7 Things to Avoid Doing on Facebook

Facebook offers a convenient way to keep up with friends and acquaintances. Like every Internet innovation, however, it has its downside. Making a misstep can have ruinous effects on everything from your computer hardware to your friends and family. To get the most out of Facebook, educate yourself on the common mistakes every user should do his best to avoid.

Spamming
Spamming can take many forms on Facebook, and you may be guilty of it yourself without realizing it. Sending multiple game or application requests to the same people over and over, even if they're on your Facebook friends list, can annoy others, and they may report you for spamming. If you want to recommend a page, product or app, choose the few friends who might be interested. Posting the same content, such as a promotional link, to multiple fan pages or groups can also be seen as spam. If enough people report you, your Facebook access may be in danger.

Accepting Malware and Viruses
Be particularly wary of clicking Facebook links from people you don't know you can trust, especially if they promise something that sounds too good to be true. Promises of free products or exclusive access to shocking material, such as videos and pictures, are often attempts to infect your system with viruses or malware, which could have negative effects such as damaging your computer or spamming your friends. Requests to download or install something to gain access to content is one giveaway of malicious intent.

Oversharing
Oversharing is when you divulge too much personal information. In real life, you might confide in your mom that the chili you ate last night gave you diarrhea, but it's probably not something everyone else on your friends list wants to know. At worst, a misjudged Facebook rant can cost you your job. You can always share details of your sex life, bathroom troubles and domestic arguments with a few select friends, via private message.

Making Private Information Public
This applies to confidential information such as your address and phone number. You're unlikely to share this sort of data in a status update, but you may unwittingly share it publicly if you haven't checked your privacy settings. Click "Account," then "Privacy Settings" to determine how much others can see. Even sharing your birthday publicly can be an open invitation to identity thieves.

Giving the Game Away
Remember that what you post to Facebook is visible to everyone on your friends list. If you phone in sick to work and then update your status to inform everyone you're spending the day at the beach, word could get back to your employer. Likewise, you could find yourself in trouble making an excuse to duck out of a party invite only to announce via Facebook that you're actually sat at home watching TV.

Snarky Status Updates
If you have a bone to pick with a friend, say what you have to say to her face. Posting "Some people are just jealous" as a status update and hoping the offending person will get the message is immature, not to mention annoying to those who don't have a clue what you're talking about. Many will see it as attention-seeking behavior.

Becoming Addicted
Anything can become an addiction if you devote too much time and energy to it at the expense of all else. Clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Fenichel has suggested that "Facebook Addiction Disorder" is an increasing reality for some users. Balance your online life with other pursuits; read a book, pick up the phone to talk to a friend or arrange a real-life coffee date. Social networking has many benefits, but as in everything in life, balance is the key to health and happiness.

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How to Post Multiple Pictures in Blogger

If you have a lot of photos to add to your Blogger entries (posts), you have the option to use the Blogger tool that lets you select and insert more than one picture at a time. This built-in feature works with the accessible, digital images on your computer, Picasa Web album, URL address or with the images already stored on your blog account. Understand how to access this tool and post the multiple pictures you desire to your Blogger page. (see "How to Upload Photos to Blogger" and "How to Add a Picture on Blogspot").

1. Log in to your Blogger account and click the "New Post" button next to the blog you want to post multiple pictures to.


2. Click the "Compose" tab on the top, right corner of the text box that appears and then click the "Add Image" button that displays.


3. Click the "Choose Files" button and then click the "Upload" "From this blog" "From Picasa Web Albums" or "From a URL" link on the left to select multiple images from your computer to post. Follow the prompts to choose files from your computer or enter the data needed to access your photos. Press and hold the "CTRL" button on your keyboard and then click the images you want to select them. Click the "Add selected" button when ready.


4. Click on the image when it appears in your post and then click the menu items that automatically display to determine the size and alignment of your graphic. Repeat this process for your other pictures.


5. Enter the desired information for your post and then click the "Publish Post" button.

Tips & Warnings

Your pictures must be in BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG or TIF format.

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Adding A Floating Social Media Button In Blogger

Social media buttons help visitors share your blog articles on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Bloggers can attract more visitors to their blogs through links that are shared on these sites. Twitter and Facebook are two of the largest social networks on the Internet. In 2010, 100 million accounts were registered on Twitter. At the time of this publication, Facebook has more than 250 million active users. Finding an html code that works can be the hardest part of adding floating social media buttons in Blogger. With the correct html code, you can quickly add floating social media sharing buttons to your blog.

