Archive for January, 2012:
Google Fusion
Playing around with Google’s Fusion today a little – looking for some valuable data that might be interesting in my business. Of course, I got lost in the cloud and ended up just searching for fun ways to display public data.
#1: For all my boon-docking friends out there (and this really only applies to my sister circa 2009), here’s a nice little map detailing reviewed boondocking sites in the US:
Themes from Ila Creations!
Deadline:
Diverse:
Essence:
Focused:
Nimble:
Magazeen:
Work&Play:
How To Create a Cool Facebook Fan Page
Thought I’d post this one since I just had a nightmare of a time creating one. It’s not hard to do the basic deal – but making one of those ‘cool’ ones is kind of a pain. So here goes:
1. Sign into your Facebook account – just your regular profile.
2. Go to your profile page – not your wall – and scroll all the way to very bottom.
3. Click on Create a Page
4. You’ll see this:
5. Select the type of page you’d like to create. For businesses I am promoting, I always choose ‘Company, Organization or Institution’ or ‘Brand or Product’
6. Now your page has been created. Let’s make it interesting!
7. On your new fan page, scroll to the very bottom and click on ‘Developers’
8. I don’t know the easy shortcut, so this is how I get to where I want to be:
Click on Build Apps for Facebook, then getting started tutorial, then Creating your App, then Developer App
Most likely, since you just came from your page, Facebook is going to make you switch to your personal profile. This is fine.
10. Click on the Create App button on the far right of the page
11. Create a name for your app – this doesn’t really mean anything since we’re not exactly creating a Facebook application. We just need some info. Name it the name of your site or business.
12. Copy the AppID and AppSecret codes to Notepad or somewhere where you can retrieve it for later. This is the only reason why we created this app.
13. Save Settings at the bottom of the page. Go back to regular Facebook – if you can’t figure out how, don’t worry – no one can. Just retype it in your browser.
14. Now you’re at your profile. At the top of the screen, on the right, you should see your name. You’ll also see a little arrow pointing down. Click on the arrow. You will now see the Fan Page you just created. Click on that.
15. Now we’re back at your fan page. Paste this link into your browser: https://apps.facebook.com/iframehost/
16. This is a neat little app on Facebook that lets you add iFrames to your Facebook fan page. Agree to everything it says and click on Add iFrame app to my page.
17. When you get back to your page, you should see some settings that can be configured. This is where you can choose cool things like displaying an email capture form or a nice picture that prompts visitors to like your page. You can add as many tabs as you want – say for showing special videos or allowing .pdf downloads. You’ll obviously need your own site to host the content on to display on Facebook. If you need help with this, just contact me at michelle@ilacreations.com and I’ll help!
Good Luck!