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Sep 22, 20096

Spice up your WordPress Site with JQuery

Categories: JQuery
Spice up your WordPress Site with JQuery
Designing your site with a slick, stylish look, along with some cool Ajax-y features definitely impresses the visitors. They'll come to your site more, the traffic goes up and the revenue grows. Yes, it does require a lot of work involving CSS/JavaScript and HTML, but that's why JQuery is here for!This lightweight JavaScript framework and the plugins built with it for implementing numerous front-end features, have made the lives of web developers and designers a lot easier. This article is a round up of some really cool JQuery plugins available on the Internet for download and use. Don't forget to read the JQuery introduction article if you are new to this. How to add JQuery library to WordPress Theme Wordpress already comes with the latest jQuery library so all you have to do is include it in your theme if you want to make use of it. Once you include the JQuery library you can start using all the cool JQuery functions. There are two ways you can include the JQuery library in your theme:Option A: Insert the following  in your "header.php" file of the WordPress theme: <?php wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); ?> Option B: Add the following bit of code in the "functions.php" file of your ...
Sep 15, 200950

Cool WordPress .htaccess Tips to Boost Your WordPress Site’s Security

Categories: Blog Setup, Site Optimization Tips
Cool WordPress .htaccess Tips to Boost Your WordPress Site’s Security
You have started a blog to share your opinion with the World Wide Web. Someone stumbles upon one of your articles. He likes it, and posts it on Digg. Now it gets everyone's attention. Visitors come pouring into your site. Your revenue starts to go up. Definitely good news! But now there is a catch. You are now the target of the 'bad crowd' of the Internet, spammers, hackers and leechers.It's time to toughen up your innocent little Wordpress site. The .htaccess file is the easiest and the cheapest (actually it's free!) solution to secure a Wordpress blog. What is a .htaccess File? The .htaccess file is a configuration file for use on web servers running the Apache Web Server software. When a .htaccess file is placed in a directory which is in turn "loaded via the Apache Web Server", then the .htaccess file is detected and executed by the Apache Web Server software. It is often used to specify the security restrictions for the particular directory.In this article I'm going to show you how to strengthen your site's security by adding/changing a few lines in this file.Before you make any changes, it might be a good idea to take a backup ...
Sep 2, 200922

2 Simple WordPress Blog Optimization Tips and Tricks

Categories: Site Optimization Tips
2 Simple WordPress Blog Optimization Tips and Tricks
I have been pretty busy with the WordPress plugin development lately, so didn't get a chance to write any posts for a few weeks. I think it's about time I share a simple but effective website performance improvement trick with the readers of this site that I have been using on all my sites. If you haven't read the WordPress site optimization tips and tricks already then you should read that first.This trick involves changing some of the dynamic wordpress queries to static ones which in turn reduces the number of database queries and improves site performance. This does require a little bit of PHP knowledge but it's really basic stuff.In your WordPress theme's header and footer you will see many statements similar to the following: bloginfo('home') This queries WordPress for the home URL of your blog (eg. http://www.your-site.com). Now, how often do you think your home URL is going to change? Most likely never! So why not replace it with the static information which is "http://www.your-site.com" and make one less database query?Saving one database query may not sound very convincing but you probably have many statements like the following that can also be replaced: bloginfo('html_type') bloginfo('charset') bloginfo('name') bloginfo('version') bloginfo('stylesheet_url') bloginfo('rss2_url') bloginfo('template_directory') bloginfo('home') Now multiply that by every page load per ...
Jul 13, 2009106

How to Add Far Future Expires Headers to Your WordPress Site

Categories: Site Optimization Tips
How to Add Far Future Expires Headers to Your WordPress Site
Few weeks ago I wrote on how to optimize your WordPress site for better performance which has some tips and tricks on how to speed up a WordPress Site. I received a few requests to elaborate on some of the points as not all of them are obvious changes. In this article I have explained how you can add far future expiry header to your image, css and javascript files to speed up your site.Adding expires headers do not affect the site load time for a first time visitor but you will be surprised how much the page load time decreases (faster page load) for subsequent page views/return visits from that visitor. Expires header specifies a time far enough in the future so that browsers won't try to re-fetch images, CSS, javascript etc files that haven't changed (this reduces the number of HTTP requests) and hence the performance improvement on subsequent page views.If your server is Apache (most web servers), you can use the 'ExpiresDefault' directive to set an expiration date relative to the current date. ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 months" This sets the expiry date of the file 2 months into the future from the current time. The following values can ...
Jun 28, 2009405

WordPress Affiliate Platform Plugin – Simple Affiliate Program for WordPress Blog/Site

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Affiliate Platform Plugin – Simple Affiliate Program for WordPress Blog/Site
It is a known fact that having an affiliate program is the most powerful way to market your products or services online (Read more on the benefits of affiliate program).If you own a WordPress blog/site and your answer to the following questions are 'yes' then the 'WordPress Affiliate Platform' is what you need:Do you sell products or services online from your WordPress blog/site? Do you want to increase your sales and explode your profits by using an affiliate program? Do you want to have your own affiliate program so you can cut the middle man and build your own brand?Plugin SummaryThe 'WordPress Affiliate Platform' is an easy to use WordPress plugin for affiliate recruitment, management and tracking that can be used on any WordPress blog or site. This plugin lets you run your own affiliate campaign/program and allows you to reward (pay commission) your affiliates for referred sales.The admin can configure banners and links which the affiliates can use on their site to drive traffic to your site. All the clicks, leads, sales etc are tracked by this plugin.If you are running online ad campaigns for your products and services then you can use the affiliate platform plugin to measure the true ...
Jun 24, 200915

