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Have a little clear up on this blog as I want to test some of the Google+ features especially as Google are releasing new features all the time on the Google+ platform

I have removed most of the social sharing buttons from this site and will start to add Google+ options to see the functionality and track.

As an aside as looking at the Google+ options I came across the the Google+ profile button that you can add to your site. Grab your Google+ profile URL and pick your size and you can get the code to produce a button like:

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I’m reading the Rational Optimist


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Packt Open Source announce exclusive discount offers on best- selling books

Packt's Open Source BooksI have been a fan of Packts books for a long time especially their dedication to releasing titles on Open Source software including many business solutions that are not covered by other publishers. So I have no problem promoting their offer off Open Source books:

Packt Open Source has this week announced a series of discounts on its selection of best selling Open
Source books. Readers will be offered exclusive discounts off the cover price of selected print books and
eBooks for a limited period only.

So far in 2011, Packt Open Source announced in March that its donations to Open Source projects has
surpassed the $300,000 mark, while in April insight into various projects was offered during the ‘Believe
in Open Source’
campaign and July’s series of discounts continue this trend of Packt showing its
commitment to the Open Source community.

The Packt Open Source books included in this exclusive discount offer include well known books such
as JBoss AS 5 Performance Tuning, PHP jQuery Cookbook, Drupal 7 Module Development and Blender
Lighting and Rendering, amongst others.

“This special discount showcases a host of Packt Open Source topics and allows readers to purchase
some of our most well renowned books at an exclusive price” said Packt Open Source Marketing
Executive Julian Copes. “

To ensure you do not miss this fantastic offer, visit the special discount page now, where you can view
the extensive list of books included in the offer and access an array of related articles that were written
by the authors.

The exclusive discounts are available from 4th July 2011. To find out more, please visit the Packt website.

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WordPress 3.2 Upgrade Available – Are You Ready?

Released this week WordPress 3.2 is another step forward in usability, functionality and speed for the worlds most popular open source publishing platform

Before upgrading you may want to use the WordPress Requirements Plugin as 3.2 changes the minimum requirements for both PHP and MySQL. WordPress 3.2 will require PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0

It’s also worth noting that support for some older browsers has also been dropped. If using any modern analytics package you should easily be able to see the browser versions you visitors are using to see how much of an effect this may have for your site. In Google Analytics From the Visitors menu select Browsers and then you can click on each browser listed to see the version number visitors are using like this:

Analytics Browser Versions Report

Google Analytics Browser Versions Report

In WordPress 3.2 the browser’s no longer supported include Internet Explorer 6 which is still used widely around the world. To encourage people to keep their browser up to date WordPress also have their Browse Happy campaign:

WordPress Browse Happy Campaign

WordPress Browse Happy Campaign

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