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How To Fix The No News Feed Issue

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How To Fix The No News Feed Issue

FrontierVilleSTEP ONE - MAKE SURE YOUR SETTINGS ARE CORRECT.

1. Select on 'Account' from the Face Book toolbar. 2. Select 'Application Settings'. 3. Select 'Edit Settings' next to FrontiersVille. 4. Select the 'Additional Permissions' tab. 5. Check (or un-check) 'Publish Recent Activity to My Wall'. 6. Select on OK. STEP TWO 1. Select on Face Book Home Page, 2. Select on 'Top News' 3. Select on 'Edit Options' (bottom of page, next to 'Older Posts'). That should open 'Hidden From News Feed'. button, with tabs for Applications and friends. 4. Select on 'Application Tab'. 5. Select on "Add to News Feed" next to FrontiersVille. 6. Close the box. You're done.

mp3 - STEP ONE - MAKE SURE YOUR SETTINGS ARE CORRECT. 1. Select on 'Account' from the Face Book toolbar. 2. Select 'Application Settings'. 3. Select 'Edit Settings' next to FrontiersVille. 4. Select the 'Additional Permissions' tab. 5. Check (or un-check) 'Publish Recent Activity to My Wall'. 6. Select on OK. STEP TWO 1. Select on Face Book Home Page, 2. Select on 'Top News' 3. Select on 'Edit Options' (bottom of page, next to 'Older Posts'). That should open 'Hidden From News Feed'. button, with tabs for Applications and friends. 4. Select on 'Application Tab'. 5. Select on "Add to News Feed" next to FrontiersVille. Read More

FrontierVille Visiting Efficiency

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FrontierVille Visiting Efficiency

FrontierVilleGuide Visiting Efficiency: Well first off this is more a guide on how to make your visit efficient with regards to the Bonus Combo Bar.

Most thinks visiting can only give you reputation, additional energy, and a little more income... well that's true if you are in a hurry, but if you got time to spare you can earn more too. Upon logging you may use up all your energies so you can later on utilize the ones earned from visiting , yet, you may also just visit since energy from visiting stacks up even if your energy bar is full but this eliminates the energy you can get every minutes. Also it is best that you learn the Techs related to visiting. Guide proper: When you visit always aim first for high yield crops and carefully observe which they drop. If not available aim for Adult livestocks since our target is the higher value of drops. Example : prefer peanuts, peas, adult Ox, Apricots, over other, sunflower doesnt give food drop but gives higher coin or exp I think. When picking normally practice to aim for the low value ones first, Hearts, then next is either Food or Stars depending which gives lesser movement on the combo bar, and last should be Coins but not in cases where the coin drop is just 1 piece. bulk coins like peanut drops can fill the first bonus bar depending on timing of your actions. note: collectibles are as low as hearts. Main concern with the combo is the time limit dont worry about it First you must choose from 2 options 1. X1+X2+X3 gain (X1+X2 gain if you don't have tech upgrade) with visit tech upgrade i can normally reach upto the outstanding combo level but rarely over it so if I'm level 10 that means: for every neighbor i get 10x1+ 10x2 + 10X3 = 10x6 = 60 (if upgraded) for every neighbor i get 10x1+ 10X2 = 10x3 = 30 (w/ no upgrades) 2. X1+X2+X3+X4+X5+X6+X7+X8+X9 OR simply X45 (full combo) yep full combo gives times 1 + upto times 9 (don't react yet if you still dont know how to do this) so again if I'm level 10 that gives me 10 X 45 = 450 extra coins if i have upgrades i get to full combo (completely fill-up Insane bar) with just 6-7 neighbors but without upgrades takes me 7-9 neighbors depending on the quality of drops. Comparison: Option 1 w/ Upgrades thats 60 extra coins per neighbor Option 2 w/ Upgrades thats 450 extra coin every 6-7 neighbor or 450/6 neighbor =75 to 450/7 neighbor = 64 extra coin/neighbor Option 1 w/o Upgrades = 30 extra coins /neighbor Option 2 w/o Upgrades = 450 extra coins every 7-9 neighbors or 450/7 = 64 or 450/8 = 56 or 450/9 = 50 extra coins /neighbor Now how to do it ? Option 1 can be done in few ways but I'll be discussing the easiest and surest way -aim for the closely placed together targets to tend then tend fast and dont pick anything yet as much as possible or just aim for one or 2 lower contributing drop like the hearts or food, -then accept/select the share bonus tool button but DO NOT select the publish yet -now is the time to pick the items one by one if you can still see the combo bar then it's better since you still can learn to observe the combo behavior -if the pop-up window blocks the item simply drag the field not the pop-up. then after picking all and the bar fully stopped or you had met your target combo then it's time to publish or cancel then proceed to the next neighbor to do the samething. Option 2 everything's almost just the same with Option one but you got to save time by not publishing nor canceling at all, that way time is lessen by popping out again in the next neighbor -after collecting drops one by one with timing move on to the next neighbor -your combo level stays as long as you leave that publish box alone -again just drag on the field to have better view and not the publish box. after you are done with all the neighbor simply return home then refresh, if you dont want to refresh share bonus tool pop-out X the number of neighbor comes 1 after the other. at level 40 I get 1,800 extra coin every 6 neighbor sometimes 5 neighbors, If i was able to mange enough the drops doing Option 2 Using Option 1 usually get 240 extra coins... It may not matter that much to all but hope it helps somehow... and this works too in your own homestead if you don't have pop-out messages to stop time you can use the trade in share coin if you dont have anything else to trade use the market and the my stuff icons to stop the timer and reset from time to time but this is riskier and may not workwell during lag times. Bonus advice is go for the eggplants which lets you regain 24 energies before harvest and one coin drop of it could fill bonus bar or if you like use the food and exp drop for the first bar then the coin for the next bar then observe and learn to be creative with the combo.

