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Blogging Open Sources PHP Search Engine Optimization WebSites Wordpress

Top 10 Benefits Of Using WordPress For Your Website/Blog

WordPress is gaining in popularity now a days and 72,753,709 websites are running on WordPress. You can check the stats at http://en.wordpress.com/stats/

Top 10 Benefits Of Using WordPress For Your Website

One of the other benefits of using WordPress for your website of course, is that you have a website and a blog all in one. And a blog is a great way to build traffic to your website. Regularly publishing quality articles and content to your website/blog gives Google more content to crawl, and provides value to your web site visitors as well. When using WordPress for your website, you can set up a static front page that doesn’t look like a blog at all, and then have a link to an “articles” area on your site, where you can publish content rich articles.
You all must heard about the Open Source Platform WordPress. WordPress has been around since 2003 and is the most popular blogging software on the market. Over the last few years, WordPress has also become the content management software of choice for non-blogging websites. Here are the top 10 reasons why WordPress is so popular and why you might want to consider switching to a WordPress platform for your company’s website.

1. Easy to Use and User Friendly – If you can use Microsoft Word and Facebook then WordPress will be very easy for you. Tasks such as adding new pages/posts, images and video are now easy for everyone.

2. Update Your Website From Anywhere – WordPress runs in your web browser. So from any computer with Internet access (at home, at the office, on a business trip, etc) you can log in and update your website. Even from your smartphone.

3. Take Control of Your Site and Do Everything Yourself – After your website is built and live, you can update it yourself by adding content from backend. This way you will get a dynamic content website at a cost of static website. No more waiting for a web designer or programmer to upload the static pages and content on your website. With WordPress you enter the Do-It-Yourself world.

4. Free Search Engines Optimization – The coding and structure of WordPress is great for search engines. WordPress URL are more SEO friendly. That means your site is more likely to land on the first page of Google results, which means people are more likely to find you. Now you don’t need to hire a company for SEO of your website to get strong rankings.

5. Multiple Users from Many Places – WordPress is online and offers multiple users, which means you’re not the only one who can fix something in a pinch and you can access it from anywhere. If your company/business has several people who need to update your website (such as different blog authors) you can easily create individual accounts for each user. And each user can be assigned different access levels. So you can limit access to advanced features that you want to reserve only for your IT staff, etc.

6. Cheap or Almost Free – This is one of the most common but important feature of using WordPress for developing your website. Using WordPress for your website means it’s cost effective. WordPress itself is free, a theme is easily under $100 or even free and you save loads of money (compare the cost of template vs custom design).

7. Massive choice of themes – WordPress comes with two default themes (themes control the look and feel of your site) already installed which are quite basic. Despite of these themes you can search, upload & install themes from your WordPress dashboard. This way you can change your website design in less than 5 minutes. There are thousands of free themes available. You can also go further and install premium themes which typically sell for anywhere between $50 and $150.

8. Extensibility with thousands of plug ins – There are nearly 8,000 plugins available that you can install to enhance the usability and functionality of WordPress. Again these are easily searched, installed & activated via your dashboard. Some popular plug in additions, improve seo, enhance blog comment functions, page orders, twitter tools, XML sitemap creators, pinging, rotating tag clouds… the list is endless.

9. Automatic updating to keep you safe from Hacking – WordPress announces latest updated and release. These updates can be seen at your dashboard. You will need to upgrade them from time to time and this all can be done by more or less one click of your mouse. It is important to back up regularly and often. Keeping WordPress up to date with the latest release is the best way to keep it secure. There are enhancements you can install via plug ins for added peace of mind such as http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/

10. Best Blogging Platform – If you are vivid blogger and you want to write articles on your websites then this is the best online blogging software/application for you. Its SEO friendly nature makes your website searchable on all major search engines so that you can get more advantages without any expense on SEO. However with the installation of one plug in “All In One SEO Plug In” the site will be fully optimized, taking away the mystery of SEO which is so often made to look so much more complicated than it actually is.

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Blogging Plugins Search Engine Optimization Wordpress

How to Use Seo Pressor A Best WordPress Plugin

We are using website as a keyword.
Note : whatever keyword you use will be case insensitive. OK.

A post content must contains H1, H2 and H3 Tags in it.

Now this line on this website has H1 tag in it

Now this line has H2 tag in it and our keyword website is also in this line

Now this line has H3 tag in it and here is keyword Website

Another way of writing an effective post.

Seo Pressor Plugin will automatically Bold, italize and underline the keyword we choose. But it will work for only 3 occurrence of that keyword. That word will be shown normal when used fourth time in the same post. It will also add that keyword into the title of the Post.

