- Open page in Chrome (or other browser if you know how to use code editor in it),
- Right click on the page,
- Select Inspect element,
- In the HTML code:
1. in the head tag find, select and delete <style id=”mw-sopa-blackout”>#mw-page-base, #mw-head-base, #content, #mw-head, #mw-panel, #footer { display: none; }</style>
2. Find <div id=”content” style=”display: none; “> and delete display:none
3. Find and delete <div id=”mw-sopaOverlay”> …. </div>

Facebook simplyfied the tagging by adding the Photo application to your page’s applications.

To enable tagging go to your page and click Edit info below the title of the page. Next select Apps in left menu and  click on Edit Settings under Photos.

Facebook Photos Application

On the next screen you will find the option to enable photo tagging for the fans of your page.

By default the tagging of the pictures on your Facebook Page is disabled. You might not be aware of it because you are the admin but your fans will not see the link Tag This Photo!

How to enable it?

Follow these steps:

1. Find your Facebook Page ID (go to your Facebook page and click on Edit page. The id will be in the URL after &id=__________)

2. Copy the link http://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/app_settings.php?id=__________&aid=2305272732 and replace ____________ with your Facebook Page ID

3. Go to the URL you have created in the previous step and Select button Allow all fans to tag photos

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A PDF Facebook FBML Cheat Sheet with all FBML tags in one place (deprecated were omitted).

Facebook PHP SDK Cheat Sheet

I have made this convenient Cheat Sheet for all Facebook Developers who want to have it all in one place.

It’s version 2.0.3 from 11th May 2010.

Facebakers.com

Visit Facebakers and please write other alternatives in comments.

Update:

• Allfacebook also has the statistics but are unavailable at this moment.
• Facebook itself offers the data as part of their advertising (ad creation).

qTranslate is a great plugin if you need a web page in several languages. I have implemented quite a few web sites with it and it works perfectly. It usually needs some adjustments in the templates but it is versatile.

In my opinion the best autosuggest plugin for WordPress is wp-autosuggest. This plugin enables you to display search results while you type the search query in the WordPress search box.

For qTranslate you will have to adapt search box action and button in your WordPress template file searchform.php (here is an example for English and Slovenian language):

    <?php if (qtrans_getLanguage()=="en"): ?>
        <div class="white_box_search">
        <form method="get" id="searchForm" action="
<?php echo
qtrans_convertURL('http://www.domainname.si/en/', 'en'); ?>">
        <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" alt="Search"/>
        <input id="searchsubmit" value="" type="submit" />
        </form> 
        </div>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php if (qtrans_getLanguage()=="si"): ?>
        <div class="white_box_search">
        <form method="get" id="searchForm" action="
<?php
echo qtrans_convertURL('http://www.domainname.si/si/', 'si'); ?>">
        <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" alt="Iskanje"/>
        <input id="searchsubmit" value="" type="submit" />
        </form> 
        </div>
    <?php endif; ?>

With wp-autosuggest plugin your main problem will be how to display search results in the right language. The key is in editing autosuggest.php. Find the variable autosuggest_options and edit script.

script: "<?php echo AUTOSUGGEST_DIR; ?>
/autosuggest.php?wpas_action=query&
<?php if (qtrans_getLanguage()=="sl"): ?>
lang=sl
<?php endif; ?>&",

Insert as many languages as you need at the end of the URL and don’t forget the “&“ at the end.

And the final product:

Autosuggest displays the English version of the article on English version of the web site and Slovenian on Slovene. I’ll post the link to the web site when it comes live.

Other links:

Autosuggest searches for WordPress

Countries with more than 10 million users are:

1. US 71 million
2. UK 18 million
3. Canada 12 million
4. Turkey 12 million
5. France 11 million
6. Italy 10 million

And the total number of users is now over 240 million.

For those who might be interested here are also the links to my previous tables e.g. history:

• February 2009
• November 2008
• June 2008

How to know if it is spam or not? Here are 4 main points you need to consider:

• read the content
• who is the author?
• how to contact the author?
• how signatures are collected?

