Just Installed Cute Profiles

When I visit a website I tend to get turned off by “cluttered” websites. As do most readers do. When designing a blog or website and I need to add icons or buttons for social networking sites, the side bars, post and any header gets to cluttered if you add more than a couple.  While searching the internet for a better option, I started paying attention to the “floating” navigation buttons pushed up against the left or right side of a webpage. I noticed over the last couple of months that I started seeing more and more sites starting to use this trend.

After some research I found the best option to get the look I wanted without having to spend to much time coding this into my site.  That option is a WordPress Plugin called Cute Profiles. Cute Profiles brings all your Social Profiles to one location on your blog pages in an elegant. manner.

Features include:

• Customizable themes and customizable sizes for the icons.
• 50 different network profiles to choose from and more to choose as the plugin grows.
• Customizable CSS to set the profiles to be displayed.
• CSS based Design and Implementation
• Option to set Profile links to DoFollow or NoFollow. Recommend to share link juice by choosing DoFollow!

Installation

This plugin is easy to install like any other plug-ins for WordPress, follow the below mentioned steps:

1. Copy Folder “cute-profiles” from the downloaded and extracted file.

2. Paste it in “wp-Content/plugins” folder on your WordPress Installation

3. Activate the plugin from Dashboard / Plugins window.

4. Now plugin is Activated.

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Configuration

The first step is to configure your social media profiles.  There are two sections of profile configuration links to fill out. That is over 50 social media sites you can add to your site! The format to configure the profiles correctly is [http:www.socialmediasite.com/username]

The final step is to configure the layout of the icons on your site. Follow the steps below to complete the configuration.

1. The first thing you need to do is set your icons to DoFollow to share the link juice. This will help with your SEO. .
2. Set the Alignment to left or right.
3. Set your icon size.
4. Set your icon theme. You will have the choice between gray with color when you hover over the icons.
5. Insertion of Profiles. Choose between automatic insertion and manual insertion.
6. Display Media for Cute Profiles. You can choose between “On Screen Only” or “On all media, like screen, handheld ect.”
7. Click Save.

Once you have the plugin installed and configuration, it should look like this.

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For more information, questions, or troubleshooting please visit Internet Techies – Cute Profiles.