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H: How do I Log out of Google Accounts, one at a time?
I volunteer for many organizations, earning me several Google accounts to manage. The Multiple account sign-in feature built into Google is wonderful, except when I click Sign out, its signs out of all my accounts at once.
Is there a different way to just sign out of one account at a time? If there is, I can't seem to find it.
AI: You cannot - This is not supported as of now, and I don't think there could be any alternate solution until Google offers an improvement to its Multiple-sign-on capability.
Google's multiple sign-on capability helps you manage more than one of your accounts simultaneously. Signing-in to a different account when you're already signed-in, would link both your accounts (on the client side). And on each additional sign-in, each of the accounts are linked to one other. Signing-out from one account would implicitly mean that you sign-out from all your accounts (similar to a domino effect).
Google must support unlinking of two signed-in accounts for you being able to selectively signing-out of an account, but retaining the signed-in status of other accounts. |
H: Does the Twitter shortener (t.co) give the same code for the same link?
Or in another words: if I have two different links generated when shortening a Twitter message, does it surely mean that they point to two unique addresses?
AI: Not really, here are three t.co links pointing to the main Stack Overflow website and all of them have different URLs.
http://t.co/Ys1GFWI7
http://t.co/BoUuFo3s
http://t.co/tdFXxGti |
H: Is there an application to write down URLs?
Is there an application to write down URLs in a single-unified-online accessible place ?
I often find interesting articles but I often forget to write down the URLs.
Is there an application which allow you to write down the URLs and keep track of the history of what you have written down (ideally with notes you could type for each URL) which would sync over multiple instances of Chrome/Android ?
Ideally I need a system which could export files as my work blocks most of the solutions and which could merge the URLs into a system where it could be shared between:
work
home desktop
android / iOS devices
AI: There are many ways of writing down your URL's. I personally am a sucker for Delicious even though the service has been facing some issue. The only reason I am stuck with them is because I have over 4000 bookmarks and have a few stacks which I like.
Usually, you can use a combination of one or more services:
Look at Faveous. Its a little buggy with twitter and facebook integration, but I like the concept.
Evernote - This syncs across computers and mobile devices and helps you create notebooks and stacks and share them.
Delicious - Has browser plugins to easily bookmark pages and can be synced easily between mobile devices and browsers.
Licorize - Like Delicious, pages can be bookmarked using a bookmarklet, a Chrome or Firefox extension, or via the website.
Pinboard is a “back to basics” bookmarking service. It’s similar to Delicious, but has a stripped-back user interface and is designed to be extremely fast to use; it’s good for users who have grown frustrated with Delicious’ sluggishness; its paid though
Diigo goes beyond simple social bookmarking by providing a wealth of features, including collaboration and web page commenting tools;
Google Bookmarks - A very basic bookmarking service that lets you tag bookmarks, but personally I don't like it. Its very basic |
H: Password policy settings for organisation in Trello
Is it possible to modify password policy settings (length, ...) for a organisation within trello.com? So if user is part of organisation he has to have an adequate password. If currently this is not possible, are there any plans to implement this feature in future?
AI: This is not currently possible, but if you'd like to request this feature, then you can file a feature request at feature-ideas@trello.com |
H: Gmail's label and skip the inbox filter
I am using Gmail. I want incoming mail that matches a label to skip the inbox. This does not seem to work. The instructions from Gmail include the following:
To keep organized, many people like to have incoming messages
automatically labeled and removed from their inbox until they can look
at them later at a more convenient time. If you want to do this, make
sure to select Skip the Inbox (Archive it) and Apply the label: when
you create your filter.
The filter looks like this:
Matches: from:(jean123@yahoo.com) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply
label "Jean123", Never send it to Spam
However, such mail continues to appear in the inbox as well as All Mail. What am I doing wrong? (It also appears in a label for "Jean123" and I'm not sure how it got there but that is beside the point.)
AI: This can be fixed by using the Inbox settings page and uncheck the option to have important mail ignore filters. |
H: How do I fit a Google Drawings canvas to actual shapes?
I have a Google Drawings amongst my Google Docs files with a huge canvas. The shape I drew within the image is a lot smaller than the canvas though.
How can I tell Google Drawings automatically to shrink the size of the canvas to fit the size of my shape?
AI: There is no way to do this automatically. The best way to do this would be to zoom to a level that allows you to quickly resize the canvas appropriately.
Go to View > Select zoom size (in or out or %) > use the drag-able corner in the bottom right of the canvas to resize the canvas. |
H: Why does Google Plus email my whole family when I share a post?
I frequently share photos from Instant Upload with my Family circle (which has 7 people in it). Every time I do this, I make sure that Also send email to Family is unchecked. However, every time, I hear back from a few people that they got an email notifying them about my post. I checked my wife's account, and in addition to the email she received, she has a notification that I shared my post directly with her.
Why is this? I don't want to spam my whole family every time I post. Is this a known issue, and is there any way that I can work around it?
I have submitted feedback to Google regarding this and have received no response.
AI: Sounds like your family will need to edit their email notifications settings. This can be done by going to:
Google+ → Settings (Gear) → Edit your Receive Notifications options
Each person will have to do this though, since the notifications are controlled on their side. This will allow them to continue to receive notifications in the top right (red square) but not in their inbox. |
H: In Facebook, how can I remove a tag of a friend in my photo?
I accidentally tagged the wrong person in one of my photos that I posted. How can I go into the post and remove that person from being tagged?
AI: Go to Photos in the left navigation bar
Click on an Album
Click on a Picture > a pop-up will appear with the picture on the left and comments and options on the right
There's an Edit button under the comments section > Click that
That will allow you to edit the comment if you have one, and the tags.
Each tag is in it's own blue box with an 'x' > click the 'x'
The tag will be removed > Click 'Done Editing' to finish |
H: Hide spelling and grammar error in Google Drive document
I am using Google Drive to create and edit a new document. How can I hide spelling and grammar errors in that document? I.e make the red lines below my words disappear
AI: Under "View" menu, un-select "Show spelling suggestions". I believe it's on a per user basis - effective to all documents you own. |
H: Can I display the circle with radius of N kilometers from specified place using google maps?
I need to see on Google maps the circle-radius of N km around specified city?
There is some kind of similar feature when the button "Show My Location" is pressed.
Any idea?
AI: It's possible to do this in code via the javascript API, but I don't believe the maps.google.com page itself has an option to let you place a circle anywhere. |
H: How do I get rid of the new message layout from Facebook?
I'm having a hard time to adjusting to the new messages format in Facebook. I want to revert to the old messages format. How do I remove it? There is no option under Facebook account settings.
AI: Unfortunately, probably not. Even if you were able to revert, it would only last until FB rolls out the new layout and makes it mandatory. I imagine that this is already the case.
Feel free to browse the info about the new features and layout: https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=260810124034353 |
H: How to monitor the list of users who are using google apps email
As a google apps administrator, How to monitor the list of users who are using google apps email (say over the weekend)
AI: You could try logging into Google Apps and checking the Reports tab.
Example:
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/mydomain.com/Reports#Reports
Details on how your users access Email can be checked by clicking on Additional reports
If the image text is not readable:
The email clients report explains how users in your domain access their hosted accounts on a day-by-day basis. For each day, the report lists the total number of accounts in your domain as well as the number and percentage of users who accessed their accounts using WebMail. This report does not include suspended accounts in the account total. |
H: How can send mail via Gmail to more than 500 contacts of my friends? ( I don't want to set me as spammer)
Many of my friends use Gmail. When I want to send them attractive emails, I have a group named everyone that I use it.
After that I send email to my friends, and remind them to check their mailboxes, they tell me, not delivered! But when I tell them
please check your Spam folder
They report that they've received it. Is there any way to tell Gmail to send, x mails every y minutes?
AI: Short answer: You cannot send more than 500 emails in a day from a single Gmail account.
Google will temporarily disable your account if you send messages to more than 500 recipients or if you send a large number of undeliverable messages.
If you access Gmail via POP or IMAP clients (like Microsoft Outlook), you can send an email message to a maximum of 100 people at a time. Cross the limit and your account will be disabled for a day with the error “550 5.4.5 Daily sending quota exceeded.
