Author Archives: John

Validating a HTML form with JavaScript

In anticipation of some questions I might receive tomorrow during a JavaScript practical with students studying Creative Multimedia at Tipperary Institute, here is a brief post outlining some of the basics of form validation with JavaScript.

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How my Facebook Like Box broke my Facebook Comments

I know, I know, it seems to be all about Facebook these days. However, with that said, I just discovered that the Facebook Like Box I added to my site broke(ish) the Facebook commenting I had enabled on posts.

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The Facebook like box and Internet Explorer

One of the problems with not using Internet Explorer as your default browser, unlike the majority of internet users (approx. 56%) who do, is that you fail to see IE issues with your web site. Continue reading

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Foursquare 3.0 has arrived

The Foursquare team have rolled out a new version of their client which now has an “Explore” tab

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Adding Facebook comments to your WordPress site

Facebook has updated its Comments Plugin for websites. Here’s how to integrate it into your WordPress blog.

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Are you an administrator of a Facebook page? Read on.

If you have been added as an administrator to a facebook page and if that page is deemed by facebook to be behaving inappropriately then your facebook account could be disabled. Continue reading

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Social Media Marketing is not free #fact

Social Media marketing takes people, time and technology – all of which are limited resources. The “time cost” is borne out in the latest 2011 Irish Digital Media Marketing Survey where 64% of the 400+ Irish marketers that participated in the … Continue reading

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Is autoposting all it’s cracked up to be?

Today during Social Media practicals at Tipperary Institute we were exploring autoposting features in Amplify.com, Posterous and Tumblr. Specifically we wanted to enable autoposting to a Facebook page as apposed to a profile.

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Using amplify.com to autopost to a facebook page

This post was originally titled “Autoposting to a facebook page from Amplify.com doesn’t work”. Then I saw the “Autopost to:” panel that appears when you are writing a post on amplify and guess what? My facebook page is listed. See this … Continue reading

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Oh so many social networks

They say in Ireland that if you don’t like the weather just wait a while, it will change. The same may be true of Social Networking.

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