The content of chain letters usually target human emotions. If you really read the content you will want to help. Even if it is only typing your name on the email and sending it to your friends. They create a reaction. Action calls are specific and easy to do. I don’t believe a chain letter will convince you to starve for one week but you might be more than willing to forward an email.

But before you sign it and send it it’s important that you check authenticity of the email. Is the company, organization or person whose name is written in it really the one who wants to raise the awareness?  It might seem so, but you will not be sure until you check the web site of a particular organization, person or cause.  But to check it you will need at least a name of the organization, email, postal address. If there is a name or postal address you can check them in google.com and if there is an email try if it’s valid and check if it belongs to the organization. Usually it won’t be @hotmaill.com, @google.com, @yahoo.com … but @”organization.org”.

The fourth point is one of the most obvious. If the signatures are collected on the web site and the chain letter contains a link to the web site of the authenticated organization you can be pretty sure you will be really signing a petition. But on the other hand if you are asked to add your name on the bottom of the email and send it to all your friends this is very likely a false signature. These emails that “require” your name usually have an instruction for the 5000th signee  – send the list to a particular (postal) address. If you think about how many names would have their duplicates, triplicates… in various lists then you can figure out this is not the most effective thing to do. Also think about all those lists that do not come to the number 5000. Are all those names then lost? And think about what if 5000th signee doesn’t send the list … are now all names lost again? Or consider this: why would the 5000th signee send it to a postal address? Emails seem to work well enough. And there are several million of printers in the USA.

So I advise you to answer only to those emails that have a link to the web site – a web site that is sure the web site of the person/organization it claims to be. And sign a petition there.

In the meanwhile I’ll go and check those 1500 people who have signed a chain letter … Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

As we know many twitter users start to follow who ever follows them. So if they get an email that notifies them xzy has began to follow them they go and see who this xyz is and click on the follow button (giving a “favor” back).

So what happens if a particular company decides to follow the majority of slovenian users? They might go on the http://twittercounter.com/pages/country?time_zone=Ljubljana website and get the link to the approx. 750 slovenian users of twitter. And it’s not so hard to click on each user and start following them. So if you then calculate their success rate – by success I mean getting a follower – it can be betwen 5 and 30% – for free! And this is a fantastic conversion – just think about CTR of banners or open rate for e-newsletters – they are both much lower.

But what about the perception of those companies, brands … by the twitter users? Iwould say that this is like spam – obtrusive, rude and unwanted – at least for me personally. You can write what you think about such strategies in the comments I’ll be glad to read them.

The right way to go about is to target your existing users – people who are already interested in you, your product, brand, organization … Send a link to your twitter account in your monthly/weekly newsletter, put the link on your web site, advertize it internally, put it in the footer of your email .. Don’t just follow people. It’s feels like you want to stalk them.

But there is of course a cure for all those who want to follow you. If you don’t want to be followed by them you can block them from following you.

Block Twitter followers from following you

On the other hand, if you like or would like to stay in contact with the company … send them a twitt, ask them about their promotions, services, events … and wait for the answer. You might be surprised how long it takes to get it.

Here is an exapmle of Profile info tab where you can select your Hometown. If you choose Ljubljana, You get the following options:

And if you type Slovenia a drop down menu is populated with the largest Slovenian cities:

But they all have a strange association with two small places in Slovenia (Bohinj and Brezovica). Is Facebook presuming we all spend our vacations there? ;)

Well this is clearly a bug in their database or  ____place_for_your_suggestion___?

I like February – it is the best looking month in the year 2009.

It's nice to be a Neighbour

Yesterday I took a closer look at a billboard advertising entertainment show It’s nice to be a Neighbour. And from the distance it looked well crafted ad, however standing right next to it revealed a big mistake. I was surprized that the agency who did this was so sloppy! The dog’s pee on the floor looks totally fake (photoshoped on the ad). And why? Because they didn’t erase the pee where the wood is vertical.

