After a thorough search on google the only solutions I was able to get were paid and were priced heavily, which might not be a problem for big firms but it is not convenient for individuals. OS I decided to make a script that would allow users to post on the Facebook groups they have joined for free.

While developing this script my main motive was to make it as easy to use as possible and provide it on as many  platforms as possible which I was able to achieve. The script that I have made is known as MegaPost.

You can log into MegaPost by going to this URL

http://techvisionblog.in/wordpress/

Once there you would need to grant the application to read your groups and then to post on behalf of you on these groups. The interface is as simple as it gets. You need to post all the written material in the message box and if you want to share a link with it can be pasted in the link box.

The thumbnail of the link will be automatically resolved and you don’t need to do any other setting.

Right now the application is in beta stage and some errors might occur but I will be working on them.

I’ll be uploading this script on gitHub for a faster development of it but if you want the script in advance leave me a message.

The website is called Is This An Earthquake.

If the website doesn’t works on your laptop or your mobile device then it probably is not supported on it. You can also embed the plugin into your website just for a cool effect.

In this example I will use μtorrent as it is a cross-platform software and is an efficient one.

First you need to download and install μtorrent. One up and running go to File->New Torrent or press Crtl+N (for Windows) / Command+N (for Mac) . Select the file or directory you want to send. Yes you can send a whole directory without compressing it. Next we need to add a tracker. You can choose from a list of public trackers available but technically only one would be sufficient but personally I adding multiple trackers is always good. You can select trackers fron the following list of public trackers :-

http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce

http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce

http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce

udp://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce

http://www.sumotracker.com/announce

 

Next just click create and save as, start seeding the torrent. Share te link with your friends and they would be able to download the file.

Flickr is a photo sharing portal with billions of beautiful and helpful images. I was recently making a project and needed a lot of images for that. Many  times I landed on Flickr but the image was protected. Which got me thinking of ways in which I could download these protected images.

In google chrome there is a very versatile option called Inspect element. To download these protected Images you simply need to open the Flickr page with that image, right-click somewhere on the page and open Inspect Element or just press the Ctrl+Shift+C for PC and Command+Shift+C for mac.

Now go to Resources -> Frames under that you will see a folder named Images. Open that and it will show all the  images that have been loaded on the page and among these will be the one image you are looking for.

After you have selected the fonts you like google lets you review your selection too. If you have selected only one or two fonts you can skip this step and directly go to use. There google provides you with very clear instruction on how to add these fonts to your website. You need to place this code somewhere in your header.

 
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Squada+One|Gorditas' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

After this you would need to edit your css. If you are using WordPress go to Appearance -> Editor it will automatically take you to your CSS file usually style.css. Now you need to add these fonts in your css normally as you would do with your local fonts. Save you css file and refresh the web page. You will be able to see the new fonts right away.

For a while now rubber band scrolling has been present on Mac OS X but nothing like this has yet been officially introduced on windows. Smooth scrolling have been adopted by almost by all mobile devices. Using classical scroll on Windows PC feels so unnatural. The only solution to this problem seems to be in browsers. Firefox Provides some better options where as Google Chrome is good but does not have a perfect smooth scrolling solution.

First let’s start with Firefox. It has a plugin named Yet Another Smooth Scrolling. You can download it from here. The plugin is highly configurable. There are 3 configured modes: Red , Green , Blue all 3 having different properties. You can also configure the plugin as per you wish.

For Google Chrome now the plugin is called Smooth Scroll. I have been using this plugin for quite some time and it has been upto the task. You can download the plugin from here. This plugin also comes pre-installed with 3 modes namely : iPhone , Opera , IE9.

If you have installed some other plugin which you think works better than the once I am working with feel free to leave a comment down below.

So does that means if I don’t know how to program I cannot access timeline? The answer is no, you can.

You simply need to follow these steps to activate timeline on your profile.

STEP1: Go to http://www.facebook.com/developers/ . It’s an app used by developers , click the allow button.

STEP2: We now need to create a new App. So click the button that says Create New App in the top right hand corner of the page. A box will appear asking the name and name space of the app. Add any name you like. The name space is a specific word. It has to be unique. Once filed click the check box below and press continue. It might ask you to verify your account by adding either a mobile phone or credit card.

STEP3: The new page that has opened go to Open Graphs in the right hand corner. It will get a bit confusing here. A new box will appear asking you “Start by defining one action and one object for your app.” You need to put 2 words like read -> book or watch -> movie something like this.

STEP4: Once you are done with the above step you will see a page with a lot of options. Need not do any thing just scroll down and click “Save Changes and Next” repeat the same for the next 2 pages also that come on your screen.