Gmail has these guidelines for sending bulk emails. You may ask your friends to add you email address to their Contacts list to avoid emails you send from landing in their Spam folder |
H: Gmail Signature does not show up
I configured Gmail to send emails from different sender addresses. For one of these addresses, I configured a signature. This worked quite well. When creating a new email I can choose the sender address and, automatically, the signature appears in the text field.
The problem: This does not work any longer. I have no idea why. I tried this on different computers, browsers and Gmail-accounts. They all behave the same.
Any Ideas?
Answers to questions in the comments
There is no special formatting in the signature. In Gmail Settings it is configured as 'only text', not as 'rich text formatted'.
There is no "show trimmed content" (three dots) button below the message.
AI: Apparently this problem is known to Google:
The known issues page lists this:
Switching signatures doesn't work in plain text
Reported 29, October
It's possible to have unique signatures in Gmail for each sending address associated with your account. Currently, switching signatures when you change the "from" address of a message only works properly in rich text mode. Click Rich formatting at the top of the compose field to change modes.
Based on this, saving the signatures as rich text should help, but I don't have this button. So I have to wait, until Google fixes this.
Update: Google fixed it!
For me, it works again. It seems, that Google has fixed the problem. |
H: Recover Gmail password from iPhone or phone number?
My laptop has just died and I don't know my Gmail password. I do however have Gmail set up on my iPhone. Can I recover the password from this somehow? I was thinking either finding what the password is or being sent the password to the email account.
I know I've entered my phone number for some Google product. Can I be texted the password or recovery instructions?
AI: Your Google account dashboard does not show you your password. The only option is to reset your password by entering both your current password and a new one.
One way to answer your question, since you have your phone is to try to log in on your phone's browser. At the login page select Can't access your account?
Follow the instructions to regain access to the password, although this will require you to reset your password. Your recovery options are dependent on whether you have selected recovery options for your account.
If you select "Recovery by phone," Google will either text or call you with a recovery code that you will enter on the following page in order to reset your password. You can always reset your password to be the same as what you thought your password was in the first place :) |
H: Can I view the HTML source of an email sent to my Gmail address?
I'd like to see how a certain email was put together.
Is there a "View Source" for emails sent to Gmail?
AI: As Jasper pointed out, click the dropdown menu next to the reply button, and select Show original. |
H: Sharing a Google Doc you have created by putting it into a folder shared with you
A folder with a bunch of work was shared with me. Call it "CSC". I made a spreadsheet, call it "hours".
How do I put the "hours" document into the "CSC" folder and make it shared with everyone else?
AI: You need to add the Shared collection/folder to your "My Drive." This can be done in the browser.
Go to your Drive and click on "Shared with me." You should see CSC there as usual
Select CSC by checking the box next to its name
At the top, click on Add to My Drive
This will make CSC show up in your "My Drive" list of documents while preserving the shared nature of the actual folder. You can now drag or move any other documents in "My Drive" into the folder, and it will be reflected for all users who share that folder.
REMEMBER: Any document from "My Drive" that you put into the Shared folder will inherit the level of access for the recipient. Meaning if you have a private doc that is put into the Shared folder, everyone who is included in the Shared folder will have access to this doc (view/edit based on their folder access). |
H: Can knowing a custom Facebook URL of someone bypass "who can look up my timeline by name" privacy option?
I have a Facebook profile with a custom URL name. For example Catdog: www.facebook.com/Catdog.
So does that mean if someone enters: www.facebook.com/Catdog into their browser AND they are not my friend OR mutual friend, could still see my Timeline even though I've set "ONLY FRIENDS" in the "Who could look up my Timeline by name" options in the privacy settings?
AI: No. Your privacy settings apply even to customized URLs for your Facebook profile.
There is always going to be some public information provided when people visit your profile page (Profile pic, basic info unless hidden). If you'd like to see what the public sees when visiting your profile, go to the Settings gear box on your Timeline and select "View as..."
The default view will show you how you appear to the public, as well as provide a box for you to see how your various friends see your profile as well. |
H: How to create a custom Gmail filter?
I want to create a filter in Gmail: that the sender is A AND the receiver is B.
It seems to me that this kind of combined filter is not available.
How to do this please?
AI: Is this not possible with the basic Gmail filter options? I think it should be:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6579
Just make sure you enter an address in the From field AND the To field.
Gmail's filters allow you to manage the flow of incoming messages.
Using filters, you can automatically label, archive, delete, star, or
forward your mail, even keep it out of Spam.
To create a filter
Click the down arrow in your search box. A window that allows you to
specify your search criteria will appear.
Enter your search criteria.
If you want to check that your search worked correctly, click the
search button.
Click Create filter with this search at the bottom of
the search window. If you need to verify the search results, you can
click the x to collapse the filter options. Clicking the down arrow
again will bring the window back with the same search criteria you
entered.
Choose the action(s) you want the filter to take.
To keep
organized, many people like to have incoming messages automatically
labeled and removed from their inbox until they can look at them later
at a more convenient time. If you want to do this, make sure to select
Skip the Inbox (Archive it) and Apply the label: when you create your
filter.
Click the Create filter button. |
H: How can I email a photo from Google plus via gmail?
I have a photo under Photos on G+. I want to email it to someone. Ideally, I could do this from Gmail, but if I can do it from G+ that would be great.
I don't see any way of doing this from Gmail. In G+, I can select the photo, click on Share and put in an email address. But this generates a post on my feed (that I don't want), and only sends a tiny thumbnail to the person with a link to the G+ article. And it's not from my Gmail address.
Basically, I just want to compose a message in Gmail, and have the option to attach a photo that exists under my G+ photos. Why is this so hard?
AI: The built in Share functionality is meant to just show a thumbnail, but there is a workaround for a purely Gmail solution.
In the compose window you should be able to attach an image. IN the "Add an Image" window click on "Web address (URL)"
Then, in your G+ window, right-click on the image you want to share and select "Copy image URL" You can now paste this URL into the "Add an Image" window and have it display in preview. |
H: New GitHub organization isn't showing on my profile
My new organization (created yesterday) is visible in my account settings:
but it isn't visible when viewing my profile:
Any idea why it's not showing?
AI: You may need to declare or publicise your membership in the organisation.
Go to your team/organisation profile
Click on the People tab
The URL will be similar to: https://github.com/orgs/{foo}/people
Go to the line with your profile and change Private to Public
The organisation will now appear on your profile and you will be listed publicly as a member when others are viewing the organisation's profile page. |
H: Daylight savings time reminder?
Is there a web app that will send me an email or SMS to remind me that US Daylight Savings Time is starting or ending?
AI: This is a Google Calendar solution, and includes instructions on how to add reminder notifications, since the basic US Holiday calendar doesn't allow you to change Calendar-level notifications.
You can try using Google Calendar to set an event on your calendar every time Daylight Savings time begins or ends. This works for events repeating on the first Sunday in November which is when Daylight Savings ends.
Here's how you can do it for Daylight Savings ending (in the fall).
Go to the day you'd like the event to start and click "Create Event"
Create an event titled "Daylight Savings time ends"
Set it to repeat "Monthly"
Repeat every: 12 months
Repeat by: "day of the week"
Starts on "11/4/2012"
The summary at the bottom should say "Every 12 months on the first Sunday" - this will make sure the even happens on the first Sunday, regardless of the actual date:
Once the event is created, just set the reminder notification to send you an email/SMS for whenever you'd like the reminder to be sent (this reminder can be sent minutes, hours, or days before the actual time change).
Repeat this process for the second Sunday in March which is when it starts back up again. There is no way to set an event to repeat 6 months on a different Sunday.
Disclaimer: I work for Google, so my solutions tend to be Google-centric |
H: With Gmail's 2-step verification, what's the purpose of the "recovery email address"?
If I have a change in phone number, and the two-step stops working, is the recovery email address going to be all it takes to get back full access, or is that only going to be useful for a forgotten password?
I ask this because I am not sure I like the backup options available for the two-step deal, but I do have an email address that is plenty secure, and I am OK using it for full recovery options.
AI: No, the alternate email address cannot give you full access over your own account in case you lose your phone. The email address is only for additional protection for users signed up for 2-step verification. |
H: How to export Facebook birthdays permanently?
I found the obvious information about how to 'import' Facebook birthdays into Google Calendar. Yet, this is not a true export/import, it just shows the Facebook birthdays in my Google Calendar without really copying the information.
