I just received my Postcard Box from Chris Judge in the post (things in the post! yay!) today. Chris is a Dublin-based illustrator, a lovely chap and very very talented indeed. He’s currently selling this collection on his website for an extremely reasonable €20. I’m addicted to buying art on the web, and this might be one of the best deals I’ve come across. Take a look at Chris’ site and blog to see his colourful and joyous illustration work.
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In a few simple steps, here’s how you can import your blog (using the RSS feed) into a Facebook page (rather than profile).
Facebook changed this option slightly after I wrote this post, and many commenters ran into problems with their feed appearing on their personal page instead of on their fan page. Big thanks to commenter Leela Robinson who identified the correct way to do this. In short – use the Notes tab at the top of the page, not the one at the bottom right.
A Facebook page is different to a Facebook profile: a profile is a personal account and must be linked to an identifiable individual, whereas a page can be set up by an individual to promote a brand, product or service. The advantage of a page is that people can become fans of that page and can be contacted en masse, sent updates, use discussion boards, upload photos, etc. Updates to your page will then appear on their Facebook homepage.
If you are creating a Facebook page to promote your blog, importing the blog to the page means that all your blog posts will automatically appear on your Facebook page.
Facebook is strangely user-unfriendly when it comes to setting up and editing pages, groups, etc. The process is a bit counter-intuitive, as you can see above.
Lots of blogs give pointers on how to import a feed into your profile, but I had trouble finding one that gave instructions specifically for a fan page. So I noted down the instructions here in a rare fit of helpfulness.
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Date created: April 2009
Web Address: www.oxfamireland.org/drc
About the Project: Noted fashion and portrait photographer Rankin travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with Oxfam in 2008, where he photographed residents of refugee camps in the northern Kivu province.
These photos can currently be viewed by the public in a unique outdoor exhibition in Wolfe Tone Park, beside the Jervis Centre in Dublin 1. The exhibition will run until Friday 31st July 2009, and is part of a fundraising appeal for the people of the DR Congo.
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Date created: February 2009
Web Address: www.resonatepr.com
About the Project: I recently built this site for Orlaith Finnegan, a freelance PR consultant. Orlaith did some PR work for us on the website CheapEats.ie, and I can’t recommend her highly enough; she did a really great job in a very short amount of time. If you’re looking for PR advice or services, Resonate PR is an excellent choice.
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Date created: March 2009
Web Address: www.oxfamireland.org/oxfamvintage
About the Project: This was one of those responsive jobs for Oxfam – I have a million billion other things to do, but Oxfamvintage is currently getting a lot of coverage and the shop page became one of the most visited pages on our site, so I thought it needed a bit more than just a very basic information page. I did the design above based on a kind of mood board/scrapbook, and am really happy with how it turned out.
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