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MobileFacebook brings Facebook to Desktop

Nirmal — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:28:28 +0000

Previously we have covered desktop Facebook photo uploader which allows you to upload photos to Facebook. MobileFaceBook is a Adobe Air based application that was designed in order to help you manage your Facebook account. This application brings in Facebook as in your iPhone now on your desktop. You get a mobile version of Facebook on your desktop.

Since it is based on Adobe Air, make sure that you have installed the Air run time on your PC before installing the application.

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PhotoGrabber Downloads Facebook Pictures

Nirmal — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:10 +0000

Previously we have covered an Adobe Air based application for uploading photos to Facebook and now we have an free tool to download your images from Facebook. PhotoGrabber is a free tool which allows you to download your Facebook pictures with ease. The application is portable and does not require any installation and can be directly run using the exe file. The application is very easy to use and you can get the photos with 3 simple steps mentioned below.

In just 3 steps you can download all your tagged pictures.

Choose the download destination
Login to Facebook, authorize PhotoGrabber to access Facebook.
Download your photos!

The applications can only access information that is most public, so private or protected photos cannot be downloaded

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Get Facebook Notifications on your Desktop

Nirmal — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:45:53 +0000

Previously we had covered a desktop tool based on Adobe Air, which allows you to upload photos to Facebook. If you are looking for a tool for providing desktop notifications about your Facebook activity, then Notification is a good tool. Notifications is a .NET based application that notifies you of new Facebook messages, events, friend requests, etc on your desktop. The application sits in the system tray and provides notifications with sounds for new messages, events etc.

Desktop notifications from Notifications.

You can also compose a new message to your friends from this application.

This tool should be a pretty useful one for people who use Facebook more and gets too many notifications daily.

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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.

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

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

How to Import RSS Feeds to Facebook

Nirmal — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:00:41 +0000

Facebook has an feature by which you can add RSS feed of your blog into Facebook. By this feature you can share the posts of your blog with your friends and display them on you profile. To add your blog feed, login to your Facebook account and click on notes in the left navigation. Once you click notes, you can see “Import a blog” in the right side under note settings.

After clicking Import a blog, you need to enter the url of RSS feeds of your blog and click start importing. Facebook will automatically update your notes whenever you write in your blog. Imported blog posts cannot be edited. After importing, you need to confirm the import.

Now all your blog posts will be available in notes and will keep updated. You can share these posts with your friends and also display them on your profile page.