Rachel asks: I spend lots of time on Facebook. Is there a way to appear offline to my friends on Facebook chat?

Answer:

Thanks for the question. There are two options. First is to appear offline to all your friends (useful if you want to appear offline to all your friends)

1. Login to your Facebook web page.
2. Open the Chat panel (lower right hand side).
3. Hit Options and then select Go Offline. That will set your status to offline on chat.

Second option is to appear offline to specific friends lists. This might be useful if you want to avoid specific people but interact with other friends:

1. If you haven’t defined a friends list yet, go ahead and create a friends list (Lists>> Friends>> Create New List).
2. Add specific people you might want to avoid to that list.
3. In the Chat panel, hit Friends List and enable viewing the list in the Facebook chat.
4. Hit the Go Offline icon at the right hand side of your Friends list, as shown below:
5. That’s it!

Arun asks: Most of my acquaintances are on Orkut and Facebook, so i simply don’t have time to follow up on my Friendster profile any more. Can you help me deleting my Friendster web page?

Answer:

Thanks Arun for the question. With the plethora of social networks available online, it’s hard to be able to manage more than 2-3 web profiles. Luckily, social networks such as Friendster for instance, have put in place relatively simple procedures for canceling an account with them. Follow the below steps to effectively delete your Friendster account.

1. Login to your Friendster Account.
2. Select Settings from the upper right hand corner of the main page.
3. On the Settings page, scroll down to the bottom and click Cancel Account.
4. The cancel account page will load, now go ahead and scroll to the middle of the page where the Cancellation form is located.
5. Fill in the required details such as the e-mail address of your Friendster account and current password.
6. Check the confirmation box, “Yes, I want to cancel my Friendster account”.
7. Select proceed and you will then successfully deleted your Friendster profile account.

Nikki asks: Few weeks ago i went ahead and blocked my ex boyfriend from Facebook. Now we are in touch again and i want to unblock him so we can interact via Facebook and the chat. How to do that?

Answer:

Glad you guys are back. Unblocking a person on Facebook is quite easy:

1. First, Login to your Facebook account web page and click on Settings
2. In the Privacy section you’ll see your Block List.
3. Go ahead and remove your friend from there.
4. Now go ahead and send him a new friend request, so you guys can interact on Facebook again.

So here’s how you block someone on Facebook:

1. First, login to your Facebook account.
2. Hit Settings.
3. In the Privacy section, hit Manage. You’ll see the following:
4. In the Block People section enter the name of who you wish to block. Facebook will search to find a matching person to the name you entered.
5. Once you have selected the correct person, click Block. You might need to execute steps 3-4 as needed for different individuals you would like to avoid.
6. Note that you can also block a specific email address, so an account associated with that address won’t be able to contact you not only today, but also in the future.

Two important remarks before you go ahead and block people:

1. People you have blocked will not be notified about that.
2. If for some reason you would like to restore a relationship with someone you blocked in the past, you will need to send him/her a friend request. Pretty embarrassing, right

Stay tuned for more Facebook tips.

Code to hide the View My Pics and Vids links on MySpace

Question:

Esmeralda asks: I was wondering whether it’s possible to remove the photos and videos links from the Basic info section on MySpace 2.0. Also i would like to get rid of the Playlists and Reviews links.

Answer:

Thanks for your question, Esmeralda. To hide the videos and pics links text from your profile you will need to click on Customize Profile from the main navigation menu. Next select CSS and enter the code displayed in the widget below to have the pics, videos etc’ removed from your 2.0 MySpace profile web page .

Feel free to post a comment if you need more help

Code to hide the video slider on MySpace

Question:

Aaron asks: Thanks for the nice codes you publish here. I just went through the MySpace codes page which is huugge, but couldn’t find a code for me to hide the video lider on a MySpace profile in version 2.0. Can you help?

Answer:

Sure.

You can hide the new video bar on MySpace by using a simple CSS code. Grab it from the widget below (by clicking the Copy button) and paste it into your MySpace profile CSS section (here’s a quick tutorial on how to do it, i suggest you look into it if you are unsure about applying codes on MySpace 2.0. Enjoy

Code to hide the groups box

Question:

Nuri asks: Hey what’s up? I would like to hide my groups on MySpace. Can you please show me the codes i will need?

Answer:

Thanks for your question, Nuri.

Feel free to copy the required CSS code from the widget window below and then paste it into the CSS section of your 2.0 MySpace profile. If you are unsure about how to implement codes in a MySpace 2.0 profile, please go ahead and look into the following tutorial. Please post a comment in case of any issue.

Question:

How do I hide the details heading in MySpace 2.0 profiles?

Answer:

You can hide your details title on MySpace using CSS code. The following guide will show you how to remove your details heading in your 2.0 profile. After you have logged in you will need to click ‘Customize Profile’ from the profile menu. Now you will be in the 2.0 customization page where you will see the ‘CSS’ section. This is where you will need to insert the following CSS code to hide the details heading in your profile. Simply copy the code from the window below and insert it into your the CSS section and you’re set!

Now that you have inserted the code simply publish the page to save all changes you have made. Now you can enjoy your details with no header displayed!

Code to hide the local reviews section on MySpace

Question:

Ali asks: Hey, i am after some code to hide the new local reviews box on MySpace. Your help is appreciated.

Answer:

Thanks for your question, Ali. Truth, i haven’t figured out the CSS code for removing the local reviews from 2.0, as if i remember correctly, the local reviews module didn’t exist as a block in the MySpace profile page until months ago.

You can still hide the local reviews module by hitting Customize Profile, then hit the Modules link and clicking the Local Reviews module. Then, hit Publish and you should be all set.

Code to hide the activity box section

Question:

Several readers have approached us lately on what should be the recommended way to hide the activity box on MySpace 2.0.

Answer:

It’s simple to get rid of the activities mini feed section using some CSS code that you guys can grab from the widget in the bottom of this blog post.

Copy the code and paste it into your 2.0 MySpace profile CSS section. For those who are new to MySpace 2.0 and not sure how to apply codes there, we have put together a very simple tutorial which you can use for implementing the codes we give.