How to Fix the Character Encoding Problem in WordPress

Categories: Wordpress
How to Fix the Character Encoding Problem in WordPress
I recently changed my web hosting again in an attempt to speed up the page load time of my website. I had to do it as the former hosting's page response time was horrible. It was taking 9 seconds for my home page to load with the former hosting. Now my home page loads under 4 seconds! It's amazing the difference it makes... now I don't get angry when browsing my own site (I wonder what my visitors were thinking while waiting for the page to load!).Anyway, The transfer was smooth but I had a slight issue that I noticed after the transfer. There were special characters similar to the following scattered throughout my blog posts:I was pretty sure that this was a character encoding mismatch problem. I got a little scared thinking it would take a long time to fix but then I found a really easy way to solve it.Fixing the Character Encoding Mismatch Problem in WordPressOpen the 'wp-config.php' file in a text editor such as notepad (the wp-config.php file can be found on the directory where you installed WordPress). Find the following two lines and comment them out:define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); define('DB_COLLATE', ''); They should look like the following after ...
May 30, 200993

WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed

Categories: Blog Setup, Featured, Site Optimization Tips, Wordpress
WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed
Is your Wordpress blog performing at it's best? How quickly does the page load? Is it sluggish? Your website's performance is one of the key factors in ensuring that the visitors are having a good experience with your site. So I personally think it is worthwhile to spend some time tuning/optimizing the site for performance. In this article I have listed various tips and tricks on how to speed up a WordPress Site.Before diving into the optimization tips and tricks I recommend measuring the current performance of the site so you have some benchmarking figures to compare against after you make the changes and see how it has affected the performance.How to Measure the Performance of a Site 1. I use the Page Speed tool from Google to measure performance and try to achieve a score of 85+ out of 100. Page speed has a browser addon to measure the performance of a site. Page Speed analyzes web pages and suggests ways to improve their performance based on a set of rules for high performance web pages.2. You can also use YSlow Firefox addon to measure the page load time of a site. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the Firebug ...
May 9, 200975

Infinity Remix – Premium WordPress Theme

Categories: WordPress Theme
Infinity Remix – Premium WordPress Theme
Infinity Remix is a multi-functional clean WordPress theme with a simple and unique design that displays the content in a stylish and traditional way. The Infinity Remix theme has a unique home page, consisting of a featured posts section, a blog module and lots of stylish widgetized spaces.When choosing a WordPress theme, I tend to look for the following important elements in the theme:The WordPress theme is Light and clean so it loads quicker in the browser. Standards Compliant (has Valid XHTML + CSS code to the search engine bots can index content easily). Fixed width, two columns and the sidebar is on the right side. The size of the sidebar (if the sidebar is too narrow then it is very hard to fit in the most popular advertisement units such as the 300x250 pixels unit) Unique design (this is important for the blog/site to stand out from the crowd)The Infinity Remix theme was designed keeping all the above points in mind. I tried to keep the structure clean and organized. This theme is perfect for anyone who wants their WordPress blog to stand out in the crowd as this theme has a professional and elegant design.Every theme needs a little tweak here and ...
Mar 18, 2009824

WordPress eStore Plugin – Complete Solution to Sell Digital Products from Your WordPress Blog Securely

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress eStore Plugin – Complete Solution to Sell Digital Products from Your WordPress Blog Securely
1. Do you sell, or want to sell, digital content or services from your WordPress site on Autopilot while maintaining total SECURITY of your digital asset?2. Are you frustrated with the e-commerce WordPress plugins you've looked at? Do you want a plugin with reliable customer service (where your questions get answered and issues get addressed)?3. Do you hate the thought of paying ongoing fees and commissions to sell via a third party web site?If you are still reading, then the WordPress eStore plugin may be just what you need!Plugin SummaryIn a Nutshell... this sleek WordPress shopping cart plugin allows you to sell any form of digital products and services from your own wordpress blog securely with complete automation. What I mean by complete automation is that once you set it up the whole process (The buying and the delivering of the product without revealing the real URL of the product) works on its own. An overview of the WP eStore plugin operations can be found here.Yes, you can sell physical products with this plugin too as long as you don't need complex shipping options.Plugin FeaturesBelow are just some of the notable features of the WP eStore Plugin (you can view ...
Mar 10, 2009113

How to Add Widgets to WordPress Theme’s Footer

Categories: Wordpress
How to Add Widgets to WordPress Theme’s Footer
I wanted to use widgets in the footer of my WordPress theme but my wordpress theme didn't come with a footer-sidebar by default. I didn't really wanted to change the theme just because of that. So I hacked the wordpress theme to introduce footer-sidebars. If you are looking for a tutorial that explains how you can add sidebars/widgets to the footer of your WordPress theme then keep reading.There are really three main parts to introducing a footer-sidebar 1. Registering the Sidebars in the WordPress Theme 2. Inserting the Sidebars In the WordPress Theme 3. Putting some style into the sidebars 1. Register the Sidebars in the WordPress Theme Go to the WordPress theme editor and open the Theme Functions (functions.php) file. Now Search for the following line in your Theme Functions (functions.php)if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )Once you find the above line then take a look at the the next line which should look similar to one of the followings depending on how many sidebars you have:register_sidebar(array( or register_sidebars(2,array(Say for example you have one sidebar in your theme and you want to add three rows of sidebars in the footer area so you can put widgets then overwrite the code with the following:register_sidebars(4,array(The above will register 4 sidebars (one ...
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