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FaceBook Chat Emoticons

Emoticons	Shortcut Key	Description
	:42:	42 Red Number FaceBook Chat Emoticon NEW!!
	O:) O:-)	Angel FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	o.O O.o	Confused FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:'(	Cry FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:3	Curly Lips Facebook Emoticon / cute / cat-like
	3:) 3:-)	Devil / Satan / Vampire FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:-( :( :[ =(	Frown / Sad FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:-O :O :-o :o	Gasp / Surprise FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	8-) 8) B-) B)	Glasses / Blue Glasses FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:-D :D =D	Grin Facebook Chat Emoticon
	>:( >:-(	Grumpy FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	<3	Heart / Love FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	^_^	Kiki FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:-* :*	Kiss Facebook Chat Emoticon
	:v	Pacman Facebook Chat Emoticon
	<(")	Penguin Facebook Chat Emoticon
	:putnam:	Putnam (Chris Putnam) Facebook Chat Emoticon
	:|]	Robot Facebook Chat Emoticon
	(^^^)	Shark FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:-) :) :] =)	Smile Facebook Chat Emoticon
	-_-	Squint FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	8-| 8| B-| B|	Sun Glasses / Black Glasses FaceBook Emoticon
	:-P :P :-p :p =P	Tongue FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	:/ :-/ : :-	Unsure Facebook Chat Emoticon
	>:O >:-O >:o >:-o	Upset FaceBook Chat Emoticon
	;-) ;)	Wink FaceBook Chat Emoticon

Instant Messenger without Emoticons is like Racket without Shuttlecock. Facebook chat (one of the most popular social networking), we knew, he add some of library of cute emoticons to make our chat in Facebook more “emotion”.
To create facebook emoticon (sometimes we can called as facebook faces emotion) you need to know the shortcut key of each of emoticon (all The Emoticons in FaceBook Chat been Hidden / Secret that why its called Secret Hidden FaceBook Chat Emoticons. Just located the symbol (shortcut key) to your text field IM window in Facebook chat and then press enter. Just like Emoticons in Yahoo Messenger and also Emoticons in Skype.
You can also use these FaceBook Chat Emoticons in your Blog / Website such as Blogger aka Blogspot, Wordpress, Live Journal, Multiply, Blogsome and many more. Read our Tutorial here: Use / Add Insert FaceBook Chat Emoticon in Blog / Website (Blogger, Wordpress, Live Journal) – Quick Tutorial
FaceMoods: Facebook Chat Moods Emoticons Smiley Animation

