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Why you should always wait to upgrade WordPress

by Diana Urban on December 13, 2011

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Oooh. Look at that. The magical yellow bar has appeared at the top of your WordPress dashboard, with a pretty upgrade button. An upgrade to WordPress 3.3 is available.

You click the pretty upgrade button.

You sit patiently for a couple seconds, literally twiddling your thumbs in anticipation. You get up to make a hot chocolate while the coding faeries are hard at work, delivering magical upgrades to your WordPress experience. You sit back down at your computer, eager to enjoy your chocolaty treat and explore the new WordPress functionality. Then you stare in disbelief at the screen.

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Adding an author box to your post footers will help build your personal brand on your blog. An about the author box helps your visitors get to know you, especially first time visitors. And it also is useful on blogs like this that are not personal FIRSTNAMELASTNAME.com blogs, and the picture helps personalize the post. This post will show you how to add an author post box to your WordPress blog, as well as to the Thesis theme.

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Thesis is an amazing WordPress theme. I recently made the switch to the Thesis theme from the free Flexibility 2 theme, and I can already tell that it was a worthwhile investment. When I was looking for a new WordPress theme, my main criteria were customizability, SEO friendliness, fast load times, and excellent user support. By choosing Thesis, I got all this and SO much more.

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How to Add the Facebook Like Button to Your Blog

by Diana Urban on April 22, 2010

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You might have noticed that Facebook has gone a bit “like” crazy this week. One major change affected fan pages: instead of becoming a fan of a page like Coca-Cola, you now “like” the brand. Facebook also introduced a “Like” button that could be added to any page on the internet. This little like button is the easiest way to share content yet. With just one click, a user can share your content with all of his or her Facebook friends. Click to continue…

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How to Add Google Buzz To Your WordPress Blog

February 17, 2010
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Add Google Buzz to your Wordpress blog using Wordpress plugins. Your social media strategy should include Google Buzz, a new internet marketing tool.

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How To Promote Your WordPress Blog on LinkedIn

December 20, 2008
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If you’re a professional blogger, learn how to gain credibility on LinkedIn by promoting your blog with the LinkedIn Wordpress application.

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WordPress Plugins that Encourage Blog Comments

December 16, 2008
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These four simple Wordpress plugins will encourage commenting on your blog: CommentLuv, DoFollow, Top Commentators, and Subscribe to Comments. Here’s why…

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