Many Facebook® Users have not completed the Sign up process. I have made a tutorial video that will guide all the Facebook Users to use the Soulmate Application:

You may view the Tutorial Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZ2AIvCVLQ

Tutorial Video: How to use the Soulmate application on Facebook?

Please note that once you have signed up, Editing your profile is essential. Kindly do it immediately after the activation of your account.

I will like to request all facebook users to invite their friends and to give publicity to this no profit endeavour. Facebook Users can also use the gift utilities in ‘Soulmate’ to generate awareness about this.

Please feel a sense of belongingness for this site and recommend it to all.

1. Om Shaadi Om- The eternally free matrimonial and dating site now features as a Full Application on the Facebook. Become a fan. Invite your friends and use the application. Click here to proceed or click on the ‘Hearty’ on the right side of this page.

2. The Om Shaadi Om Blog now features Facebook Connect. Use that to publish your comments and also to publish stories on your profile. Posts for the official weblog are welcome. Use the ‘Fan Box’ to become a fan.

3. The Facebook Integration of Om Shaadi Om has been done. Still, we respect your privacy and do not pull all the information from your account or publish unnecessary comments on your profile homepage.

4. The privacy of all the Facebook members using the application is cent per cent assured. Don’t want to risk being seen on a dating site? No problems with Om Shaadi Om.

I am working on a very lucid and very good interface for the site on facebook and otherwise also. Please do have patience and continue using the site till then. The new interface will have many new features and will be very user friendly. Cheers!

If you are not logged into Facebook, then you just need to click on the Fconnect button. Enter your facebook id and password and you will be connected with your profile picture. All the comments that you make will also be posted on your profile. If you are logged in then this will happen automatically, i.e. you will be authenticated automatically when you visit the weblog.

The not so good news is that it will still take some time for me convert Om Shaadi Om into a Full Fledged application on Facebook. But no worries, this will be done in a couple of day’s time to start off. I mean, I will make the application, launch it and then improve it slowly and steadily. I don’t want to launch an application full of bugs, so will test it thoroughly first. This is a learning process for me.

Warm Regards,

Om Shaadi Om

I have been playing around with FBML- Face Book Markup Language, XFBML for last 3-4 days, and am liking it and enjoying it very much.

An example of Facebook Integration could be seen on this blog itself i.e. http://www.omshaadiom.org/blog

The blog is using this feature called Facbeook Connect. Using Facebook Connect, the facebook users can connect to this blog and post messages. Their profile pictures and names will come automatically in the comments they are posting. It took me sometime to implement this as no ready-made plugin was available for wordpress 2.8. However, the WP Facebook Connect worked well after modifications.

Still some changes have to be made in the code for Connect.

Very soon, the entire site will be fully connected to Facebook. I am working hard on it. It will be available readily to the Facebook users as an application.

So after this it will be like a ‘Facebook Shaadi’ for all. I believe that this matrimonial application has immense potential.

With warm regards,

Om Shaadi Om

Signing Off and getting down to business i.e. Breakfast first and then Facebook Programming!

This is just an adhoc arrangement. This is just a trailor to the new interface. Many good things coming up!

The menu was implemented on the 1st of July, 2009. I am thankful to all the members (as well as non members) who have appreciated this and given such a wonderful response ! You have indeed strengthened my resolve.  I will be writing about the other good things that are about to happen tomorrow.

Regards,

Om Shaadi Om

All you need to do is following:

Step 1:

Follow the hyperlink: http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic

Step 2:

Once there, the transliterator will be in action for you. Type anything in English and that will be converted automatically to Hindi or any other regional language like:

Hindi: ॐ शादी ॐ

Bengali: অম সাদী অম

Gujarati: ઓમ શાદી ઓમ

Kannada: ಓಂ ಶಾದಿ ಓಂ

Malayalam: ഓം ശാദി ഓം

Marathi: ओम शादी ओम

Nepali: ओम शादी ओम

Tamil: ஓம் சாடி ஓம்

Telugu: ఓం షాది ఓం

and a number of other regional languages and almost all major International languages.

तो इस तरंह आप अपना प्रोफाइल अपनी मात्र भाषा में बना सकते हैं और गर्व के साथ कह सकते हैं की ॐ शादी ॐ .

Step 3:

Just copy and paste your profile from the Transliterator to the Om Shaadi Om Website. That is it.