1. Login to your Blogger Dashboard and go to "Layout". 


2. Click on "Add a Gadget" > "HTML/JavaScript". 


3. Copy and paste the following code:



<p style="display:none;">Floating Social Media Buttons for Blogger by <a href="http://itchingandburningsensation.blogspot.com/">Itching And Burning Sensation</a></p>
<style type="text/css">
* html #fsm-box{
position: absolute;
} 
#fsm-box{
width: 70px;
background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dedede;border-radius:0px;-moz-border-radius:0px;-webkit-border-radius:0px;position:fixed;left:4%;
top: 20%; 
height:200px;
height:auto;
}
#fsm-box div{
padding:6px 6px 4px 5px;
}
#icon_twitter,#icon_digg{
margin-left:-2px;
}
#icon_linkedin{
margin-left:-5px;
}
#sfs{
margin-left:-5px;
}
#fsm-get{
bottom: -20px;
clear: both;
color: #666666;
font-size: 9px;
left: 18px;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
}

</style>

<div id="fsm-box">
<div id="ssl-box">

<div id="icon_facebook">
<div id="fb-root"></div>
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  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagNameundefineds)[0];
  if undefinedd.getElementByIdundefinedid)) return;
  js = d.createElementundefineds); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBeforeundefinedjs, fjs);
}undefineddocument, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
<div class="fb-like" data-send="false" data-layout="box_count" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false"></div>
</div>

<div id="icon_googleplus">
<div class='g-plusone' data-size='tall' data-annotation='bubble' expr:data-href='data:post.canonicalUrl'></div>
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</div>

<div id="icon_twitter">
<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical">Tweet</a>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
</div>

<div id="icon_digg">
<script type="text/javascript">
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var s = document.createElementundefined'SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagNameundefined'SCRIPT')[0];
s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.async = true;
s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js';
s1.parentNode.insertBeforeundefineds, s1);
})undefined);
</script>
<a class="DiggThisButton DiggMedium"></a>
</div>

<div id="icon_linkedin">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js"></script><script type="in/share" data-counter="top"></script>
</div>

</div>
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4. Click "Save". It’s as simple as that!

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How to Add a Picture on Blogspot

Web surfers accustomed to seeing images everywhere on the Internet may consider your blog to be rather dull if it contains no pictures. Text-only pages were fine when the Internet was young, but many bloggers today include music, videos and photos on blog posts. As a Google Blogspot blogger, you have to ability to add flavor to your blog posts using pictures. Blogspot provides two ways to do this. (see "How to Upload Photos to Blogger").

1. Click the "New Post" button that appears in the Manage Blogs section. A Create Post page opens.


2. Type a title in the "Title" text box, and then type a few words in the text editor that appears below the Title text box.


3. Click the "Insert Image" icon that appears at the top of the text editor. A window opens that allows you to add a picture from your computer or add a link to an image on the Web.


4. Click the "Browse" button to display a window containing your hard drive's files. Scroll through the files and find an image file you would like to add to your blog post. Double-click that file to select it.


5. Click one of the layout choices in the "Choose a Layout" section. The choices are "Left" "Center" and "Right." Choosing one of these options positions your picture in the location you specified. Select "Left," for example, and the picture will appear on the left side of your blog post.


6. Click "Small" "Medium" or "Large" to select one of the size options in the Image Size section. The default image size is medium.


7. Click the "Terms of Service" check box to place a check mark there and then click "Upload Image." The site shows you a preview of the image. Click "Done" to add it to your post.


8. Click "Publish Post" and then click "View Post" to see your post containing your new picture.

Tips & Warnings

You can also type or paste the URL of an image located on the Web into the URL text box that appears in the Upload Images window. The site will add it to your blog post.

Add as many pictures as you like to a Blogspot post. Images that you add appear in your post at the location where your cursor lies when you click the "Insert Image" icon.

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How to Upload Photos to Blogger

When it comes to simple and intuitive blogging software, Blogger is one of the best services on the Internet. Blogger lets you download or create your own dynamic themes, add multiple types of media to your blog posts, and broadcast your content to the world. Uploading photos to your Blogger posts not only creates more interesting and visually appealing posts, but also opens new potential for the kind of content you can produce.

1. Save your file in the correct format. Blogger supports the .jpg, .gif, .tif, .png and .bmp file types.


2. Click the "Images" button in the toolbar above your text editor. The icon looks like a small landscape photo.


3. Select the photo file you are uploading. If the file is stored on your computer, click the "Browse" button and locate it. If you are using a photo stored online, enter its URL.


4. Choose the layout options of your photo. You can select different alignments for the photo within the post and also change its display size.


5. Click "Upload Image."

Tips & Warnings

When you upload photos to Blogger, they are stored under your Picasa Web Albums account. The restrictions and limitations of this account also apply to your Blogger photos.

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