In the previous tutorial on How to Make Facebook Apps, I showed you how to get all of the tools you need and how to use a few XFBML tags.
In this part of the tutorial, I’ll finish everything up. I’ll show you how the Facebook app we are building actually works outside of Facebook. You can see it here Facebook Movie App.
I also show you how to grab YouTube thumbnails and how to dynamically load new videos.
A while back I promised to make this video series and it’s finally here!
In this video series you will learn How to Make Facebook apps. I’ll cover every subject imaginable. If you want to see this first app look for the tab named Top Video in my left sidebar on my Facebook page.
I made this app because someone was actually charging to allow people to post their YouTube videos. It was fun to make and useful.
I received a very interesting email from one of you guys last week. The title of the email was Why is the Media Avoiding an Associated Press Article?
The email included an Associated Press article which I provide below. The sender asked me to put it on my site because every time he posted it on any message board it was deleted.
I’m not much for conspiracies, but I was intrigued. So, I posted a link to the article on numerous blogs and news paper sites online. Sure enough it was deleted everytime.
I’ve received numerous emails on what is a HTTPS Certificate? The reason everyone is asking is because Facebook as of October 1st is going to require all app developers to purchase one if they want to continue making Facebook apps.
In this tutorial, I’ll explain what a HTTPS Certificate, or a SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Certificate is. I’ll also walk you step by step through the process of getting one.
I use Go Daddy for hosting, so my installation will be based on that fact. Most hosting companies will be very similar though.
In the previous tutorial Fantasy Football Projections I went over draft day and what players to look out for. That is just the beginning of the battle though in Fantasy Football.
If you are in a pay league and money is up for grabs, the only way you can win consistently is to have a plan.
In this tutorial I’ll provide you with a complete Fantasy Football Strategy. You’ll understand when to trade and how to plan for the playoffs all year long. I provide tons of stats on defensive schedules and numerous other stats.
I’ve received numerous requests to analyze Fantasy Football Projections. I’ve been playing Fantasy Football for 4 years and successfully make it to the Super Bowl 2/3rds of the time.
In this tutorial, I’ll take you through the process I follow when I create my projection or cheat sheet.
It basically comes down to combining and averaging out what all of the experts think. I then analyze that data to eliminate human bias.
I recently did a video tutorial on Gestures and Body Language. You guys and gals have been sending me numerous questions on how specifically to detect lying. So here is the Body Language Lying video you requested.
I also go into how you can detect lying through verbal analysis and show you a bunch of tricks you can use to find out the truth secretly.
I assembled all of this information by reading all of the top books on body language and law enforcement manuals. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about lying can be found in the video below.
In my previous post I showed you the Propaganda Posters of the United States during World War 2.
This time I present Nazi Propaganda Posters. When I first received these I expected them to be very violent, but I found them to be less violent than the first set.
While the American posters called for civilians to do their part and to degrade the enemy the Nazi posters differed greatly. They instead focused on German power and the superiority of the German people.
One of you guys sent me a whole bunch of Propaganda Posters from World War 2. Since I’m not old enough to remember this time I thought they were very interesting.
Yes there are a bunch of Uncle Sam posters along with Rosie the Riveter. Some posters are definitely not politically correct today, but during war times all bets are off.
Either way it’s an interesting look at propaganda posters from U.S. allies during the war.
Over a year ago I made a video that made be pretty popular on YouTube called Gestures and Body Language.
I had always been interested in body language so I decided to combine all of the knowledge I could get from the top 20 books, law enforcement manuals and psychology books. I combined everything these experts agreed on into one video and it was a hit.
I kept receiving requests to make a version of it that included pictures / videos and today I provide that video!
A while back I did a video about the basics of WordPress Taxonomies. Since then I’ve received requests on how to:
Ever since I wrote Install WordPress on a Localhost I’ve received a bunch of requests on how to update WordPress on a localhost. It is actually extremely easy.
I think what frustrates people is the fact that WordPress automatic updates don’t work on most development servers? Don’t worry about that. It is actually very easy to update WordPress manually.
I received many requests recently on how to display related posts on a WordPress site. The code I present in the video below will grab as many related posts as you want and display them in your WordPress post.
The code grabs related posts based off of them being in the same category. It will also work if you have a post in multiple categories.
I could have picked the related posts based off of tags, but I thought categories made more sense.
You probably saw this tutorial coming if you saw my last article Great 404 Pages?
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a WordPress 404 page. It will not only be funny, but also informative.
If you don’t know, a person is sent to a 404 page if they try to go to a URL that doesn’t exist. If you have a 404 page they’ll see something useful instead of an error page.
Nothings better than an unexpected laugh. The best time for an unexpected laugh is right after a moment of disappointment.
Now I’m not saying a 404 error is known to cause mass depression! When you make a custom 404 page for your site you show your visitors that you care enough to pay attention to the little things.
So, I present some great 404 pages. If I missed any that you like, leave them below in the comments. I love to see new ones.
In the previous WordPress News Theme Tutorial, I finished the blog part of my theme. In this part I will finish styling: archive.php, page.php, search.php and single.php.
It sounds like a lot of work, but I’m basically copying and pasting all the code from index.php.
If you make sure your styling is done right during the design phase everything else just falls into place.
In this tutorial, I’m going to pull everything together. After this we will be very close to being finished.
I’ll create the menu bar for the theme. Then I finish styling the front blog page. I show you how to make sure your images always align properly. To finish everything else I style the final pages I’ll make in the next tutorial.
We are almost done. If you missed part 1 of this tutorial it is here WordPress News Theme.
In this part of the WordPress News Theme I finish the sidebar for the theme and create styling for the sidebar and footer.
I’ll cover how to style the output you receive from the wp_list_pages and wp_list_categories functions.
If you missed the tutorials previous to this one check out WordPress News Theme Part 1. All of the code follows the video and you can use it however you’d like.
Paul wrote in and asked if I could make a Blank USA Map he could use for info graphics.
I redrew both a very detailed and a simple version of a map of the US. One map includes state names while the other doesn’t.
I provide these maps in EPS format. Each state is separated from all of the others. This should make it very easy to turn them into info graphics, or whatever else you’d like.
You can use these maps for free of course.
In this tutorial I finish creating the index.php and footer.php code for my WordPress News Theme.
In this tutorial, I mention that I created a Social Network Plugin. The code for that plugin is available here WordPress Plugin Howto.
Like always, all of the code follows the video. You can use it however you’d like. If you want to see the News Theme in the real world checkout My Investment Services. That site is using my News Theme and Featured Content Slider.