Posted by Mitch on Aug 21, 2009 under Internet Tips |
So you’ve taken the snippet of code on YouTube to embed a video so that it can be added to your web page. By default it doesn’t start automaticaly. There is a tweak you will need to make to the code to enable it to start automatically upon page load.
Here we have a normal YouTube embed code:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K6BZp4dFfnM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K6BZp4dFfnM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
To make it start automatically, we take the part with the actual link to the video:
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K6BZp4dFfnM&hl=en&fs=1&"
and we add autoplay=1 to the end of the line, before the quote.
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K6BZp4dFfnM&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1"
Now the video will start automatically on your web page.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 19, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Facebook now has a feature where you can change the language from English to Pirate. It’s pretty funny. Try it out.
1. Scroll down to the bottom of your Facebook page.
2. Click the link on the left side that has your language (i.e. English).
3. Change it to English (Pirate) beta.
Thanks to Larry Jennings for pointing this out.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 14, 2009 under Internet Tips |
By default, anybody can see all your Tweets on Twitter. This may hurt you if you say something questionable that you don’t want certain people to see. Protect your tweets with these steps:
1. Login to your Twitter account.
2. Click Settings in the upper-right corner.
3. Check Protect my tweets.
4. Click Save.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 14, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Even the biggest Twitter experts may not know all of the commands. Here is a list of commands used:
@username – Reply to a user.
DM username or D username – Direct message.
RT username – Retweet. Sends out what another user has tweeted.
Get username – Retrieves users most recent tweet.
Follow username – See tweets for a user.
Leave username – Stop sending updates for user.
Whois username – Get quick information on user.
Stats username – Quick info about how many are following you and how many you are following.
On username – Enables phone notifications for specified user.
Off username – Disables phone notifications for specified user.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 09, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Disable the ability for Facebook to use your profile in ads to friends.
1. After logging into Facebook, click the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
2. Click Privacy Settings.
3. Click News Feed and Wall.
4. Click the Facebook Ads tab.
5. Set Appearance in Facebook Ads to no one.
6. Click Save Changes.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 09, 2009 under Internet Tips |
I tend to not trust many of the things that are sent to me on Facebook. One of them is Application requests. My Inbox is filled with invitations to apps that I will never take action on. Luckily, there is a way to clear them from your Inbox all at once.
1. Login to your Facebook account.
2. On the right pane, Click the option next to Requests that says See All.
3. In the same spot that See All appeared, the option is now Ignore All. Click Ignore All.
4. Check the Application requests box, then click Ignore these requests.
Note: This procedure will not prevent application requests from being sent in the future. It will only remove the existing application requests that are currently in your Inbox.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 04, 2009 under Internet Tips |
People are hacking into Facebook accounts at a high rate. You might want to change your password to one that is more secure.
1. While logged into your Facebook account, click Settings in the upper-right corner.
2. Select Account Settings.
3. Click the Change link next to Password.
Posted by Mitch on Jul 30, 2009 under Internet Tips |
You can setup the ability to send photos to your Facebook account using these steps:
1. Login to your Facebook account and click the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
2. Select Account Settings.
3. Click the Mobile tab.
4. Click the Go to Facebook Mobile link.
5. In the Upload photos via Email section, you will have a personal email address that you can send photos to. Add this address to the Contacts list of your mobile phone. The Subject of the message can be used to provide a caption for the pic.
Posted by Mitch on Jul 15, 2009 under Internet Tips |
I like Facebook, but many of my friends participate on games, quizzes and other apps and post the notifications from them over and over again. That can get annoying after a while. I really only care about status notifications. Luckily, I learned that you can hide these application notifications.
I never noticed it before, but there is a triangle on each of these application notifications that says Hide. Simply click on it and there is an option to hide future notifications from that app. You can hide the notifications from a that person as well.
It’s also worth noting when you use some of these applications, you are putting your computer and Facebook account at risk.
Posted by Mitch on Jul 03, 2009 under Internet Tips |
You can update your Twitter account with your mobile phone. Follow these steps to set it up:
1. Login to your Twitter account.
2. Click the Settings link in the upper-right corner.
3. Click the Devices tab.
4. Enter your phone number, then click Save.
5. Text message the code that appears after you enter your number to the number 40404.
You will now be able to update your status by texting to 40404.
Posted by Mitch on Jun 27, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Q: Can I disable the chat feature on Facebook?
A: Yes you can, just perform the following steps:
1. Sign into facebook and click the Chat option at the bottom of the screen.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Go Offline.
Facebook Chat will then be permanently disabled until you click Chat (offline) at the bottom of your screen.