Once done go to your profile you would be able to see a message like this:

Click Get It now . Your Timeline is activated.

If you have any queries regarding the procedure feel free to post a comment.

One feature that I really missed in non-magazine themes is the featured images function which I was not able to find in any other non-magazine theme. So I decided to do something my self. At the end of the day I was able to come up with an approximate of the thumbnail system in some of the premium magazine themes . When you add a featured thumbnail of any size most magazine themes automatically resize the thumbnails to the desired size and add them to the post.

In this tutorial I will tell you how to enable this feature and the make some changes to your theme so that you will be able to see the featured thumbnail next to post.

So first let us enable the feature, which is the easy part of the job. For that go to Appearance -> Editor -> Theme Function(On the right hand side) then add the following code at the top.

if ( function_exists( 'add_theme_support' ) ) {
  add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
}

Update the file. Now you would be able to see an option like this while writing/ editing a post.

This will allow you to add thumbnail to your post. But the size of the thumbnail also matters. While the big magazine themes have pre-installed plugins to do the job but I think light as installing too many plugins on your blog may lead to some problems on your blog that are very difficult to diagnose as I am facing problems with light box.

So you can use an online tool Pic Resize. This tool allows you to edit your images in great detail but we need to only to resize our images, so click on Quick Resize enter 64 as the width and leave the height option as blank. This is the optimum size  of a thumbnail that should be used. Now add this image as the featured image of your post.

I think Most themes would display the thumbnail by default but some might not. For those who are not getting the thumbnails beside the post you would need to edit your theme. I am giving a general over view which would work for most of the theme.

For this we would need to make a division to correctly format the location of the image and then call the function

<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>

So first go to Appearance -> Editor -> Stylesheet . At the end of the page add this

#thumb {
	float:left;
	width:64px;
	background:#fff;
	color:#000;
}

This would probably set the division we need to put the thumbnail in. Update the file and select Main Index Template.

This is probably where you would find the code that displays the headings of the post. Our aim is to place the thumbnail on the left side of the post heading. If your want to place it on the right of the post heading just replace “float:left” with “float:right” in the above code.

The code is between the tags <h1>……….</h1> if you are using a good theme but can also be between <h2>………</h2>. So just before the heading code add

<div id=”thumb”><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></div>

Update the file . Now you would be able to see the thumbnail next to the post heading.

The dialog in the beginning just ruins the taste of the song.

So what to do about this.

Yes there is a solution , at the end of the url of the video add the anchor #t=

So your final link should look some thing like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N46x3_cObxM#t=01m01s

where 01m01s mean 1 minute 1 second. You can replace this with any value you want.

Coming to the embedding and sharing youtube video part of the tutorial. Adding a time stamp in an embedded videos is only possible with the “Old Code” so while generating code to be embedded make sure you check the box “Use old embed code”

Now the code should look something like this

<object width=”500″ height=”311″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/N46x3_cObxM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/N46x3_cObxM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”500″ height=”311″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object>

Now add &amp;start=t where t is in seconds. So if you want to go to 2 minute 3 sec you would need to add &amp;start=123 

So the final code should look like

<object width=”500″ height=”311″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/N46x3_cObxM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;start=123“></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/N46x3_cObxM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;start=123” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”500″ height=”311″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object>

If you have any queries about this feel free to leave a comment

There is an old way of doing this by adding

<link rel=”image_src” href=”http://example.com/logo.png” />

to the header of your blog / website. But this will always show a constant image for you blog.

Adding custom thumbnails on wordpess is quite easy and you also don’t need to have the image displayed on your blog. First you would need a square version of the image for want to add as a thumbnail ( only for the purpose of better visibility ). Upload that anywhere on your blog / website or you can also use Picassa or similar image sharing service to do the job . Now install the Facebook Like Thumbnail plugin from here .

Go to set the “Default FB Like thumbnail” to the logo of your blog.

The plugin will automatically show the first  image in the post if no Featured thumbnail is defined. For adding custom thumbnails to the post you can add a custom field to the wordpress post and set its value as the url of the image. To learn more about custom fields you can go here.

Some channels do give out a live stream but wouldn’t it be nice if you had to your wish approximately all of the popular news channels in India at one place where you can browse through a list of channels if you want.

Doing it is pity easy. First we need silverlight, a product of microsoft,Click here to download.

Install it and the go to this link on India times website. Here you can browse from a list of channels including Times Now, India TV, ET Now, Star Ananda , Star News , Aaj Tak , Headlines Today , Sahara Samay , Manorama News

Deleting emails can be one solution but that may not work for some people who intend to keep their data online (due to security reasons). Another way might be to use a client such as Thunderbird or Outlook and download all your emails, for that you always need to be on the same computer.