I am leaving Facebook and I don't wish to lose all my friends' birthdays. How can I achieve this?
The link in the comments provides the same solution that I can find when googling the problem, but as I said, this does NOT copy the data, it just creates a dynamic URL link to it. The result will be that if I delete my facebook account, this iCal will disappear.
I am looking for a way to permanently EXPORT the birthdays and then IMPORT them as real data into my regular Google Calendar. I do not want an iCal link.
AI: As of now, Facebook does not provides any such option, so it is not possible.
At the maximum, Facebook does has an API, so it must be possible through the API, but then, you have already gone through the apps and they are providing only dynamic links and not actually copying the data.
So, what you are left with is - make your own app to copy birthdays using the Faceboom API or else, you can always manually copy and paste the data from Facebook to Google Calender or may be iCal or any other software system of your choice. |
H: Can you upload a saved profile to Google Plus?
Using Takeout, you can download your Google Plus profile information to a json file.
Is it possible to use this file to upload the information to a new Google Plus account?
AI: No, it is not possible. Takeout links with your Google+ account, but Google+ does not has any connection with Takeout.
Google+ does has an API, but there is absolutely no way any API would ever allow an app to alter it's user personal details.
Also, a single person creating and using multiple accounts, or someone creating an account with the exact details of an another account is something no company had ever wanted. |
H: Is it possible to bulk add titles to an IMDB list?
I want to add my movie/TV collection to IMDB lists. The default way to add titles to a list is very cumbersome, so I was wondering if there is a way to import titles from a csv file or something like that so that the process becomes easier.
AI: No, it is not possible. As of now, IMDB has no such option. Also, IMDB has no API to make it possible.
Generally speaking, BULK is something every company wishes to avoid. |
H: CC Emails for address@customdomain.com to the super admin when using Google Apps for business?
I have Google Apps for business email set up for a custom domain. There is a super admin and a couple of users. Whenever any of the users receive an email, I want the super admin to receive it as well. Just how we cc when sending emails.
I apologize if this is a duplicate question, but I did not find a satisfactory answer!
Any guidance on how to do this?
AI: Since you are Super admin who want to check the emails being received by domain users, You should create Email Monitors using Mail Audit API. I have been successful to do this using Google Apps Script and Email Audit API. Hope this will come to rescue you too. |
H: Where can I see the result of an SQLfiddle query?
I'm trying to answer a question on Stack Overflow, and I want to test the answer to see if it's correct. I don't have Oracle, though, so I'm using sqlfiddle.com.
Here is the query: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!4/b18a2/11.
Where can I see the result? The result should be '1' (employee 1).
AI: You see the result in the lower part of the screen. Your query, however, doesn't return any records(you've created the tables, but not inserted any data) and hence there's no result shown |
H: Mirror / autoforward Google mail
Is it possible to create an autoforward rule and/or a mirror-like service for current users? We use Google Apps for Enterprise (paid version—includes Postini).
I need that emails sent from/to a specific user will also be sent to another email. Of course, this needs to be discrete, without the user knowing that.
Is it possible in any way?
Having a forward address in the user's settings box is, of course, not an option.
AI: I found out about Flashpanel -Creating a Monitor User over an inbox.
Thanks |
H: Creating Facebook business page with my design and my buttons
I'm new to Facebook. I was asked to design and create a business page for the customer. He has a business FB account.
I've tried to create a page, upload an image on it (although it was cut to 851px x 315px). Seems like that's not what I'm actually need. So, I'm stuck. I've read Why can I not create an application on my Facebook page? , but I'm still curious if I really need to choose an App on Facebook from https://developers.facebook.com/apps application or I have to do it in another way.
I want my image on FB to be about 800px to 800px and have some text, my own buttons above the image that link to the business page etc.
I think I need something like this company has on FB (just an example).
But, I don't know from what link at Facebook I should start?
AI: The facebook page you linked to is not actually a page but a facebook application, an facebook application can have custom html, dynamic pages and other stuff, an actual facebook page can have an cover photo and profile pic only.
You cannot customize a facebook page so you can write an facebook application, facebook's guide to creat a application can be found below.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/canvas/
http://www.labnol.org/internet/create-custom-facebook-pages/17957/ |
H: Is it possible to recover an email that has been clicked "delete forever" in the trash folder?
Is it possible to recover an email that has been clicked on "delete forever" in the trash folder?
I have accidentally clicked delete forever for an email but now I need to recover it.
AI: I am sorry to say it is not possible to do so from within Gmail.
If the email was downloaded using Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, or any similar software, and the mail client has not been synced since deletion, the messages can then be restored. |
H: How do I add an image to a LinkedIn Signature?
I would like to know how to add an image to a LinkedIn signature much in the same way that you are able to in ones Gmail Signature.
AI: LinkedIn Email Signature - No Longer Supported
Customized email signatures can no longer be created on the LinkedIn site. However, you can create an auto-signature from within your email client, and then direct your contacts to your customized public profile URL. Learn how to customize your profile URL.
You can customize your public profile URL when you edit your public profile. Custom public profile URLs are available on a first come, first served basis.
Move your cursor over Profile at the top of your homepage and select
Edit Profile.
You'll see a URL link under your profile photo like
www.linkedin.com/in/yourname. Move your cursor over the link and
click the Settings icon next to it.
Note: "Update your public profile settings" will show up if you
don’t have a public profile.
Under the Your public profile URL section on the right, click the
Edit icon next to your URL.
Type the last part of your new custom URL in the text box.
Click Save.
Notes:
Your custom URL can have 5-30 letters or numbers. Don't use spaces,
symbols, or special characters.
We recommend using a variation of your name and/or your professional
brand since you’ll share this URL with people so they can find your
LinkedIn profile. Some job applications may also ask you for your
LinkedIn profile URL.
The customizable part of the URL is case insensitive. This means
using JohnSmith, johnsmith or johnSmith will all point to the same
profile.
If the URL you want isn't available, please select a different one.
We can't make custom URLs available to members upon request.
You can change your URL up to 5 times within 180 days. Once you have
changed your URL for the 5th time, you won’t be able to change it for
another 180 days. Changing your URL several times may make it hard
for people to find you.
If a member uses a URL and then changes it, that URL will be
unavailable for use by other members for 180 days.
If you navigate to a previously claimed URL, you may see a page that
reads Profile Not Found. |
H: Where to report Google Groups bugs?
Where to send bug reports for Google Groups?
When I mark a post as spam in the Group I manage, I almost always get this error:
When I click Google Support link, I get this very unhelpful page:
(it contains nothing clickable except "Report a legal issue")
The Group about Google Groups was closed in 2010.
AI: In your Settings (the Gear icon), there should be a link that says "Send Feedback"
This tool will allow you to give a description and send a screenshot of the issue. |
H: Can you make Google search results category (web, images, maps, etc.) show on top?
I was using a public computer the other day and was surprised to find google search results rendered a little differently on its Chrome than on my laptop's Chrome.
Basically, the search results category bar on the left (that says Web, Images, Maps, Videos, etc.) was moved to the top of the page, so there was more space for the results to show up across the row.
Where is this option hidden in Google? Or was this created by an extension in Chrome?
AI: Google are updating their site layout to the look you experienced, but it is a progressive rollout. Whether you get it at the moment is probably depending on factors like which server farm you get, but it will be standard soon.
According to this post by Google:
It’s going out to Google.com users in the U.S. to start, and we want to get it to users in other languages and regions as soon as we can. |
H: Keyboard shortcut to add new Gmail contact?
I have looked through the keyboard shortcuts and searched as best I can and I cannot seem to find a keyboard shortcut to add a new contact. It must be staring me right in the face, but I'm not seeing it.
To be clear on what I'm talking about: I'm referring to the scenario where I am in the main screen of the Gmail contact manager, looking at my list of contacts. There is a big red button labeled "New Contact" that I can click on to add a new contact. That's great. I just want to do that exact same action with a keyboard shortcut. The same as what I can do with 'c' and 'shift-c' in Gmail to compose a new message.
So far the best I have been able to do is / (to get to the search box), then tab nine times, then space. But that is ridiculous.