So, We have learnt that in 3 easy steps we can make our profile in our mother tongue. It is so very easy.

All this is possible of this wonder called Unicode Character System.

You may visit http://www.unicode.org to learn more about Unicode.

Even the international members can now use any language on the site as long as they use the Unicode character set.

Ç’është Unicode?, in Albanian

ዩኒኮድ ምንድን ነው? in Amharic

ما هي الشفرة الموحدة “يونِكود” ؟ in Arabic

Ի՞նչ է Յունիկոդը ? in Armenian

ইউনিকোড কী? in Bangla

ዩኒኮድ ውረኒ ግን? in Blin

Какво е Unicode ? in Bulgarian

什麽是Unicode(統一碼/標準萬國碼)? in Trad’l Chinese

什么是Unicode(统一码)? in Simplified Chinese

Što je Unicode? in Croatian

Co je Unicode? in Czech

Hvad er Unicode? in Danish

Wat is Unicode? in Dutch

Following is the list of States in the South Africa that have been covered:

• North West
• Northern Cape
• Mpumalanga
• Limpopo
• KwaZulu-Natal
• Gauteng
• Free State
• Eastern Cape
• Western Cape

And following is the list of cities that have been covered:

• Aberdeen
• Addo
• Adelaide
• Alexandria
• Alice
• Aliwal North
• Balfour
• Barkly East
• Bathurst
• Bedford
• Bisho
• Burgersdorp
• Butterworth
• Cathcart
• Cintsa
• Coffee Bay
• Cookhouse
• Cradock
• Dordrecht
• East London
• Elliot
• Flagstaff
• Fort Beaufort
• Gonubie
• Graaff Reinet
• Grahamstown
• Haga-Haga
• Hamburg
• Hankey
• Herschel
• Hertzog
• Hofmeyr
• Hogsback
• Humansdorp
• Idutywa
• Indwe
• Jamestown
• Jeffreys Bay
• Joubertina
• Kareedouw
• Kei Mouth
• Kentani
• Kenton-on-Sea
• Kidd’s Beach
• King William’s Town
• Kirkwood
• Komga
• Lady Frere
• Lady Grey
• Libode
• Lusikisiki
• Maclear
• Mdantsane
• Middelburg
• Molteno
• Morgan’s Bay
• Mount Fletcher
• Mount Frere
• Nieu-Bethesda
• Patensie
• Peddie
• Port Alfred
• Port Elizabeth
• Port St Johns
• Qolora Mouth
• Queenstown
• Rhodes
• Salem
• Seymour
• Somerset East
• St Francis Bay
• Sterkspruit
• Sterkstoom
• Steynsburg
• Steytlerville
• Stutterheim
• Tarkastad
• Ugie
• Uitenhage
• Umtata
• Venterstad
• Whittlesea
• Willowmore
• Willowvale
• Allanridge
• Arlington
• Bethlehem
• Bethulie
• Bloemfontein
• Boshof
• Bothaville
• Botshabelo
• Brandfort
• Bultfontein
• Clarens
• Clocolan
• Cornelia
• Dealesville
• Deneysville
• Dewetsdorp
• Edenburg
• Edenville
• Excelsior
• Fauresmith
• Ficksburg
• Fouriesburg
• Frankfort
• Harrismith
• Heilbron
• Hennenman
• Hertzogville
• Hobhouse
• Hoopstad
• Itumeleng
• Jacobsdal
• Jagersfontein
• Kestell
• Kgotsong
• Koffiefontein
• Koppies
• Kroonstad
• Ladybrand
• Lindley
• Luckhoff
• Makeleketla
• Mangaung
• Marquard
• Memel
• Odendaalsrus
• Oranjeville
• Parys
• Paul Roux
• Petrus Steyn
• Petrusburg
• Philippolis
• Phuthaditjhaba
• Reddersburg
• Reitz
• Rosendal
• Rouxville
• Sasolburg
• Senekal
• Smithfield
• Springfontein
• Steynsrus
• Swinburne
• Thaba ‘Nchu
• Theunissen
• Trompsburg
• Tweeling
• Tweespruit
• Van Reenen
• Van Stadensrus
• Ventersburg
• Verkeerdevlei
• Viljoenskroon
• Villiers
• Virginia
• Vrede
• Vredefort
• Warden
• Welkom
• Wepener
• Wesselsbron
• Winburg
• Winburg
• Zastron
• Alberton
• Alexandra
• Atteridgeville
• Bekkersdal
• Benoni
• Boipatong