If you are a Firefox User, you can try an enhancement of Emoticons Smileys Animation on facebook chat by using FaceMoods Firefox add ons. You can make animation mood emoticons or symbols animation like call me, shy, peace sign, clapping and much more (see the image above).
Add and Install FaceMood
Facebook Chat Emoticons JS (Java Script) Source
We experiment a little examination using Firebug to figure out the source code of Java Script of Facebook Chat Emoticon. And finally here are the result:
var Emote={_initialized:false,_imageBase:null,_emoteMap:null,_emoteOrderMap:null,_imageURLs:null,_regex:null,_mapOverlay:null,initImageURL:function(a){Emote._imageURL=a;},initExtraEmoticons:function(a){Emote._mapOverlay=a;},_init:function(){var f=env_get(’static_base’);Emote._imageBase=f+’images/emote/’;Emote._blankImgSrc=f+’images/blank.gif’;var a=['smile','frown','tongue','grin','gasp','wink','glasses','sunglasses','grumpy','unsure','cry','devil','angel','kiss','heart','kiki','squint','confused','upset','pacman','colonthree'];Emote._emoteMap={‘:-)’:['\\:\\-\\)','smile'],’:)’:['\\:\\)','smile'],’:]’:['\\:\\]‘,’smile’],’=)’:['=\\)','smile'],’:-(‘:['\\:\\-\\(','frown'],’:(‘:['\\:\\(','frown'],’:[':['\\:\\[','frown'],’=(‘:['=\\(','frown'],’:-P’:['\\:\\-P','tongue'],’:P’:['\\:P','tongue'],’:-p’:['\\:\\-p','tongue'],’:p’:['\\:p','tongue'],’=P’:['=P','tongue'],’:-D’:['\\:\\-D','grin'],’:D’:['\\:D','grin'],’=D’:['=D','grin'],’:-O’:['\\:\\-O','gasp'],’:O’:['\\:O','gasp'],’:-o’:['\\:\\-o','gasp'],’:o’:['\\:o','gasp'],’;-)’:['\\;\\-\\)','wink'],’;)’:['\\;\\)','wink'],’8-)’:['8\\-\\)','glasses'],’8)’:['8\\)','glasses'],’B-)’:['B\\-\\)','glasses'],’B)’:['B\\)','glasses'],’8-|’:['8\\-\\|','sunglasses'],’8|’:['8\\|','sunglasses'],’B-|’:['B\\-\\|','sunglasses'],’B|’:['B\\|','sunglasses'],’>:(‘:['>\\:\\(','grumpy'],’>:-(‘:['>\\:\\-\\(','grumpy'],’:/’:['\\:/','unsure'],’:-/’:['\\:\\-/','unsure'],’:\\’:['\\:\\\\','unsure'],’:-\\’:['\\:\\-\\\\','unsure'],”:’(“:["\\:'\\(",'cry'],’3:)’:['3\\:\\)','devil'],’3:-)’:['3\\:\\-\\)','devil'],’O:)’:['O\\:\\)','angel'],’O:-)’:['O\\:\\-\\)','angel'],’:-*’:['\\:\\-\\*','kiss'],’:*’:['\\:\\*','kiss'],’<3':['<3','heart'],'^_^':['\\^_\\^','kiki'],'-_-':['\\-_\\-','squint'],'o.O':['o\\.O','confused'],'O.o':['O\\.o','confused'],'>:O’:['>\\:O','upset'],’>:-O’:['>\\:\\-O','upset'],’>:o’:['>\\:o','upset'],’>:-o’:['>\\:\\-o','upset'],’:v’:['\\:v','pacman'],’:|]’:['\\:\\|\\]‘,’robot’],’:3′:['\\:3','colonthree'],’<(")':['<\\(\\"\\)','penguin'],':putnam:':['\\:putnam\\:','putnam'],'(^^^)':['\\(\\^\\^\\^\\)','shark'],':42:':['\\:42\\:','42']};if(Emote._mapOverlay)copy_properties(Emote._emoteMap,Emote._mapOverlay);var d=[];for(var c in Emote._emoteMap)d.push(Emote._emoteMap[c][0]);var e='(?:^|\\s|\'|"|\\.)('+d.join('|')+')(?:\\s|\'|"|\\.|,|!|\\?|<br />|$)’;Emote._regex=new RegExp(e);Emote._emoteOrderMap={};for(var b=0;b<a.length;b++)Emote._emoteOrderMap[a[b]]=b;Emote._initialized=true;},htmlEmote:function(j,l){if(typeof l!='function')l=htmlize;if(!Emote._initialized)Emote._init();var i=0;var k=j;var h=[];while(true){var e=Emote._regex.exec(k);if(!e||!e.length)break;var b=e[1];var d=Emote._emoteMap[b][1];var c=k.indexOf(b);var a=k.substring(0,c);if(a)h.push(l(a));h.push('<span class="emote_text">‘);h.push(b);h.push(‘</span><img class="emote_img" ');var f;if(typeof(f=Emote._emoteOrderMap[d])=='undefined'){h.push('src="');h.push(Emote._imageBase);h.push(d);h.push('.gif" ');}else{var g=((f*-16)-590);h.push('src="');h.push(Emote._blankImgSrc);h.push('" style="background:url(');h.push(Emote._imageURL);h.push(') ');h.push(g);h.push('px -84px no-repeat" ');}h.push('alt="');h.push(b);h.push('" />‘);k=k.substring(c+b.length);}if(k)h.push(l(k));return h.join(”);}};
According to the name of Facebook Chat Emoticons above, we got miss-named about curly lips. In those JS code said that it collonthree not curly lips.
FaceBook Chat Emoticons FireFox Add Ons: FB Chat Set Emoticons