AI: Unfortunately there is no built-in way of doing this. Hitting / and tabbing over is the easiest way without generating a custom keyboard shortcut outside of the Gmail Contacts framework. |
H: How can you 'mail merge' on Facebook?
I have an event on Facebook that a number of people are attending. I'd like to send a message to each of the attendees, and I'd like the message to start with 'Hi !'.
This is similar to the old concept of mail merge where you have a list of recipients whose data you fill in to a template message before sending it to them.
Any ideas on how I could go about doing this? Any 3rd-party tools that you can use to script Facebook?
AI: Cannot be done natively through Facebook.
Your only hope is to be able to export your Facebook contacts and run them through a mail merge on your local.
Or try and upload/import the contacts list to Gmail and use Google Docs as a way to send out personalised mass emails.
If you wanted to try your hand at the Gmail & Google Docs method, "Create a Mail Merge with Gmail and Google Docs" has some steps. They are roughly thus:
Create a new Google Docs Spreadsheet
Select "Mail Merge" from the menu and allow authorisation access to Gmail and/or Google Contacts
Create a new group on Google Contacts with the emails and details of those you want to send to
Click Mail Merge → Import Google Contacts and select the name of the new group. The details should import.
Compose the email as desired
Go to the Mail Merge menu and click Start Mail Merge. The sending will begin and update.
There's a little more nuance in the link mentioned, but listed here is the general step direction you'll be taking. |
H: What is the most efficient way of having an entire Google Group edit a single Google document?
I have created a Google Group for my development team, and we've agreed to have Google as a host of our design document.
Every member needs to be able to edit the design document, and I'm not sure how to do that. Is it possible to create a Google document as a group, instead of as an individual? How can an individual share the document with the group easily, if not?
AI: Yes, share it with edit capability with the group's email address.
Done :) |
H: Use Google Drive to create Google Blogger or Blogspot posts
Is it possible to create and edit documents in Google Drive and then publish them to my Blogger account as posts? This is because the editor of Google Drive is far better for me.
AI: I have found the solution myself. Google used to have a feature Publish to Blogs under Publish to the Web on Google Docs/Drive and it had the option I was looking for. But sometime back Google dropped this feature very quietly and now there is no direct way. |
H: Find photo info page for Flickr profile image
Given a Flickr static image (like http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7753425102_02f23b5a21.jpg), I know how to find the info page for that image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75151585@N07/7753425102/), by extracting the image ID or by using a tool such as http://flickr.d6cn.com/.
But this doesn't work for profile images like http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2213/buddyicons/30052849@N07.jpg. How can I find the photo page for a profile image?
AI: You can't.
When you select an image for your buddy icon, Flickr will create a copy of it and allow you to play around with that.
Not all buddy or profile icons have a corresponding photo page under the account as it may not even be from that Flickr user's album.
But, you can at least find out who owns the profile when you hit them up.
Their profile image:
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/616/buddyicons/{profile-id}.jpg
Their profile page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/{profile-id}/ |
H: How to set up single PayPal button to sell multiple quantities of one product with variable shipping.
I have a single item I need to sell on my website through PayPal.
I am having a tough time setting this form up with PayPal
Buyers may purchase multiple quantities.
If three or less are ordered the shipping price is the USPS priority price of $5.30. 4-6 is $10.60, 7-9 $15.90
AI: I figured it out... Unfortunately, the PayPal documentation does not mention that a user must be a Business level user to enter separated shipping details. |
H: How can I share my YouTube clip anonymously?
I have uploaded a video to YouTube and I want to share it without revealing my YouTube identity. Meaning I don't want people to see other videos of mine or my YouTube or Gmail username.
How can I do this?
AI: Seems like you are over thinking this one. You should create a second account. It would allow you to keep them separated. You can be logged into more than one account on youtube at a time. |
H: How can I connect to Twitter API via a proxy?
I am a starter and need to connect to Twitter API via a proxy and tweet : Hello World?
My web site is .NET, C# and I want to tweet events on my site to Twitter via Twitter API.
Please give me an easy, summarized instruction note to do that.
AI: Here is the sample code. http://psantos-blog.zi-yu.com/?p=197
Basically you need use request.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://localhost:8080", false); this code to specify the proxy. |
H: Is there any way to follow a specific hashtag?
I want to follow a hashtag on Twitter. I know that Twitter doesn't allow you to do it directly, and I tried to find special services without any success.
Do you know how I can follow Twitter hashtags?
AI: You can't follow a hashtag directly with your Twitter account, but third party software such as Tweetdeck will let you do that with a "hacky" solution. You can set up a column with Tweetdeck to search for a hashtag and it will update automatically. This is essentially the same as searching for a hashtag on Twitter, but on Twitter it will not automatically update for you. Plus, with Tweetdeck you can save the column so it's always there and updating when you turn it on. |
H: How to report bugs in Tumblr?
I have noticed that using Markdown support in Tumblr, there is a problem with code formatting. For example, in this post:
http://randomencoding.tumblr.com/post/35672522660/android-programatically-setting-up-a-tabhost
I've used the Markdown support in my code snippet. You'll notice that the code starts out like this:
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
TabHost.TabSpec tab = tabHost.newTabSpec("tab1")
There's an annoying space in the front of the first line. If I try to delete that space (by shrinking my first-line-indent from 4 spaces to 3) you'll not be surprised to learn that this makes it so that the snippet is no longer considered code and is thus formatted incorrectly.
I do not expect a solution to this bug here -- but how do I report this bug to Tumblr?
AI: Problems with Tumblr are best submitted via the "Contact Support" link at the bottom of their help page.
There is also an old Get Satisfaction page, but this doesn't appear to get much use any more. |
H: Open Google Drive with all top-level folders open in sidebar
The title says it all, just a huge convenience not having to open up the "My Drive" folder everytime I open Google Drive?
AI: There is no way of default-opening the folders on the left bar in native Google Drive, but what might be helpful to you is that Google Drive will default to whatever main-frame view you had open the last time you logged off.
What you could do is go to "My Drive" and make sure the items in the main view are sorted by title This will put all of your folders at the top of the list because it also first sorts by type.
Now every time you log in you'll see this view, unless you change the sorting afterward. |
H: Google Spreadsheets automatically removes leading zeroes
I have a column comprised exclusively of numbers. Whenever I add 050, the sheet automatically changes it to 50. I have tried prepending a space, but it makes no difference.
What can I do to avoid this?
AI: If there's a difference between 50 and 050, what you have are strings (i.e. text).
Changing the cell format to Plain Text via Format>Numbers>Plain Text will keep leading zeros. |
H: How do i tell Amazon that a seller betrays the customers?
I found some sellers that betray their customers.
I ordered a router at each of them: TP-Link TL-WR841ND but they are all sending another revision of the same router instead, that costs a few dollars less new: TP-Link TL-WR841N
Is there a way to contact Amazon to tell them this is going wrong?
AI: You can report Sellers who violate Amazons TOS at the following link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/reports/contact-us |
H: How do I mix formats in one cell?
I've got a string like
="Daily Avg: " &AVERAGE(C3:C13)
I'd like to be able to apply number formats within my cell's formula. Is this possible without custom scripts?
I've searched Google's help centre but found nothing.
AI: The text() function might help you out. There is better documentation of it on the Excel help site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/text-function-HP010062580.aspx
What you're looking for is wrapping your average() function in the text() function like this:
="Daily Avg: " &text(AVERAGE(C3:C13),"0.00")
text() works like this:
text(number,format) where number refers to the data you're trying to convert and format refers to the way you'd like numbers to be displayed. In my example I just carried out the decimal to 2 places. |
H: How to use LEFT function in COUNTIF
I have a column that sometimes has B and sometimes B - somecomment. I want to count all instances of B. I expected it to be something like
=COUNTIF(B14:B943, LEFT(B14:B943,1) = "B")
But no dice. What am I missing? Is there a better way to solve this problem?
AI: Try this:
=countif(arrayformula(left($A$30:$A$38)),"B")
What you're doing is trying to sum the relevant values before actually running the left() function.
Using arrayformula() will let you evaluate the function over the range and use its output as a single number (basically allows you to run the left() prior to summing the count of "B")
More about using arrayformula(): http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=71291 |
H: Does Google Music match?
Does Google Music match my music with it's own database?
