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I’m hoping that someone in my blogosphere can assist me with some changes to this blog theme.  It’s the sidebar especially..

What I’d like to do is to have a 1 column sidebar underneath the 2 column sidebar - preferably widget ready.  I’ve been playing around with the sidebar.php but so far nothing I’ve done has put an additional sidebar underneath.  It ends up outside the theme on the right side.  I’m figuring it’s a div thing, but so far I’m stuck as to get it working the way I’d like.

So, if there are any themers out there that would be so kind as to help me out, I’d love to hear from you!

In the meantime, during my dropping today, I came across a fabulous site that has terrific tutorials on creating your own WordPress theme.  Check out CK Marketing’s tutorials.   I haven’t attempted to create my own WP theme yet, though I may just give it a go and see what I can come up with :)  Perhaps after going through it and getting more familiar with the layouts I can figure out how to modify my Wahm Cafe theme to do what I want.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

I’m having a slight problem here… I believe I’m a tad overwhelmed with everything I’ve got on the go, and trying to figure out how to make it all work together. Social networking is the coolest concept since the TV was invented, but much like trying to figure out how to watch 5 different shows that are all on during the same time slot (ok.. now we have PVR and TIVO lol), social networking can creep right on in there and attempt to take over your life.

Here’s my current networking list:

	http://www.twitter.com/diannef
	http://profile.to/diannef/
	http://www.youtube.com/user/DianneFratscher
	http://entrecard.com/details/41365
	http://digg.com/users/wahmdianne
	http://friendfeed.com/diannef
	http://diannef.stumbleupon.com/
	http://www.blogcatalog.com/user/Diannef
	http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/Diannef/
	http://diannef.qassia.com/
	http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/wahmsunited

I’m sure there are more too… Qassia for example is one that I just joined on a recommendation from Angie, my partner over at Frugal Wahms Talk Radio, so I still have to start actively participate in that one.

Whenever I make a new blog post, it automatically gets posted to Twitter, and as I have my Twitter account set up in Friend Feed, it also updates Friend Feed killing two birds with one stone. Blog posts are also updated on my Entrecard profile, Blog Catalog and My Blog Log, in addition to both Twitter posts and blog posts being updated on my Facebook account.

My Stumbles will also be updated on my Facebook account, as well as Friend Feed, and I can submit them as content to Qassia (when I get it all figured out lol). Then of course there’s Digg - my account there is brand new so I haven’t dugg anything yet, or had anything dugg that I know of but I am working on adding over 300 friends from Entrecard (confusing huh?!)

I think what I need to do is while I’m dropping, I have to take a look at the first few blog posts and if I enjoy them, I need to give it a thumbs up on stumble, and digg it before I leave the site. I always try to read through the posts anyway, but until now haven’t paid much attention to the aspects of any other social networking sites. The key is to make them all work together with as little effort as possible.

I’m looking forward to next week’s 30 Day Challenge pre-season lessons when Ed will be teaching us more about Friend Feed. He’s mentioned it a few times the last few weeks but will go in depth next week.

Anyway, I guess my biggest thing is getting the time management aspect of everything under control so that I’m doing something constructive with my time. Any tips? Am I missing any social networking sites from my list?

Do you have more than one website or blog that you’d like to cross promote? Or perhaps one of your colleagues has an absolutely fantastic blog, and you would like to put some of their content on your own site. There is now a truly fantastic (and easy) way to do just that - actually, there are a few ways, depending on what your blog is made of.

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It was approximately 2 weeks ago when I finally clicked on one of those Entrecard links on a blog out of pure curiosity.  I was starting to see these weird ‘Drop’ links on blogs all over the place, and wanted to know what the heck I was missing.

Turns out, I was missing out on a fun, hugely addictive opportunity to make new friends and spread the word about Wahm Cafe.  Yep.. I’ll take free advertising any day!  So, I jumped (quickly) aboard the Entrecard bandwagon.

Basically, you sign up for a free account and add an Entrecard widget on to your blog (preferably in a prominent position), and other passing members can “drop” their card on you. Every time someone drops a card on you, you earn one credit, and every time you drop your card on someone else, you also a credit. Your Entrecard dashboard will show you who has dropped their cards on you, so that you can also reciprocate.

The whole point of this system is the free advertising you can get out of it. A 125×125 card ad is displayed in the widget, and you buy an ad on someone else’s blog using the credits that you gather. Each time you buy an ad on someone else’s page, your ad is displayed in their widget for 24 hours. You may receive requests from irrelevant blogs looking to advertise, but you have full control over which advertisers you accept and reject.

Using Entrecard is a terrific way to obtain free advertising on blogs that you otherwise may not be able to afford, or haven’t even discovered yet. I’ve traded my credits in for advertising on relevant
blogs that I’d never seen before, until browsing through the categories in Entrecard. There are literally thousands of opportunities just waiting for you.
Choose from Categories such as: Business, Marketing, Blogging Resources, Parenting & Family, Womens Interests, Cooking & Dining, Make Money Online, Graphic Design and a whole lot more.

Some of Entrecard’s newest features include:

• The ability to add more than one blog to your account:  This is really easy to do via your Dashboard - just click on “Linked Blogs” and add all of your blogs in one convenient spot.

• Campaign Page Tabs:  Quickly and conveniently find the most popular, newest, and cheapest Entrecard members.  You can also check out the Random search, or search for specific sites.

• Top Droppers RSS Feed:  This is cool!  On your Statistics page you’ll find the RSS feed to those ‘Droppers’ who have dropped their cards on you the most.  This is a really handy feed to have.

Ad don’t forget to download your FREE copy of the Entrecard Official E-Book!  Don’t get lost when you first join Entrecard - this free pdf download tells you what to do and how to do it.  It’s an awesome resource and will help you get started Dropping the easy way

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