mp3 - Guide Visiting Efficiency: Well first off this is more a guide on how to make your visit efficient with regards to the Bonus Combo Bar. Most thinks visiting can only give you reputation, additional energy, and a little more income... well that's true if you are in a hurry, but if you got time to spare you can earn more too. Upon logging you may use up all your energies so you can later on utilize the ones earned from visiting , yet, you may also just visit since energy from visiting stacks up even if your energy bar is full but this eliminates the energy you can get every minutes. Also it is best that you learn the TechsRead More

Guide: Planting Efficiency Table

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Guide: Planting Efficiency Table

FrontierVilleSpreadsheet guide that shows what crop to plant to be most efficient.

There are two inputs to the underlying equation. First is your natural rate of energy regeneration. For someone just starting out, this will be 12 energy per hour. This can be boosted by horses and mules, eating food, tending neighbor's yards, or other bonuses.

Second is how many plots you want to invest. If you want to plant 100 plots of pumpkins, you will plant more than you can handle. However if you want to plant 10 plots of pumpkins, it's under your 12 energy per hour limit.

Basically, the tl;dr is: if you look at the chart, the yellow areas represent where you want to aim to be planting to be efficient.

Disclaimers:

1. The spreadsheet does not factor in the random chance of a energy return from a lower level crop yet. Waiting for confirmed percentages and then I'll add those in.

2. The spreadsheet assumes you don't lose energy due to your max energy limits. In other words, it's not practical to plant all the plots at one time, unless you have a huge amount of maximum energy. You will need to stagger your crops based on your maximum energy, so you don't lose energy.

3. The spreadsheet doesn't factor in the nuisance of groundhogs, which will cost you energy when harvesting (but yield xp, and coins in of itself).

Enjoy. (Will update it goes on)

mp3 - Spreadsheet guide that shows what crop to plant to be most efficient. There are two inputs to the underlying equation. First is your natural rate of energy regeneration. For someone just starting out, this will be 12 energy per hour. This can be boosted by horses and mules, eating food, tending neighbor's yards, or other bonuses. Second is how many plots you want to invest. If you want to plant 100 plots of pumpkins, you will plant more than you can handle. However if you want to plant 10 plots of pumpkins, it's under your 12 energy per hour limit. Basically, the tl;dr is: if you look at the chart, the yellow areas represeRead More

Maximizing your wishlist

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Maximizing your wishlist

FrontierVilleI keep seeing my neighbors using up their 5 wishlist slots on hammer, nails, drill, paint and bricks. Unfortunately, what this means is that I don't know what things I can send them that they need.

Keep in mind the method of sending that the wishlist uses. If you "send gift" from the neighbor page or from the list that appears in game, it comes out of your inventory. You're essentially asking people to give you what they already have.

Everyone needs hammers, nails, drills, bricks and paint. Everyone*. Chances are, no one is going to use the "Send Gift" option to send you those things. People will send them as free daily gifts and they'll select your link asking for more, but they are not going to give up their own personal stockpile because they, too, will need them.

Instead, your wishlist should be used for items that people will send you from their inventory. Specifically, collection items, but also extra cloth, ribbons, etc. (While these items are needed, they're needed in smaller quantities and easier to accumulate.)

