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Entrecard, The Droppers How To

Monday, August 4th, 2008

This sort of feel like it will be a long post, but I really don’t want you skimming. I took the time to write this because I have found a system that works for me and that grants a share. Since the addition of the Entrebar the Entrecard system has become very user-friendly and it […]

Top Entrecard Droppers Widget for WordPress

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I am embarrassed to say I Google’d this for almost 20 minutes before I realized how stupid I was to make this more complicated that it actually was.  In retrospect, this widget is nothing more than an RSS feed provided by Entrecard.  I spruced mine up some with nofollow and an image to give it […]

CSS Image Replacement For Fixed Width Themes

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Early on in my blogging career, I wrote a how to for css image replacement and today I am here to tell you that does not work for fixed width themes such as our new one.? So, it took some poking around to find out what would.? The objective here was to have our name […]

Using the Linky FireFox Plugin to Speed Up Your Entrecard Drop Rate

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Lately I been using a Firefox plugin called Linky to expedite the dropping process. It is not a method I came up with, but no harm in me continuing to spread the word.  What Linky does is allow you to open multiple links on one page in new tabs.  So, its perfect for those Entrecard […]

Earn Entrecard Seller Status With A Little Creativity

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Entrecard is offering seller status to six lucky webmasters.  Seller status would allow Entrecard users to exchange their credits for purchases that usually cost real money.  In reality you could sell anything with a little creative thinking.  It would be a great opportunity to gain social exposure and increase your branding strength through Entrecard.  To […]

Adding Facebook to Sociable 2.0 For WordPress

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

After posting the instructions for adding mixx to sociable 2.0., Matthew Peters from Pandemic Blog requested the needed code for facebook.  I honestly don’t use facebook much as I just hate pictures, but in due time I will get into it.  Anyway, here are the images and manual edits needed for adding facebook to sociable […]

Creating Favorite Icons with a Transparent Background Using Photoshop

Monday, December 17th, 2007

If you haven’t noticed or cleared your Internet cache in a while, I have been working on some new logo concepts for the site.  Anyway, after doing so I had to change the favorite icon too.  I set out on my journey to find the perfect tutorial for creating favorite icons with transparent backgrounds.  I […]

Adding a Favorite Icon To Your Site, The How To

Friday, December 14th, 2007

A favorite icon gives you branding strength and more importantly something your members can recognize in a long list of favorites.? It is pretty much straight forward 101 stuff, but I am going to do my best to break it down into simple steps for any management platform. (Gathering thoughts into sentences….Almost there)

Add a Working Mixx Bookmark Icon to the Blogger/Blogspot Platform : Classic or Custom Templates

Friday, December 7th, 2007

It literally took me about 2 hours to figure out the syntax for blogspot.  I have no idea how people put up with that compared to a self-hosted blog, sigh.  Anyway upon request, here are the steps to adding a Mixx Icon that works properly for the old and new Blogger templates.

Add Mixx to the WordPress Sociable 2.0 Plugin

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

You can add a Mixx icon to your WordPress Sociable plugin in less than 5 minutes.? I will provide both manual edits and modified files.? Either way it should be a very simple modification for anyone. Check out an interview with the founder of Mixx: Chris McGill, for the latest buzz on this new social […]