To sum up: Mikail states that

“Egypt is the country in the world with the largest proportion of declared gays and lesbians on Facebook.”

and

[...] “so I put myself in order to determine the proportion of declared homosexual members in Facebook 18 largest countries.”

and

“Nearly 10% of all Egyptian women tell of their profile info that they are “interested in women”.”

The problem here is (as suggested by the first submitted comment) that “Interested in women” or “Interested in men” profile option does not ask Facebook users about their sexual orientation. Interested in women could also mean interested in women as friends, new contacts … or maybe just implying that they would not like to be bothered by men (here all interpretations could be possible and it is certainly not as narrow as sexual orientation). If we look at statistics for all countries (not only top 18 as Mikail did) we can see that among Bolivia female Facebook users would be over 40%  lesbians.

It is also not likely that only 40% of all women in top three countries are heterosexual and little over 50% of men declare themselves as heterosexual.

As a personal project I also made a short research among my 10+ gay friends to see what they have written in “Interested in …” and almost 80% of them didn’t specify any option (interested in men or women). Only 20% of them stated interest that matches their sexual orientation.

Homework

To get interesting data try and search for

• males that are maried and interested in men
• females that are married and interested in women (131,960 in US)

Final word

If you would really like to select homosexual Facebook users you would at least need to take into consideration two parameters: Interested in men/women and Looking for (Dating and A relationship). But here you would get only homosexuals that are searching for dating or relationship.

This time I have added two more fields (Male interested in men and Female interested in women) and a column with % change in approximate number of users from November 08 to February 09. It is interesting that only two countries in the world had negative trend (Chile and Egypt) while the number of Facebook users increased for 15.9%. The fastest growing countries were: Macedonia 51.35%, Italy 55.59%, Czech Republic 59.37%, Tunisia 62.65% and Slovakia 69.12%.

Now the total number of Facebook users grew to 148,068,360 – yes, over 148 million!

And the top 5 countries (by the number of users) are:

1. US (United States) 45,344,820 users
2. UK (United Kingdom) 15,773,040 users
3. Canada 11,006,140 users
4. Turkey 8,107,820 users
5. France  7,006,320 users

Check the data for your country!

But how to learn all these notes on the fretboard? Just in the first 12 frets you have 78 positions (counting in open strings)! But there are actually only 12 notes (C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B). Each repeats itself at least 6 times on the freatboard (at least once on each string) and each open string (fret 0) repeats itself on the 12th fret.

I have gathered some of the most popular methods you can use to learn all these notes.  But first of all you must know that you will learn notes much faster if you say them out loud. Yes, SAY them as you play them – even guitarists/guitar teachers like Dave Weiner and Danny Gill emphasize this.

1st method – Note by string

By this method you start on open string and go up to 12 fret and play/say every note on that string.

For example on 1 string e:

• e open string
• f 1st fret
• g 3rd fret
• a 5th fret
• b 7th fret
• c 8th fret
• d 10th fret
• e 12th fret

Use the picture above to do the same for all strings.

2nd method – Note by fret

You can use the same picture above to do note by fret. This method is not so popular, because it’s harder to do, but whit this method you can really test yourself if you know the notes.

For example, go to 5th fret and play/say every note on that fret:

• A 6th string
• D 5th string
• G 4th string
• c 3rd string
• e 2nd string
• a 1st string

3rd method – Note by note – vertically

By this method you learn each note at the time. You learn its position on every string and play them one after another vertically.

For example, you can play note C in the following positions:

• 8th fret on the 6th string
• 3rd fret on the 5th string
• 10th fret on the 4th string
• 5th fret on the 3rd string
• 1st fret on the 2dn string
• 8th fret on the 1st string

UPDATE: I found it beneficial to learn notes by this method in groups. First two groups are similar to each other so the learning process is easier.

• 1st group are notes C B D
• 2nd group are notes F E G
• 3 group is note A

4th method – Note by note – horizontally

If you know some rules, you can also play all the notes horizontally (without knowing their position from the previously described methods).