What I recommend is to look through your collections and determine which collections offer the best (or most needed) reward and focus on completing those. Adding your missing collection items to your wishlist increases your chances of receiving gifts, particularly those that will lead to helpful bonuses.

Further, to increase your chances of getting items and completing collections (again), consider focusing on collections that are simple to complete. Chickens, pumpkins, potatoes, fruit trees, etc. are all things that are harvested often and means that many people probably have multiple duplicates of the items in those collections.

Unless you have neighbors who are so high level that they've accumulated more finishing parts than they will ever need, you probably won't see a difference in the number of hammers (etc.) that you receive. You will, however, see a difference in the number of gifts that you receive and the number of collections you're able to turn in.

*Some people may have finished all the available buildings at the moment, but as soon as new buildings are released they will, once again, need those items. Some people may be willing to give them away now, not expecting new buildings anytime soon, but I suspect that as new content is added, they will stop sending those items from their own inventory.

mp3 - I keep seeing my neighbors using up their 5 wishlist slots on hammer, nails, drill, paint and bricks. Unfortunately, what this means is that I don't know what things I can send them that they need. Keep in mind the method of sending that the wishlist uses. If you "send gift" from the neighbor page or from the list that appears in game, it comes out of your inventory. You're essentially asking people to give you what they already have. Everyone needs hammers, nails, drills, bricks and paint. Everyone*. Chances are, no one is going to use the "Send Gift" option to send you those things. People will send them as free daily giRead More

Troubleshooting Loading Issues

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Troubleshooting Loading Issues

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If you can't load your homesteads and you are not getting any errors with Jack popping-up and telling you that something went wrong, please try these troubleshooting steps:

Originally Posted by Zynga Customer Support
  • Clear your cache. Select here for instructions.
  • Verify that JavaScript is enabled. Select here for instructions.
  • Close your other internet applications, especially any file-sharing applications or concurrent streaming video.
  • Plug in rather than use wireless.
  • Update your browser.
  • There are several documented issues surrounding Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) and Flash Content. If you are using IE8 we suggest that you try a new browser such as Safari 4, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.
  • Disable pop-up or ad-blocking software. Software of this nature actively monitors JavaScript and has been found to have a negative performance impact on our games, as they rely heavily upon JavaScript.
TIP: Rather than fully disabling the software you may make an exception for the social networking platform on which you play our games. Please refer to your software's documentation or 'help' file for instructions. Here are some more specific suggestions:
  1. If you received the "Flash10c.ocx Error":
    • Uninstall all Flash components. Select here for instructions.
    • Select here to download the latest flash player if you do not currently have it.
    • Reboot your system.
    • This will clear out any left over .ocx files.
    • Adjust your Flash settings to give Flash permission to store information on your computer. Instructions on how to accomplish this can be found here.
  2. Uninstall and re-install Java. Select here for instructions.
Lastly: · For Windows XP Users, select here to download the latest version of Direct X. · For Windows Vista Users, select here to download the latest version of Direct X.
If you have tried all of the above and you are getting stuck on the loading screen right after the bear pops-up please check to make sure that flash 3rd party cookies are enabled by click on the following link: http://www.macromedia.com/support/do...manager03.html The last step you can try is removing the game in application settings and then adding it again. In oder to add the game again after removing it please select on the following link: http://apps.facebook.com/frontierville/ note: If you are getting a game error where Jack pop-ups and gives you the error number please check the bug reporting  forum to see if a thread has already been started for that error.

mp3 - If you can't load your homesteads and you are not getting any errors with Jack popping-up and telling you that something went wrong, please try these troubleshooting steps: Originally Posted by Zynga Customer Support Clear your cache. Select here for instructions. Verify that JavaScript is enabled. Select here for instructions. Close your other internet applications, especially any file-sharing applications or concurrent streaming video. Plug in rather than use wireless. Update your browser. There are several documented issues surrounding Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) and Flash Content. If you are using IE8 we suggeRead More

What Does Unready Mean?

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What Does Unready Mean?

