The WP-PostRatings plugin adds an AJAX rating system for your blog’s post/page. This allows your audience to rate your content.

Once the WP-PostRatings plugin is activated a few different things will happen:

  • The Ratings widget will be available in the Appearance > Widgets control panel.
  • The Ratings menu block will be in the lower left corner of your Dashboard.  This menu block contains a variety of different

To view help instructions on the Ratings widget and settings, just click on the following provided links:

You can also locate the specific help post in the Categories menu on this site.

The WP-Polls plugin will allow you to perform several different poll related tasks such as:

  • Creation of polls
  • Management of polls
  • Basic styling of poll elements right through the user interface
  • More advanced styling and layout control using poll templates (suggested for advanced use only)

The WP-Polls plugin has already been enabled on all sites.  All features provided by this plugin are available as soon as any blog is created.  The settings for these items are located in the Polls menu block at the lower left corner of the Dashboard.

To view help instructions on the Polls widget and settings, just click on the following provided links:

You can also locate the specific help post in the Categories menu on this site.

The Sociable plugin allows users the ability to automatically add links on posts, pages, and RSS feeds to favored social bookmarking sites such as: Google, Facebook, Digg, and many more.

Once the Sociable plugin is activated a few different things will happen:

  • The Sociable configuration options will be available in the Settings > Sociable control panel.
  • All posts and pages on your blog site will display a footer that contains icons and links to:
    • Print
    • Digg
    • Sphinn
    • del.icio.us
    • Facebook
    • Mixx
    • Google
    • Blogplay

These are not the only bookmarking links available, though.  A total of 99 links to different bookmarking sites are available through the Sociable settings.

To view help instructions on the Sociable settings, just click on the following provided link:

You can also locate the specific help post in the Categories menu on this site.

The Popularity Contest plugin will gather and display information about the popularity of different posts and pages on your blog site. This useful tool provides a wealth of different reports on such things as:

  • Permalink views
  • Permalink views from search engines
  • Home views
  • Archive views
  • Category views
  • Tag views
  • Feed views
  • Comments
  • Pingbacks
  • Trackbacks

Reports based on the above information are then generated and can be displayed in a widget on your blog site, if you so choose.

Once the Popularity Contest plugin is activated a few different things will happen:

  • The Popularity Contest widget will be available in the Appearance > Widgets control panel.
  • The Most Popular Posts menu link, which is a link to a variety of reports generated by the Popularity Contest plugin, will appear in your Dashboard menu block.
  • The Popularity configuration option will be available in the Settings > Popularity control panel.
  • All content on your blog site will display a footer that details the popularity ranking of that particular post.

To view help instructions on the Popularity Contest widget and settings, just click on the following provided links:

You can also locate the specific help post in the Categories menu on this site.