The rules for each string are (be aware that lower strings mean lower by tone and higher frets mean higher by number):

• 1st string – 3 strings lower, 2 frets higher
• 2nd string -  3 strings lower, 2 frets higher
• 3rd string -  2 strings higher, 3 frets higher or 3 strings lower, 3 frets higher
• 4th string -  2 strings higher, 3 frets higher
• 5th string -  2 strings higher. 2 frets higher
• 6th string – 2 strings higher, 2 frets higher

For example: play/say note C

• 1st fret on 2nd string
• 3rd fret on 5th string
• 5th fret on 3rd string
• 8th fret on 1st & 6th string
• 10th fret 4th string

5th method – Note by Pattern

As you might know there are 5 patterns that cover the whole fretboard and by playing them you can also learn where the notes are.

On the picture below are the patterns for C major scale (C A G E D are the names of the patterns).

I would advise you to first play these patterns (+ say the notes out loud) and then start practicing by playing a song/lick in different positions on these patterns. It doesn’t have to be a long melody but make sure that all notes are included. This is also an advanced method for those who master the first two methods.

Conclusion

Now that you know all these methods go and practice them on your guitar.

And of course write me some feedback. I’ll appreciate it!

Since 2005 NetLife Research team publishes bad usability calendar and I have just downloaded and printed it. It features 12 great usability rules each year and illustrates them in a form of calendar.

You can download it on http://www.badusability.com/

2009

1. January: Content is king – fix it first!
2. February: Simplicity is overrated.
3. March: Adapt your website for mobile devices.
4. April: Synchronization has to work. Test with several systems.
5. May: Mix content where it adds value, not just because it’s cool.
6. June: Make sure your site follows common web standards.
7. July: Metaphors from other areas don’t always work on the net.
8. August: You don’t need a hierarchical website to get your message across.
9. September: Designing to suit yourself isn’t always a good idea. Get real.
10. October: Just because it matters to you doesn’t mean it’s important to everyone else.
11. November: Make some choices for your user. They don’t need to decide on everything.
12. December: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

2008

1. January: Choose a presentation form that suits your content
2. February: Offer personalization only where it adds value
3. March: Keep novel choices visible; don’t hide information in dropdowns
4. April: Video is dandy – as long as it supports the user’s task
5. May: Don’t require Log in if you don’t have to
6. June: Who said usable has to be boring
7. July: Fitts Law: Bigger IS better – or at least easier to click
8. August: More navigation doesn’t always make your site easier to use
9. September: Don’t copy every fancy Web 2.0 element you see
10. October: Focus effort on your core content; the home page sees fewer visitors
11. November: One word: Oversharing
12. December: We’ve all seen enough Facebook clones now, thank you!

2007

1. January: Avoid graphic design take-over.
2. February: Give categories understandable names.
3. March: Write error messages in the user’s language, not the developer’s.
4. April: Don’t use colour as the sole way to get your message across.
5. May: Use real content in your prototypes.
6. June: Don’t fall into the “news site trap”. Avoid drowning your content in ads.
7. July: Restrain yourself: Avoid creativity for creativity’s sake.
8. August: If your search doesn’t work, remove it.
9. September: Be professional: typos, alignment errors and dated content undermine credibility.
10. October: Many relationships exist. Some of them are useful.
11. November: AJAX is cool, but only when it helps the user.
12. December: Choose the right genre for your content.

2006

1. January: Avoid pop-ups. They cover up the content and leads to unnecessary clicks for the users.
2. February: Give all pages suitable titles and subtitles.
3. March: Don’t make it complicated for the user to find the information on the page.
4. April: Red and green used together can lead to misconceptions for people with colour blindness (8% of all men).
5. May: Don’t let news and other information take up too much space from the main focus.
6. June: Don’t let the user wait. Avoid long downloading time.
7. July: Show important information in the same picture. Avoid scrolling, if possible.
8. August: Make sure the readability is good. Use plain fonts and limit the number of different fonts.
9. September: The users should know where they are at all times. The navigational hierarchy must be consistent.
10. October: Adjust the text for browsing. Bullet lists, tabulars and spaced out words make it faster to find information.
11. November: Use a language the users understand.
12. December: Practise minimalism. Avoid extra information and visual elements.

