What are the most effective WordPress plugins to attract the most relevant traffic and maximize website sales?
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What are the most effective WordPress plugins to attract the most relevant traffic, the most relevant traffic and maximize website sales?
I am thinking maybe:
1. RSS feed plugins,
2. Cost Per Action (CPA) plugins or code snippets,
3. Affiliate plugins and/or links
Can you provide links to the tools that you think are the best, and let me know why you think they are the best?
Answer:
Plugins can’t attract relevant traffic. You can put the Pope himself on your website and nothing will happen unless your site is properly SEO’d and you have content that people are actually looking for. RELEVANT content. Click here to learn how to build authority websites. It can be used for Adsense of any affiliate program.
How do I get my WordPress articles to pop up in peoples google searches?
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When Someone googles something that relates to one of my wordpress blogs how can I get it to appear on the first page of their serach results? Thanks!
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The answer you are looking for is search engine optimization. This is optimizing everything in your website to show up in search results better. The first thing you’ll want to do is submit your site to the search engines so they can crawl and index your site. If they haven’t seen it yet, it will never show up.
Next you want to determine what keywords you want to rank for. Example, if you want to show up in search results for dog training. You’ll want those words in the title of the post, in the url of the post and several other times throughout the post. You want to have it bold in a couple places and underlined in others. Sometimes you’ll want it in h1,h2 and h3 size text. All of these help rank higher.
Those are all very important aspects of getting your WordPress blog to get to page 1 of the SERPS, but another one is content. You have to be a writer, a content publisher. I don’t mean that in a professional sense, but rather, what you write is what’s going to drive your blog. The articles you write must be for things the user is searching for. If you have your own self-hosted WordPress blog on your own web hosting, logged into your control panel and check your AWStats to see the keyword phrases that people are using to find your blog. If nothing’s there, you’re not being found.
Getting Found On Google
It’s all about being an authority site. There is an excellent course for building niche market websites that I bought a while back. It’s geared around writing GOOD content so you can profit by placing Adsense on your site. However, you don’t need to monetize your site at all. I highly recommend it because it will teach you EXACTLY with step-by-step instructions on how to select a niche, how to write for that niche and how to get to page 1 of the search engines. Click here for this authority site niche market course.
What are some good wordpress themes/plugins that allow you to manipulate design?
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I want to be able to customize a wordpress themes to make them look a bit more origional. I know you can change the colors, etc. But i want to be able to change the size of the boxes and such. I like iblog and am looking for something similar but the free version is very limited and i cant afford to buy the full version. Does anyone know of any good free themes to install?
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There is no plugin that allows you to edit a WordPress theme. Either the author of the theme allows edits via theme widgets or you have to change the theme’s code.
However, you can make your own WordPress themes with a program called Artisteer. Then you can design the layout and colors any way you like. Click here to download Artisteer for free to try it out.
WordPress theme from HTML/CSS template?
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I found the service http://themespress.com but $ 10 per theme becomes really expensive when I want to convert like 20 HTML templates to WordPress themes. Is there an easy way to do the same thing as the site does? (use custom tags to define WordPress sections)
I’ve been told time and again that you just have to do it all manually and with PHP, but it seems like there must be an easier way. And the theme tutorials I’ve found seem great for simple themes, not something exceptional. I need like a “beginners guild to professional themes” or something.
Thanks for any help. And WordPress 3 is almost up to 2.5 million downloads! =)
Here’s my site if anyone is curious http://viperamped.com
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There is no plug n play webpage template to WordPress theme converter program. However, you can make WordPress themes with a program called Artisteer. When I find a website I like, I do a print screen and save it in a binder. Then when I need a new WordPress theme, I crack open Artisteer and make a new theme to look almost identical to the screen print. Download it for free and try it out.
Need help with Blogger problems to save template
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Hi i currently have a blog (blogger.com) and i decided to create a new blog under my previous accout. however i realised that i could not edit the HTML of the new account and i am not sure why, anyone knows?
when i click “save template” it says:
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Attribute name “selected” associated with an element type “option” must be followed by the ‘ = ‘ character.
Does anyone know what that means?
Also, I realised when I edit my HTML, I click “Template” on my previous blog, yet on my new one, I have to click “Layout”, is there any difference?
Answer:
Did you you know that you can make your own Blogger template without all that coding using a program called Artisteer? Click here to see a demo of how to create a Blogger template with Artisteer.
The new blogger.com has a slightly differently interface to the previous one. They have also changed the template part. They use XML now.
