Social Ad Targeting Is Here!

Joomla Social Ad Targeting with JomSocial & Ad Agency

We get lots of suggestions from our customers for features and Joomla enhancements that they’d like to see. We try to act on those suggestions whenever possible. We’ve now acted on the request that we see most often. We’ve integrated  JomSocial with Ad Agency! This revolutionary version of Ad Agency will help you take your [...]

Get more twitter followers with our new Joomla Twitter Follow module

Joomla twitter follow button

Yesterday, Twitter have released their new follow button and TODAY you get a Twitter Follow Joomla module FREE from iJoomla! We’ve all seen the twitter “follow me” buttons everywhere on the web, but previously, you had to click the button, be taken to twitter profile and then click the follow button on that page. That’s [...]

How to Add Social Media Buttons to Your Joomla Site

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Social media buttons have made spreading the word about your website easier than ever. Users love the “like”, “share” and “tweet” buttons because they can easily recommend Web pages to their friends, family and followers. Website owners love them because they get free exposure and incoming links. So how does it work? Just place the [...]

How to Improve Your Facebook User Experience… When Facebook Won’t Do It for You

Almost as satisfying as sticking your tongue out at Facebook

I’ve been bitching about the Facebook user experience for a while now, and things just seems to be getting worse. Maybe it’s the Law of Attraction: the more you focus on something, the bigger it gets. Now Facebook has rolled out a new mailbox feature that is so flawed it will require its own blog post. [...]

The Top 14 Annoying Facebook Behaviors That Will Cost You Friends

Don’t impose a bad photo on people or they’ll simply hide your stream

I’ve written before about Facebook’s usability issues, especially regarding the new Facebook profile. But Facebook doesn’t seem to care about the user experience and the chances they’ll make any changes are pretty small. Facebook does however allow you some flexibility in what you see on your home page. It’s not enough flexibility but at least you [...]

How to Remove the Photos on Top of Your Facebook Profile

facebook_profile_without_photos

A few weeks ago, I explained why the new Facebook profile doesn’t work. One of the main issues was the photos that show at the top of the profile seem totally random and are very distracting. A friend pointed that hovering over the pictures pulls up a “close” button that lets you replace the photo [...]

Why the New Facebook Profile Doesn’t Work

Facebook info on profile page

Continuing our discussions about companies that seem to be run by monkeys is… Facebook. It’s not that I doubt Mark Zuckerberg’s genius or that Facebook revolutionized the way we connect with friends and family, but some of their user experience decisions really make me wonder. If I had to describe them in one word, it [...]

The mysterious YouTube monkeys

Maybe it’s mean, but  it’s comforting to know that even huge sites like YouTube –  sites that can afford the best servers, the smartest programmers, the sharpest QA people, the biggest coffee makers, etc. — can still have  serious errors once in a while. This is one that I ran into on the video site [...]

Facebook’s Top 14 Usability Mistakes and How to fix them

I love Facebook. The site has revolutionized the way we keep in touch with friends and family, especially when they’re scattered across the country or around the world. But every time the service unleashes new changes, I roll my eyes and shake my head. Most of those changes do the opposite of what they’re supposed [...]

How to show only Status Updates on facebook home

Yes,  it took me way too long, but I’ve FINALLY figured out how to hide all the crap on facebook home, you know what I am referring to, right? Who’s friends with whom Who joined which group Who commented on what Etc. It’s been very distracting to see all this instead of what I was [...]