A lot of Sources are claiming that, however it seems to just upload my Music (ie: The tags aren't updated)
What is right?
AI: Google Music recently launched in Europe and one of the claimed features is "scan and match".
According to The Verge, this is Europe-only for now and, at least during their checks, only seems to be working in the UK.
So, depending where you are, the answer to your question is: not yet, but soon.
Update: This has gone live in the United States. |
H: How can I prepare a sparkline graph (line/bar)?
How can I prepare a SPARKLINE graph (line/bar) in a Google Sheets?
With the Google Drive help it doesn't work for me.
Reference: Google Drive Help.
AI: There are two ways to address a line/bar type graph. Consider the following data set:
A1:A5 = data
B1 = charttype, C1 = bar
First:
SPARKLINE(A1:A5;B1:C1)
Take a good look at the semicolon, in stead off the comma !!
Secondly:
SPARKLINE(A1:A5;{"charttype"\"bar"})
Take a good look at the backslash, in stead off the comma !!
Without these two modifications, making SPARKLINE graphs became very difficult for me.
Please note, that these changes may only be affected by CEST/CET time zones, see remark made by Adah (google) in the second reference.
References:
Google Group discussion
Google Drive Help |
H: Search Google with special/punctuation characters
Possible Duplicate:
How can I search for a keyword with special characters in Google Search?
How to search the internet for terms with special characters
How do you use Google (or perhaps other search engines) when special (punctuation) characters are involved?
I'm searching for things in programming languages where punctuation marks are part of the terms, but often left off when run through most search engines.
AI: You may not be able to search for them. Search engines discard most punctuation, usually fold upper and lower case together and index only whatever's left. Which characters are discarded and which are kept varies from one engine to another, based in part on their own analysis of what users are trying to find. For example, when I worked on the Microsoft engine (what's now called Bing), we initially discarded plus signs until we realized that caused problems on searches for C++. |
H: How can I include iframes in an eBay listing?
When I try and post a listing on eBay it tells me I can't use iframe:
— but all the professional listings I see have iframes...
What's the catch? How can I add iframes to my eBay listings as well?
AI: There is no catch as there are no iframes allowed for use in any eBay listing.
You can't use HTML or JavaScript that:
Calls remote scripts and pages automatically, such as JavaScript "includes" or "iframes."
...
What you are seeing in some listings is how the server has chosen to render the listing according to the browser.
In some it will be loaded fully embedded as part of the page. On others, it will be loaded in an iframe. Both will be using the same information.
An example listing viewed via Opera shows this in the source code:
<div class="sh-cnt u-cb">
</div>
<div id="desc_div">
<table align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;">
<tr>
<td>
<div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Boutique Chérie</title>
...
However, the same while using Firefox renders this:
<div class="sh-cnt u-cb">
</div>
<div id="desc_div">
<iframe id="desc_ifr" height="10000" width="99%"
marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0"
src="http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?etc"
title="Seller's description of item"></iframe>
</div>
...
Same listing, different rendering. |
H: Manage Google Apps without being a user
I have a client who I am going to setup a free Google Apps account. I know with the free account the client is limited to 10 users. Is there a way that I can manage their Google Apps account without being an user or taking an user space.
EDIT
Google Apps for free is no longer avalaible as of 12/6/12 See Here for more info.
AI: I don't see how that could be possible: the domain-administrator needs to be one of the users.
Also, are you sure it's still 10 users for free? I know it used to be, but thought that it got reduced to three. |
H: When a person tags you in a photo, why does it not show up under photos of you?
I was tagged in a photo (uploaded by another person) and when I go to my profile and click on Photos, it's not there. How can this be changed?
AI: Can you check if you have Tag Approvals enabled. If so, you would need to approve the tag for it to be shown on your timeline.
With the current Facebook settings for share with Friends, a photo should be visible to the owner, friends and friends of those tagged. Unless of-course the owner has chosen a different privacy setting. |
H: What happens to my deleted Trello cards?
I am trying to push Trello for adoption within my organisation, but there is concern from higher up about the deletion of data.
Are cards logically deleted (ie setting deleted=true) or are they really deleted from the server?
As I understand it boards and lists can only be archived for the time being.
AI: Cards can be archived too. This is the preferred way to handle completed cards/boards. Archived items are hidden from board view but can still be searched for and returned from the archive if desired.
When actually deleting a card the system reports "There is no undo" with this action.
Adoption by our team members (< 20 in our case) was very quick (less than a month) once we showed them all the basics. |
H: Can Google Calendar be customized via user-provided "Labs" features?
Google Calendar has the option of being customized by enabling features under the "Labs" setting. I would like to make my own customizations similar to these Lab features. Is this possible?
AI: Unfortunately no, users cannot add their own labs features to this list.
You can however suggest a labs feature, the link is provided on the Labs page: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/calendar
Not sure how often, if ever, they check this, but you cannot add a user-generated lab. |
H: Do users see other cards on the boards?
I would like to know how much the users I invite to the boards see?
Do they see other cards, which they are not assigned to?
AI: Yes, inviting a user to a board allows them to view all cards.
Subscribing/Assigning users to a card simply allows them to receive notifications when the card is edited, commented on etc. |
H: Using Wikipedia bots on other MediaWiki-based wikis
There are some Wikipedia bots that I consider to be absolutely indispensable: they perform tasks like fixing broken redirects, automatically reverting vandalism, etc. Is it possible to use these Wikipedia bots on other wikis? On large wikis, manually reverting vandalism and fixing broken redirects is a rather tedious task, and ought to be completely automated.
AI: That always depends on the bot in question, there is no simple way to take several completely different bots and make them run on your wiki.
Some of them already operate on multiple wikis, so if you contact the bot operator, he might just add your wiki to the list. Even if the bot doesn't currently work on multiple wikis, he might be willing to modify it for that.
Most of the bots are also opensource, so you should be able to get heir code, modify it for your wiki (probably just change the URL in the config somewhere) and run it yourself. |
H: Is there a way to set my timezone on github.com?
Whenever I make a comment/issue or commit. The time is off by 10 hours. I believe it is a timezone issue.
Is there a way to change my timezone for my github account?
AI: Unfortunately there is no such option. However, Github displays most dates in a relative style anyway - and that's based on your system time so those values are correct. |
H: How to check if someone is on Google+ by email address?
We're trying to get some Google reviews for a company by contacting their past clients and asking them to leave reviews. The process is substantially easier if they already have a Google+ account. Is there an easy way to search by email to see if they have an account?
AI: In Google Contacts (or through Gmail Contacts) the user information will show a "Connected Profile" if they're on Google+. |
H: Google Apps Free - Multiple domains?
I use Google Apps free right now with one domain (example.com). Now I have bought another domain (example2.com). Do I need to create a new Google Apps account to use example2.com or can I continue to use the new domain with my first Google Apps account?
I have verified with my first Google Apps account that I am the owner of example2.com by entering a TXT DNS record. So it looks alright and it says that it's verified.
I'm wondering because I want to use example2.com with Google App Engine but when I try to connect my application with example2.com I get a message saying:
Google Apps Administrator Control Panel has not been enabled by the administrator of the domain @example2.com.
It seems that I have to create a new Google Apps account for domain example2.com? I was hoping I could have all my domains administered from one Google Apps account.
AI: Turns out you can't add your secondary domain as "domain" you have to add it as a "domain alias" for it to work.
See this forum thread for more info |
H: How to backup and export all my pictures and data from Facebook?
Before, in Facebook I found a feature for backup my data. I sent that request and then Facebook sent me an email containing a link for downloading a file larger that 100 MB.
I want to back it up selective. And I want to download the archive in 5/20 MB split files.
Is there any way to do that?
AI: If you want to download either individual components of your Facebook profile - photos, messages, wall posts, updates, friends etc - or indeed the whole thing, then you should use SocialSafe. You can specify what parts of your account that you back up to your own machine and the user interface makes it easy to browse or search through it.
You can download it for free from the SocialSafe website.
It also supports Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn and Viadeo. Worth checking out. |
H: How do I produce a lettered list in Blogger?
When writing a blog post using Google's Blogger, you can do so using "Compose" mode (a WYSIWYG editor) or HTML mode. When using HTML mode, if I write:
<ol type="a">
<li>Item a</li>
<li>Item b</li>
</ol>
it correctly displays a lowercase lettered list when viewed in "Compose" mode. However, when I actually publish the post, it reverts back to a numbered list in my blog (despite the HTML source remaining the same as above). Any suggestions on how to fix this?