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[caption id="attachment_413" align="aligncenter" width="87" caption="ready"]ready[/caption] This is an example of a "ready" or hungry chicken. It has a yellow arrow indicating its hunger. [caption id="attachment_414" align="aligncenter" width="115" caption="unready"]unready[/caption] This is an example of an "unready" or not hungry chicken. It has no yellow arrow This applies to all animals not just chickens. You can force an animal into unready status by feeding a hungry animal and making the yellow arrow go away. You can then feed it again in its unready state. This only works on neighbor's homesteads.

mp3 - [caption id="attachment_413" align="aligncenter" width="87" caption="ready"][/caption] This is an example of a "ready" or hungry chicken. It has a yellow arrow indicating its hunger. [caption id="attachment_414" align="aligncenter" width="115" caption="unready"][/caption] This is an example of an "unready" or not hungry chicken. It has no yellow arrow This applies to all animals not just chickens. You can force an animal into unready status by feeding a hungry animal and making the yellow arrow go away. You can then feed it again in its unready state. This only works on neighbor's homesteads.Read More

How to increase your Farmville profit use the two dairy

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How to increase your Farmville profit use the two dairy FarmvilleHow to increase your Farmville profit use the two dairy method To increase your profit/space ratio use the two dairy method: You needs: 2 Dairies 20 Milk Cows x Seed Cows 1) Place the milk cows in dairy1 and the seed cows in no dairy leaving dairy2 empty. 2) Wait one day dairy1 should be ready and so should your seed cows. 3) Harvest dairy1. 4) Add a seed cow to dairy2 making it ready. 5) Move all but one milk cow to dairy2 from dairy1. 6) Remove the seed cow from dairy2. 7) Move the last milk cow to dairy2 from dairy1. 8) Harvest dairy2. 9) Continue this proceeds till you are out of seed cows. (more...)

mp3 - How to increase your Farmville profit use the two dairy method To increase your profit/space ratio use the two dairy method: You needs: 2 Dairies 20 Milk Cows x Seed Cows 1) Place the milk cows in dairy1 and the seed cows in no dairy leaving dairy2 empty. 2) Wait one day dairy1 should be ready and so should your seed cows. 3) Harvest dairy1. 4) Add a seed cow to dairy2 making it ready. 5) Move all but one milk cow to dairy2 from dairy1. 6) Remove the seed cow from dairy2. 7) Move the last milk cow to dairy2 from dairy1. 8) Harvest dairy2. 9) Continue this proceeds till you are out of seed cows. (more...)Read More

How Many of Café World Guides Do We Really Need?

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How Many of Café World Guides Do We Really Need?

 How Many of Café World Guides Do We Really Need?How Many of Café World Guides Do We Really Need? There is another guide out for those social networking games. I just saw it on the forums for Café World last week and while at first I scoffed with everyone else (it’s a favorite pastime on the Zynga forums to scoff at the guides), I quickly found that the guide was actually a lot more useful than we were giving it credit for.

When I Checked it Out

I wasn’t going to check the guide out. But, then I started to ask around and heard a few good things about how it had been helping players start to build their cafes up from nothing into relatively high efficiency restaurants – something that I had repeatedly failed to do with my own café.

After a day or two of waffling, I gave in and checked the guide out and boy am I ever glad I did. To be frank, the guide really does everything it claims to do – something I’ve never seen a guide do before. From start to finish, the Café World guide (which is the first of its kind that I’m aware of) shows players how to dig down and learn how to be one of the best players in the game.

How Many of Café World Guides Do We Really Need?

It shows you how to pick your foods, how to develop a strategy for leveling that doesn’t waste any time, how to get new neighbors and how to get things done without ever needing to spend real world cash on the in-game money or having to fill out countless surveys to get it done.

In short, the Café World guide is a big giant blueprint that shows players how to go from level 1 to the top of the game in a streamlined path. It doesn’t give you step by step directions like other game guides because that’s not how these games work. Rather, it shows you how to cater your play style to your own schedule and do well with the time you have to invest.

When you can do that, even a part time player can be a top ranked Chef. Check it out now: Café World Guides Do We Really Need?

mp3 - How Many of Café World Guides Do We Really Need? There is another guide out for those social networking games. I just saw it on the forums for Café World last week and while at first I scoffed with everyone else (it’s a favorite pastime on the Zynga forums to scoff at the guides), I quickly found that the guide was actually a lot more useful than we were giving it credit for. When I Checked it Out I wasn’t going to check the guide out. But, then I started to ask around and heard a few good things about how it had been helping players start to build their cafes up from nothing into relatively high efficiency restauranRead More

