Installing the Facebook Like Button on a WordPress Blog

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

If you are a WordPress Blogger, you probably have an immediate need to install the new Facebook Like button on your blog. With the Facebook Like Button, readers can like a web page and a link to the page will appear on their Facebook profile.

A WordPress Plugin That Will Solve All Your Liking Needs

The Facebook Like for Marketers plugin allows you to place a like button at the bottom of every post and much more. With the plugin, you can:

• Add the like button the the bottom of your posts
• Change the height and width of the area which your like button will take up
• Choose whether to show the profile pictures of people who have liked the post
• Choose between two layouts (standard or button count)
• Choose whether to display “like” or “recommend”
• Choose a light, dark or “evil” color scheme
• Choose the title, site name and thumbnail to display on Facebook within the post editor.

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Tags: humor blogging, wordpress plugins
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What’s So Funny About Writing a Humor Blog?

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

I’m Tim Jones. I write a weekly humor blog – well, at least that’s what I like to think I am doing each week. Some critics think I am wasting valuable bits and bytes of Internet bandwidth that could be put to much better use. Some people (and by some people, I mean my wife) wonder why I spend time on a humor blog in the first place (I assure you, it’s not for the money). And still others (and by others I mean my two teenage daughters) wonder when will I get off the computer so I can do their homework for them or take them to the mall. (more…)

Tags: guest posts, humor blogging, writing
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