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Socialize This 1.6.4 – Update Details

I’ve just finished a small update on Socialize This (Now updating to version 1.6.4). Here are the major changes:

• Added support for @anywhere.
• Fixed a bug which in some cases caused the “Edit Post” page to break – Thanks to http://dimhorizonstudio.com/wordpress/ for the heads up.

Enjoy

Posted April 27th, 2010

Bypass Facebook’s “Like this to see the picture” pages using Google Chrome

This is a quick video I made on bypassing those annoying Facebook “Like/become a fan of this to see the picture” pages.

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This video makes use of Google Chrome’s Developer Tools which allows you to edit CSS/HTML in real-time on a web page.

Update: If you use Greasemonkey the Facebook Like Bypass script will do the above for you.

Posted April 22nd, 2010

Socialize This 1.6.3 – Update Details

I am currently working on finishing Socialize This 1.6.3, it’s due to be finished on the 6th of April 2010, though I expect I will update it into the WordPress Repository on the 7th of April. Here is what I currently expect to be in it:

• Bit.ly Support – I decided to pull it out of 1.6.2 because I was rushed to get an update out and working correctly. It has now been added.
• Small UI tweaks – Little things like hiding unnecessary elements in the page has been added. I’ve also added Twitter/bit.ly credential verification.
• is.gd is now the default URL shortening service – This modification will only affect new installations of socialize this. I decided to change from tr.im because is.gd appears to offer a faster and more reliable service.
• I’ve started work on a API my end so users of Socialize This can easily see when new social widget sets are available and easily install them. However, that is a feature for v1.6.4. For now I’ve added a simple important announcements notification system.
  Encase you’re wondering, the API access can be disabled on the “Advanced Functions/Settings” page.

It’s important to note that from this version (1.6.3) on, I have discontinued Socialize This support for PHP4. For now PHP4 users will be offered a cut down version of v1.6.3.

Posted April 2nd, 2010

9 Funky April Fool’s Day Pranks

Here are a handful of some of the cool April Fools Days Pranks I saw today. Enjoy

Dr Peppers Chatroulette cheerleader prank

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This is why Dr Pepper is my soft drink of choice. It is by far the best April fool’s day prank in this year.

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Posted April 1st, 2010

Are tags on a blog post a waste of time?

I recently received a question regarding why I have taken down the tags on my posts. The reason was because watched a video from google (Also embedded below) which made me wounder how much they are benefiting (and being used by) my users. After a brief test (I watched how many people were using the tag pages) I found that very few users actually were using them.

The best way to summarize what I found would be:

For every 246 human users clicking a link on a page, 1 would be clicking a tag link.

Posted February 20th, 2010