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Add Social Media Icons to Posts in Thesis

Learn how to display social media icons on specific posts or pages without using a Social Media Plugin (some of these plugins can make your site load slowly). We’ll show you the code and then how to add it to your custom-functions.php file.

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Using Google Places to Help with Local Search

This member wants to make sure that she competes successfully in local search results. I suggest that she set up a Google Places account and show her how it worked for me. We look at my Google Places page for my architecture practice. Video Transcript Do you have a Google Local Places account? No. Okay [...]

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Add Social Media Icons to Posts in Thesis – Part 2 – Add to Home Page

This is Part 2 of Add Twitter, Facebook Like and Google +1 Icons to a Post in Thesis series. In this session, we demonstrate how to add the social media buttons so that they will only show on the home page in Thesis. We begin by showing you where to get these Social media buttons [...]

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Add Social Media Icons to Posts in Thesis – Part 3 – Create a Meta Box for Pages

This is Part 3 of the Add Twitter, Facebook Like and Google +1 Icons to a Post in Thesis series. In this session, we discuss how to create a meta box that will allow us to choose to display Twitter, Facebook Like and Google +1 Buttons on regular pages. We do this by using the [...]

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Add Social Media Icons to Posts in Thesis – Part 4 – Add the Buttons to the Bottom of the Page

This is Part 4 of the Add Twitter, Facebook Like and Google +1 Icons to a Post in Thesis series. In this session, we show how to add twitter, facebook like and google +1 buttons at the bottom of a post in Thesis. Video Transcript Okay so that was what I wanted to show you. [...]

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Lesson 13 - Part 5 - Create a Google account

Lesson 13 – Part 5 – Create a Google Account

The next thing we’re going to do here is set up a Gmail account and configure Google Analytics. I’m going to set up the Gmail account here and choose explore. I just type Gmail in Chrome to search for it. Most of you probably already have a Gmail account and you need that account in [...]

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Permalinks: Why do you recommend using the month rather than the year?

A member asked why is it that I recommend using “monthnum” in the custom permalink structure rather than “year”. I discuss my recommended semantic url structure and why semantic urls are important. Next I answer why using a date number in the url is important from a performance standpoint. Finally we discuss how this might [...]

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How to Hide a Page Intended For Subscribers from Google

A member wants her subscribers to have access to a page that she doesn’t want others to find through Google. She wonders if using no-follow and no-index is sufficient to prevent non subscribers from finding the page. We discuss different methods of hiding the page from Google. Video Transcript Rick: We’re going to start off [...]

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Do Regular Minor Changes to the Home Page Help SEO?

This member notices that a local competitor changes a word or two on his home page every day. She wonders why this is. I explain how to help Google know when your page actually changes and how not to spam Google with fake updates. Video Transcript Rick: Good morning, Angela. Angela: Good morning, Rick. Nice [...]

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Do Validation Errors Prevent Google from Indexing Your Site?

A member has validated his webpage and found 7 errors. He asks whether or not those errors will prevent Google from indexing his site. We look at his validation errors and we validate my home page. We discuss various reasons why we may have “valid” code while having validation errors. Select the link below to [...]

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Lesson 13 – Integrating your Site with Google

Using the Akismet Anti-spam Plugin – Watch the Video What is Comment Spam? How to prevent it? Comments settings Activate Akismet Purchase Akismet Activate the Akismet plugin Add API Credentials Add a Contact Form Using Contact Form 7 – Watch the Video Install Contact Form 7 Contact Form 7 edit screen Understanding the Form Code [...]

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How to Add and Use Google Fonts not Already Installed With Thesis

This member asks how to use the Google fonts from the Google Font Library in his Thesis based WordPress Website. We look at the fonts available and I demonstrate how to get the code that installs the font and where to place it. Then we change the font for the site title and then look [...]

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