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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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How to Choose a Blog Publishing Application

by sarahsnow on August 27, 2010

Blogging Platforms

There are many different blog publishers that offer free basic blogs and all of them have slightly different features. Choosing a blog publisher that has all the features you need can be difficult and time consuming. This article is designed to make that process a little bit easier for you.

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Official Tweet Button

Say goodbye to Tweetmeme! Twitter has just released an official Tweet button for people to install on their websites and blogs. This Tweet button allows users to easily share content on Twitter and see how many times the content has been retweeted.

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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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WordPress Thesis Theme Review – 8 Reasons to Switch

June 19, 2010
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The Thesis theme for Wordpress is customizable, SEO friendly, loads fast, and has excellent user support. Find out why top bloggers use Thesis.

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How to Add the Facebook Like Button to Your Blog

April 22, 2010
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Add the Facebook Like button to your website or Wordpress blog, and let users share your content with all of their Facebook friends in just one click.

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How to Add the Official Google Buzz Button to your Website

April 19, 2010
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Add the official Google Buzz button to your website or blog. The official Google Buzz share button counts how many times your content has been buzzed.

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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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Disqus V3 Live: Upgrades for Publishers, Profiles for Commenters

August 25, 2009
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Disqus is a commenting system and moderation tool for your site or blog. Disqus V3 now offers a management system for the commenters themselves.

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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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