Category Archives: Web

Sync your Facebook Fan Page to Twitter

If you are a Facebook Fan Page administrator, here is a very easy way to sync your updates to Twitter.  Facebook-to-Twitter

  • Sign into your Facebook account
  • Go to http://www.facebook.com/twitter
  • Click on “Link a Page to Twitter”
  • Select the Facebook Fan Page you want to link to your Twitter account
  • You will be redirected to Twitter to authorize Facebook access (you may need to sign into Twitter)
  • Next you will configure the settings for what information gets sync’ed to Twitter
  • Your done!

Source:  http://www.theinternetjourney.com/social-networks/twitter-social-networks/facebook-twitter-fan-page/

Using Google Reader “Send To” with WordPress

Here is how to use the new “Send To” feature, in google reader, to send items directly to a new WordPress post.  (make sure to replace with your own domain name!)

To set this up, go to Google Reader and open Settings. Select the “Send To” tab and click on the “Create a custom link” button.  Fill in with this information:

  • Name:  Whatever name you want the action called in google reader
  • URL:  http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/press-this.php?u=${url}&t=${title}&s=${source}&v=2
  • Icon URL:  http://s.wordpress.org/favicon.ico?3

Example:

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via Using Google Reader “Send To” with WordPress | thingelstad.com.

Tips for owning domain names

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Your domain name is the MOST important thing when it comes to hosting your website and email. If and when you buy a domain name, it is best to make sure that YOU are actually buying the domain name, NOT your web hosting company. This means that YOUR information is put into the Registrant, Administrative, Technical, and Billing contact information for the domain name.

This is very important because if your hosting company ever goes out of business, or you get into a dispute with them, you will not loose your domain name or access to it.  Verification of ownership or to make changes to your domain is often done with the contact information you have listed, either via email, fax, or snail mail.  If ANY of these methods are insecure, you risk someone being able to steal your domain name.

In the end, your domain name is the lifeblood of your online presence.