WordPress Blog (using a plugin)

If you’re using WordPress, you can just download and install this Facebook “Like” plugin so you don’t have to mess with your single.php file. When you install this plugin, it will automatically add the “Like” button at the end of your post. You can see the live demo here in my blog.

The downside of this plugin is that you can’t choose where you want to add the “Like” button because some people want it above the post.

NOTE: I edited this plugin that’s why the faces doesn’t appear when you click the “Like” button.

UPDATE:

I found another plugin that lets you customize the Facebook “Like” button. This plugin is better compare to the first one because there’s an option here where you can change the style of the “Like” button easily like the font, color scheme, the text to display, and more! You can also choose where do you want the button to appear. It also lets you manually add the button to your blog.

Download Facebook Like Plugin

WordPress Blog (without using a plugin)

1. Open the single.php file and copy-paste the following code.

* You may change the height and width of the IFRAME if you like.

Blogger/Blogspot Blog

1. If you’re using the classic template of Blogger, use this code:

2. If you’re using the modern version of Blogger, check out this post from DevFuel.

When you have the Facebook “Like” button installed on your website or blog, your readers who are currently logged in on their Facebook account can easily give a “thumbs up” on your post by just clicking the “Like” button and it will be shared/displayed on their profile.

(via Digital Inspiration)

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Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It’s built right into Gmail, so you don’t have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch — it just works.

For more information about Google Buzz, check out this short video:

How to add the “Google Buzz” button on your website:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/buzz/stuff?hl=en and click Post to Buzz.

2. Now, choose the style of your button.

3. Copy and paste the code where you’d like the button to appear. You’re done!

If you’re using WordPress, there’s a plugin that you can install on your blog.

WP-Google Buzz allows you to insert the “Google Buzz” button on your blog automatically or manually and it comes with more designs and sizes!

Download WP-Google Buzz

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If you want to prevent your blog from getting tagged as a Ping Spammer, you can install cbnet Ping Optimizer, a WordPress plugin.

Features of cbnet Ping Optimizer:

Once cbnet Ping Optimizer is installed,

• When you create a new post, your blog will ping and notify all the ping services that it has been updated. This encourages search engines and different blog directories/services to index your updated blog properly.
• When you edit an existing post, it won’t send any unnecessary ping to ping services and saves your blog from getting banned by such services.
• When you post a future post by editing the time stamp, it will ping only when your post appears in future. It won’t unnecessarily ping many times when you schedule posts as WordPress does by default.

From now on, you’ll be more confident to edit and update your blog posts without getting tagged as a Ping Spammer.

Download cbent Ping Optimizer

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Here is a list of WordPress plugins that will help you manage the 125×125 banner ads on your blog:

1. WP125

The WP125 plugin can help you manage your ads more efficiently, leaving you with more time to write new posts. The plugin adds a new “Ads” menu to the WordPress admin, featuring submenus for tweaking display settings and adding and removing ads.

2. MyADManager

It is an AD-Space Management System for WordPress blogs which helps you manage your 125×125 ad space efficiently. Ad space can be bought off directly from your website with MyADManager’s integrated Buy Now Form. Checkout is done via Paypal. Ads can also be added via the administrative panel.

3. Kadom Ads Management

Kadom Ads Management is a free WordPress plugin that allows you to manage the banner ads on your blog.  You can easily add several ad zones in your sidebar with widgets and on the rest of your blog with a simple PHP function.

4. Ad Buttons

The Ad Buttons plugin displays a number of graphical ads in a sidebar widget.

The current version contains the following functionality:

a. Add new ad buttons – by entering image URL, link URL and link text a new ad button will be created.

b. Enable/disable individual ad buttons

c. Select how many ad buttons to display in the sidebar widget

d. Ad scheduling

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Breadcrumbs are the links, usually above the title post, that look like “Home > Category > Post Title”. Maybe you are wondering now why should you use this and actually, Yoast has an answer to that.

Breadcrumbs are good for two things:

1. They allow your users to easily navigate your site.
2. They allow search engines to determine the structure of your site more easily.

Here is an example of Breadcrumbs on my blog:

Here is the list of Breadcrumbs WordPress Plugins:

1. Yoast Breadcrumbs

2. Breadcrumb Trail

3. Breadcrumb NavXT – the successor to the popular WordPress plugin Breadcrumb Navigation XT.

4. WordPress Breadcrumbs

The instructions on how you can install the plugins are on the website itself. If there’s any problem with the plugins, you can contact their respective authors.

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It is so important to always backup your bookmarks and plugins so if something bad happens, you can easily restore them. It really hurts if you lose all your bookmarks in just a snap like what happened to me before. That’s why after that incident, it has become my hobby to backup all my Firefox bookmarks, plugins and other important items on a weekly basis.

FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox offers (it can even backup/restore your entire profile). You can selectively restore only the items you need. For instance, you may just want your bookmarks restored and leave everything else as it was.

How to use FEBE to backup your Firefox bookmark and extensions:

1. Download and install FEBE.

2. Restart your browser.

3. Before you can backup your Firefox, let’s customize first your newly installed FEBE. On the Menu bar, Go to Tools then hover over FEBE and click FEBE Options.

4. Go to Directory tab and choose your Backup Destination Directory. (This is the folder where FEBE will create the backup files).

5.  After you setup your Backup Destination Directory, go to Options tab.

6. Select your Backup Type. (To know more about the different types of backup, click the small button beside it and a window will popup with the definitions of each backup types).

7. If you choose Selective type:

Proceed to “Backup items” option and check other items that you want to backup on the dropdown box and click OK.

* If you choose the “Full Profile” these options are automatically disabled.

8. To perform the backup, go to Tools, hover over FEBE and click Perform Backup. Just wait for it to finish the backup process.

9. You will receive a backup report on a separate tab once the backup is done.

That’s it! All you have to do now is to take care of the backup files. You may burn it on CD or save it on your USB.

You may also want to schedule the backup of your Firefox extensions. How?

Just go to FEBE Options. Go to Schedule tab and choose your preferences.

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Twitter Notify is one of the WLW plugins that I really love! After I publish new post, it will automatically generate a TinyURL and sends a Tweet about it. It really saves my time because I don’t have to do it manually.

Twitter Notify is a really cool plugin and every WLW users should have it.

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