Happy February and Happy Birthday to my brother, John.
This week I have WordPress, bike plows, Facebook, a cat organ and more.
Enjoy!
How to Use the Facebook Livestream Application for Static Content and Dynamic Comments
Facebook has a livestream application in which live events can occur and viewers can comment on the even in real time. Each viewer’s comment gets posted to their wall with a link back to the event, which increased the visibility of the event.
Setting up a live event on Facebook, however, is more than most of us need to do and will incur some costs setting up the event through Vimeo and other Facebook partners. We can, however, still take advantage of the Livestream application and use it with static content. The viewers can still comment on the content in real time and their wall postings will increase the visibility of your video or other materials.
Here’s how to set up the Livestream application with your static content.
How to Select the Number of Posts, Pages or Comments Displayed in the WordPress Admin
This post is the result of someone asking me if the number of comments listed on the comments page in the WordPress admin could list more than the default 20. I wasn’t sure so I looked around in the settings and discovered that, like the number of lines in the edit/write screen, that this setting can be changed and it doesn’t seem to be very well known.
It’s another one of the “hidden” or “I didn’t even know it was there” settings.
How to Add Comments to a Facebook Fan Page
Last week I was playing around with some FBML and discovered that it’s really easy to add comments to a custom tab on your Facebook fan page. All you need is the page id and a little block of code.
The most difficult part of this is finding the page ID. It used to be in the page URL but ever since custom names for pages became available it’s a little harder to find. Of course, if you don’t have 25 fans yet or haven’t made a custom URL for your fan page, it will be easier to find the page ID.
(Anti) Social Lists 6/6/10
Happy June! June is usually one of my busiest months personally. The kid has her annual birthday bash and school lets out, which causes a scramble for time. I usually send her to day camp for the summer but this year she is only going for part of it. We’ll see how well things work out with her at home ;-)
This week I have freelancing rates, Greensumption, infographics, commments and more.
Enjoy!