• Boksburg
• Bophelong
• Brakpan
• Bronberg
• Bronkhorstspruit
• Bronkhorstspruit
• Carletonville
• Centurion
• Cullinan
• Daveyton
• Devon
• Duduza
• Edenvale
• Ekangala
• Evaton
• Germiston
• Hammanskraal
• Heidelberg
• Impumelelo
• Irene
• Isando
• Johannesburg
• Kagiso
• Katlehong
• Kempton Park
• Khutsong
• Kromdraai
• Krugersdorp
• KwaThema
• Lenasia
• Magaliesburg
• Mamelodi
• Meyerton
• Midrand
• Mohlakeng
• Muldersdrift
• Nigel
• Pretoria
• Randburg
• Randfontein
• Ratanda
• Refilwe
• Reiger Park
• Roodepoort
• Sandton
• Sebokeng
• Sharpeville
• Soshanguve
• Soweto
• Springs
• Tembisa
• Thokoza
• Tsakane
• Vanderbijlpark
• Vereeniging
• Vosloorus
• Wattville
• Westonaria
• Zithobeni
• Amanzimtoti
• Babanango
• Balgowan
• Ballito
• Bergville
• Boston
• Bulwer
• Byrne
• Catoridge
• Cedarville
• Charlestown
• Colenso
• Dannhauser
• Dargle
• Doonside
• Drummond
• Dundee
• Durban
• ekuPhakameni
• Elandslaagte
• Empangeni
• Eshowe
• Estcourt
• Franklin
• Glencoe
• Greytown
• Harding
• Hattingspruit
• Hibberdene
• Hillcrest
• Hilton
• Himeville
• Hluhluwe
• Howick
• Ifafa Beach
• Illovo Beach
• Impendile
• Inanda
• Ingwavuma
• Isipingo Beach
• Ixopo
• Karridene
• Kingsburgh
• Kloof
• Kokstad
• Kranskop
• KwaDukuza
• KwaMashu
• La Lucia
• La Mercy
• Ladysmith
• Louwsburg
• Madadeni
• Mahlabatini
• Mandini
• Margate
• Matatiele
• Melmoth
• Merrivale
• Mkuze
• Mooiriver
• Mount Edgecombe
• Mtubatuba
• Mtunzini
• Muden
• New Germany
• New Hanover
• Newcastle
• Nongoma
• Nottingham Road
• Palm Beach
• Park Rynie
• Paulpietersburg
• Pennington
• Pietermaritzburg
• Pinetown
• Pomeroy
• Pongola
• Port Edward
• Port Shepstone
• Queensburgh
• Ramsgate
• Richards Bay
• Richmond
• Salt Rock
• Scottburgh
• Sezela
• Shelly Beach
• Southbroom
• St Lucia
• St Michael’s-on-Sea
• Stanger
• Swartberg
• Tongaat
• Ubombo
• Ulundi
• Umbogintwini
• Umdloti
• Umgababa
• Umhlanga Rocks
• Umkomaas
• Umtentweni
• Umzinto
• Umzumbe
• Underberg
• Utrecht
• Uvongo
• Verulam
• Vryheid
• Warner Beach
• Wartburg
• Wasbank
• Weenen
• Westville
• Widenham
• Winkelspruit
• Winterton
• York
• Alldays
• Bandelierkop
• Bela Bela
• Bosbokrand
• Duiwelskloof
• Ellisras
• Gravelotte
• Haenertsburg
• Hoedspruit
• Klaserie
• Lephalale
• Letsitele
• Leydsdorp
• Louis Trichard
• Makhado
• Messina
• Modimolle
• Mokopane
• Musina
• Naboomspruit
• Nylstroom
• Ofcolaco
• Phalaborwa
• Pietersburg
• Polokwane
• Potgietersrus
• Thabazimbi
• Thohoyandou
• Tzaneen
• Vaalwater
• Vivo
• Warmbaths
• Amersfoort
• Amsterdam
• Badplaas
• Balfour
• Barberton
• Belfast
• Bethal
• Breyten
• Carolina
• Chrissiesmeer
• Delmas
• Dullstroom
• Ermelo
• Graskop
• Greylingstad
• Groblersdal
• Hazyview
• Hectorspruit
• Kaapmuiden
• Kinross
• Komatipoort
• KwaMhlanga
• Loopspruit
• Lydenburg
• Machadodorp
• Malelane
• Marble Hall
• Middelburg
• Morgenzon
• Nelspruit
• Ohrigstad
• Perdekop
• Piet Retief
• Pilgrim’s Rest
• Sabie
• Secunda
• Skukuza
• Standerton
• Trichardt
• Vaalbank
• Volksrust
• Wakkerstroom
• Waterval Boven
• Waterval Onder
• White River
• Witbank
• Aggeneys
• Alexander Bay
• Andriesvale
• Askham
• Barkly West
• Beeshoek
• Brandvlei