We found the fastest way to use FaceBook Chat Emoticons that you don’t need to remember each of Shortcut Key symbols of FaceBook Chat Emoticons. By using FaceBook ChatBar FireFox AddOns you can add FB Emoticons without need to type manually its shortcut key. Just click the emoticons that you want and then it’s will automatically appears in your FaceBook Chat.
Remember you need FireFox Browser and also FaceBook Chat Bar FireFox Add Ons.
Another character that can be used in Both FaceBook Status Message and Chat / Messenger

FaceBook Chat Symbols Art

Art Symbol	Description	Art Symbol	Description
ƸӜƷ	Butterfly	☮	Peace Sign
(●̮̮̃•̃)	Panda Face	♩♪♫♬	Music Note
☨	Cross Sign	☎	Phone
☯	Yin Yang	♔	Crown
☆	Empty Star	★	Full Star
ಌ	Heart	♦	Diamond
♥	Black Heart	☁	Cloud
☀	Sun	☂	Umbrella
♀	Female	♂	Male
♐☎☏☪☚☛☻☺☹	Others 1	♼♽♻♺♹♨♧♥♤♣	Others 2
♲♳♴♵♶☃☝☞☟♎♰	Others 3	ಠ_ಠ ಥ_ಥ ☺ђέ«{^⌣^}»ђέ☺ ツ ｯ	Mimic
๏̯͡๏ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶	Faces 1	٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(×̯×)۶	Faces 2
“”̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿’̿’̵͇̿̿з=(•̪●)=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ ̿”"	Cowboy with two guns	(•̪●)=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ ̿””	Boy with a Gun
╔═══╗ ♪ ║███║ ♫ ║ (●) ♫ ♪ ╚═══╝♪♪	Sound System Music	☻/ /▌ /\	Charlie
┌─┐ ─┐☮ │▒│ /▒/ │▒│/▒/ │▒ /▒/─┬─┐ │▒│▒|▒│▒│ ┌┴─┴─┐-┘─┘ │▒┌──┘▒▒▒│ └┐▒▒▒▒▒▒“”	Peace Sign Hand	♥ (●̮̮̃•̃)●̮̮̮̮̃̃•̃̃) ♥ /█\ /█\ ♥ ||_ ||_♥	Two Lover

Just copy paste the code of Facebook Chat Art Symbols above to your facebook status message or facebook chat window. If you want more about this character, you can just open from your window Character Map: Start Program >> All Program >> Accessories >> System Tools >> Character Map. Usually Webdings, Wingdings, Wingdings3 or Wingdings2 are the unique character that you want. We can called it as ASCII Art because the combination symbols above is an ASCII that sized to create an Art. For ASCII Art that allow you to send via Instant Message of Yahoo Messenger or MySpace IM you can use Art Sender.
If you want to know all the character via web online, you can visit here: Free Online Character Map
FaceBook Status Symbol Application

If you got the error for Superman, Charlie, Sound System, you need to copy paste each line of the character and the Hold SHIFT Button and Press ENTER (that would make space line break) and then copy paste the line character below of its.

╔══╦═╣═╣═╬═╦═╦═╦═╦═╦═╦═╗
║║║║╩╬═╠═║╩╣║║╬║╩╣╔╣║║║║
╚╩╩╩═╩═╩═╩═╩╩╩╗╠═╩╝╚═╩═╝

This trick works well in comment or wall but not in home status message. If you want to make it able to Status Message use FaceBook Status Symbol Application

The image above is the result from the FaceBook Status Symbol Application, you can also add it manually by copy paste the Symbol from FaceBook Status Symbols Application Editor to your FaceBook Status. Here are the example:

Note: the Symbols Status Art like above only work in your Wall Profile and Comment (not home feed or home status). Its works properly in Wall of Facebook Groups.
Creating Symbols Art Block Text / Word for FaceBook Status / FaceBook Chat

Creating Art Block Text Word like above, you can use Feed >> Symbols >> Choose Lines & Geometric and it take few times to create those Art coz its created manually! For Example, if you like to create LOVES text word, then here are the steps that you should do:
╔╗╔═╦╦╦═╣═╣ ◀ Create First Line then,
║╚╣║║║║╩╬═║ ◀ Second Line then,
╚═╩═╩═╩═╩═╝ ◀ Third Line
Done!!
Text Art in Your FaceBook Profile
Btw, you can also use this text art into your facebook profile!