But there is a way around in which you will be able to add as much space as you like and wouldn’t even have to always be sitting on the same chair while checking your email. And for this you would not even have to change your email address.

The first step that we would be required to do is to clean just about 10-20 MB space that would allow you to at least receive email.

Now create a new email account for free. I would advise you to make an account something like <youremailid>1 or <youremailid>23 something like this which is close to your email address and ease to remember.

Now login into your account and go to Mail Setting ->Forwarding and POP/IMAP -> Add a forwarding address. Add the address of the new email ID that we just made.

Now gmail will send a verification code to the new email ID. Complete the verification. Then a drop down menu will occur. Select “delete Gmail’s copy” option, save the changes and its done.

Now if any one will send you an email gmail its self will forward it to the new email address and delete its copy. If you run our of space in the new ID to repeat the steps by making a new email ID. In this way you can literally store infinite amount of data on you email.

If you also want to send emails from this new ID you should definitely read this tutorial ( Send email through multiple account using gmail ).

To share images on twitter you just need to click on this little icon that looks like a camera under the tweet box , select the image and you are done.

Twitter creates a very and short link elegant link of the image that looks some thing like this http://t.co/vATJyS2.

For more information you can go here

But if you want to embed a video in your Webpage/Wordpress blog youtube only provides you the old  version as the new Cosmic Panda is still in beta version. If you want to include the new player skin you would be required to make some changes in the ember code that you get from youtube.

<iframe width=”640″ height=”390″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/SmM0653YvXU?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

Now you would be needed to change the code something like this.

<iframe width=”500″ height=”314″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/SmM0653YvXU?rel=0&amp;theme=dark” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

The older embed code will be changed like this

<object width=”500″ height=”314″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SmM0653YvXU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark“></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SmM0653YvXU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”500″ height=”314″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object>

Youtube says that it will be switching to the new player in a next couple of days but till then you will have to edit the code manually

STEP1: Login to your gmail account. Go to Mail Settings -> Accounts and Imports .

STEP2: Under the Send as heading click  on the “Send email from other adress”.

STEP3: A wizard will open up. Add the email ID and fill in the specific name of the account. The wizard will send a verification code to the email ID you have entered.

SETP4: Go to the other email id copy the verification code that you just received and paste it in the wizard window.

And it is done. Now when you want to send an email you  will be able to see a drop down menu besides the heading “From:”  Select the Id you want to send email from.

For any queries feel free to post a comment

Apple Safari also has a similar feature known as Readable which  removes every thing from your page and just displays the text and the images included.

If you are a blogger you can give the same experience to all your readers irrespective of the browser they use.

So lets go on and do it.

STEP1: Create a page on your wordpress blog named something like “Reading” by going to Pages-> Add New.

SETP2: Change the permalink or the URL(slug) to read.

STEP3: Now you would need to edit the .htaccess file. So better get an ftp client. Add the following line at the top of your .htaccess file.

RewriteRule ^read/([0-9]+)/?$ /read/?u=$1 [QSA,L]

STEP4: Download this zip file extract the php file in it and upload it to your WordPress theme folder usually /wp-content/themes/ .

STEP5 Lastly you need to create a link on your page from where your uses would be able to use this service. Top of a post or some prominent place on your sidebar are the some places I would recommend to you for placing the link.

<a href=”/read/<?php the_ID(); ?>/”>Read story without the clutter</a>

If you have any queries feel free to post a comment.

For Firefox users  

You first need to install the greasemonkey plugin. So go to tools -> add-ons and search for “greasemonkey” and install the plugin. Restart your firefox before continuing

Now you would need to install a script to revert back to old version of facebook chat. Click here to install it.

And you are done . Now you can log onto your facebook account n see the old chat window back

For Google Chrome Users

For chrome users the thing is very easy, You just need to go to this link and install the script. Restart your browser and you would see the old version of the facebook chat

Every page on the book is full of information about your facebook profile From your total likes to a graph of your comments to your most commented to your largest album status its really cool. It also design a front and a back cover which consists of all your facebook friends.

The resolution of the flash book is not that good but you can save it as an album , well it leaves a link below the image but you get the whole album.

The new experiment is called the Cosmic Panda. I don’t understand what were they thinking while they were naming this thing. Well whatever be the name of this experiment I must tell you that it is really awesome. Before you only got 2 sizes of the player window to choose from but the new interface allows you to chose from 4 different choices of player sizes. The Recommended section is also looking very cool, it now has a larger thumbnail of the videos on the right column. One very good thing that this experiment has is when you open some channel before it used to play the last uploaded video directly  even if  I didn’t wanted to see it. So this is a really good change.  It also have a sleek interface to navigate between videos, playlists, and channels.