• Calvinia
• Campbell
• Carnarvon
• Carolusberg
• Colesburg
• Concordia
• Copperton
• Danielskuil
• De Aar
• Delportshoop
• Dibeng
• Douglas
• Fraserburg
• Garies
• Griquatown
• Groblershoop
• Hanover
• Hartswater
• Hondeklip
• Hopetown
• Hotazel
• Hutchinson
• Jan Kempdorp
• Kakamas
• Kamieskroon
• Kanoneiland
• Kathu
• Keimoes
• Kenhardt
• Kimberley
• Kleinzee
• Kuruman
• Loeriesfontein
• Loxton
• Marydale
• Modder River
• Nababeep
• Nieuwoudtville
• Norvalspont
• Noupoort
• Okiep
• Olifantshoek
• Onseepkans
• Orania
• Pella
• Petrusville
• Philipstown
• Pofadder
• Port Nolloth
• Postmasburg
• Prieska
• Richmond
• sBritstown
• Soebatsfontein
• Springbok
• Steinkopf
• Strydenburg
• Sutherland
• Three Sisters
• Upington
• Van Wyksvlei
• Van Zylsrus
• Vanderkloof
• Victoria West
• Vosburg
• Warrenton
• Williston
• Windsorton
• Amalia
• Babelegi
• Beestekraal
• Bloemhof
• Bray
• Brits
• Broederstroom
• Christiana
• Coligny
• Delareyville
• Derby
• Fochville
• Ga-Rankuwa
• Ganyesa
• Ganyesa
• Groot Marico
• Hartbeesfontein
• Hartbeespoort
• Hekpoort
• Jericho
• Klerksdorp
• Koster
• Kroondal
• Leeudoringstad
• Lehurutshe
• Lethabong/Haartebeesfontien
• Lichtenburg
• Maanhaarrand
• Mabopane
• Mafikeng
• Magaliesburg
• Makwassie
• Mareetsane
• Mareetsane
• Marikana
• Mmabatho
• Mogwase
• Mooinooi
• Mothibastad
• Orkney
• Ottosdal
• Ottoshoop
• Pampierstad
• Potchefstroom
• Ramokoka
• Reivilo
• Rustenburg
• Sannieshof
• Schweizer-Reneke
• Setlagole
• Skeerpoort
• Stella
• Stilfontein
• Swartruggens
• Taung
• Tlhabane
• Tosca
• Ventersdorp
• Vryburg
• Wolmaransstad
• Zeerust
• Albertinia
• Amalienstein
• Arniston
• Ashton
• Aurora
• Baardskeerdersbos
• Barrydale
• Beaufort West
• Betty’s Bay
• Bitterfontein
• Bonnievale
• Bot River
• Bredasdorp
• Buffelsjagbaai
• Caledon
• Calitzdorp
• Cape Town
• Ceres
• Citrusdal
• Clanwilliam
• Darling
• De Doorns
• De Kelders
• De Rust
• Doringbaai
• Dysselsdorp
• Eendekuil
• Elandsbaai
• Elgin
• Elim
• Franschhoek
• Franskraal
• Gansbaai
• Genadendal
• George
• Gouda
• Graafwater
• Grabouw
• Great Brak River
• Greyton
• Haarlem
• Hangklip
• Hatenbos
• Heidelberg
• Hermanus
• Hopefield
• Klaarstroom
• Klawer
• Kleinbaai
• Kleinmond
• Knysna
• L’Agulhas
• Ladismith
• Laingsburg
• Lamberts Bay
• Langebaan
• Leeu-Gamka
• Leipoldtville
• Little Brak River
• Malgas
• Malmesbury
• Matjiesfontein
• McGregor
• Merweville
• Montagu
• Moorreesburg
• Mossel Bay
• Murraysburg
• Napier
• Nelspoort
• Nuwerus
• Oudtshoorn
• Paarl
• Papendorp
• Paternoster
• Pearly Beach
• Piketberg
• Plettenberg Bay
• Porterville
• Prince Albert
• Prince Alfred’s Hamlet
• Pringle Bay
• Rawsonville
• Redelinghuys
• Riebeek-Kasteel
• Riebeek West
• Rietpoort
• Riversdale
• Riviersonderend
• Robertson
• Rooiels
• Saldanha
• Saron
• Sedgefield
• St Helena Bay
• Stanford
• Stellenbosch
• Stilbaai
• Strandfontein
• Struisbaai
• Suurbraak
• Swellendam
• Touwsrivier
• Trawal
• Tulbagh
• Uniondale
• Vanrhynsdorp
• Vanwyksdorp
• Velddrif
• Villiersdorp
• Vredenburg
• Vredendal
• Waenhuiskrans
• Wellington
• Wilderness
• Witsand
• Witsand
• Wolseley
• Worcester
• Wupperthal
• Yzerfontein
• Zoar

