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How to Get a Vanity URL for Facebook Pages and Applications

Nirmal — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:39:31 +0000

Facebook had introduced the feature of vanity URL some time back in June where in you can select your own profile URL. This made it easier to remember Facebook profiles as there was no ID used in the URL. Choosing a username is optional and will give you a distinct Web address for your profile. It will not change the name that appears on your profile, in search or elsewhere on the site. Just like having a vanity URL for your username, you can also get a vanity URL for your Facebook pages and applications. To get a vanity URL, navigate to this page (this is the same page where you set username).

Here you can see the username you have set for your account and below a link is available for setting up username for pages. When you click this link, it shows up a drop down list which lists all the pages and application under your account. Select the page/application and enter the desired username and check the availability.

In order to set username for your Facebook Page it must meet the requirements that it should have a minimum of 100 fans. In case your page does not meet the criteria, you will not be eligible for setting the username for pages/applications.

Once you have set the username for pages, you can directly and easily access the pages using this URL.

Windows Live Planet – Social Network from Microsoft

Nirmal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:13 +0000

Windows Live Planet is a new social networking site from Microsoft. Windows Live Planet is an online destination that allows you to connect with your friends or even chat to your friends online, make new friends and connect with them instantly. Windows Live Planet is similar to most of the other social networks, but is totally different in design and UI. Although there is no official news on the release, Windows Live Planet is linked from MSN India page.

Most of the controls and features are fast. You can invite your friends from other social networks or directly email the invite. The website uses Windows Live Hotmail account, so you don’t have to create a new account.

There is a feature called Scribble Pad which is very similar to Scrap book feature in Orkut (Orkut is very popular social network in India). You can scribble your friends and each scribble can be up to 150 characters in length.

Another good feature is the integration of Windows Live Messenger with the Windows Live Planet service. You can see online friends on the bottom left hand corner of the window and also you can chat with them.

Try out Windows Live Planet and you can see the difference.

Power brings all Social Networks in one Place

Nirmal — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:48:26 +0000

Power.com is a new social networking utility which brings most of the popular social networks at one place. Power brings Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Hi5, AOL, Yahoo and MSN Messenger in one place. Power is great utility to try especially if you use multiple social networking sites. The best feature of Power is that the home page brings in all updates from your social networks (after login), you can see all your contacts from all your networks, and all their status updates, and then go to the user profile pages and send a messages.

Another good feature of Power is the Send Message functionality. You can sent message to your friends, no matter in which network they are. You will need to log into all you networks to sent to you friends.

The top navigational bar of Power is kept on top of all networks. Power can be extremely useful in places where social networking sites like Orkut are blocked. The future version of Power will have support for services like LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, GMail, AOL Instant Messenger and Skype.

Power.com Home Page [Via]

Raptr is the New Social Network for Gaming

Nirmal — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:08:59 +0000

Raptr is the New Social Network for Gaming which is now in Open beta. Raptr should be compatible with thousands of games that have been released across platforms like the PC, the Mac, the Xbox 360, Facebook, Flash, the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 3. Raptr home page shows a comic which explains the process and working of Raptr.

Raptr is the social platform for people who like to play and discover games. With this network, users will be able to track stats regarding their own gameplay progress and that of their friends in real-time.

With Raptr you can get to know what your friends are playing and also share your achievements. With this you will also be able to discover new games. Raptr can automatically share your activity from Windows, Mac, Xbox, Facebook and many more.

The Raptr Desktop Client automatically keeps your PC games up-to-date. Whenever a new update is released for a game you own, Raptr will automatically download it for you. You’ll never have to search for a patch or wait in line to download patches ever again.

Get all of the Raptr benefits on the Mac or PC and:

Get real-time friend updates direct to your desktop
Automatically update your profile with your PC/Mac gaming activity
Automatically receive game updates

Raptr can get a good audience from PC gamers who are interested in social networking and from casual gamers who want to keep in touch with their friends. And did we mention Raptr is completely free?

Try out Raptr

Facebook Launching New Profile Design next Week

Nirmal — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:49:40 +0000

Facebook is launching its newly designed profile page to users next week. Users can start exploring the new profile during the week of July 14. One of the major changes is that the width of profile page has been increased on either sides. The Application menu has been moved to top and included in navigational menu as a drop down item.

New Layout

Old Layout

Another major feature is the use of tabs, personal info, boxes, photos etc are arranged in different tabs and switching between tabs is Ajax powered. With this navigating through profiles is much more faster. Users have the provision to add new tabs.

Overall the new design is less cluttered and also much faster than the previous one. You can try out the new beta layout here.

Source

Customize Your Facebook Profile with Beautiful Layouts

Nirmal — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:00:13 +0000

Earlier we had written on how to customize your Facebook layout with Facebook Expressions Application. Here is another Facebook Application which can give a beautiful look to your profile. This application is similar to Facebook Expressions and it will appear in the sidebar of your profile. You can install these layouts in your Facebook Profile by directly clicking on them (you will need to log in to your Facebook account).

You can check out more layouts at LayoutCodez.

Here is my customized Facebook layout.

LayoutCodez Home Page

Send Unlimited Free SMS to Anyone in India from Orkut

Nirmal — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:27:58 +0000

Recently Orkut had added support to applications like other social networks. One of the applications in Orkut is the SMS Me. This application allows you to send unlimited free SMS to any mobile phone in India and all you need is to verify your mobile number. Your mobile number will be displayed in the SMS. You can access the application from here or you can search for SMS Me application.

Add the application to your profile and start sending SMS. Another feature of this application is that you can SMS your Orkut friends, but for this your friends should also be using this application.

Try the Application

Via [Digital IT Blog] Thanks Atul for the Tip.

Add Windows Live Messenger to Facebook

Nirmal — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:59 +0000

One of the best features of Facebook is the support of lot of applications. Nowadays the support for instant messaging applications in Social sites is increasing. Windows Live Messenger is available in the form of widgets for adding to blogs and websites and now Windows Live messenger is available as an application in Facebook. With this application your friends can chat with you when they visit your profile. You can also chat with other friends who have installed this application.

1. Install the Windows Live Messenger application from here.

2. Login with your Windows Live ID.

3. The application is added to your profile and your friends can chat.

In case you use Windows Messenger, you can add me to your network from my profile.

Windows Live Messenger Application

How to Enable Thumbnail previews of Friends in Facebook

Nirmal — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:40:02 +0000

Facebook has various options to show your friends like Online now, Recently updated, Recently added etc. All these shows friends in on default layout. You can also see all your friends in thumbnails previews. To see friends in thumbnail previews, click on the friends link in the main menu. In the friends list select the more tab. Once the more tab is selected, a dropdown is visible where you can sort the friends list.

Now select the option ‘—’ and you can see all your friends in thumbnail previews.

Facebook Layout Theme for Wordpress

Nirmal — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:00:10 +0000

If you are an avid fan of Facebook and a Wordpress blogger, then you should be using the Facebook Layout Wordpress theme. This theme bring in all the simple features of Facebook layout.This Wordpress theme Incorporates all of the best design elements on the Facebook layout. The theme has two versions, one with sidebar widgets and other normal one.

Features of this theme;

Clean and simple Facebook type layout
Color Scheme changing (Blue, Green, Red, Black, Grey, Brown, Pink, Yellow, Light Blue and Purple)
Toggle Wordpress Logo on or off
Header text alignment

Theme Demo | Download Theme