Facebook now allows you to embed several different types of widgets onto your blog or website:
1. Profile Badge
2. Photo Badge
3. Fan Box
4. Live Stream Box
5. Page badge
Link: http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/
If you need help setting these up on your blog or website, please let me know.
I recommend the following book on getting started with Ajax:
Ajax in 10 Minutes
Sams Teach Yourself
Phil Ballard
http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-AJAX-Minutes/dp/0672328682
My only complaint is that the first half of the book does a brief overview of Javascript, HTML, CSS and PHP. I already know all of that stuff so I didn’t really need the refresher chapters but overall the sections on Ajax were very thorough. It had some good explanations and easy to follow examples that I coded for myself just to make it sink into my brain.
I recently setup a simple PHP script that allows the site admin to copy and paste embded code from YouTube into a MySQL database.
The code is pasted into a simple HTML textarea field and the user hits an ‘Upload’ button. The code is then inserted into the database using a simple MySQL UPDATE query.
Once the query runs, a simple return message is displayed saying ‘Upload Successful!’.
Check it out: http://www.aussieisland.com/
Impulse is now offering a new service in reference to social media networking. You’ve heard of them – Faceook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. We can coach you on how to set up your own account and create a personal profile. We can also provide tips and clues on how to optimize these accounts to increase your presence on the web.
Link: http://www.impulsewebdesigns.com/social+networking+media.php