AI: As mentioned in comments, instead of the attribute type="a", use the equivalent inline CSS style:
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-latin">
<li>Item a</li>
<li>Item b</li>
</ol>
Apart from the type attribute being deprecated in HTML 4.01, if there are any CSS style rules set in your blogger stylesheet that specifically set the list-style-type then this will override the type attribute.
(I assume that whilst in "Compose" mode the full/theme stylesheet is not applied.)
Specifying an inline style on the element itself overrides any style specified in the external stylesheet. |
H: How do I get an RSS feed of my friends in Google Plus?
I want to follow my friends on Google+ with an RSS reader.
Is there any means for obtaining all of their RSS feeds all at once via Google+?
AI: Shameless plug.
You could try BazQux Reader, it directly supports reading of Google Plus pages. You only need to enter G+ page URL in "Add subscription" dialog to subscribe and read it like ordinary blog. |
H: Why are some videos HTML5 and some Flash - and how do I force HTML5?
When I watch this YouTube video it's in Flash.
But when I click on this other video - that video is in HTML5.
Why are some videos in Flash and some in HTML5? Also how can I force HTML5 for videos (for example, when I want to use the speed-up feature)?
AI: The issue with the first example is that you are not going straight to the video. Instead of watching as part of a playlist, view the video only:
http://youtu.be/KqnB2Ew0SFM
This is the full URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqnB2Ew0SFM Now you'll get all the features supported by HTML5. |
H: Cannot copy text from PDF generated with Google Docs?
I exported my document as PDF from Google Drive on the Web. When I try to Copy/Paste my content, I get this :
Text is in French. I can visualize it with no difficulties. The font is Verdana. There is only two colors on the document. It is an A4 doc. There are 471 words. It does contain a profile photo.
I am trying to copy/view using Preview on Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
Please do you have any idea how to fix that?
AI: Some PDF documents (especially with accented characters) get strange encoding. You can see this when you inspect the properties of the PDF file (e.g. in Acrobat). For more information, see this question.
One solution is to try another font in your source document that uses standard encodings.
Another solution (I've seen in Windows) is to print the PDF document to CutePDF (effectively re-saving it as PDF). |
H: How do I search an image with specific resolution using new Google Image Search
As you know, there was an option available in Google Image Search known as Search image with specific screen resolution, option name as Exactly but recently Google changed the approach and am not happy with the pre-defined sizes available there, any idea how I can hunt for a specific resolution image?
Say what if I want to search for an image of 300x300
Screen of new Google Image Search Options...
AI: Looks like the option got removed, and Google have even acknowledged it:
Thanks for writing in. We're aware of this issue, and we're working on
bringing the feature back. I'll let you know as soon as it's back up.
Sorry for any inconvenience
As pointed out in that thread, you can still get an exact size by using the imagesize filter like so:
html5 logo imagesize:300x300 |
H: Does Tumblr not allow animated gifs?
I'm new to Tumblr...
I've tried uploading an animated gif both via the URL and then uploading the actual gif, but it seems to only show the first "frame" from the animated gif. Does anyone know a way around this or does Tumblr just not allow animated gifs?
AI: Tumblr does allow animated gifs to be uploaded, but does place some restrictions on them.
From Tumblr's Posting Guidelines
Since resizing animated GIFs is computationally intensive, large files (greater than 512K or wider than 500 pixels) may lose their animation if the upload server runs out of memory. Please avoid uploading unreasonably large animated GIFs. |
H: In Facebook, is there anyway to add / tag a person in a post after you have posted?
Possible Duplicate:
How can I retroactively tag friends in a post on Facebook?
Is there any way in Facebook to add a person to a post after you have already posted. I see you can tag a picture after the fact but I can't seem to find out how to do that with a regular status post.
AI: No, there is no known functionality (for now) which allows you to edit your status and who you're with (that's the name for tagging someone in a status). You can, anyway, add a location or change the date. As Anusha suggested, you can do that in the comments by tagging a friend. Type @Foo to tag your friend Foo. |
H: Is there any way to view/show card numbers on every card?
It would be easier to refer to a card using the card number. I see that when you open a card, it shows a number at the bottom right. Is there a way to see this number when the cards are shown on the board. Also, does a similar functionality exits on the Android app ?
AI: I don't think there is a way to display card numbers from the board view. You can suggest this feature at feature-ideas@trello.com
A quick workaround for this until there is a solution is to hover over the card title in the board view. The URL preview provided by the browser (e.g. in Chrome the URL preview of the link is at the bottom left of the browser) will show the card's link. The number at the end of this URL corresponds to the number of the card.
Not a great solution, but the only way to see the card number without actually clicking into it. |
H: How do you manually block-quote in Gmail's new compose interface?
Gmail recently released a new UI for compose. How do you manually quote a paragraph? The block-quote button seems to have disappeared from the formatting toolbar in the rich text compose editor.
AI: The quote button is inside the More formatting options menu on the formatting toolbar. When you click the arrow, a submenu pops up with a few more options, depending on the width of your window. |
H: Does "inbox zero" erase email history?
I ask, because I can't find any emails in Gmail from June 2008. They have all been deleted... forever, it appears.
I've heard that after 30 days in the trash, messages are no longer recoverable. Is this true?
And if so, is there a way to delete messages, but ensure that I'll be able to view those messages 4 years from now?
AI: Archive your emails instead of deleting them. Then you can always access them with the "All mail" link. If you send your emails to the trash, they will be removed after a period of 30 days.
On a different note, if you don't trust the cloud fully, I recommend taking a backup of your email and storing it locally. Then you can always access them no matter what happens to your Google account or if you accidentally delete important emails.
One way of taking a local backup is using Mozilla Thunderbird and a plug-in that can save local copies of your emails in a standardized format. Another benefit of that is that it becomes easier to search in your collection of email (ironically, the search feature of Gmail has serious flaws). |
H: Using Gmail to manage multiple email accounts (not all @gmail.com)
Can you use Gmail like you'd use Outlook or Mac Mail, i.e., be able to see a bunch of accounts and use them from inside Gmail?
I know that you can do this in the new Outlook.com but we're already very familiar with Gmail.
The accounts I have vary (some @gmail, some @hotmail, and a couple of work ones) although I presume you'd add them by using IMAP and SMTP user names so you'd be able to add any account.
AI: Yes. I have several email accounts tied into my Gmail.
You want to have a look at the Accounts and Import tab under "Settings". There you can add other email addresses that you own.
Obviously, if it's not Gmail, you'll need to know some other information, like the POP3 and/or IMAP server information (password, port). You'll also need to confirm that you control the address before you can add it to Gmail.
More information at Gmail support. |
H: How do I access wordpress.com filesystem?
All I want to do is be able to start putting PHP in my pages.
So most of the things recommend putting in a plugin by accessing /wp-content/plugins.
How do I do this?
AI: You cannot. That's part of the deal working with wordpress.com. You cannot edit the source code. You cannot add JavaScript. You cannot add your own themes. You cannot add arbitrary plug-ins.
If you want to be able to modify WordPress to your liking, you need to download it from wordpress.org and self-host it somewhere. |
H: How to sumif with multiple criteria
My sheet looks like this:
1|A | B
2|amount | source
3|173.00 | bank1
4|173.00 | cc
5|173.00 | cash
6|173.00 | bank2
7|173.00 | cc
8|SUM
This is simplified but what I want to do is Sumif A3:A7 if B3:B7 does not contain cash or cc. Sumif needs to either include or exclude 2 criterion.
My working solution is
=(sumif(B3:B7,"<>cc",A3:A7)-sumif(B3:B7,"cash",A3:A7))
Just wanted to know if anyone knew a way to exclude/include more than one criteria in a straight-forward way?
AI: Try this:
=ArrayFormula(sumproduct($A$3:$A$7,$B$3:$B$7<>"cc",$B$3:$B$7<>"cash"))
This is a way for you to apply two different evaluations of cell contents (cc and cash) to the same range of numbers. |
H: Insert code sample into a Google Groups post
I'd like to add the following code sample to Google Groups:
<html>
<script type = "text/javascript">
var async = require("async");
</script>
<body>
</body>
</html>
How can I insert source code into Google groups like this?
