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WordPress 3.0 Custom Menus Hidden Settings

October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The other day, I was playing around with the new WordPress menus that came with version 3.0 and up; I created a new menu and throwed some pages and posts in the same menu, which was a cool and an easy task. I figure out that  you can create a custom link with whatever you like in it, so I added all my social networks in a sub-menu, which was an easy task too, until I find out that when you click one of this external links on the menu, it opened on the same page, and since I didn’t want my visitors to leave my blog but to open the external link in a new window, it got me thinking that this was worthless. I started looking into the code which took me a lot of time and no results, then I started browsing the web and stumble upon a thread at wordpress.org that had the answer to my problem. While reading it, I felt so stupid because the answer was just standing in front of me all this time. I found out that day that WordPress is becoming extremely friendly and easy to manipulate, We … [Read more...]

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Figthing SPAM with Akismet for FREE

October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Akismet or Automattic Kismet is a spam filtering service. It attempts to filter spam from blog comments and spam TrackBack pings. The filter works by combining information about spam captured on all participating blogs, and then using those spam rules to block future spam. It is an Incredible tool to use if you have a WordPress Blog or Site. I receive about 10 to 15 spam comments daily, if those add up at the end of the month I will end up with 450 or so spam comments, Akismet will  handle this for you in a very efficient way. But there has been some controversy on how AKISMET started charging for its service, when they use to be free. Most people will go and try to create an account, but will get the surprise of a paid service. Well let me show you how you can get it for free. First you need to create an account at http://akismet.com/ Then you need to select a package, which now is a little confusing since every package has a paid amount, but don’t you worry , you … [Read more...]

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Fixing Google Page Rank in Firefox

October 7, 2011 By 22 Comments
How to Fix PageRank Indicator in Firefox

So we talked about how Google changed their url where PageRank was queried from systems, causing every PageRank add-on and plugin to crash and return a 0 PR o N/A. So there is an easy fix for this, you just have to change the url the your current add-on is using with the new one, here is a quick fix on how to tweak the SEO Status PageRank/Alexa Toolbar 1.5.7 from Ruby Web for Firefox, which gets you the current PageRank of a Webpage and the current Alexa Rank. This Fix is for this particular add-on from Firefox but the same steps can be used on any other plugin, you just have to find the script that checks the page rank and change the url that is currently calling for the new one. I am assuming that you already have install the add-on on your computer , if you haven't done it yet , go ahead an download it and installing first, then come back to the tutorial. Open Firefox In the Menu go to > Help > Troubleshooting Information Click on > Open Containing Folder … [Read more...]

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Is Google PageRank Gone? Or is just a Tweak away

October 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
Quickly Fix Google PAgeRank

So I was creating a blog for a client today and came to my attention that my PageRank bar was returning a 0 or a N/A ( Not Available ) answer, I did not pay that much attention to it, because some times after long hours of work on Firefox, some add-ons crash , so I said to myself, since I was not writing articles today, there was no need for SEO at the time. But later forums and groups had mixed reactions when they saw that their Google Toolbars and other SEO plugins that had the PageRank Checker where returning values of 0 or N / A. The most reliable PR Checker (Google Toolbar) showed the same error. After speculation, I came to the conclusion that Google had removed the Google PageRank.But then I thought  that Google was not going to take such a drastic measure. But what if it did? Where was all the SEO businesses and gurus out there going to end since their main Website Rate was gone? After many hours of browsing I came across a Google+ Share John Mueller, ( John Mueller's … [Read more...]

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Removing unnecessary code for Performance and Security

October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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A few lines of extra code in your header probably won’t slow your site down or risk performance, but you would like to keep things as clean and efficient as possible, since it only takes one line at the time to end up with a load of unnecessary code piled up on your wordpress blog, and that will surely slow it down from time to time. This tip will not only help add up to your Blogs Security but will help with performance by removing unnecessary code from your Blog. Since Wordpress uses the function wp_head() to add a bunch of code to the header of each page. Some of it is absolutely unnecessary. By default, many WordPress themes include the version information in the document this information proves very useful for the hackers as they can easily target blogs that are using the older version of wordpress software. Here is what many themes use to display this info: <meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> To prevent this … [Read more...]

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Firefox 7 stops loading pages + high CPU FIX

October 4, 2011 By 6 Comments
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I've been a Firefox fan since its beginnings, but I've been struggling with some issues ever since Version 3.6; First every website that uses the Helvetica Font, became  Arial as from Version 3.6; Then the Delicious plugin that I love so much, was no longer compatible on version 4.0 and up,  fortunately I found a way to install it and went through the tweak in every Release ( since every time I update it, the Delicious plugin broke again, they fixed this on Version 6.0 and up ) , but now that Firefox 7 is released and is supposed to be better, faster and less memory consuming, it turns out that every now and then it crashes. Since updating to Firefox 7 , after browsing and working with it for a while , every website  I load just sit there forever trying to load, but never actually doing so. This issue has only started since the Firefox 7 update, it never occurred in prior versions , and does not happen in Chrome which I am using now, despite not really liking it. So I went nuts … [Read more...]

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Giving an article a private members only feature

October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Do you want certain articles from your Wordpress Blog to be accessed only by logged-in members? You don't have to install a plugin to turn your Wordpress Blog into a membership site, you just have to unlock some features that Wordpress comes with out of the box, but many users simply doesn't know about. You can use this feature for: Online education centers where registered students can access their learning material Share download links or information for member only visitors A place to gather ideas for a project restricted to team members only. Valuable Information worth sharing to subscribers You can password protect it so that only the users that are logged in to your blog are allowed the access to your post. This option is available on your ‘add new post’ under the publish box. You have to click on ‘edit’ next to ‘visibility public’, change the settings and add a password if you want it protected and then click publish. Giving an article a … [Read more...]

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4 must-have rules Before creating a LandingPage

October 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Would you like your Landing Page to look amazing by using the latest BuzzSpeak words and pointing out why you think your product is the best or would you like to get results? Results!! Ofcourse. Creating a Landing Page is all about the results and conversions, is about how your audience perceives your product, because at the end is them who are going to buy it not you. The first thing you have to remember is that you have to respect your audience by telling them your story straight, You can achieve this by following  this simple rules to communicate effectibly with them: SIMPLICITY: If you want your audience to buy what you have  for sale on your landing page, do not  make them learn a new language. Because when people feel they are not smart enough to understand what you are offering them, they feel they are not smart enough to do buy your product or service. BRILLIANCE: When you offer a product or service that will bring a great solution to your client, always remember … [Read more...]

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Define your Keyword Strategy

October 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How to setup a keyword strategy before starting a blog

First of all , what is a Keyword? Well a keyword is a word or phrase a person enters in a search engine like Google, Yahoo or Bing. You must learn how to develop a Keyword Strategy before starting your blog or website, by following this simple rules, and chances are you are going to attract a lot of visitors from the start by ranking high with your predifine keywords. More and more consumers are finding online business through search engines. These companies can be found through their keywords. Fortunately, you can optimize your blog or site around the keywords that relate to your business. This increases the opportunities for people to discover your blog or site by searching with those keywords, which drives more and better quality leads for your business. Even if you do not know exactly which keywords will get the best people to find your business, there are ways to determine the popularity and competitiveness of some keywords, like Google Adwords Tools, where you can also … [Read more...]

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