Click to enlarge the images

You can join the experiment from here. At any point of time if you want to go back to the previous white version you can again go to the link given above and click on older version.

YouTube is also offering many new cool experiments that you might like to check out (Click Here)

Activating video chat on Facebook is quite simple. You just need to go here. This will pity much do the job. You will be prompted to Set Up video chat that in tern downloads their plugin. Install the plugin and you are ready to go.

Now you need to refresh Facebook and the option of video calling will be present on top of the chat window.

If you have any queries feel free to post a comment

With Google Chrome you not only sync your bookmarks but also your password , extension , apps and themes too. You would not have to install anything new and Google does this by just using your Gmail username.

To enable this service follow the steps:

STEP1: Go to -> Options -> Personal Stuff . There you see under the heading Sync click on Set Up Sync .

STEP2: It will ask you for your Google username and password which is the same as that of your Gmail. If you have 2-step verification enabled you would be required to enter your application specific password.

It will now sync your chrome to all other chromes you use. To apply sync to other Chrome or other devices just follow the same process on them too.

Google’s People widget is a sidebar widget which you would be able to see right of your email’s. This new widget will show you the previous email’s between you to , recent buzz’s from the user , Calendar events if you share some ,  the Documents that you share.

So an alternative is desktop blog editors. Here is a list of the best five desktop blog editing software :

Zoundry Raven: It is a WYSIWYG blog editor. It is really simple to install and configure. You can download Zoundry Raven from here. To setup Raven follow the steps:

• After installing you will be opted to create a new profile. Add the name of the profile and the location to save all the content.
• Now go to File->Blog Account. This will open a blog adding wizard.




• Enter the URL of your blog. Raven will connect to your blog and auto detect its type.
• If the type detected is not correct you can manually change it you the correct one.
• Add any account name, your username,password and click next. And that is basically what you would need to do to setup your Zoundry Raven.

BlogDesk: Blog desk is a very easy to use WebBlog software.It is a freeware. You can download it from here .  
Once you set it up it automatically imports all your categories. It allows you to highly configure your post including giving you the ability to “Allow comments” or to “Allow Pings”. To configure it you can follow these steps:

• Go to File->Manage Blogs. A wizard is prompted. Enter the name of you blog and click Next.
• In the next screen you will be asked to enter the URL of your blog.
• Select the CMS engine you use for your blog.
• It will auto detect the location of the xmlrpc file and the port to connect it from. If it is not the appropriate thing  you can edit it.
• Next it asks you for you username and password
• Rest of the setup of quite easy and self explanatory.

BlogJet: BlogJet costs about $45 and you can get 30 trial. It is a very decent and an easy to use software. Its is really easy to configure and install. The support of the software is also extraordinary. You can download BlogJet from here. To configure your BlogJet follow the steps:

• Running blog jet for the first time, a screen will appear asking weather you have ha blog or you want to create one. If you want to create one it will take you to Google Blogger. Select the option that suits you can continue with the tutorial.




• The second screen will ask you to enter the URL of your website. It will then autodetect the Blog ID,Type and the platform. If you want you can click configure manually if you feel the software is not working as it should.
• Then it straight away it asks you for you login username and password.
• If you want you can have custom setting , but it is highly recommended that you select the default one.
• Click Next enter the name of the account and the address of your blog page and it is done.
• If you want to edit you previously stored or published posts you can press Ctrl+H.

WB Editor: WB editor is available both in a free version and also as a paid one. In my views it is the best and the closest thing that you will get near WUSIWYG. Setting it up is real easy job. It also supports plugins. You can edit your posts directly into your theme. Setting it up is a child’s play. You can follow these step:

• The first time you run your WB editor you are asked to enter you blog’s URL. Once you enter it automatically detects all that it needs to know bout your blog. You just need to enter the username and password of your Blog

Windows Live Writer: Windows Live writer is a very useful tool for a blogger.  Windows Live Writer allows such kind of editing where you see on screen exactly how the blog post will look. In addition to that it also supports native videos with a simple ‘insert video’ function and is now XHTML compliance. Setting it up is just a 2 step job:

• When you first turn on the Windows Live Editor the setup wizard comes up and asks for the type of the blog you have. For all those using Blogger,Wordpres,TypePad etc select Other Blog services and click next.
• In the next window it asks you about your blog URL and the username and password of your blog fill them and click next.

You have successfully setup your Windows Live Editor.

If you have any queries about any Web Blog Editors feel free to post a comment.