AI: Direct copy+paste will work, but if you want to make it look like code you'll have to
Indent the code using the indent button
Select the code block and change the font
Select the code block & apply relevant colour.
All these should be possible from the Web UI |
H: How can I avoid surrounding underscores to be converted in Trello card descriptions?
When I am trying to add for example WS_EX_APPWINDOW as a text in a Trello card description it'll be converted to WSEXAPPWINDOW.
Am I assuming correct, that surrounding underscores are used for italic style?
How can I achieve to display WS_EX_APPWINDOW without conversion?
AI: Trello accept Markdown syntax in card descriptions.
When you surround a word with underscores it will be printed in italic
However you can use underscores escaping them, e.g.
WS\\_EX\\_APPWINDOW
will be printed as
WS_EX_APPWINDOW
If you wan to know more on markdown syntax please refer to the official documentation |
H: Do Google+'s machine learning algorithms use mute post information?
I've been using Google+ frequently and have taken to muting posts in which I am disinterested. I know Google+ uses machine learning algorithms to determine what content should be displayed to me. The problem is it takes time to select to mute a post and I haven't culled my circles enough to not get a fair amount of random content. There's no shortcut for muting posts so it's much easier to just scroll past the content. But if muting a post is information Google is using to determine what posts to feed to me then I'm all for training it. On the other hand, if Google is using other features, such as amount of time a post is active on my screen, then I'm hurting myself by taking the time to mute.
Basically, I know I'll get burnt out on G+ if I keep seeing junk, so I'd like to do it right so as not to abandon social networks for years again.
AI: I only see posts from people that I follow. There's a What's Hot on Google+ feature, but you can turn that off, see How do I completely disable the "Hot on Google+" feature?. I would suggest doing that, or perhaps following fewer people. Whenever one of my posts gets muted, Google+ tells me, but doesn't tell me who did the flagging. It is sort of disconcerting, so I try to avoid doing too much muting.
I don't think Google+ needs to use machine learning in Google+. I wouldn't consider "suggested people to follow" as machine learning, as it only suggests people that my existing friends (people I have in circles) follow. Of course, it is possible that Google+ is so subtle and powerful in its machine learning algorithms that it has inferred my preferences and adapted accordingly! If so, I don't think we are likely to find the details.
There is a question about ML use by Google Predictions on StackOverflow and SE Cross-validated, neither of which really could be answered with certainty. I think I answered the one on SO, which is mostly just a list of what Google Predictions does NOT use, as that is all that anyone (who doesn't work at Google) knows or is inclined to say! |
H: How to group data in a Google Spreadsheet?
I have the following table in a Google Spreadsheet:
Name | Value
A | 10
B | 100
A | 20
B | 200
C | 1000
How can I create another table based on a query:
select name, sum(value), count(value) from table group by name
so it looks like this:
Name | SUM | COUNT
A | 30 | 2
B | 300 | 2
C | 1000 | 1
AI: By using the QUERY function you can achieve your goal.
Formula
=QUERY(Data!A1:B6;"select A, sum(B), count(B) group by A")
Screenshot
Using other functions, makes it achievable as well.
add this formula in A2:
=UNIQUE(Data!A2:A)
add the following formulas in B2 and C2 and copy down to B4 and C4 respectively
=SUM(FILTER(Data!$B$2:B;Data!$A$2:A=A2))
=COUNTA(FILTER(Data!$B$2:B;Data!$A$2:A=A2))
Example
I've made an example file for you: QUERY vs. FUNCTIONS |
H: Google spreadsheet sorting messes up cell comments
I'm running into this weird problem with Google spreadsheets: if the cells have comments on them and I sort the spreadsheet, the rows sort but the comments stay in the same position, and don't move with the cells they're attached to. In other words, the cells look like this:
A
C <-- comment on this cell
B
and then I sort by this column:
A
B <-- comment remains on this cell (stays in position)
C <-- comment should have remained attached to this cell
This means that sorting is completely broken and I can't use it at all, because I clearly need the cell comments to stay with the cell they're attached to. Is this a bad bug in Google Spreadsheets, or am I missing something here?
AI: This isn't really an answer, but, just to close the loop, during my various attempts to troubleshoot this problem, the spreadsheet just deleted all the comments, so that fixed my problem in one sense, I guess. I don't really have any idea what was causing the initial problem, or the data deletion. It's a fairly big spreadsheet, with multiple collaborators, so maybe it got corrupted. Boo, Google. |
H: How are Foursquare venue "scores" calculated?
There's this relatively recent feature (since autumn 2012, I think) that venues have a score, apparently in the 1-10 range.
I mean the "8.7" in this screenshot:
...and the "8.1/10 People like this place" here:
Now, foursquare doesn't allow users giving any numeric venue ratings. What you can do is "like" and "dislike" a venue (along with saving them to lists, writing tips, and checking in, of course).
Also, from what I've seen, liking venues is relatively little used feature and I'm quite sure that a score of 8/10 doesn't mean that 8 out of 10 people who checked in also liked the venue.
So, my question is, how exactly are users' likes (or other actions) converted into the venue score?
AI: It's (vaguely) explained in a blogpost by Foursquare. It's not magic like they claim, but a combination of all the 4sq metrics: likes, check-ins, tips, loyalty, etc., in order to have a better evaluation algorithm.
It would surprise me if the actual algorithm is known publicly, though. So my answer is: "unknown", unfortunately.
Update: blog post linked above has been (re)moved. An equivalent article about place ratings is available on Foursquare's support site. |
H: How do I disable zoom effect when hovering mouse over thumbnails in Google Image Search?
I think this is something of a usability flaw, so I wonder if it's possible to disable the effect that scales thumbnails up when mousing over the results.
Either via a setting somewhere in my Google account, in my browser settings (Chrome), or via 3rd part browser (preferably Chrome) extensions.
Bonus
Bonus point if there's a solution (presumably extension) that allows for optional thumbnail zooming via keyboard hotkey.
AI: Check out Remove Image Search Zoom Extension.
Full Disclosure: I wrote this after reading your post. |
H: How do I go back after click on an internal bookmark in a Google Doc?
After I click on an internal bookmark in a Google Doc, how do I get back to my previous position? The browser back button doesn't work for this.
AI: AFAIK there is no way to use the back button to easily get tot he previous position in a doc.
If you are trying to do something like jump from one spot to another and back, what you can try is something like a Back to top link.
For example: if you have a table of contents at the top of a doc that jumps to headers below, you can insert a Table of Contents or set up bookmark links as usual.
Next, add a bookmark on the Table of Contents header itself.
Finally, next to any targeted headers in the doc, add the text "(back to top)" and link it to the Table of Contents bookmark. This will let users jump back to the original point. |
H: Android app too slow
Am I the only one who's Trello front page on the android app never fully loads? The loading animation never seems to stop, it's loading for an hour now. Also I used to have a couple of boards on the Trello website that I didn't have the need for anymore and I removed them, but they still appear in the android app.
I like Trello, a LOT. I would really love to be able to use it on my smartphone.
I have a fairly fast internet speed on my smartphone, both wireless and network but it doesn't help.
My android version is 2.3.5.
AI: I see this sometimes with the Trello Android App. I simply close and re-open the app and it usually syncs the second time. Log out and then log back in if reloading the app didn't work.
You may need to make sure the app has access to the network as some background apps (like battery savers or task killers*) can block network access when they should not.
Once your app finally syncs your boards list should be correct.
I do NOT recommend using task killers. I just know some people do and they can sometimes interfere with program operation in unexpected ways. |
H: What does the Gmail "Send without sharing" feature do when sending an attached file from Google Drive?
In Gmail, when sending a message with an attachment from Google Drive, there are three options:
Share & send
Cancel
Send without sharing
If I choose the "Send without sharing" option, will the document be sent as an ordinary attachment?
AI: No, sending an email with a Google Doc and selecting "Send without sharing" does not add it as a regular attachment.
The recipient will still get the same email, with a link to the Doc you sent. When clicked, the user will see the page that says "You must request permission to view this document"
The best use of this feature that I can think of is to set the Document to "Anyone can view." When you then share the doc with an email, you won't have to share it with everyone on the thread, but their having the link should be enough to allow them to see the document's contents. |
H: Why I cannot make a bold text on my wall?
