

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bITs: How to check how your site looks like on iPhone and iPad using your desktop Safari

Posted on October 3, 2011 in Tutorials

Need to check how your website looks like on iPhone and iPad but you don’t have either device on hand? Fire up Safari, go to the Menu > click on Develop > User Agent > and you will see a list of browser agents to choose from. Among the list are iOS devices and if [...]

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WordPress for the clueless:How to build a WordPress site

Posted on September 22, 2011 in Tutorials, WordPress

What is obvious from the questions I get from clients is the lack of knowledge on some of the more technical aspects of WordPress, from dealing with domains and web hosts, to installing and managing WordPress, themes and plugins. Rather than repeating my answers over emails when somebody asks me a question about WP, I have decided to write a guide on setting up WP and direct future queries to my posts.

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bITs: How to secure your browsing activities in Facebook

Posted on September 7, 2011 in Tutorials

You can secure your Facebook browsing by turning on https, a feature which is sadly not the default at the moment. Go to your “Account Settings”, click on “Security”, and edit the “Secure Browsing” option by checking on “Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) when possible” box.

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bITs: How to make web fonts smoother with css

Posted on August 27, 2011 in CSS, Tutorials

Noticed anything different on my site today? It’s very subtle but it’s there. The texts are anti-aliased and have none of the jagged corners like they did previously. Well, not “anti-aliased” in the real sense of the word but the effect is pleasing. And this can be done by adding this property to your css. [...]

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Facebook Page demo with iframe content from WordPress

How to create an iframe Facebook Page with content from WordPress

Posted on March 2, 2011 in Tutorials, WordPress

Recently Facebook announced that they are going to deprecate the use of FBML in favor of iframe for Page tabs. Starting March 11th, 2011, reports say you won’t be able to add static FBML apps to your Facebook Page. You have always wanted a custom Facebook Page but you are not html-savvy, and now you have to deal with iframes and html coding just to set up a nice image as welcome page on Facebook. If you can read and smart enough to follow step-by-step instructions, I can help you get your first iframe tab in Facebook up in no time.

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