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When I logged into Facebook this morning, I was greeted with the picture to the left. I am sure that many of you have already seen this. I am also sure that many started out the same way I did; looking for the path to add the ‘like’ button to your website. With that said, I decided to write a post explaining how to install this little tool to your website.

Before I begin, I thought I would share what this button can and will do for you. If you look to the right, you will see this button in action on our real estate network. As you can see at this point (originally published 4-22-2010), not many have used it. Over time, the number will grow and people will be able to share our network with their facebook friends a lot easier. All one needs to do is to click the ‘Like’ button once, and it adds them. Below is an excerpt from the facebook page explaining this a little better:

The Like button enables users to make connections to your pages and share content back to their friends on Facebook with one click. Since the content is hosted by Facebook, the button can display personalized content whether or not the user has logged into your site. For logged-in Facebook users, the button is personalized to highlight friends who have also liked the page.

Now that we have that out of the way, let’s take a look at how we add this neat little tool to our own websites. If you look to the immediate left, you will see the picture of the Like Button Generator. As you can see, I have filled out the necessary fields to create this button for Positive Real Estate Professionals’ main page. Now, in theory, I could do this for each and every page that I wanted to on PREP, but at some point, you run into overkill.

Once all the pertinent information is entered, all you need to do is click on ‘get code’. When that is done, it will generate 2 codes; the first is an iFrame code and the second is a JavaScript code. Once you have selected which code you want to use, all you need to do is add this as a ‘Text’ or ‘HTML’ widget in sidebar of your website. If you do not have access to do that, then contact your webmaster and they can instruct you more on this subject. In some cases this can require coding added to the theme itself or some adjustments to certain parameters that can only be done by an admin or webmaster.

OK, now that we have the why and how to out of the way, let’s get down to the where. I thought long and hard about how I could help you get this tool on your site in the easiest way. I decided that I would add the direct link to the Facebook Developers social media ‘Like Button’ plugin page; http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like I hope that you find this post useful.

How To Add Facebook Like Button To Your Website is a post from: My WordPress Tutorial

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How To Add Facebook Like Button To Your Website is a post from: Test Account

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In this tutorial you will learn how to change the name of your pages/tabs on your website and how they are ordered. (NOTE: THIS METHOD SHOULD WORK FOR ALL WORDPRESS PLATFORMS.)

Dashboard>Pages

1. Click the ‘Pages’ tab in the left hand column on your Dashboard (PURPLE).
2. To change the page/tab name simply replace the existing name with the new one (GREEN).
3. If you are changing the page/tab name and want the permalink (name that appears in the URL) to match the new name, you must manually change the permalink (BLUE). NOTE: IF YOU DO CHANGE THE PERMALINK YOU MUST CHANGE THE LINK LOCATION WHEREVER IT IS USED TO AVOID A BROKEN LINK.
4. To change the page/tab order locate ‘Page Attributes’ on the right hand side of the page you are editing (ORANGE).
5. Under ‘Page Attribute’ locate ‘Order’ (RED).
6. You order your pages by number (ascending). NOTE: IF YOUR WEBSITE IS SET TO HAVE YOUR BLOG (OR ANY OTHER PAGE) AS THE DEFAULT ‘LANDING PAGE’ THEN YOUR PAGE ORDER WILL BEGIN AFTER THE DEFAULT PAGE.
7. Hit the ‘Update’ button.

For a visual tutorial see the image below; if you click on it a larger, complete version will open.

Additional tutorials relating to pages are below.

Adding Pages And Subpages

Adding Or Editing Content On Pages

Changing Page/Tab Names And Order is a post from: My WordPress Tutorial

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Changing Page/Tab Names And Order is a post from: Test Account

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You (or your webmaster) has created a wonderful site that is just waiting to receive your content. But you are left wondering, just how do I add my content? After reading this post you should be able to quickly and easily add your content. While the image in this post will touch on How To Add Pages and Subpages, Virtual Siloing, and Adding Images, you may want to follow the appropriate links to read specifically about these topics.

Another thing that I feel is important is to define what I mean by ‘content’: Content (to me) is anything you place on your page. This includes text, images, music, video, etc.

