First add google plus one to the right of your post title.

add_action('genesis_post_title', 'google_plus_one');
function google_plus_one()
{
    if ( is_page() )
        return; // don't show google plus 1 on pages

    ?> <div class="plus_one"><g:plusone href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"></g:plusone></div>
<?php }

The add some CSS to float it right

.plus_one {
float:right;
margin:-40px 0;
}

Now add the google +1 javascript to your header so google can track the clicks.

add_action('genesis_post_title', 'google_plus_one_script');
function google_plus_one_script()
{
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
<?php }

Step 1: Install WordPress 3.1 as normal

Step 2: edit wp-config.php and add (just above the debug line)

define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);

Step 3: From within the WordPress Admin Panel click – Tools – Network –  Select sub-domain

You now have wordpress 3.1 multisite enabled –

Now let’s move on to Domain mapping !

Domain mapping allows you to host multiple domains within your wordpress multisite (wpmu) installation. So you don’t have to deal with subfolders and sub domains!

You’ll need to simply install the domain mapping plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/

1. Install the plugin in the usual way into the regular WordPress plugins folder. Network activate the plugin. After activation you’ll see a screen telling you to make changes to wp-config.php and .htaccess – do that! duh!
2. Move sunrise.php into wp-content/. If there is a sunrise.php there already, you’ll just have to merge them as best you can.
3. Edit wp-config.php and uncomment or add the SUNRISE definition line. If it does not exist please ensure it’s on the line above the last “require_once” command. define( ‘SUNRISE’, ‘on’ );
4. As a “super admin”, visit Super Admin->Domain Mapping to create the domain mapping database table and set the server IP address or a domain to point CNAME records at.
5. Make sure the default Apache virtual host points at your WordPress MU site or WordPress 3.0 network so it will handle unknown domains correctly. On some hosts you may be required to get a dedicated IP address. A quick check: in a web broswer, type in the IP address of your install. If you are using CPanel, use the Park a Domain menu to set the mapped domain to your main installtion.
6. Do not define COOKIE_DOMAIN in your wp-config.php as it conflicts with logins on your mapped domains.

Couple more changes and you’re done –

Under Super Admin->Domain Mapping – you need to only select

• Permanent redirect (better for your blogger’s pagerank)
• User domain mapping page

Server IP Address: x.x.x.x – make sure you have your virtual host set to look to this IP. Also each virtual host will use the document root set for your main wordpress install.

Comment below if you need help with your installation. Comments are held for moderation so check back tomorrow for my reply.

1. Add a profile field to your author page aka profile page
2. Remove a profile field from your wordpress profile page
3. Call the custom profile information  somewhere within your blog post

<?php
function my_new_contactmethods( $contactmethods ) {
	  // Remove Yahoo IM
     unset($contactmethods['yim']);
    // Add Twitter
    $contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';
    //add Facebook
    $contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook URL';
    return $contactmethods;
}
add_filter('user_contactmethods','my_new_contactmethods',10,1);
?></code>

And then to call is within you post or pages just edit your template files and add:

<code><?php echo the_author_meta('facebook');?>

Here you will learn

• How to register your wordpress.org widget
• Output html java or php code with widget
• Add CSS or Java script to head of the theme

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/testwidget/testwidget.css" />

your code goes here for content you want on your home page

you other code goes here for none home page content or ads

You sign in here https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/

your going to create two ads – one at a time -

1. Click My ads
2. The New Ad Unit

Now select 336 x 280 – Large Rectangle and click the “Use Custom Settings” Button – see image below.

Copy paste the below hex numbers below into the style area…

• Border 222325
• Title 354FFA
• Background 212120Text 5f5f5f
• URL 5f5f5f

click save and get code – copy the code and paste it into email.

One more ad unit to go…. follow the step above again just this time you’ll make a 468 X 60 Banner

Now make a new ads again – this time select 468 x 60 – Banner then enter the colors below.

• Border 222325
• Title 354FFA
• Background 212120
• Text 5f5f5f
• URL 5f5f5f

click save and get code -

Then send me the code and all you ads will be live once I put them on the website.

I have my own website.. my boy from e-trade hooked it up.

Compare a domain name to your house having a street address. The house is your website, and the street address is your domain name.

Domains can be purchased from many different places (domain registrars) but you’ll want to purchase it as cheaply as possible and use this domain registrar from here on out. If you build up a huge list of domains and they reside with several different registrars then you haven’t done yourself any favors. Renewals can be a pain and general yearly upkeep and any changes like DNS and CNAM can be a pain, so keep them all in one place.

I really can only recommend godaddy.com as the place to purchase your domain name. They have easy to use tools to manage your domain and offer the best prices on domain name on the internet.

Now if you only plan to build one website then many hosting plans offer you a “free” domain name with the purchase of a hosting plan. Trust me do NOT purchase a hosting plan with godaddy. GoDaddy has the worst hosting package around and the hardware, network and customer support sucks. Avoid them for hosting but feel free to use them as a great source of cheap domain registration.

Okay back to building that house (website) which your domain will point to (street address). It can be hard to determine who to purchase you webhosting from. Of course I use ixwebhosting for this blog and have been recommending them for years. Reliable service and excellent phone support 24 x 7. I’ll get emails regarding planned outages from time to time and they are always upgrading hardware, bandwidth or patching systems. Building up the infrastructure in this nature is paramount in keeping ME happy and all of my websites up and running fast.

