20 Facebook Hacks and Tips You Might Not Know

If you surf Facebook on daily basis or occasionally, chances are you’re already familiar with regular stuffs like add/delete friends, update statuses, walls and profile, add and explore pages & applications, etc, but there’s more..

This week we want to cover some interesting things you can do on (or with) Facebook; inclusive of tricks that are not documented or unknown to many, as well as tips to stay connected better with your friends. 

Without further ado, here’s 20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know. 


       1.How to Place Facebook Chat On Firefox Sidebar
            If you are using Firefox, you can place the Facebook Chat at the sidebar.

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2. How to Download Facebook Photo Albums

   FacePAD: Facebook Photo Album Downloader allows you to download your friends’ facebook albums, Events albums, and Group Albums, en masse, with the click of a button.
   

3. How to Share Flickr Photos to Facebook

   Flickr2Facebook is an unofficial Flickr to Facebook uploader(bookmarklet) which allows you upload photos to Facebook from Flickr.
   

4. How to Update Facebook without Using Facebook

   hellotxt and Ping.fm both introduced features that let Facebook administrators update Facebook Pages.
   

5. How to Schedule Facebook Messages

   Sendible lets you schedule Facebook messages ahead of time so you can send messages to your friends, customers or colleagues in the future.
   

6. How to "Friend" Someone on Facebook & Hide It From Your Status Updates

   A short tutorial on Makeuseof to guide you how to hide Facebook status updates and keep that fact confined to your closer friends.
   

7. How to Create a Photo Collage Using Pictures of Your Facebook Friends

   Click on Friends tab. Proceed to More tab. From "Choose an option" dropdown, choose any of the dashes "—" . Your Facebook friends collage is right on your computer screen.
   

8. How to Know When Facebook Friends Secretly Delete or Block You

   X-Friends is a unique tool for tracking friends that disappear from Facebook.
   

9. How to Display Selected Pictures Only on your Facebook Profile Page

   A little-known feature in Facebook that lets you decide who shows up in that Friends box. Click that "edit" pencil in your Friends box and type the names of your best friends in the box that says "Always show these friends"
   

10. How to Remove Facebook Advertisements

    This Greasemonkey script – Facebook: Cleaner removes many of the annoying ads and updates that unavoidably appear on your Facebook pages.
    

11. How to Syncs Photos of Facebook Friends with Contacts in Microsoft Outlook

    OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your Facebook friends with matching contacts in Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to select which contacts are updated. So you can update all contacts at once or just a few at a time.
    

12. How to Display Facebook Statuses on Wordpress Blog

    The following method make use of Facebook status feed and Wordpress RSS widget to display Facebook Statuses on WordPress blog.. It will also work for self-host Wordpress blogs.
    

13. How to Post Your Blog Posts to Your Facebook Wall Automatically

    Wordbook allows you to cross-post your blog posts to your Facebook Wall. Your Facebook “Boxes” tab will show your most recent blog posts.
    

14. How to Access Facebook Chat on Desktop

    Gabtastik and digsby let you keep Facebook chat sessions open on your Windows desktop outside of your regular web browser, using minimal screen real estate and system memory.
    

15. How to Create Quiz on Facebook Easily

    LOLapps provides quiz creator that can be employed to conjure up these popular personality quizzes that are so widespread in Facebook.
    

16. How to Hide Your Online Status on Facebook Chat from Select Contacts

    Facebook has integrated friends list with Chat and you can also choose which of these list members get to see you online.
    

17. How to Get Facebook Updates on Email

    NutshellMail consolidates your Facebook accounts through the inbox you use the most.
    

18. How to Update Facebook Status from Firefox

    FireStatus is a status update utility for multiple social networks, including FaceBook.
    

19. How to Get Facebook on Your Desktop

    Seesmic Desktop, Facebooker, Xobni, Facebook Sidebar Gadget, Scrapboy and Facebook AIR application are desktop applications that allows you interact with your stream just as you would on Facebook, but without the browser.
    

20. How to Delete, Cancel and Terminate Facebook Account and Profile

    A simple guide to terminate, delete or cancel Facebook account, together with the Facebook profile easily.
    

Source: Hongkiat.com

How to set up Video Chat in Facebook

Video chat facility on Facebook powered by Skype is now available to use. You can easily install and intergrate Facebook video chat option in your Facebook account.

To do so, follow these simple steps given below:

• Go to this URL, and click on get started.

• Suddenly your Chat interface will be changed and it will prompt your to set up few things.
• Now click on Cam symbol appearing on chat window of  any of your friend.

• A notification will appear and guide you to download the facebookvideochat.exe plugin on your computer.

• Now wait until the plugin will get installed.

• And its all done now, click on the Cam symbol to make a video call.
• Once your friend will answer the call, you will start seeing each other.

It’s all done! Now enjoy the video calling with your Facebook friends and family easily.

