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This is a plug-in that allows you to add functional forms that allow people to contact you through your website. I covered how to install and use this in a video lesson.
Install & activate the “Social Media Widget” to connect your WordPress site to the social media sites you keep up with. This is a very flexible and comprehensive widget! See the links to the left for examples. (Note: none are active links.)
Once you activate the plug-in, you have the ability to change the size and style of the buttons. Simply go to the “Appearance”, “Widgets” menu to the left of your dashboard & drag it from the list of available widgets to the right to activate it.
If simplicity is your moto, the “WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart” shopping cart plugin is for you. After installing it, go to “Settings” “WP Shopping Cart” to link your Paypal account to the shopping cart on your site. Once in “Settings”, enter the email address you have associated with Paypal and any other relevant information.
If you have a MailChimp mailing list & wish to allow visitors a “sign up here” area on your sidebar, search for and install “MailChimp List Subscribe Form”. Once it’s installed, it will be simply called “MailChimp”. To finish setting it up, go to “Settings”, “MailChimp Setup” to sign into MailChimp’s site and and get your personal API key, which will link your MailChimp account into your website.