2005
(Translated from Norwegian with Google Translate)

1. January: Have a good contrast between text and background. Let users be able to read the text.
2. February: Do not use the arcane icons where users have to guess their functions.
3. March: Do not let the creative design destroy usability.
4. April: Do not use background images behind important information.
5. May: Present the information as simple and straightforward as possible.
6. June: Do not use hidden navigation so that the user must try and fail to find the content and features.
7. July: Be consistent! So users don’t exert themselves unnecessarily.
8. August: Follow standards and conventions! How can users use the experience from other solutions.
9. September: Let’s be clear what is interactive and what is not!
10. October: Do not use too small font size if you want people to read what you wrote!
11. November: Use alt text to make the content available to all.
12. December: Too much information makes people confused.

I have been studying the CAGED method in these past weeks and wanted to put all the basic findings on one sheet of paper.

Guitar Cheat Sheet

Feel free to download it, use it, share it with your friends or put it on your website.
Download: pdf | jpg

What is on the guitar cheat sheet?

First I must mention the  fretboard where you can check all the whole notes (C D E F G A B) and where the patterns fit on the fretboard.

As you might know the CAGED method consists of five patterns and with help of these five patterns you can play all the scales and chords. On the cheat sheet you can find all five patterns, on each pattern a root note [0] and pentatonic scale [ ].

I made this little table Fret|Scale|Chord to faster find on which fret is a particular scale or major chord.

On the bottom you can find all four basic chords you have to know on the guitar. These are major, minor, augmented and diminished chords. I made sure that the number of frets is the same on all chords so you will know where to move your fingers.

I have double checked the sheet for mistakes and I hope that I have fixed all of them. But if you spot something please write it in the comments.

Once again feel free to download it, use it, share it with your friends or put it on your website.

Download: pdf | jpg

UPDATE 22 June 09 – I have updated the cheat sheet as I have found a small error at C diminished chord. It’s all fixed now and I invite you to download the new version – 1.1.

Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ljubljana-Slovenia/HP-Slovenija/10370180985

HP Slovenia Facebook Page

If we compare the table with the previous one I have made in June 2008 http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pjcyC1ln1RV1lJzJaFTPaBA&hl=en_GB we can make a few observations:

1. 13 new countries/territories were added – Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Oman, Palestine, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam.
2. In June there were 77,346,220 users altogether, now there are 126,670,620. That’s +64%!
3. In Slovenia the number of Facebook users had risen by 181% (to 145,940 registered users)!

See the data for your country!

UPDATE: New data is available!

• June 2008
• November 2008
• February 2009

Check out the latest CorePlayer!

Now I am able to watch my favourite film, music concerts and videos on my mobile phone and if I would like to have a bigger screen I just switch to my iPAQ 214.

And a bug lol

Dobrodošli na Facebook ili tak nekaj

I’m sad. My Youtube video didn’t load. It’s kind of …  puzzling!

A sad message:

I was making my plans two weeks ago. Last week I have changed them … and a few little changes in my plan made it possible to make something (important) true this year … and not in the year 2015 as I have planned previously.

Matt is a life saver if you have multiple twitter accounts! You log in once, add all your accounts and you can start writing messages.

When a message is written, you must select a twitter account where you want it to appear (picture above) and press go go go. Piece of cake, right?

You can get your own certificate here:

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/certificate_form

And the numbers are quite interesting. Here you can look at the spreadsheet with number of users (+ male and female) across the countries. The numbers were gathered with facebook’s advertising tool that shows the approximate number of the target group.

Here are two quick facts:

There are over 77 million active facebook users (who logged in in the past 30 days) and 51.940 out of them are from Slovenia.

See the data for your country!

UPDATE: New data is available!

• June 2008
• November 2008
• February 2009