If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0

On my WordPress (self hosted) site I’ve noticed a lot of people using the URL field on the comments box to link to a lot of pointless sites, therefore I felt it necessary to remove the option all together. I’m not yet sure how fool proof this is but only time will tell and if it needs improving I’ll look into it at that point. So long as your comfortable with editing the Appearance *.php files then this is a piece of cake
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With the release of the Official Google Buzz button I basically wanted to add to my previous post and update it, so this will be short and sweet. The only real changes here are the syntax which should allow you to Buzz rather than send it to Google Reader.
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I was testing out different plugins, for WordPress 2.9.2, to add some ‘Share This’ buttons at the bottom of each post but I didn’t really like most of the ones I was finding I also ran into a problem where the ‘Google Buzz’ button didn’t feature in all plugin sets, I had to use a separate plugin for that So I ended up with 2 ideas that I was playing with and after adding lines of code to each page I soon began to think on the level ‘Isn’t their a quicker way?’. The sites I was looking at are: Social Bookmark and the Add This Button. You will need to sign up to ‘AddThis.com’ for the personalised Bookmark and Share links.
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There is a hefty download and install procedure before you start. I think it took me a total of 2-3 hours to get everything i needed Below is a list of the required software and libraries needed to complete the task ahead, obviously as this post dates so may the links and libraries. I’ll try to keep it as up to date as I can but I’m sure I’ll lose track at some point.
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