Here is the how you add content (you must be logged in to your Dashboard; refer to the image below for a visual tutorial):

Dashboard>Pages

1. Locate the ‘Pages’ tab in the left hand column on your Dashboard (PURPLE).
2. Select either ‘Pages’ or ‘Add New’ depending on whether you are adding content to an existing page or adding a completely new page (PURPLE).
3. If you are adding a completely new page you will need to give your new page a title (RED). If this is a completely new page and you use a hierarchy format (parent/child or page/subpage) you will need to be certain to select the appropriate ‘Page Attributes’ (PINK).
4. Insert your content, text, images, video, etc. (GREEN) just as you would for a blog post.
5. Either hit the ‘Update’ button for edited content or ‘Publish’ button for content on a new page.

That’s it!

Adding Or Editing Content On Pages is a post from: My WordPress Tutorial

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Adding Or Editing Content On Pages is a post from: Test Account

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Today was a good day for PREP admins and hopefully for the general public who have their own website or blogsite built on a platform. This is because we launched SEO Info Now. This site is independent of the Positive Real Estate Professionals network.

Why did we build this site?

The reason for this site is rather simple. Since many of our PREP members find our SEO posts helpful, and the tutorials on the Test Account helpful as well we wanted to launch a site that combines both.

Will all the articles from PREP be on this new site?

While we are using a syndication from PREP’s main blog and the Test Account, these are going to be the only two sources of information for this site. Also, we have set up the syndication to hold posts in draft for the simple reason that if they are mainly concerned with PREP and not SEO or SEO enhancements or Wordpress tutorials we can simply leave them in draft.

What is the benefit to PREP overall (why should I care)?

This new site will provide backlinks and deeplinks to PREP. This will strengthen and enhance even further our positioning as a network with the search engines.

If you have a chance check out the new site and if you know someone whose site is built on a Wordpress platform that might appreciate the articles, send them on over too!

Positive Real Estate Professionals (PREP) can help you achieve the recognition you and your business deserve through our highly versatile and search engine optimized member websites, lead capture, and visitor friendly layout. If you are a professional who works in the real estate industry or one of the related fields that service the needs of the real estate industry then this real estate network can be just what you need to take your business to the next level. If you have questions or would like to join CLICK HERE.

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With the college football season getting close, R & D Art releases their first College Football Theme for sale. The theme that is being release is for the University of Tennessee football fans. What better way to show your love for your Volunteers than that of showing it off with your own personal blog. The screenshot appears on the left in this post. Some features of the theme is a fixed background with a transparent and floating article section. Also, the buttons have been replaced with Tennessee helmets as well as good ole Smokey. The theme has a temporary name and slogan in just to show you the position, font family, font size, and font color.

The theme is being sold under 3 different types of license. There is a single user license ($50.00), a multi-user license($250) and an exclusive license($200). The single user allows for you to use the product on one site only. The mulit-user edition is for use on a MU version of wordpress for you to allow any of your users to utilize the theme. The exclusive license means that this theme will never be sold again and you will be the only one with rights to use or distribute the theme.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the licensing type, then please click on the pay pal button below. Once the first sale is made, it will either negate the ability to buy as exclusive or as a multi-user/single user theme. When that happens, we will come back and update this post.

Pricing

Single User $50.00 Multi User Platforms $250.00 Exclusive $200.00

If you areinterested in seeing other themes, then pleas go to WP Themes 4 Sale.

When you are building a blog, you want to be as unique as possible. You can search all day long for wordpress themes that are free. The big issue with that is there are going to 20 other blogs that have that same theme being used. That is where the problems begin when it comes to free wordpress themes. There is really no way to get the exclusively for yourself.

With that said, R & D Art has released it’s first collection of wordpress themes for sale. In their first collection series you will be able to find themes that include sports related themes, sunset related, water view related, change of season related, and much more. The great thing is, if there is not something there that you like, then you can contact them directly @ 865-951-0522 and they can build one with just you in mind. All you will need to do is supply the pictures that you own and some other criteria and the build can be priced out with your specification in mind.

Ultimately, whatever your taste is, R & D Art can help you put it into a layout if they do not already have it. The bottom line is, the layout needs to be a reflection of you, the blogger. So, whether you taste is for sports, animals, theme parks, national parks, states, water, etc…, you can display that right on your blog.