Archive for Google
Using Google Docs Offline
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the things I hear from those who aren’t familiar with Google Docs is, “I don’t want to switch because I don’t use the Internet all the time so Google Docs won’t work for me.”
Guess what? Not true. Watch this video and see if it changes your mind…
I’ve Gone Google…Have You?
Posted by: | CommentsI was reading Google Launches A Major Offensive Against Microsoft With “Going Google” on TechCrunch a few days ago.
I’m stoked to see Google going head to head with Microsoft. Google has strong products and I’m excited to see them getting the recognition for their products that they deserve. Google’s products are awesome, inexpensive (heck I’d pay for them) and the support community is fabulous!
Over the past year I’ve gone Google have you? As you can see from my Twitter post from Monday August 3rd, here are the reasons I’ve #gonegoogle (as a PS – please note that Twitter only allows me 140 characters):
Over the course of the next few weeks, I am going to be offering tutorials and reasons why switching to Google may be the best move for yourself and your business.
Google Friend Connect Step by Step
Posted by: | CommentsMany bloggers and website owners are now using Google’s Friend Connect . If you’re not familiar with Friend Connect here are a few of the top features.
- Build your community
- Let visitors discover each other by joining your site with existing accounts from a variety of services.
- Increase engagement
- Choose engaging social features for your visitors from a catalog of social gadgets.
- No programming required
Copy and paste a few snippets of code into your site, and Friend Connect does the rest.
Today, I will walk you through the simple steps of setting up your Google Friend Connect Account.
1. Go to www.google.com/friendconnect and click “Get started”.
2. Click on “I agree to the Friend Connect Developer Terms of Service
3. Next, click on Friend Connect for Standard Websites, because we are going to place this information onto a Wordpress blog.
4. Now Friend Connect will walk you through the set-up process step by step. Click “Continue”.
5. Enter your site information (ie. your website or blog’s name), the URL of the home page (ie. www.mywebsite.com) and then choose the language of your site from the drop down menu.
6. After you fill out the information in Step 5, you will see that you need to download and save 2 files. Download these 2 files and upload them to your website or blog server using FTP. Be sure to put the files into the right directory. Upload the files before proceeding.
7. We are almost done. Now to test to make sure Google Friend Connect is working properly, click on “Test to Finalize Setup”.
8. Now we need to add the members gadget to our website, so click on Get the code for the members gadget.
9. You can now customize the look and feel of your Friend Connect gadget. Within this section you can choose the size of your gadget, the coloration, create the HTML code and then upload it to your website or blog. When you are finished with the customization, click on “Generate Code”. Then upload as outlined in number 4. For example, you can use the code in a widget on your Wordpress blog.
10. After you enter the code onto your website or blog, you are finished.
You can see a completed example at http://www.googlemoxie.com.