This website is great. Now i want to see what is this website created for. Can someone tell me why this website is so much important for me.

If you are using the images in the post then it will also add that keyword as alt tag for all images in that post. But this option is not useful for my websites.

A post must have link to other post or pages of your website.
As each post have a keyword so whatever keyword you choose by seo pressor must be used more and more in that post.

I think all above instruction to write an effective post are sufficient.

Some Tips:
Google likes longer than shorter content.
Your keyword density is also an important factor that can influence how you rank.
Your title and heading tags (H1, H2 and H3) are the most important factors that can influence your search engine ranking.

Now the last line of post must also contain the keyword website.

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MySql phpMyAdmin Wordpress

How to Backup your WordPress Database using simple steps

Today i will show you how to take backup of your wordpress database and stay happy for future issues like db lost, hacking and more.
Please backup the existing database by logging into your PHPMYADMIN. It is very necessary to backup the database before you proceed with any changes. I also backup my website database once in a week. It is a good practice to always backup your database before making any major changes(like cleaning database for spam comments and meta data and more). If anything gone wrong then you can easily be able to restore the backupd database.

If you are not a tech guy and want to backup the database in very simple steps and withuot taking much headache then you can download WP-DB-Backup or WP-DBManager plugin to backup your database through your WordPress admin panel. Alternatively, you can backup your database through phpMyAdmin manually.

If you are still reading and decide to backup your WordPress database manually then you should follow these very simple steps:

  1. Login to your phpMyAdmin(Generally phpMyAdmin can be accessed using cpanel of your website like this www.mysite.com/cpanel).
  2. Select your WordPress database(If you are more database installed on your web server).
  3. Click on Export at the top of the navigation.
  4. Select the tables you want to backup(i suggest you to backup all the tables), or select all tables to backup the whole database.
  5. Select SQL to export as .sql extension.
  6. Check the “Save as file” checkbox.
  7. Choose compression type, select gzipped to compress the database to a smaller size.
  8. Finally click Go, and a download window will prompt you to save your backup database file. Smile
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Orkut WebSites Wordpress

How To Add Orkut Share Button In WordPress Blogs

As most of you already aware about the thing that now a days Orkut allows a share button feature for websites and blogs. In this feature website owners can extend the functionality of sharing their content with visitor friends using Orkut. It is very easy to add the Orkut share button. Just follow the following simple steps and can add share this post on Orkut button.
Implenting Share Button In WordPress Blog

Step 1. Go to the theme folder of your wordpress blog. It will be like this /public_html/wp-content/themes/

Step 2. There will be a header.php file in your wordpress theme’s folder and you need to paste the following code above </head> tag

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.google.com/jsapi”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
google.load(‘orkut.share’, ‘1’);
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
var params = {};
params[google.orkut.share.Field.TITLE] = ‘<?php the_title() ?>’;
params[google.orkut.share.Field.DESTINATION_URL] = ‘<?php the_permalink() ?>’;
var connection = new google.orkut.share.Connection(params);
document.getElementById(‘orkut-share’).onclick =
function(e) { connection.send(‘orkut.com’, {}); };
}, true);
</script>

Step 3. Now save the header.php file and go to Single.php file or wherever you want to put this button and paste the following code there.
<span id=”orkut-share” style=”cursor:pointer; border:0px solid black”>
<img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eEuHGVw5WLg/SwpFfy4rMqI/AAAAAAAAAAk/jdm-zBiDdv8/s320/share.gif” alt=”Share Orkut” />
</span>

Save the file, upload it to your online server and you are done now.

Now whenever you open the post of your wordpress blog you will see the Share Button feature of Orkut.

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Magento

List of Magento Core Features and Importance of Magento in Online Market

As now a days i am very busy working with Magento and i have learned a lot in this Open Source, So today i would like to share the features of Magento with You. As Magento Provides wast range of Customization Tips and Tricks for its website Owners, So here is a list of few most famous features of Magento.

