An Overview on Cloud Backup Service

Cloud backup is a means to store information or data on the Internet. For example, if a person is a photographer and wants to store his or her pictures elsewhere in case their computer crashes. It would be a good way to backup data for a person who needed to keep data safe in case it was lost on the computer. Many businesses or individuals use such backup services just in case their computers crash or files get corrupted. There are some other advantages to using this type of service.

Cloud backup services are always dependable and reliable. Cloud sources use the best technology, such as encryption, disk-based backup, application-specific protection, and many other kinds of securities for the information that is stored on their server. Additionally, this kind of backup service is affordable. Some of these backup servers charge a flat monthly rate. However, when looking at a cloud service, be sure to question the backup security and management because that is the whole reason for getting such a service; the backup. Another option that needs to be looked at with this backup service is the seeding, which is the first initial backup.

If it is a company that has hundreds of gigabytes of information that needs to be seeded, it could take months to seed this data via the Internet. Therefore, a large company needs to look for a cloud backup service that has seeding options. Another option that needs to be looked at is large restores in case of a complete crash. Some companies will ship the restore information via DVD's for a charge; therefore, cutting out the hours of downloading the files off the cloud backup server for hours. However, there are some disadvantages to using such particular backup methods.

One of the disadvantages of cloud backup services are that high Internet bandwidth is required. One other disadvantage is that your data is at the hands of a third party server, which if they go out of business, a person will have to worry about retrieving his or her data. Also, some charge by how much data a person backs up, but some servers do charge a monthly flat rate instead. Furthermore, there is a difference in between home and professional cloud services.

Home cloud backup services are for a few home or small business computers. The cloud backup services for the larger businesses are able to handle more data and training and support. These cloud backup services that are available for both home and professional use are typically the ones which many people utilize to protect their data.

How to Create a Custom Facebook Page in 5 Minutes

Building Custom Tabs (Apps) for Facebook Pages
Before we get into the actual process of creating custom tabs for Facebook Pages, we need to decide a place where we’ll host the HTML, CSS and other associated files. If you already have a web host, you can use that to host your Facebook Pages but an even better, and simpler, option is Google Sites.

[*] The Digital Inspiration page on Facebook also uses Google Sites.

There are several reasons why you may want to use Google Sites. Google Sites are easy to maintain, offer WYSIWGY editing tools and can be integrated with Google Analytics so you more easily track visitors to your Facebook pages.

The other big reason is that Google Sites support both secure (https) and regular (http) connections. This is extremely essential because some users may have turned on “secure browsing” in their Facebook security settings. If you service your Page content from a regular (http) connection, all they’ll see is a “turn off secure browsing” warning messages.

You can easily avoid this issue with the help of Google Sites.

How to Create a Facebook App for your Page

Enough of theory, let’s now get our hands dirty and build a custom tab app for our Facebook Page.

Step 1: Open Google Sites and create a new site. Choose “Blank Slate” for the theme and set the width as 500px (the Facebook Pages canvas can be 520px wide).

Step 2: Create a new page in Google Sites and add some content to this page using either the built-in WYSIWYG editor or switch to the HTML view for any custom code. You may insert images, maps, videos, and everything else just like a regular HTML page.

Step 3: Switch to Facebook and search for the “Developer” app. Add this to your Facebook Profile and then click on the button that says “Create a new App”. Give your app a name and also add an icon since it will show up in your Facebook page.

Step 4: Under Facebook –> Canvas Settings, set the URLs for Canvas and Tab the same as your Google Site’s URL. The regular Canvas /Tab URL should point to the http version of the Google Sites while the Secure Canvas /Tab URL should use the https version.

Step 5: We are almost done. On the “Canvas Settings” page itself, click “View App Profile Page” followed by “Add to My Page” to add that app to any of your Facebook Pages as a new “tab.” If you wish to create more tabs for your custom Facebook Page, you just have to create new apps using the same steps.

Video Tutorial: Creating Custom Facebook Pages

Got stuck? Watch the following step-by-step video tutorial to learn how to create custom tabs for your Facebook pages using Google Sites.