Google celebrations Heinrich Rudolf Hertz’s 155th birthday today with a moving logo representing electromagnetic waves.
“It was Hertz who proved the physical existence of electromagnetic waves — experimentation that signaled the way toward developing wireless telegraph and radio. And today, Google celebrates the 155th anniversary of the German physicist’s birth with an elegant “Doodle” on its search homepage.”
Recently I found myself needing to migrate all of an account’s Tumblr posts into WordPress and knew there must be a simple tool to do this for me. I figured Tumblr might have an easy export option in their control panel but I couldn’t seem to find one so I went for a search and found a proprietary tool that will take all the account’s Tumblr posts and export it into an easy to import XML file.
Once you have the XML file you’ll want to log in to WordPress, go to Tools -> Importer then import the XML as a WordPress type.
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I’ve been a free lance web designer for five years now and as much as I enjoy waking up in the morning, eating some breakfast, turning on my computer and start working while still in my pajamas I’ve learned it’s not the best work environment or way to get projects done.
It’s relaxing, but I still have the mindset of being home and even though I’m working I have all my personal life around me. Free lancing and personal life have always been a struggle for me to keep separate. I enjoy working so much that when my day of work is supposed to be over and I should be out doing other, non-work related things, I find myself finishing up something that I could wait until tomorrow to do; especially if I’ve been at home all day working. Projects just tend to take longer too because of all the other personal interests I find myself doing while in the middle of a work project.
If you don’t have somewhere else to go to, such as an office, the least I can suggest is getting ready as if you were going to go somewhere else to work; and possible have your workstation somewhere where you don’t often go when you’re not “clocked in”. Places such as coffee shops also work much better then staying at home, and you have the chance of meeting people which ultimately has been somewhat of a challenge for me. The less I communicate with people, because of the job I have, the less I overall would like to communicate with people. Having the human interaction day-to-day as a free lancer is very important if you don’t otherwise see clients daily.
It’s easy to find yourself at the computer for hours without realizing it’s been that long, also long sessions at a computer might slow down efficiency. I’ve learned to get up at least every two hours to take a walk around the office or my house. Possibly do a quick errand or some task that gets me away from the computer for 15 minutes. This is important not only for efficiency but for what being at a computer will slowly do to our wrists, back, neck and other parts of our bodies that don’t do well with long periods of sitting.
The javascript library called jQuery is an easily usable library and easy to install onto your website. The possibilities that are possible with jQuery with ease of use is unimaginable until you get to use with it. There are a few ways of installing it onto your website and calling the library into use.
You may visit the jQuery website at http://jquery.com/ and download the library at http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery. Once downloaded you’ll upload the library onto your server and include it through Javascript.
<script type="text/javascript" src="PATH/FILENAME.js"></script>
You may use the libraries Google has put together for free which allows a user to stream it from Google with a few different URLs. You may read up about the capabilities with jQuery through Google here. You can link the jQuery plugin library from here https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js. Using javascript include you can include it into page with the following code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
Have you noticed many Facebook pages landing on a something other than the wall or information about the page; possibly a custom form, large graphic, or mini-website? It’s no surprise that it’s included within Facebook’s Page options but it’s easy to do.
If you haven’t already created a Facebook Page you can find an article on how to accomplish that on How to create a Facebook account and Facebook page.
Switch to the personal account that holds access to the Facebook Page, or if you’re already on the personal account you’re a quarter of the way there! Search for the application Static FBML and click Add to my Page on the left hand column. You’ll be presented with a list of your Facebook Pages that you can add this application too. Select the Facebook Page you want it on then switch to that Facebook Page.
On the right hand side click on Edit Page and you’re default page to edit settings. Go to the Apps section on the left hand column and find FBML – FBML then click Go to App. Here is the title of the FBML application as well as the content that it will hold. Fill in the two fields and Save Changes then back up your browser one page.
Go up to Manage Permissions and find Default Landing Page with the drop down list. Select the FBML page that you created and titled and Save Changes. Visit your Facebook Page now and the initial page will be your FBML page!
There are plenty of free applications on the internet that will allow you to track your traffic. If the website is without one then optimization would be such a hassle. Without knowing where your traffic is going, how long they are staying, or what they are most interested in how can you efficiently use a website as a selling tool?
When it comes to using a website as a selling tool the needs of the visitor must be met. Imagine if you were a visitor. There are certain images, links, or menu items that attract you most. Those attractive links should be a road map to what the website is trying to accomplish.
Take a look at a few applications below that allow you to realize what kind of traffic is flowing to your site.
These two online applications will provide graphs and data on traffic to your website.
The first stage is to see what kind of traffic is flowing to a website, the second stage is optimizing the website in order to efficiently create an online selling tool. Each one of these tools are very intuitive, however data is only half the battle. Interested in how a website is properly marketed?
Facebook has gone through a lot of changes to their privacy settings. Originally they had such a maze of privacy settings for all sorts of things and it made it hard for most users to understand how to change their settings to suite what kind of privacy they are looking for. Now Facebook has minimized their settings and generalized them in a way that makes it easy for any user to understand what they are doing and who they are sharing their Facebook with.