Site Management

  • Control multiple websites and stores from one Administration Panel with ability to share as much or as little information as needed
  • Multi-Lingual
  • Support for localization
  • Support for multiple currencies
  • Administration Permission System Roles and Users
  • Web Services API for easy integration between Magento and any third-party application
  • Flexible tax rate management with support for US and International markets
  • Fully 100% customizable design using templates
  • Customer Groups
  • One-Click Upgrades
  • Content Management System for Informational Pages

Mobile Commerce

  • iPhone Optimized

Marketing Promotions and Tools

  • Flexible Coupons (pricing rules) with ability to restrict to stores, customer groups, time period, products, and categories. For example: Percent Discount | Fixed Amount Discount | Free Shipping | Buy x, get y free. | Buy x, get y with percent or fixed amount discount | Buy x, get free shipping on order | Buy x, get percent discount | Buy x, get fixed amount discount.
  • Catalog Promotional Pricing by percentage or fixed amount with ability to restrict to stores, categories, products
  • Free Shipping Option
  • Multi-Tier Pricing for quantity discounts
  • Bundled Products
  • Customer Group-specific pricing and group-specific tier pricing
  • Landing Page Tool for Campaigns
  • Search Engine Friendly URL’s
  • URL Rewrites
  • Recently Viewed Products
  • Recently Compared Items
  • New Items Promotional Tool
  • Up-sells in Shopping Cart
  • Cross-sells on product pages
  • Send to a Friend for all visitors, or registered users only
  • Send Wishlist to a Friend by Email or RSS
  • RSS Feeds for New Products, New Specials and New Tags
  • Auto-generated Site Map
  • Google Site Map
  • Polls
  • Newsletter Management

International Support

  • Multi-Lingual
  • Support for Multiple Currencies
  • Tax rate support
  • Localization
  • Configurable List of Allowed Countries for:
    • Site Registration
    • Shipping Destination Addresses with ability to specify per shipping method
    • Billing Addresses with ability to specify per payment method

Search Engine Optimization

  • 100% Search Engine Friendly
  • Google Site Map
  • URL Rewrites give full control of URL’s
  • Meta-information for products and categories
  • Auto-generated Site Map for display on site
  • Auto-Generated Popular Search Terms Page

Checkout

  • One-Page Checkout
  • SSL security support for orders on both front-end and back-end
  • Shipping to multiple addresses in one order
  • Checkout without account/Guest Checkout
  • Shopping Cart with tax and shipping estimates
  • Checkout with account to use address book
  • Option to create account at beginning of checkout
  • Accept gift messages per order and per item
  • Saved Shopping Carts with configurable expiration time

Shipping

  • Integrated for real-time shipping rates from:
    • UPS, UPS XML (account rates), FedEx (account rates), USPS and DHL
  • Shipping to multiple addresses in one order
  • On-site order tracking from customer accounts
  • Multiple shipments per order
  • Ability to specify allowed destination countries per method
  • Flat rate shipping per order
  • Flat rate shipping per item
  • Free Shipping
  • Table rates for weight and destination
  • Table rates for product sub-totals and destination
  • Table rates for number of items and destination

Payment

  • Configurable to authorize and charge, or authorize only and charge on creation of invoices
  • Integrated with multiple PayPal gateways:
    • Website Payments Standard, Website Payments Pro (Express and Direct), Website Payments Pro UK (Express and Direct), and PayPal PayFlow Pro
  • Integrated with Authorize.net
  • Integrated with Google Checkout (Level 2)
  • Saved Credit Card method for offline payments
  • Accept Checks/Money Orders
  • Accept Purchase Orders
  • Payment Extensions Available through Magento Connect:
    • Fontis Australia
    • Cybersource
    • Protx
    • Tweakmag Payment
    • SPPLUS
    • Fontis New Zealand
    • eWAY
    • ChronoPay
    • ePay
    • Paybox
    • iDEAL
    • Flo2Cash Web Service
    • Protx Direct Payment Module
    • PagSeguro Payment Module
    • CyberMUT Paiement / Paiement CIC
    • Moduł platnosci.pl dla Lento
    • Payone
    • PaySimple
    • UOS Paymentmodule
    • Fontis Paymate
    • Fontis Payment Express
    • Dibs Payment
    • WorldPay
    • Bank Prepayment
    • VCS
    • Saferpay
    • Datarans Paymentgateway
    • SecureTrading XPay Module
    • Ogone Payment
    • Payment Module: ECS Clearing Interface
    • Modulo Banca Sella 1.6
    • Magento LinkPoint API Payment Module
    • LinkPoint API Payment Module for Magento
    • Fontis SecurePay
    • Cash On Delivery
    • PSiGate API Payment Module
    • Nedbank iVeri Paygate
    • PayPoint.net (SECPay) Payment Gateway Module
    • Metodo de pago Servired
    • Servired
    • 2Checkout.com payment module
    • Fast Transact Integration module
    • BBS Payment Gateway
    • Fontis Westpac PayWay
    • Fontis NAB Transact
    • Barclays ePDQ
    • ClickandBuy
    • Optimal Payments Firepay
    • Platnosci.pl (STO)
    • FIA-NET ReceiveAndPay
    • MultiSafepay Payment Module
    • Fontis Commonwealth Bank CommWeb
    • Novalnet Payment Module
    • 1&1 ipayment
    • sofortüberweisung.de
    • PayPoint.net (MetaCharge) Payment Gateway Module
    • Mokejimai.lt payment gateway
    • Magento FirstData API Payment Module (Originally LinkPoint)
    • Shine Software IWSmile