Download Photo Album From Facebook

Today I am going to give you new facbook trick on how to download your friend complete photo album from facebook in just a one minute.
Follow these Simple steps to perform the facebook trick to download the photo Album:

1.Before using this facebook trick you have to download the FacePAD Firefox extension directly from google it is absolutle freeware. You may get a message block from Firefox - right click and allow that.

2.Once you have installed - You will need to re-start Firefox to begin using the downloaded extension.

3.You will now see FacePAD added to your list of addon extensions in Firefox.

4.Head over to your friend's profile page and click on Photos. There you will find all the albums of your friends.

5.Simply right click on the photo album and you will now get a new option "Download Album with FacePAD". Go ahead and download the album.

6. Then you will be asked to location where the photos has to be saved on your hard disk

5. Then u will be asked to enter the prefix for the given photo album, enter the prefix and press ok.


These are the five step for this facebook trick. After using this facebook trick your photo album get saved in your harddisk.

How to Avoid Facebook Scams

Facebook is one of an elite few leading the charge. Every day, hundreds of people join the Web site to reconnect with old acquaintances and make new friends.

But helping people make connections with each other is just one of Facebook's qualities.
Another important element is that Facebook allows application developers to create small programs called apps (short for applications) and use Facebook as a platform.

In a way, Facebook is acting like an operating system -- it provides the foundation for smaller applications that tap into the social network's resources.

Arguably, the most important resource is Facebook's user base. Building an app can be time-consuming and challenging; however, Facebook's community includes millions of people, and that gives developers a built-in audience for their work. Without this audience, developers could end up working long hours, creating a program that no one sees or uses. But the nature of Facebook's community helps developers spread their work virally. Facebook members grab the application after seeing it on a friend's profile and soon thousands of people are enjoying the app.

Why do developers create apps? Some developers just want to create a fun application for people to enjoy. The app enhances the user experience on a social network. Others are building programs that are part of a marketing strategy -- they hope the application will nudge users to purchase a particular product or subscribe to a service. A few create applications that gather data in order to create targeted advertising. And some are taking advantage of the open nature of Facebook to create malicious programs or run scams in an effort to con users or cause mischief.
How can you avoid these scams? And what should you do if you fall victim to one?

All Useful Mafia Wars Tips

Getting Started

1.) What’s in a name?
Everyone wants to have their own unique personality evening a game like Mafia Wars but it can be done in a tasteful manner. Using names that have profanity, hate, sexism, innuendo, etc. may eventually cause your account to be banned …so much for Mafia Wars.
2.) Picking a Character Type

• Mogul – Earns money faster
• Maniac – Regains energy faster
• Fearless – Regains health faster

3.) The Best Type to Play
Like all character based games they all have their strengths and weaknesses. If you want to level quickly the best choice is the Fearless type. I can hear the groans and whining now but hear me out and you may think differently.
Even though the Maniac regenerates energy faster and might leap ahead of the Fearless class early, in the long run the Maniac will see nothing but tail lights as Fearless charges by. That is because once a Fearless type is put into the Wheelman position (which only they can be in) of a mafia they gain the ability to occasionally pay ZERO energy for a job. When we say occasionally it’s usually 3 – 5 times per level. This is where Fearless will out pace Maniac.

Mafia Wars Achievements Guide

Here are the achievements currently in Mafia Wars (Excluding Bangkok)