Next you’ll need to publish your website with na easy to use content management system. WordPress.org is easy to install (ixwebhosting has a 1 click wordpress install button) and is super user friendly. My daughter has a wordpress blog and she is 7 years old. Check them out at WordPress.org

So let’s recap…

If you plan to buy multiple domains use godaddy. Building up a huge reservoir of domains is cheap and easy to manage with godaddy.

But if you’re building just one website, you can just get one free domain with just about any hosting package around. I use and recommend ixwebhosting to all my friends.

Last but not least you need to be able to easily publish webpages with a click of a button. Can you send an email? Then you can use wordpress.org!

Edit the following file within your wordpress installation.

wp-admin/edit-link-form.ph

Find this line and add the code below to add the nofollow relationship (rel=”nofollow”)

<th scope=”row”> <?php /* translators: xfn: http://gmpg.org/xfn/ */ _e(‘identity’) ?> </th>

insert the html code below

<tr>
<th scope=”row”> <?php _e(‘seo’) ?> </th>
<td><fieldset><legend> <?php _e(‘seo’) ?> </legend>
<label for=”external”>
<input type=”checkbox” name=”seo” value=”external” id=”external” <?php xfn_check(‘seo’, ‘external’); ?> />
<?php _e(‘external’) ?></label>
<label for=”nofollow”>
<input type=”checkbox” name=”seo” value=”nofollow” id=”nofollow” <?php xfn_check(‘seo’, ‘nofollow’); ?> />
<?php _e(‘nofollow’) ?></label>
</fieldset></td>
</tr>

I’ve had to modify this to work in wordpress version 2.9 and have tested it up to wordpress 2.9.1

add the following to your functions.php right below the <?php at the top of the functions.php file

function my_wp_trim_excerpt($text) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed

if ( '' == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content('');
$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
$text = strip_tags($text, '

');
$excerpt_length = 50;
$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
array_pop($words);
array_push($words, ' ... <a href="'. get_permalink() . '">READ MORE</a>');
$text = implode(' ', $words);
}
}
return $text;
}
remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt');
add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'my_wp_trim_excerpt');

Change $excerpt_length = apply_filters(‘excerpt_length’, 35);

where 35 is the number of words you want in your excerpt

Share adsense with authors based on author name.

Adding adsense based on user name or author is easy with a little PHP magic.
Using this code your revenue sharing arrangement will work out so the writers AdSense code will be used only on the articles with which they write. Revenue generated from articles that the authors have written is all applied to the users adsense ID. The actual java script that google AdSense produces when you generate an ad is what is used within the HTML produced buy the wordpress loop.

I like this form of revenue sharing because the AdSense revenue is based on pageviews and clicks for each author, the writer is getting exactly what he or she earned based on what they have written and the traffic it brings to your WordPress blog.

In order to add the adsense based on the author of the post you’ll need each author to sign up for adsense and email you a copy of a ad they generated for what ever size box (ad unit) you’re defaulting for your blog.

So lets say your authors email you this adsense code:

<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “pub-1345304564559123“;
/* 336×280, created 7/31/09 */
google_ad_slot = “1237752456“;
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
//–>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>

The adsense revenue sharing script will be used to replace the “google ad client” and “google ad slot” based on author user name.

So you need to copy the “google ad client” ID and the “google ad slot” ID – above they are “pub-1345304564559123” and “1237752456”

Now insert all those google ID’s as seen below into the php script highlighted below as a quote.

You want to insert the entire below code snippet into your single.php file where ever you want the google adsense rotation code to show up. Usually if you want the adsense ad unit to show up at the bottom of the post just copy paste the below code directly above

<?php the_tags(‘<span id=”tags”><strong>’.__(‘Tagged as:’,).’</strong> ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘</span>’); ?>

or above

<?php comments_template(); ?>

Single.php is located in wp-content/wp-themes/”your-theme”/single.php

In order to get your adsense code to rotate based on author you need to replace the “green” item below with your Author name as seen in the wordpress admin panel.

Replace the “red” item below with your Author’s google pub-ID that they sent you via email.

Replace the “pink” item below with your Author’s google ad slot ID that they sent you via email.

<?php function get_ad_client($author) {
if($author == ‘username1‘)
return ‘pub-userspubIDhere‘;
elseif ($author==’username2‘)
return ‘pub-userspubIDhere‘;
else // default, no author found
return ‘pub-DefaultPubIDhere‘;
} ?>
<?php function get_ad_slot($author) {
if($author == ‘username1‘)
return ‘put-ad-slot-number-here‘;
elseif ($author==’username2‘)
return ‘put-ad-slot-number-here‘;
else // default, no author found
return ‘put-ad-slot-number-here‘;

} ?>
<script type=”text/javascript”><!–
google_ad_client = “<?php echo get_ad_client(get_the_author());?>”;
/* 336×280, top fantasy football */
google_ad_slot = “<?php echo get_ad_slot(get_the_author());?>”;
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
//–>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
</script>
<br><br>

The final results will look like this – use this code if you’re pasting it into your single.php file

<!--
google_ad_client = "";
/* BLOG 336 BIG BOX */
google_ad_slot = "";
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
//-->

That’s all folks! You now will have google adsense show up on your post page in wordpress based on the Author name of the user. The author name is set in the admin panel for each user name. Let me know if you have issues or questions.