Order Management

  • View, edit, create and fulfill orders from admin panel.
  • Create one or multiple invoices, shipments and credit memos per order to allow for split fulfillment
  • Print invoices and packing slips
  • Call Center (phone) order creation
    • Includes ability to create new customer, or select existing customer and view shopping cart, wishlist, last ordered items, and compared products list, as well as select addresses, give discounts and assign custom prices
  • Create re-orders for customers from administration panel.
  • Email Notifications of Orders
  • RSS feed of New Orders

Customer Service

  • Contact Us form
  • Feature-rich Customer Accounts
  • Order History with Status Updates
  • Order Tracking from Account
  • Forgot Password Email from front-end and administration panel
  • Order and Account Update Emails
  • Customizable Order Emails
  • Create and Edit Orders from the Admin Panel

Customer Accounts

  • Order status and history
  • Re-orders from account
  • Recently ordered items
  • Address Book with unlimited addresses
  • Default Billing and Shipping addresses
  • Wishlist with ability to add comments
  • Email or Send RSS feed of Wishlist
  • Newsletter Subscription management
  • Product Reviews submitted
  • Product Tags submitted
  • Account Dashboard for overview of: recent orders, personal information, newsletter subscription status, primary billing address, primary shipping address, shopping cart, wishlist, recently ordered items, recently reviews and recent tags

Catalog Management

  • Inventory Management with Backordered items, Minimum and Maximum quantities
  • Batch Import and Export of catalog
  • Batch Updates to products in admin panel
  • Simple, Configurable (e.g. size, color, etc.), Bundled and Grouped Products
  • Virtual Products
  • Customer Personalized Products – upload text for embroidery, monogramming, etc.
  • Tax Rates per location, customer group and product type
  • Attribute Sets for quick product creation of different item types
  • Create Store-specific attributes on the fly
  • Media Manager with automatic image resizing and watermarking
  • Advanced Pricing Rules and support for Special Prices (see marketing tools)
  • Search Results rewrites and redirects
  • Approve, Edit and Delete Product Tags
  • Approve, Edit and Delete Product Reviews
  • RSS feed for Low Inventory Alerts

Catalog Browsing

  • Layered / Faceted Navigation for filtering of products
  • Static Block tool to create category landing pages
  • Ability to assign designs on category and product level (unique design per product/category)
  • Configurable search with auto-suggested terms
  • Recently viewed products
  • Product comparisons
  • Recently compared products
  • Cross-sells, Up-sells and Related Items
  • Popular Search Terms Cloud
  • Filter by Product Tags
  • Product Reviews
  • Product listing in grid or list format
  • Breadcrumbs

Product Browsing

  • Multiple Images Per Product
  • Product Image Zoom-in Capability
  • Product Reviews
  • Related Products
  • Stock Availability
  • Multi-Tier Pricing Upsell
  • Product Option Selection
  • Grouped Products View
  • Add to Wishlist
  • Send to a Friend with Email

Analytics and Reporting

  • Integrated with Google Analytics
  • Admin Dashboard for Report Overview
  • Sales Report
  • RSS feed for New Orders
  • Tax Report
  • Abandoned Shopping Cart Report
  • Best Viewed Products Report
  • Best Purchased Products Report
  • Low Stock Report
  • Search Terms Report
  • Product Reviews Report
  • RSS feed for New Reviews
  • Tags Report
  • RSS feed for New Tags
  • Coupon Usage Report
  • Total Sales Invoiced
  • Total Sales Refunded
  • Best Customers Report by Total and Number of Orders

Hope this explain you how important shopping cart and efficient Open Source Magento is. Source: MagentoCommerce.com

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PHP Wordpress

How to Decode links from WordPress Theme Footer like “eval(base64_decode)”

While working on a website TodaysBollywood.com, i found this eval(base64_decode) code in footer. I wanted to decode the footer of that free theme Tribune by web2feel.com.
My intention was to add the Google Analytics code in footer(i did not removed author links from footer) and other javascrripts also.
But the decoded code in that footer.php stopped me from doing further changes.
So i tried Googling and found the best solution to get rid of the links in footer of wordpress theme.

This url will help you to decode unwanted links in wordpress footer.

Here is the Url to docode

http://ottodestruct.com/decoder.php