The Inside Scoop on the World’s First Real Café Worl

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The Inside Scoop on the World’s First Real Café Worl The Inside Scoop on the World’s First Real Café World Guide, There are a lot of different social games on sites like Facebook and MySpace. I’ve seen a dozen of them in the last few months blow up and frankly I didn’t get it at first. I saw people playing very simple, albeit free, games and while they looked interesting enough, they really weren’t all that engaging considering what they were. But, then I started playing Café World. Don’t ask me why it was Café World. It could have been any of them probably. They’re all the same generally, and in that they are extremely addictive. But, it was Café World and now two months later I’m a bit of an addict – I love this game. So, when I heard there was a guide coming out for it that would help to speed things along, I was first in line to read it. I wanted to know exactly what it was that this Café World guide could offer that I couldn’t figure out on my own. The Inside Scoop on the World’s First Real Café World Guide,Turns out, it was quite a bit. As of the two month mark, I was roughly 25 levels into the game. I would play about 3-4 days a week, and the last day would rarely count because I would usually let all my food spoil in the interim when I took the weekend off. The Café World guide, however, showed me exactly how to outline and master the process of what to cook, when to cook it and how to set up the café before I logged off each night. Turns out you can actually make quite a tidy profit while not even logged in – for days on end if you want. I couldn’t possibly touch on all the cool things that this guide does right, but here’s the bottom line – Café World is a tough game without some guidance. There are dozens of dishes, possible combinations and ways for you to mess up with. This Café World guide, I was able to create the perfect combination of tactics. I’m now at level 45 and have way more cash than I’ll ever need – and I’m having more fun than ever. That’s what a good guide should do. Check it out: Real Café World Guide

mp3 - The Inside Scoop on the World’s First Real Café World Guide, There are a lot of different social games on sites like Facebook and MySpace. I’ve seen a dozen of them in the last few months blow up and frankly I didn’t get it at first. I saw people playing very simple, albeit free, games and while they looked interesting enough, they really weren’t all that engaging considering what they were. But, then I started playing Café World. Don’t ask me why it was Café World. It could have been any of them probably. They’re all the same generally, and in that they are extremely addictive. But, it was Café World and Read More

Why the Layout of Your Cafe is So Important in Cafe Wor

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Why the Layout of Your Cafe is So Important in Cafe Wor

Why the Layout of Your Cafe is So Important in Cafe World? A lot of the fun of playing Cafe World is the fact that you can customize your cafe in all sorts of ways. You can choose to add many different kinds of tables and chairs, doors and windows to create just the atmosphere you're looking for. You can also select from any of a number of other tasteful and interesting decorations. There are even several stylish options for the clothing that your own character wears.

But no matter what you decide to do when it comes to decorating your cafe, you need to remember that the way you set up your tables, chairs, counters and stoves will not only impact the ambiance of the place. It will also have a lot to do with your ability to succeed in the game and grow you business overall.

Why the Layout of Your Cafe is So Important in Cafe World?

Easy Access Means Easy Money

First and foremost, you need to arrange your furniture so that your customers will actually be able to get to all of the available tables and chairs. If you have, for instance, three chairs in a row up against a wall, the middle chair is simply wasted space. Your customers can't walk past the outer chairs to get to the middle one, so you'll actually likely lose customers needlessly when they walk in and can't find a place to sit.

Since you know you never want to let customers walk away unsatisfied, you want to make sure that you have enough seating. It's easy to lose site of this aspect of your cafe. After all, you're the most actively involved in preparing and serving food – trying to make sure you always have food available and that the food on your stoves doesn't sit there too long and spoil. But none of that careful planning will do you any good if you don't have tables and chairs available for your customers to sit and eat at.

Save Your Waiter's Legs

Even when your customers are able to find an empty seat, they'll only wait so long to get their meal. That's why you need to make sure you set your tables up in a way that makes it easy for your waiter or waitress to get around. The quicker they can get back and forth from the serving counters to the tables, the easier it will be for you to make sure every customer who walks through your door gets their food in a timely manner.

Another thing you can do to help give your wait staff more time to serve your customers is to give your customers a long walk to their tables. This means essentially putting in a lot of twists and turns so that your customers will have to take the long way around from the door to their seat. Being generally rather agreeable, your customers really don't mind this at all. And the extra walking time for your customers means more time for your waiters and waitresses to stay caught up on their serving cycles. If you keep these items in mind as you add more tables and chairs to your cafe, you'll be well on your way to success in Cafe World.

mp3 - Why the Layout of Your Cafe is So Important in Cafe World? A lot of the fun of playing Cafe World is the fact that you can customize your cafe in all sorts of ways. You can choose to add many different kinds of tables and chairs, doors and windows to create just the atmosphere you're looking for. You can also select from any of a number of other tasteful and interesting decorations. There are even several stylish options for the clothing that your own character wears. But no matter what you decide to do when it comes to decorating your cafe, you need to remember that the way you set up your tables, chairs, counters and Read More

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