We receive a number of requests from users everyday asking for help customizing the Share link on their ShortStack apps. The process is much like the Links Widget, but there are a few differences to keep in mind. .share_link{ border: solid 1px #000000; /* border color, size, and line style */ background:#dd0000; /* background color of the [...]
Create a repeating background image – CSS Tip
Want to use an image to create a patterned background on your tab? Create a repeating background by adding the following CSS to your CSS Editor: /*Repeating background*/ #wrapper { background: url(“IMAGE-URL”); background-repeat: repeat; } Just replace IMAGE-URL with the url for the image you want to use. For instance, if you wanted this image [...]
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Changing the border color for Promotion and Custom Form fields – CSS Tip
Want to spice up your form fields a bit? Try changing the border color! It’s easy, just drop the following CSS into your CSS Editor and choose the color you’d like to use: /*Form/Promotion Form Input Field*/ input, select, textarea{ border-color:#ff00ff; /*Determines color of border*/ border-width: 1px; /*Sets border thickness*/ border-style: solid; /*Styles the border*/ } Check [...]
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Changing the border color in ShortStack pop-ups – CSS Tip
Are you using a pop-up to display something on a ShortStack tab? You can use the CSS below to change the color of the border around the pop-up so it better suits your tab! /*Border color in pop-up*/ .boxy-wrapper{ background-color:#00FF00; } Yes, the Hex Value in this code is for bright green, and that color [...]
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Feature Requests: How ShortStack Users Help Direct Our Future
In this, the second of my “from the CEO” articles, I’d like to discuss what happens when we receive a feature request from a user. We take each feature request very seriously because – believe it or not – ShortStack itself was born out of feature requests, and 100 percent of our development and features [...]
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NEW FEATURES: Viewing Live Data
The difference between live entries and test entries when using our Custom Form and promotion widgets has been a cause of confusion for some. If you’re a user who has run a contest you may remember a time when you were trying to submit entries for your fans to vote on and then wondering why [...]
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Changing the Appearance of Links in the Links Widget – CSS Tip
Want to change the background color, size, font, shape or link color of your links when using the Links Widget? It’s not as hard as it seems! Use this bit of CSS to create a more customized appearance: .ss_links a{ border: solid 4px #ff0000; /* border designates the border color, size, and line style */ background:#000000; /* [...]
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NEW FEATURES: Upgrades to Templates, Forms and Promotions
We recently added some enhancements and new features to ShortStack which we have outlined below. Enjoy these new features and if you come across any questions shoot us a support ticket at http://shortstacksupport.com 810px Templates Now Available ShortStack now offers 21 templates to help you get started with designing for Timeline. These templates are a [...]
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How to Control Your Clients’ Fears of Facebook Timeline
It’s been said and soon it will be done, all Facebook pages will be changed over to the new Timeline layout on March 30. With this change comes excitement, fear and opportunity. In times likes these, agencies can step into the spotlight and really shine for their clients by keeping them calm, collected and educated [...]
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Changing the color of field labels in your Custom Form or Promotion – CSS Tip
Don’t like the default color of the field labels (name, email address etc) in your Custom Form or Promotion on your ShortStack application? It’s an easy change if you know the CSS needed. Just add this line of CSS to your CSS Editor within your Tab Designer: label{ color:#FFFFFF; } The above CSS will change [...]
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ShortStack’s Commitment to Customer Support: 6 Reasons Why We Don’t Offer Phone Support
One of the most common questions we hear here at ShortStack is “why don’t you guys do phone support?” And it’s a fair question, because so many people are accustomed to it. But in our industry, and with our product, the drawbacks to phone support outweigh the benefits. We’ve maintained that we won’t offer phone [...]
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ShortStack Goes Mobile – Custom Apps Created in ShortStack Now Active via Mobile Devices
It’s been a long time coming, many have asked and now you shall receive… ShortStack is mobile! What does this mean? Your Facebook fans can now access your custom ShortStack applications on their mobile devices! ShortStack’s development team has been hard at work creating a system that adds a custom URL to each ShortStack app. [...]
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How to Change the Custom Application/Tab Image in Timeline for Pages
If you changed to Timeline for Pages, you can now add a 111px x 74px custom tab image below the cover image for your ShortStack applications. At this time, we don’t provide a way for users to upload/change those 111px x 74px images via ShortStack. You can, however, change the app images with the following [...]
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The Times They Are A-Changin’: Timeline and the Default Landing Tab
At ShortStack, we’re excited about the changes to Timeline for business Pages. Facebook is putting a lot of power in the hands of Page admins with new features like the Reach Generator and an increased application width to 810 pixels. But what’s got a lot of admins concerned is the fact that it’s no longer [...]
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Introducing ShortStack’s New Pinterest Template
Pinterest is now one of the top-five social networks, and it’s only becoming more popular. And why shouldn’t it? Users connect purely on the stuff they like, creating collections – virtual scrapbooks – of their favorite styles, fashions, places, recipes, and… cute things. We like Pinterest too, so we thought we’d jump on board. Our [...]
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Facebook Pages and Timelines: Don’t Fret; ShortStack’s Got Your Back
Since Facebook converted personal Profiles to Timelines, the rumor mill has been fired up with speculation that Pages will soon follow suit. I’ve heard from numerous ShortStack users who are worried that Timelines will replace Pages and their custom tabs will cease to function, so I wanted to take some time to assuage these concerns. [...]
The Breakdown of Google’s 2011 Revenues [Infographic]
The search engine king brought in $37.9 billon in revenues this past year. In an infographic released today by WordStream titled “Breaking Down Google’s 2011 Revenues” they were able to use their analysis to determine the top 10 industries that spent the most on Google advertising in 2011, as well as reveal some insights into the current [...]
ShortStack Spotlight: Oh,Ranger!
Planning an outdoor adventure? Look no further than Oh,Ranger! Powered by the American Park Network, a leading publisher of visitor guides to national and state parks, Oh,Ranger! is the premier one-stop-shop for planning your next outdoor adventure, allowing you to search an interactive database of more than 6,000 national parks, state parks and other public lands. [...]
The Cost of Facebook Marketing [Infographic]
With a network of over 800 million active users, Facebook is a platform marketers cannot afford to ignore. Advertising on the social site is relatively inexpensive, easily accessable and offers advertisers the unique opportunity to narrowly target their market on space that’s intensely popular and frequently visited by millions every single day. According to the [...]
Timeline to Soon Change Content Distribution
According to a post by All Facebook, the way Timeline distributes users’ wall content and activity will be different in the near future. Currently, Facebook distributes both user application activity and wall activty on both the right and left side of Timeline’s columns. This will soon change. From the report, it was noted that the [...]
