Articles tagged with: Wordpress


Jan 25, 20121

Some Useful Things About WordPress Which You Should Know

Categories: Web development, Wordpress
Some Useful Things About WordPress Which You Should Know
Straight out of the box, WordPress is an amazingly effective content management system and blogging platform.Within its core PHP interior resides functionality which makes it the most flexible and easy to use platform for creating websites ranging from the simplest blog to a full blown business eCommerce site.The majority of the WordPress functionality is clearly visible and accessible from the user interface in the administration panel.However there are also some other less obvious but powerful functional features which are available when you delve a little deeper into the WordPress internals.This article will introduce you to two common and useful functional features of WordPress which you should be aware of. WordPress Template Hierarchy WordPress uses a hierarchical template structure which determines how it renders any particular page or view for your currently active theme.The mechanics of this hierarchy are quite simple. WordPress will automatically check for the existence of certain template files in your theme folder in a pre-determined order whenever it is trying to render a particular page or view.For instance let’s take the example of a WordPress page. Before rendering any “page”, WordPress will check for the following templates in the order shown until it finds one and it will then display ...
Nov 20, 20118

How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)

Categories: CSS, Video Tutorial, Wordpress
How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)
In this video tutorial we will show you how you can customize the sytle of your WordPress site easily using a FireFox addon called Firebug. You can do the same thing using Google Chrome's inspector tool too. We'll do this by walking you through a live example in which we will make a selection of modifications to a standard WordPress site using the TwentyEleven WordPress theme. What is Firebug Firebug is a handy tool which every web developer and blog owner should have in their arsenal. Firebug enables you to very easily investigate or troubleshoot almost any CSS design question or problem. It is an ideal tool for WordPress bloggers because you can use it to assist you in making modifications to your WordPress site's styling or layout. What will be Covered in this Video Tutorial we will show you examples of CSS modifications for properties and scenarios such as the following:Changing the background color of a page Modifying the padding and margin properties to achieve a particular spacing between elements Changing the colors of text such as the main blog title and post titles Moving a particular element on a page by modifying some of its propertiesUse Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site's CSS Video Part 1Use Firebug ...
Nov 13, 20119

What’s New in the Upcoming WordPress 3.3 Release?

Categories: News, Wordpress
What’s New in the Upcoming WordPress 3.3 Release?
The new and improved edition of WordPress will be version 3.3 which is due for official release in November and it contains some exciting new features and improvements.In this post we will highlight some of these changes. Cosmetic Improvements 1. Refined Admin Menu bar The admin bar has been refined but it now also appears as part of the dashboard section too.This improved version has had some re-arranged items and it also contains new menu items such as the WordPress logo in the top left corner. When you hover over it it reveals some useful links such as an “About WordPress” and also links to the WordPress site, documentation, and support forum.Some elements in the previous version of the menu bar have been merged such as the Dashboard and Appearance which are now both combined into one menu item which has a label bearing your site’s name.2. Refined and Improved Menu Sidebar The menus on the sidebar have also changed and most if not all of the menu changes are actually only CSS3 implementations. For instance in previous versions the sidebar menu items utilized a click-to-expand format. Now each component within the sidebar menu contains a neat fly-out menu which appears when hovering over it ...
Nov 1, 201111

How to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Blog Setup, Video Tutorial, Wordpress
How to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress (Video Tutorial)
The default search engine that ships with WordPress does not do a very good job when you start to get a bit of content on your WordPress powered site. It just isn't as smart as Google search so you should integrate Google Custom Search (CSE) into your WordPress site as sooon as possible. This will allow your visitors to searh your site efficeintly.In this video tutorial I will show you how you can easily change your default Wordpress search to use Google Custom Search without using any WordPress plugin(s). Integrate Google Custom Search into WordPress VideoAlternatively, you can view this video on YouTube by going to the following linkHow to Integrate Google Custom Search into WordPressNow you should be all set to let your visitors search your site using Google search.
Sep 12, 20118

How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site Speed

Categories: Blogging Tips, Site Optimization Tips
How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site Speed
Site speed is becoming more important to track and improve on since the search engines are using site speed in the ranking algorithm. A few readers have requested us to write a simple tutorial on how they can track their site speed easily. Here is a quick tutorial showing how you can use your Google Analytics account to track the speed of your WordPress site.Click on the following link to open the PDF file:How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site SpeedI hope this helps you easily track the site speed of your WordPress powered site. Once you have this setup you will need to optimize your site to make it faster. The article on how to speed up your WordPress site should help with that.
Jun 22, 201113

