A little fun with Google Plus

At the behest of the notable Mrs Gusset [pronounced: goose-ay) I put together her musings on the correct etiquette for ladies and gentlemen of good breeding on Google+. Enjoy Total Blogs: HobbyMan Latest Blogs Social Reads: [898] Comments: [0]

So, Is Google Plus Any Good?

Unless you've been living under a rock or you've only just heard about this new-fangled internet thing, you've probably read something about Googles latest delve into the world of social networking with the imminent public launch of Google Plus a.k.a. Google+. At the moment, it's still in beta testing mode which means you can only get in by invitation, though at time of writing the current membership is over 10 million and the invites are still turned on. So, it's reasonably easy to get yourself an invite. Total Blogs: HobbyMan Latest Blogs Social Reads: [1083] Comments: [0]

Facebook Overrun with Scams

If anyone has been paying attention recently, you may have noticed that Facebook is becoming overrun with scams. Everyday a new one is being discovered but, unless you regularly check security blogs you probably don't know much if anything about them. A significant number of them are survey scams which generally look like a genuine link posted to your wall by one of your friends. What you may not know is that your friend got conned into a "Clickjacking" scam and unwittingly sent the same link to all of his friends. Total Blogs: HobbyMan Latest Blogs Social Reads: [993] Comments: [0]

Facebook Comments & Connect Panel

This is an alternative to the built-in comments system. It allows Facebook users to leave comments on your site in News, Articles, Photos, Downloads and Custom Pages.
You must have a Facebook account for this to work. If your site is to have many comments boxes, it is strongly recommend you specify a Facebook app id as the administrator (all administrators of the app will be able to moderate comments). Doing this enables a moderator interface on Facebook where comments from all plugins administered by your app id can be easily moderated together.
Visitors can also Tweet about your page, Google+1 it and Like it.
Update: v1.1 - Added Tweet, Like and Google+ buttons v1.2 - Fixed download ID error v1.3 - Validated G+1 code v1.4 - Fixed (another) download id error, cleaned up URL identification, added page title to tweets. Fixed Like button not showing in IE bug. Total Blogs: HobbyMan Latest Blogs Downloads Reads: [2211] Comments: [0]