Here another text art chained / combined with music symbol:

╔♫═╗╔╗ ♥
╚╗╔╝║║♫═╦╦╦═╗
╔╝╚╗♫╚╣║║║║╩╣
╚═♫╝╚═╩═╩♫╩═╝

You can also make upside down text (further explanation about upsidedown text can be found at the bottom of this article) by click Turn Button and Styled your Text by Clicking Styles.
Superman Text:
╔═╗
║═╬╦╦═╦═╦═╦══╦═╦═╗
╠═║║║╬║╩╣╔╣║║║╬║║║
╚═╩═╣╔╩═╩╝╚╩╩╩╩╩╩╝
Simple Art (Animal):
rabbit
(\__/)
(>’.’<)
(")_(")
monkey
------m-------m------
......| |(o o)| |
......| | (~) | |
Underline and Bold Text Tricks Code
You can also make your text message bold by using * (star) :

for exampe *wow that great* would trun to wow that great
To make the text message underline just use _ (underline) in front of and at the end of the text:

example _wow that great_ would turn to wow that great
If you want to combine underline and bold at the same time just use like this: *_wow that great_*

Facebook Chat Tricks: Make Facebook Chat Invisible Status

You want to set your Facebook Account Invisible to someone and the others appears visible or Online? You can read our tutorial how to Make Facebook Chat Invisible Status
Upside down text in FaceBook Status
If you want text message in facebook got upside down / flipped like this “ooɹǝƃuǝssǝɯ snʇɐʇs ʞooqǝɔɐɟ uı ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn” (see also the picture below).

If you looking for how to create upside down text message or flip text in FaceBook Status just like the example that we gave you above, you can find the tutorial at here: Make Upside Down / Flip Text Status Message in FaceBook
Thanks to animal for this tricks.
Make Konami Code Animation on FaceBook
Did you know that by using some kind of key combination on FaceBook page, you can make beautiful animation (star and circle)? Yes, it use Konami Code just like you use it in Nintendo or others Game. See the pic below.

If you want to know how to use it or make those code visit our page: FaceBook Tricks: Animation Star n Circle Konami Code in FB Background
Facebook Chat Desktop Client on Jabber / XMPP Client: iChat n Pidgin

On the middle of February, Facebook announced that Facebook Chat can be connected by using Jabber / XMPP Client. This means, any of you that recently installed or used Jabber client in your computer desktop, you can also used Facebook Chat on it. All you have to do just setup the Facebook Chat setting on them.
For iChat (Mac Chat Client Desktop Users) you can follow our instruction to use Facebook at here: Use Facebook Chat on iChat. For Pidgin (Multi IM Client for Linux, Mac, and Windows | formerly GAIM) you can read our tutorial to setup Facebook Chat in Pidgin here.
Chit Chat: Facebook Chat Instant Messenger Client for Desktop Computer

Would you like to chat with your facebook friend / contact from separate client directly from your computer? chit Chat would be best for you. It allow you to enter Facebook chat just like you use Yahoo Messenger Client or others IM Client. For more information about this read this article.
FaceBook Messenger – Multi IM Client for YM, AIM, ICQ, WLM, Gtalk inside FaceBook Account

Would you like to use Yahoo Messenger, Aol Instant Messenger aka AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, or GTalk from your FaceBook Page / Fb Account (directly just like you use FaceBook Chat)? Just try to use FaceBook Messenger.

20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know | How-To

If you surf Facebook on daily basis or occasionally, chances are you’re already familiar with regular stuffs like add/delete friends, update statuses, walls and profile, add and explore pages & applications, etc, but there’s more..
This week we want to cover some interesting things you can do on (or with) Facebook; inclusive of tricks that are not documented or unknown to many, as well as tips to stay connected better with your friends. Without further ado, here’s 20 Facebook Tips/Tricks You Might Not Know. If you have interesting tips/tricks related to Facebook, please feel free to share in the comment box below.