Important Things You Should Know About the Upcoming WordPress 3.2 Release

Categories: News, Wordpress
Important Things You Should Know About the Upcoming WordPress 3.2 Release
The upcoming WordPress 3.2 release has moved from beta to release candidate (RC) which means the final release is just around the corner. You can download and install the WP3.2 release candidate (RC1) and install it on your test server to test and make sure that the plugins and themes that you use are working correctly. We have already tested some of our popular plugins (WordPress Shopping Cart, WordPress membership plugin etc) on this WordPress version and they are working fine. 1. Minimum MySQL5 and PHP5 Required This is good news for any plugin or theme developer as you do not have to make your plugin or theme work with the older version of PHP or MySQL. This should also force the hosting providers to sell hosting with newer version of PHP and MySQL. In my opinion it is very unfair to the customer for hosting providers to sell hosting that uses very old version of PHP.If you happen to be on a server that is still using PHP4 or MySQL4 then you need to contact your hosting provider and get them to upgrade it so when WordPress 3.2 gets released you can upgrade your site. If your hosting provider refuses to ...
Jun 3, 201117

How to Easily Import or Export any of Your WordPress Database Content (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Tech Tips, Video Tutorial, Web Hosting, Wordpress
How to Easily Import or Export any of Your WordPress Database Content (Video Tutorial)
I get asked a lot of questions on how to import or export data to or from a particular WordPress database table on a regular basis. For example:How can I export all my products details from a particular WordPress plugin to a CSV file? How can I export all the products info from WP eStore plugin to a CSV file? How can I export all my members details from the WordPress membership plugin to a Spread sheet? How can I export all my affiliates details? How can I export my customer details in a certain way? and so on...WordPress uses MySQL database and one of the benefits of MySQL database is that you can easily import or export data to and from any MySQL database table. Many people probably do not know that there is a great tool called PHPMyadmin that you can access from your cPanel (most hosting provider will offer cPanel with your hosting account for free).It is extremely easy to use PHPMyAdmin to do any kind of importing or exporting of data and it is available to you for free. All you really need is a good tutorial that shows you how to use the PHPMyAdmin tool. So we have created a ...
Apr 19, 20118

How to Track Google Analytics Events from Your WordPress Site

Categories: Blogging Tips, Online Marketing, Wordpress
How to Track Google Analytics Events from Your WordPress Site
You are probably using a WordPress Google Analytics plugin to track your page visits and other traffic related statistics already but what if you wanted to track how many times a particular button or link gets clicked? You can use Google Analytics event tracking to get more insights into the following type of scenarios:Does the red button gets more click or the green button? Which "Buy" button gets the most clicks on my sales page (the one in the middle or the one at the end)? Which version of the banner gets clicked more often?Google Analytics (GA) is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website. Google Analytics can be customized to track any number of events. All you have to do is modify the code to match your website's needs. Setting up Event Tracking with an Example Event Tracking is a method available in the ga.js tracking code that you can use to record user interaction with website elements, such as a button click on your website. This is accomplished by attaching the method call to the particular UI element you want to track.To track an event (example: a click on a link) you need ...
Mar 20, 20118

WordPress System Integration 101

Categories: Shop Admin Tips, Site Optimization Tips
WordPress System Integration 101
I see many WordPress users mixing up the roles of a WordPress plugin with a theme (kind of like mixing business with pleasure) on a regular basis without knowing what they are doing.  If you don't know why WordPress invented the concept of plugins and themes, then this article is for you. --Every time you build a WordPress site, you perform an act of System Integration.  You begin with the WordPress core, and customize it; by adding a theme and plugins.  But not everybody is a Systems Engineer; and in the process of constructing their sites, they sometimes make integration decisions that have costly consequences later on.In WordPress, "a theme modifies the way a site is displayed, without modifying the underlying software."  You select a theme based on the look and feel you want to (market or) present to your users.  Later, if you decide the look and feel of an existing site does not meet your (marketing) presentation requirements; you can simply choose another theme, without affecting the way a site functions.Depending on your functional requirements, you might use one or more plugins "to extend the functionality of WordPress."  You choose each plugin because it performs one or more ...
Feb 28, 201135

Free Premium Plugin and Theme Downloaders – Beware!

Categories: Blogging Tips, Featured, Shop Admin Tips
Free Premium Plugin and Theme Downloaders – Beware!
Reading this article may end up saving your site from getting hacked.This Tips and Tricks HQ blog gets so many queries on the term “Free eStore Download”, "Free WordPress eMember" and many similar terms from bloggers not wanting to pay for the WP eStore or the WP eMember plugin. I am pretty sure the same is true for most premium plugins and themes. I understand some of you not wanting to pay for a plugin or a theme but trying to get a free download (possibly from a warez or torrent or file sharing site) is not the solution.I always believed in the fact that there are no free lunches in this world. If you see someone giving someone else's premium plugin or theme for free you have to ask yourself the following question:“Why are they giving it away for free?”When people offer you something for free, like premium plugins or themes because they know thousands are looking for it, you need to think twice before downloading and USING it.Anyone can easily add code to the original plugin or theme and offer it to you for free. Now this premium plugin that you got for free can give them a ...
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