Blog Tweak: Tags and Flares in Footer

Catching up on reading blogs this morning, I noticed how Fred Wilson at A VC has his FeedFlare in the post footer rather than within the post.

I decided I could either call a web developer ($1500) or do it myself ($15). Guess which I chose.

Here’s the bottom of a post before the tweak:

Here it is after the tweak:

I also changed the phrase "Technorati Tags:" to read "What Others Are Saying about:" because I believe tagging is as valuable to the reader as the publisher. We’ll see if the tags get more clicks.

Here’s how I did it (if you’re in TypePad – you’ll need to be using Advanced Templates):

1. In the ‘entry-list’ and ‘entry-individual’ modules, I changed the p class="entry-footer" to a div class="entry-footer"
2. I moved the tech-tags code and the feed flare script below the postfooter code
3. Close the div
4. In the tech-tags module, I modified the MTTrans phrase to say, "What Others Are Saying…"

Thanks for the example, Fred. (Fred also has a theme song for his site. I wonder…what would be a good theme song for ConverStations?)

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