I am trying to post some bold text to Facebook (it's part of the app I am making). I read in numerous articles on the net that I can easily make a bold text by surrounding it with * symbols.
However, I make a sample text like make me *bold*, and it does not appear bold.
When I post bold text make via some online tools, it does appear bold.
What's the catch? How can I make bold/italic text work when posting something to my wall?
AI: No catch, you simply cannot do this. Bold accents only for Google+. |
H: How to accept email *only* from white-listed addresses in Gmail?
Possible Duplicate:
How to implement a white-list-based system in Gmail?
I only want to accept email from two addresses, the rest I want to delete immediately, unseen.
I know how to make filters and I can white-list those two addresses.
If I make 3 filter, in this order;
1) from a@a.com move to inbox, never mark as spam
2) from b@b.com move to inbox, never mark as spam
3) from *@*.* delete immediately, never move to trash
can I be guaranteed that that will do what I want?
For instance, can I be sure that the filters are executed in that order? I don't want to lose any mail from those two addresses.
[Update] The accepted answer was almost correct, but instead of doesn't have <list of email addresses> (which did not work) I used from ~{<list of email addresses>}
The tilde ~ negates and the curly braces {} delimit the list. So, mail from anyone who is not in the approved list will be filtered.
AI: Thought I'd leave this answer here as well in case it works for you:
You can try setting up a filter that only looks for emails that are NOT from the intended recipients. In the case you list int he question, you would set up your filter like this:
Doesn't have: a@a.com, b@b.com (Delete it)
This means that the filter selects everything unless it either comes from these addresses, or contains these addresses somewhere in the email thread.
By using the "Doesn't have:" field, this allows you to reply to the thread, have a non-contact reply, and still have the thread safely reach the inbox. |
H: Email delegation Google Apps for Business
With email delegation in Google Apps for Business, is it possible to use an external email client like Outlook, Mac Mail etc. to access the emails?
I.e. an assistant using Mac Mail would be able to access the boss’s emails?
AI: Since Gmail delegation is thought for Google Apps it makes sense to use it with Google Apps' Gmail.
Once the delegate is signed into their own own Gmail account, they can
then access the other person's account from the account selection menu
at the top of Gmail.
Also the mentioned restrictions on the delegations prohibits setting up an email client:
You won't be able to give anyone permission to change your account
password or account settings, or chat on your behalf.
But an alternative to using just any client might be possible using the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook®: |
H: How to delete IFTTT account?
How can I permanently delete my account at IFTTT ?
I could not find any help on the site, nor any information on the internet.
AI: The help page make it clear:
How do I delete my IFTTT account?
Please contact support@ifttt.com with your IFTTT username. |
H: Mark Gmail inbox mail tagged as the mail address
I use the "Check mail from other accounts (using POP3)" feature in Gmail. There are two other accounts I check mail from.
Emails from one account is tagged as the email address, that's so handy as I know this mail is fetched from that account.
However, the other mail does not. How can I set this feature?
AI: GO TO SETTINGS
click on filter
in the to field put the email address in which you are retrieving
from
click create filter with this search to test
then select the features you want
such as apply label and skip inbox if you only want it showing in
your label.
if you select apply label you can create a new one or select a
premade one
click create filter
Or follow the link in google's help menu
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35088
Hope this helps. |
H: How do I list all users that documents are shared with in Google Docs/Drive?
We have over a thousand documents that I need to verify whether they are being shared and if so with whom. There doesn't appear to be a way to list all users granted access whether internal or external. Is there a way to do so?
AI: Take a look at FlashPanel for Google Apps. Once you scan all your assets you might be able to filter Docs (assets) as you want.
Available in the Marketplace here.
https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=14304+18345705634006699039&category=&query=flashpanel |
H: How does "following" work on GitHub?
I have a GitHub account and I follow some of my friends and other people whose projects interest me. When following someone, I was expecting to see their public activity in my news feed, but it is not the case. I am used to following someone on Twitter and I thought GitHub would work the same way.
How exactly does following people work on GitHub?
AI: After contacting GitHub support about this, here is what they responded me with :
Just to clarify things, I did a bit more digging and found that if you
follow a user you will receive the following notifications:
when they follow users
when they star repositories
when they fork or create a public repository
So it seems like you don't get notifications for every action they make. For that, you have to either:
Check their public activity on their profile, or
Watch a specific repo to get notifications for commits, etc.
While I understand that you would get tons of notifications if every action was displayed in the news feed, I'd like that we should at least have the control on which kind of notifications I want to see in my feed. |
H: Is using a screenshot of Google Maps on a company's website allowed?
I would like to use a screenshot of Google Maps on my company's website. But I'm not sure they allow using the maps besides through their API. Maybe it's OK if the image points to the Google website?
AI: It isn't allowed. You have to use the Google Maps API or ask for a High Res Screenshot directly to Google.com
link -> http://www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html |
H: Host Project on Public GitHub Repo but Hide Sensitive Information
So I'm fine with the source code to my files being public, but I obviously don't want my passwords/login info/etc to be public.
How can I host the repo with GitHub publicly but keep myself safe?
AI: Generally, all config data like passwords and database info will be kept in a config file. To keep private data safe, I usually:
Create an example config file that is hosted with the project
Provide documentation on modifying the example to be the actual config (rename the file, replace variables, etc.)
Add the actual config file to .gitignore so that it is not a tracked file
Those are my thoughts ... |
H: Why are strings on Twitter starting with $ marked as tags?
As you can see on https://twitter.com/powtac/status/277190821479063552, strings with four letters starting with an $ are marked as a Tag on twitter. But what kind of tags are those $TAGS?
AI: That's part of the stock exchange search feature. Or "cashtags".
When you include a dollar sign followed by the stock ID it will take you to a search page that shows you related Tweets about the company for that ticker symbol.
Now you can click on ticker symbols like $GE on http://twitter.com to see search results about stocks and companies
@twitter
Since there are a lot of the stock exchange identifiers with four characters, that's why you're seeing it appear auto-linked in your Tweets.
Normal currency and dollar amounts don't contain letters like that in that position and is also why that convention was adopted by Twitter. |
H: Unique pageviews in Google Analytics
Under Content → Pages in Google Analytics, it says that unique page views are counted for each unique combination of page URL and page title. Is the hash field a part of the URL in this context? Are /myUrl and /myUrl#section1 counted as two different page views?
AI: No, it shouldn't count it as 2 different URLs. While I'm not 100% on this, you can always check yourself by searching for it in Analytics.
Just go to the Content → Site Content → All Pages and use the search bar in the middle of the page to search for /myUrl#section1 — if nothing comes up then you know the stats are being rolled into /myUrl. |
H: Not Permitted - adding Yahoo Mail as a pop3 account to Gmail?
I intend to add my Yahoo Mail account as a pop3 account to my old Gmail.
In GMail > Settings > Accounts & Import > Add a POP3 mail account you own.
I mentionned my Yahoo account settings but I got the following error message :
Server denied POP3 access for the given username and password.
Server returned error: "[AUTH] Access to this service is not permitted."
Any idea ? Why it is not permitted ? is Google & Yahoo not permitting stuffs like that anymore ?
AI: Yahoo doesn't allow for POP access without their premium services. They do however offer it if you sign up for Yahoo Plus services.
Yahoo! Mail Plus |
H: Translating a Sheets document in Google Drive
I'm trying to translate a spreadsheet I've uploaded to Drive and converted to a Sheets. However there is no "Translate" option for me in the Tools menu, as per this article. My Tools menu:
What am I doing wrong?
AI: You can use the following formula to get text translated:
=GoogleTranslate("text", "source language","target language")
See reference: TRANSLATE |
H: How do I change the default view option for emails to plain text in Gmail?
I'd like to view emails only in plain text when using Gmail in the web browser. Is this possible (and how do I make it the default)?
AI: Unfortunately, you can't. There have been themes in the past (notably "Terminal") which used a fixed-width font, but even then the messages were still rich text/HTML.
If you want to see a message in its plain-text glory, all you can do is "show original" from the message menu. That'll give you the raw email including headers.
You can compose/send messages as plain text, but that's not what you're asking. |
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