Posted by Mitch on Jun 13, 2009 under Internet Tips |
So you just have to see the profile of that hot blonde on Facebook, but her profile is set as Private. How do you see it? Here’s a method that usually works.
1. From the page were your search results appear, click Send a Message for to send that person a message.
2. Send something that they wouldn’t be able to resist replying to. Perhaps something like “I think I found your ID. Is it missing?”.
3. Sit and wait for a response. If they respond you will be able to see their profile for a period of 24 hours. Most people don’t know this and will reply.
This is probably the easiest method. There are other ways to view private profiles though.
Posted by Mitch on Jun 12, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Some people believe that the size of the font is too small when you print out an email in Gmail. You can increase it in Internet Explorer and Firefox with these steps:
1. Open the email and click the Print All link on the right side.
2. Cancel the print job when it starts automatically.
3. Click File > Print Preview.
4. At the top of the screen, you can switch the Zoom to a percentage higher than 100%. The higher the percentage, the larger it will print.
5. Click the Print icon.
Your printout should print with larger words.
Note: Internet Explorer and Firefox both have this feature, however I have been unable to perform these steps in Google Chrome.
Posted by Mitch on May 22, 2009 under Internet Tips |
There is no way to delete your Facebook status from the Home screen. This throws a lot of people off. However, you can do the following:
1. Click Profile at the top of the page.
2. Toward the top of the screen, next to your name you can click Clear to delete your current status.
Posted by Mitch on Apr 23, 2009 under Internet Tips, Software Tips |
I recently encountered a problem on one of my PC’s where I couldn’t download any attachments in Yahoo Mail. Instead, I would get an error:
The requested URL was not found on this Server
The type of attachment didn’t matter. Every one did this. Luckily, I found that my Trend Micro anti-virus application was causing the problem. In Trend Micro, I had to go to:
Virus Controls > Protection Against Viruses > Settings
and uncheck the box that said Threats in Web mail attachments.
Now I can download attachments in Yahoo Mail with no problem.
If you are using a different anti-virus program and you have this issue, there might be a similar setting. Yahoo has built in anti-virus scanning, so two anti-virus software packages trying to scan your email attachments is probably not needed.
Posted by Mitch on Mar 07, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Are you aware that if your privacy settings on Facebook is set to My Networks and Friends, that it’s possible for almost anybody to see your Facebook page? I wasn’t aware that certain people could see my info. When a co-worker of mine became a part of my network, it was a shock. Ensure your settings are set properly if you don’t want your Facebook info to get into the wrong hands.
1. Mouse over Settings in the upper-right corner and select Privacy Settings.
2. Click Profile.
3. Set your privacy settings as desired. As you can see, I’m very private. I set mine to Friends Only.
Posted by Mitch on Jan 06, 2009 under Internet Tips |
Today I was trying to suggest a friend on Facebook to another one of my friends. I opened the friends’ profile and the link to Suggest friends for… wasn’t there. It’s normally located under the main profile photo.
This link only appears like the above caption if the friend is new to Facebook. If a friend has been on Facebook for a while, the link appears way to the bottom left of the profile.
It sounds dumb, but it took me forever to find this option.
Posted by Mitch on Sep 22, 2008 under Internet Tips |
If you access your Google Gmail over an open wireless network like those at a coffee shop, hotel or even your own workpalce, you leave your account open for hijacking. In these situations, you need to ensure that you are connected to Gmail using a secure or HTTPS connection.
To enable this feature, peform the following steps:
1. Login to your Gmail account.
2. Click Setttings in the upper-right corner.
3. Under the General tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page to the area labeled Browser Connection. You can set this setting to Always use https to enable the secure connection.
4. Be sure to click Save Changes at the bottom when you’re done.
Posted by Mitch on Sep 11, 2008 under Internet Tips |
I get paranoid at times. My email account is valuable to me as it includes all kinds of information. It is also a gateway to many passwords. I fear that somebody may get my password somehow and try logging into my Gmail account. Luckily Google has included a feature that lets you see the last 5 IP addresses that have logged into your system.
Just login to your Gmail and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. You will see a link for Details.
This will bring up a list of the last 5 connections made to your Gmail account.
You can look at the IP Addresses to see if they match ones that your computer would use. You can also see the times the account was logged into.
Posted by Mitch on Aug 20, 2008 under Internet Tips |
I had no idea that Gmail had a feature that enabled you to send an auto response to people to let them know you were out of the office or on vacation.
1. Login to your Gmail account and click Settings in the upper right corner.
2. Under the General tab, scroll down and find the area labeled Vacation responder.
3. Check Vacation responder on.
4. Type your auto response message.
Gmail vacation response
5. Be sure to click Save Changes at the bottom of the page when you’re done.
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