So, I sincerely feel that prospective matrimonial matches from these places will find their suitable matches via Om Shaadi Om in the months to come, if not days.

Warm Regards,

Om Shaadi Om

It is also good to see members coming from other countries. Just before I started writing this a members signed in from UK. So, this is good as the issue has been resolved for UK. This precisely means that boys and girls of Indian origin i.e. Indian boys and Indian girls living in any of the following states, counties, or cities in United Kingdom (i.e. GB Great Britain): Antrim, Dorset, Llangollen, Ashbourne, Dudley, London, Barnsley, Dundee, Londonderry, Basingstoke, Dungannon, Macclesfield, Bath, Durham, Manchester, Beaconsfield, Duram County, Marlow, Bedford, East, Sussex, Newcastle, Belfast, Edinburgh, Northumberland County, Birmingham, Eglinton, Nottinghamshire County, Blackpool, Enfield, Peterborough, Bolsover, Fareham, Poole, Bradford, Glasgow, Reading, Brent, Glossop, Redditch, Brentwood, Great, Yarmouth, Reigate-Banstead, Brighton, Guildford, Rotherham, Burnley, Hackney, Seaford, Cambridge, Harrow, Sevenoaks, Camden, Hastings, Sheffield, Cardiff, Hatfield, Shefford, Chelmsford, Henley, South, Lanarkshire, Cheltenham, Ipswich, St. Andrews, Chesham, Isle of Bute, Stockport, Chester, Kettering, Surrey, Christchurch, Kingston, Swansea, Cornwall, Kingston, Upon, Hull, Telford, Coventry, Leeds, Walsall, Croydon, Leicestershire County, Waltham, Darlington, Lewes, Whitby, Deddington, Lewisham, Wolverhampton, Derby, Lincolnshire County, York can join this matrimonial and relationship website and seek a suitable dulha, dulhan, ladka, ladki, boy, girl, bridegroom, bride of his, her choice.

Even if it has not been mentioned here, still all the cities in England, Wales, Northern Island, and Scotland have been covered. So if you are making a list of cities, list of states, list of provinces etc. for Great Britain, then above is definitely a good list. I hope we will eventually have many success stories from these areas as a number of punjabis, pakistanis, gujratis etc. are settled here.

Warm Regards,

Om Shaadi Om

Nice commercial on Canadian Shaadi contributed by Sunny Jaggi via facebook.

I am back from the social service project.

The international members issue has been fixed for UK and Nepal. Will do it for other countries as soon as possible.

This sunday there will be advertisements of some members in national dailies through out the country. In fact, the advertisements will be repeated for 3 weeks. I am sure this will generate more awareness about this website.

If you have a profile on Om Shaadi Om and you advertise in a national daily, then I will recommend that please do quote the name of the site and  the profile ID. This will generate more awareness about the site. You can say something like- ID 7772 on omshaadiom.org. That’s it.

Best wishes,

Om Shaadi Om