Sure, affiliate marketing is an excellent way to monetize a web site or blog. It has the amazing benefit of not requiring stock, and in many cases it's a set and forget strategy. Often though, many affiliates, including myself, will also run Google AdSense on their web sites. Adsense is a nice … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to Google AdSense
How to Show File Downloads in a Nice Grid Display
In this tutorial I will show you how you can easily create a nice grid display and showcase your digital file downloads. This grid display will be responsive and you will also be able to track and monitor the download count of each file. This will be very useful if you want to showcase some … [Read more...] about How to Show File Downloads in a Nice Grid Display
Inserting an Audio Player in Your Theme’s Template File
I received the following question from a user today: How can I use the audio player from my WordPress theme's template file? This is a quick tutorial for users who want to embed an audio file in their WordPress theme's template file. Embed Audio File in a Template File Step 1. Install the … [Read more...] about Inserting an Audio Player in Your Theme’s Template File
Blog Like You Mean It – Top 10 Ways to Write Attention-Getting Headlines & Content
Many online entrepreneurs typically blog about their niche. They write about the industry, trends affecting their audience, make new announcements and generally, provide informative content for their web site visitors. Having a blog elevates the user experience, showing your audience that you have … [Read more...] about Blog Like You Mean It – Top 10 Ways to Write Attention-Getting Headlines & Content
Create PayPal Payment Button for The Post Author Automatically
I received the following question from a user today: When users create a charity on my site, I want to have a donate button on their post that automatically gets the proper email address to use for the PayPal transaction. This way I don't have to manually add their email to the shortcode for … [Read more...] about Create PayPal Payment Button for The Post Author Automatically
Adding Firewalls to Your WordPress Site
Many of us have heard of "firewalls" in terms of hardware or software, and how they protect an asset like a network or a computer from external attack. Well, a web application isn't exempt from the list of "assets" that one may need to protect when working (or playing) on the … [Read more...] about Adding Firewalls to Your WordPress Site
How to Create a Password Protected Download in WordPress
If you would like to offer downloadable files on your WordPress site but keep them protected from the general public by way of password protection, this article will bring you through the quick steps. We're going to be using the Simple Download Monitor plugin for this. There is a password protection … [Read more...] about How to Create a Password Protected Download in WordPress
How to Add a Contact Form to WordPress
It's important to provide options for people to contact you from your web site. Using a plain email on the page is prone to spam. Using a contact form is a better choice. So let's do that. This morning I had a request from a client to setup a contact form on his WordPress site. For some strange … [Read more...] about How to Add a Contact Form to WordPress
A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Terminology
If you are just beginning to use WordPress for your content publishing needs, you might be overwhelmed by all the terminology in various tutorials and forums. This article will provide brief explanations of some of the most commonly used terms, helping you get off to a good start. AJAX AJAX is a … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Terminology
Create a WordPress Admin User for A WordPress Site via MySQL (PHPMyAdmin)
One of our users site got hacked and the WP Admin user account password was changed by the hacker. This essentially locked the user out of his admin dashboard. It is best (for situations like this) to just create a new admin user account to gain access to WP admin dashboard and fix things as … [Read more...] about Create a WordPress Admin User for A WordPress Site via MySQL (PHPMyAdmin)