Facebook privacy settings page
Here is the entire Privacy settings page that you will manage to secure your Facebook. To get to this page simply go to the top right of your Facebook to your Home menu, click the arrow and go to Privacy Settings. Facebook has made this page pretty intuitive to any user and has added helpful descriptions for one to quickly update.
Privacy setting for status updates and photos
This first option you’ll want to personalize. It’s the setting for every status update you make as well as photos that are uploaded or tagged of you. When you post a status update there is a way to change the privacy on that update when you’re posting it but this is the setting that will be used as default for when you are posting an update.
Public setting allows anyone to see your updates and will also allow search engines to index it so if someone were to search a term that appears in your status update, it might appear on Google if it’s relevant enough. This is good if you’d like your Facebook or your Page to be a selling tool, or would someone like to bring more traffic to your Facebook for a purpose other then just sharing your ideas with friends.
Friends setting will allow only your friends to read your status update and view your photos. This doesn’t include friends of friends and these posts will not appear on search engines.
Custom setting will allow you to specifically pick who will be allowed or who won’t be allowed to see your status updates and photos.
Most of the security options following your Default Privacy will be Friends, Friends of Friends, Everyone, Public, Only Me and for some settings it will allow you to be more specific and choose groups that you are apart of. All of the options are what they seem and Public, just like the previous option, will show on search engines if relevant enough to the search.
This is much more detailed then most settings, it will allow you to individually custom the security of each Application, Games, and Websites you have associated with your account. You can also delete specific applications this way. When you first associate an Application with your account, the Application has a certain amount of information that it will request from you so that it may work correctly. That’s what you agree to when you install an Application. This information may range from just your Name to allowing to see your location & posting to your wall.
How people bring your info to apps they use allows you to check or uncheck any information on Facebook that you may never want an Application to access so in the future you’ll never have to worry about accidentally accepting an Applications usage terms and having information divulged about you that you didn’t want.
When it comes to Facebook they’ve made it incredibly easy to register for a free account as well as customize your account to suite you the best then protect it from whomever you wouldn’t like to share your personal information with. Facebook is also good for business’ and personal fan pages as an exterior to your personal account. These are also easy to setup and personalize and to share with the world, or just your local town, club, or however specific your demographic is.
Let’s get started with signing up for a personal account with Facebook. This is done simply by going to www.Facebook.comand filling out the form on the home page. That’s all the information they need from you to get you started!
How to sign up for facebook
Once you have a personal account setup for yourself then you may create Pages for anything you’d like; your business, club, website, yourself. Facebook has strict regulations on using your personal account to advertise for anything else, that’s why they’ve create the ability for anyone to create a Page once you have personal account setup. To create a Page go to the Create a Page section of Facebook and follow the intuitive user interface. First you’ll want to let Facebook know what kind of Page you’re creating. You must be logged into Facebook under your personal account in order to create a Page.
How to create a Facebook page
Poof! You have a Facebook Page. From here it’s a lot like customizing a personal Facebook account. The type of information is a bit more pointed towards what the Page is about rather but the concept is the same. To manage your Facebook Page you must be logged into your personal account. The initial log in will always redirect you to your personal account and to switch to a Page you must go to the top right where Home is located, click the arrow to get the drop down and then click Use Facebook as Page. This will allow you to manage all the Pages you’ve created under your account.
How to use Facebook as Page from personal account
Wikipedia: A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of any kind of dat
These are barcodes but for any type of information you would like to generate for them. If you’ve ever seen an image that looks something like this:
qr-barcode
Then you’ve seen a QR Barcode. They require specific applications in order to decode them into the information that was intended to be put into this scattered mess of black dots. For instance this one decoded will read:
E-Paynow.com’s, eWebsite Services is a complete web presence solution, offering domain name registration, web page design, monthly hosting, and e-Commerce solutions.
Phone: (925) 785-8581
E-Mail: support@ewebsiteservices.com
The possibilities for what one of these images can include is probably much more then you can imagine.
They are great to put on websites to allow a visitor to view a video or retrieve contact information about your business. Flyers or brochures to take the reader straight to a website, article, or further piece of information on their smartphone. Why not put one of these on an e-mail signature instead of line after line of contact information including a website, e-mail, phone number, name, fax number, or any other types of contact methods that someone would have to either copy and paste or type in into somewhere when they can simple download the image or scan in and get everything at once.
If your a real estate agent just stick a huge QR code up on a for sale sign instead of using up even more space with a bunch of contact information.
For any type of smartphone with a type of market such as the Droid Market or Apple Store there are a various amount of applications that can be used to decode or save one of these images onto your phone or e-mail it to a computer for decode. I have a droid phone and I’ve tested a few of these applications but the one that I like best is QR Droid. It’s free and has been able to do everything that I’ve needed an application to do in terms of decoding or saving a QR image to reveal the secrets it’s hiding.
There are also a few websites where QR codes can be decoded
There are a few websites where you can generate a free QR code by searching Google. A few websites are
Once all the required information has been entered generating the image is a click away. The image is generated in a PNG image format and may be saved straight from the website to be inserted into anything.
