In the month of November I participated in two BlogChallenges as well as hired someone to re-do my blog. I set aside November and December to build up my blog with writing posts everyday.
When I was commenting on other blog posts, I noticed most of them had an author box as well as social share buttons at the end of their posts. I thought it would be a good idea to install them on my blog as well. I had no idea what they were using but decided I would research it by trying different plugins that wordpress had to offer.
I tried different author boxes but was not able to get the settings correct or even have it show up on my posts. I ended up using the plugin
Starbox. Not only does this plugin contain the author box, but it also contains social sharing icons and displays my last three recent posts.
Even though my author box had the social icons, I did not think they would be used as much as the icons right under my post. I read an article from a member of the challenge and she wrote about the
Shareaholic plugin and decided I wanted to add it to my posts. This is what it looks like.
When I had my blog re-done, my webmaster used the plugin called
AA's Digg Digg Alternative. These are the social icons that are verticle along side your blog posts.
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To Your Success,
Anita Levesque
207-619-0307
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Hello Anita,
Thank you for the tips I am using shares however I have never used the author box plugin. Perhaps I will take a look at it after reading this. Thanks for the information!
You are welcome. I thought it was a good idea as you can put a little bio in there on how you help people with your business. Anita
We are glad to hear that you consider StarBox is a must try AuthorBox plugin. – Squirrly Team
I like Starbox. I saw an author box on other blogs and wanted one on mine. I tried different ones and thought this was fitting. Thanks. Anita