Armed and Dangerous – This is a very easy achievement to earn just pick up 10 Tommy Guns. You really don’t have to work at this one since you will be buying the guns along the way since some jobs require more than 10 to be able to complete.
Banana Republic – This is a Cuba achievement and is earned by owning all 4 availabe business on the island. When you first get to Cuba you realize that the millions that you have stashed away in New York are worthless and it may seem that money is hard to come by at first. Don’t worry though you will be filthy rich in the Caribbean in no time.
Big Business – Fully upgrade a single business in Cuba to earn this achievement. Once again its not one to sweat as it will happed while you are working toward the International achievement.
Big Spender – Use reward points to earn this achievement. The easiest way is to level up and then buy “+4 Stat Points” for free or you could cough up some real world cash for them.
Bulletproof – Being wanted by the Feds, DEA, ATF or other government agencies is one thing but to have a hit put on you by the mob is another. You can earn Bulletproof by actually surviving on the hit list for over an hour.
This is probably the hardest achievement to unlock and you’ll probably have to be level 500+ and have nearly all your points in defense to be able to unlock it.
Cashing out – Earn this achievement by sell off 50 Mega Casinos. This does not have to be all at once. You can buy them one at a time and immediately resell them.
Collector – A simple and easy achievement to earn, all you have to do is vault one collection and DING…ya got it.
Crime C.E.O. - Another fairly easy one to earn. When you are setting up your top mafia you will earn this one easily because you always want to have the best people in every spot. Get all spots filled with players who are above level 100 to earn it.
Curator - Same as Collector but this time you have to vault at least 9 collections. If you get a huge mafia wars family of 5000+ you should have no trouble getting this as as soon as you share your wishlist it’ll be filled in seconds.
Dependable – It cant get much easier than this, all you have to do is complete a job per day for 7 days.
Getting the Crew Together – Once again Mafia Wars on easy mode, just promote friends to each top mafia position.
Giver – You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. Earn this one by gifting items to other players.
Havana Hat Trick - This Cuba based achievement is another easy one. Get to level 35 and head for the island. Complete one job tier for the achievement.
International – Earn 1 million Cuban Pesos. Money might seem scarce on the island but you illicit gains will start piling up fairly quickly. Fully upgraded business will give you this one in around 4 – 5 days.
Island Bound – An achievement for just clicking a button at level 35. Fly to Cuba.
Knife Thrower – Earn10 Butterfly Knives. Another one you don’t have to work at. You will get the knives as you level up.
Like a Hurricane – No you don’t have to spend an afternoon listening to the Scorpions, but you do have to win 1000 fights in Cuba. This one might take a bit of time.;
Mercenary – Help out 200 friends that call for backup. Just keep an eye on notifications and as soon as you see someone asking for help click away.
My Little Friend - Gift an M16A1 to a friend. Just keep doing “Transport a Shipment of US Arms” job in Cuba, it is on the El Capitan tier. Then send it off to a friend.
Napoleon Complex – Beat someone who has a bigger mafia than you do. Try doing this when you are very young. Someone who has 2 mafia when its just you are not that much tougher than you are.
Nest Egg – Deposit  $10,000,000,000,000. This is the hardest achievement that there is right now. It takes a long time to earn that much cash, even for Donald Trum
One Down – Easy, just finish one stage of jobs in New York.
Personal Bailout – Deposit $1 Billion to earn this one.
Personal Fleet – Earned by owning 500 Town Cars. You should never need this many town cars so the easiest way get this is just to buy them then sell them off as soon as you can replace them with better vehicles.
Slum Lord – Buy up 30 apartment complexes
Spreading it Around – Gift 501 items to your gang. This one isn’t hard but it does take some time to find that much stuff to hand out. The easiest way to do this is simply give away all your low level handguns / knives etc that you acquired in the early stages of new york to random people in your mafia family. Then if thats not quite enough give away some of your spare low level collection pieces to your family. You should have this unlocked in under an hour.
That’s Amore – Send a diamond ring to a player that is under level 8. Just sending it to an alt should suffice.
That’s with a “T” – Earned by depositing $1,000,000,000,000 and is the second most difficult achievement to get simply because it takes time to build up that kind of cash.

The Best Offense – Defeat 15 attackers in a row to earn this achievement. The easiest way to get this one is to have a buddy that is weaker than you are attack you until you get it.
The First is the Hardest – Earned by depositing $1,000,000. At first a million sounds like a butt load of money, but don’t worry you will have it quicker than you think.
Treasure Hunter – Earned by finding a rare item in a mystery crate Either save up reward points as you level or shell out some hard earned bucks for them. On a side note…the rare items are not that great either.
Tycoon – Fully upgrade all Cuban Businesses to become a Tycoon. Once you’ve done all the jobs in cuba you should have enough cash to complete this, if you’re powerlevelling wait until you’ve finished cuba but if you’re taking it slow the purchase and upgrade your businesses as you go.
Uncle Sam - Earned by owning 50 federal agents. You get these guys from the boss tier and “Buy off a Federal Agent”. The drop rate is not too bad but it still might take awhile to complete.
Unstoppable – Win 15 fights in a row and you will be unstoppable. Super easy again, just pick weaker targets and its yours.
What’s after Trillion? – Earned by depositing 999 Trillion Dollars. Work, work, work is all we can say. It’ll take a looong time to unlock this as very very few people have done it so far.
What else you got? – Achieved by mastering all the tiers in New York.
Wing Man – Help out 10 friends who call for backup by keeping an eye on notifications and it will come before you know it.
Working Man – Earned by doing 20 jobs in one day. You should have this one within minutes of starting your character. The jobs can be the same job or different ones.
Source: www.mafiawarsblackbook.com

Facebook Mafia Wars Autoplayer

There is a script that once set up and running allows you to play the game without any intervention on your part. That script is called Facebook  Mafia Wars Autoplayer (Rebirth).

In order to use this script there are a couple of prerequisites.

1. You must be running Firefox Getting Firefox is easy. Simply browse to http://www.mozilla.org and click on Firefox and then download and install the latest version. The next step requires that you have Firefox up and running as your browser.
2. Greasemonkey Next you will be downloading and installing an Add-on to Firefox called Greasemonkey. Browse to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 and click on add to Firefox. Follow the instructions and restart Firefox when told to do so. This will ensure that Greasemonkey is running.
3. Facebook Mafia Wars Autoplayer This is the piece of script that will put Mafia Wars on Autopilot. To get this script browse to http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/64720 and click on the green “install” button at the top right of the page.