1. 
   

   How to Place Facebook Chat On Firefox Sidebar

   If you are using Firefox, you can place the Facebook Chat at the sidebar.
   
   
2. 
   

   How to Download Facebook Photo Albums

   FacePAD: Facebook Photo Album Downloader allows you to download your friends’ facebook albums, Events albums, and Group Albums, en masse, with the click of a button.
   
   
3. 
   

   How to Share Flickr Photos to Facebook

   Flickr2Facebook is an unofficial Flickr to Facebook uploader(bookmarklet) which allows you upload photos to Facebook from Flickr.
   
   
4. 
   

   How to Update Facebook without Using Facebook

   hellotxt and Ping.fm both introduced features that let Facebook administrators update Facebook Pages.
   
   
5. 
   

   How to Schedule Facebook Messages

   Sendible lets you schedule Facebook messages ahead of time so you can send messages to your friends, customers or colleagues in the future.
   
   
6. 
   

   How to "Friend" Someone on Facebook & Hide It From Your Status Updates

   A short tutorial on Makeuseof to guide you how to hide Facebook status updates and keep that fact confined to your closer friends.
   
   
7. 
   

   How to Create a Photo Collage Using Pictures of Your Facebook Friends

   Click on Friends tab. Proceed to More tab. From "Choose an option" dropdown, choose any of the dashes "—" . Your Facebook friends collage is right on your computer screen.
   
   
8. 
   

   How to Know When Facebook Friends Secretly Delete or Block You

   X-Friends is a unique tool for tracking friends that disappear from Facebook.
   
   
9. 
   

   How to Display Selected Pictures Only on your Facebook Profile Page

   A little-known feature in Facebook that lets you decide who shows up in that Friends box. Click that "edit" pencil in your Friends box and type the names of your best friends in the box that says "Always show these friends"
   
   
10. 
    

    How to Remove Facebook Advertisements

    This Greasemonkey script – Facebook: Cleaner removes many of the annoying ads and updates that unavoidably appear on your Facebook pages.
    
    
11. 
    

    How to Syncs Photos of Facebook Friends with Contacts in Microsoft Outlook

    OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your Facebook friends with matching contacts in Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to select which contacts are updated. So you can update all contacts at once or just a few at a time.
    
    
12. 
    

    How to Display Facebook Statuses on Wordpress Blog

    The following method make use of Facebook status feed and Wordpress RSS widget to display Facebook Statuses on WordPress blog.. It will also work for self-host Wordpress blogs.
    
    
13. 
    

    How to Post Your Blog Posts to Your Facebook Wall Automatically

    Wordbook allows you to cross-post your blog posts to your Facebook Wall. Your Facebook “Boxes” tab will show your most recent blog posts.
    
    
14. 
    

    How to Access Facebook Chat on Desktop

    Gabtastik and digsby let you keep Facebook chat sessions open on your Windows desktop outside of your regular web browser, using minimal screen real estate and system memory.
    
    
15. 
    

    How to Create Quiz on Facebook Easily

    LOLapps provides quiz creator that can be employed to conjure up these popular personality quizzes that are so widespread in Facebook.
    
    
16. 
    

    How to Hide Your Online Status on Facebook Chat from Select Contacts

    Facebook has integrated friends list with Chat and you can also choose which of these list members get to see you online.
    
    
17. 
    

    How to Get Facebook Updates on Email

    NutshellMail consolidates your Facebook accounts through the inbox you use the most.
    
    
18. 
    

    How to Update Facebook Status from Firefox

    FireStatus is a status update utility for multiple social networks, including FaceBook.
    
    
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    How to Get Facebook on Your Desktop

    Seesmic Desktop, Facebooker, Xobni, Facebook Sidebar Gadget, Scrapboy and Facebook AIR application are desktop applications that allows you interact with your stream just as you would on Facebook, but without the browser.
    
    
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    How to Delete, Cancel and Terminate Facebook Account and Profile

    A simple guide to terminate, delete or cancel Facebook account, together with the Facebook profile easily.