Lovable Things about WordPress

In case you wish to start your own blog and are looking for a worthy blogging solution, then WordPress is just what you require. WordPress is the world’s most widely used blogging platform. Ever since it’s official launch around eight years back, the Wordpress community has been ever growing and evolving. So, what makes this software the most appreciated option among users and web developers? Let’s find out. (more...)

AS IMPRESIVE AS EVER: Full Screen Editor in WordPress 3.2

WordPress is a popular blogging tool and publishing platform, powered by PHP and MySQL. The team at WordPress began work on this latest version right after the release of the 3.1 version. It was only in May 2011, that the beta version was released for testing. Even before the official launch, WordPress 3.2 had gained immense buzz amongst its user via blogs and forums. It is now time to check whether these expectations were met or not. However, it is crucial to know whether your hosting provider has PHP 5.5.4 and MySQL 5.0. This version does not run without it. (more...)

The Essentials of Website Redesign

This is a guest post by Chloe Henderson. Website and internet technology are constantly evolving into more efficient and more robust platforms. It is important to incorporate new technologies in order to maintain a competitive and marketable internet presence. Redesigning a website should take a few basic factors into account: the platform used, the user experience for visitors, and website host. (more...)

PopUp Domination

You know the saying, build your list, money is in the list…. Well, for the past couple of days, I have been playing around with a fantastic Wordpress plugin called PopUp Domination. It is a very slick looking popUp opt-in box which is guaranteed to boost your opt-in rate significantly. It’s being created and developed by a fellow blogger Michael Dunlop over at Income diary, which uses on his own blog. What’s different about this tool is the ability to customise its look and feel to match your blog. Plus it has a high impact feel about it – which means more subscribers. There are 4 templates to choose from which can be altered to suit your taste. Popup domination is also compatible with the major email marketing providers such as Aweber and many more. The plugin provided the following configuration options: Look and feel - Choose template - Pick buttons and layout colours, Mailing list HTML - Choose your Email marketing provider i.e. Aweber Template fields - Input your content List Points - Highlight important messages using bullet lists. Schedule - control PopUp timing sequence. …and more There’s a video tutorial of this plugin. See it in action >> Start converting your readers into email subscribers using PopUp Domination. You can pick up this amazing plugin for only $37 – a complete bargain if you ask me. Get yours now!

Site Overlay from Google Analytics

Site overlay allows you to monitor click-through rates on your blog. This is particularly useful for monitoring progress of a particular part of your blog or to track banner campaigns within a given date range. How does it work? Google does this by placing an overlay of mini indicators next to clickable links on your webpage. Stats from this tool can prove useful for a blogger in determining which area of the blog is performing well. Generally, the first fold of your webpage gets the most level of activity. This is the part that is viewed immediately before the reader scrolls down to view the rest. Depending on your setup, by default, site overlay would only track internal links and not external. Not only does it display number of clicks on a particular link, it can display revenue or profit associated with each link or page Requirements Google Analytics account Google Adwords (Optional) Procedure: Login to Analytics account Select your web profile Select Content from your side menu Under Click Patterns, select Site Overlay

Google Lets You View and Manage Your Web Activities

Fellow Googlers!! I may be the only person on the planet who isn't aware of this - but Google gives you a history of web activities performed on their services. You can track and manage activities such as, Google searches, visited web pages, images, videos, maps and more. So far, I have activities dating back to two years ago - bizarre! Simply visit www.google.com/history to access yours. (You will need a google account to view this) My apologies if you're already aware of this, I just had to share my latest discovery :-) We sure are moving into the cloud computing age.