The error that you got has to do with the xml elements that are not closed or written properly. it’s like syntax error thingy.
With regards to “selected”, you must change it to
selected=”selected”
because that’s what we call proper xml.
hope it helps
How to switch WordPress menu from right side to the left?
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Hi,
I have a question that I hope will have a simple answer. I have a wordpress blog and right now my side navigation menu is on the right side. I would like for the menu to be on the left side. Can someone please tell me how I would go about doing this, in simple terms, please?
Or point me in the direction of a resource that tells me how to do it?
Thanks so much ya’ll!
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Unless your theme supports sidebar movement with some type of theme configuration widget in the Dashboard, you’ll have to dig into the sidebar1.php, sidebar2.php and style.css files for starters and edit them. Be sure to make backup copies before you start. Don’t know if there are any other files to edit. Probably not. There shouldn’t be if the theme is written correctly.
But you see, therein lies the same problem I was always having. I was never 100% satisfied with the layout of a theme. I got fed up with it and finally bought a copy of Artisteer and started making my own WordPress themes. It’s also got a regular website designer/publisher and it can make themes for Blogger, Joomla, Drupal and more. I only use the WordPress option, though.
Artisteer is really easy to use. You can download a free copy of it to check it out. Believe me, you’ll get hooked. I did and I’ve been using it for years. They’ve got both a Windows and Mac version.
How do you start building a WordPress site for an already existing website?
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I have a website that has been up and running for some time now, and for numerous reasons I want to replace it with a WordPress site.
So, how do I start building the WordPress site – in a seperate folder from the “public_html” folder? Then when you are ready to move it into the public_html folder, do you have to correct whatever file-paths and link errors?
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Answer by AIT-pro.com
Hello I am a professional WordPress website designer and developer – AITpro.com so you can verify that I know what I’m talking about. 
The website development method you are planning to do is a standard website development method that I use and probably most professional developers use so you are right on the money there. I’m assuming you already know the basics, but I’ll add this info for someone else who may not know that info.
Best basic website development practices and planning
1). Create the folder first that you want to install WordPress to either with FTP or with your CP File Manager
2). Very Important! Add an entry in your Robots.txt file to block indexing of the new folder you just created – you don’t want your new folder indexed until you are ready to launch your new website. And in your case you don’t want the folder indexed at all since you will be migrating your WordPress site to the root of your domain. If you don’t have a robots.txt file then create one. Trust me if you don’t do this it will cost you a lot of headaches.
3). Do the WordPress installation at this point – Pretty much all hosts offer the WordPress Application for free with anywhere from 10 to 25 free SQL DB’s.
4). After you have completed all your WordPress design work, customization, plugin installations and configurations then you are just about ready to do the WordPress migration – SEE the Source link I have provided below for complete WP migration instructions – WP migration is very easy and simple, but be careful to follow the instructions EXACTLY.
5). DEACTIVATE ALL OF YOUR PLUGINS BEFORE DOING THE ACTUAL MIGRATION!!!
6). Since you have installed WP in another directory / folder you have a backup of all your work.
7). Make a backup of your existing website files in the root of your domain.
8). Copy (NOT MOVE) all your WordPress files and folders to the your domain root
9). Reactivate all your plugins and start testing them and reconfiguring them if necessary. (you can reactivate all of them at once or do them one by one – doesn’t matter).
To answer your question about post migration corrections to file paths. Yes, you will have to modify several paths. Since I’m very familiar with this whole process and especially the WP plugin configurations, I don’t install certain plugins until after the WordPress migration is done. And I don’t do certain WordPress configurations until I’ve after I’ve done the migration. If you are not very familiar with WP plugin configurations then i recommend you install and configure everything in your “development” folder and then make the file path changes after you have done the migration. Anytime you are doing a migration you should do it during “off business hours” meaning in the middle of the night. If you have a totally new website it doesn’t really matter when you do the migration, but if you have an existing website that is getting visitors and making money you obviously don’t want to interrupt the flow of $ $ $ .
So to give you some specifics on the WordPress files that will need to be modified / corrected after the migration:
If you configure WordPress with Pretty Permalinks you will need to update this first thing right after the migration is done. Personally I recommend that you don’t configure Pretty Permalinks until your WordPress site is migrated. Pretty Permalinks generates your .htaccess file so by updating PP from the WP Dashboard Admin panel at any point you are updating your .htaccess file.
Common WP plugins that will need path corrections:
WP-DBManager – change DB Options > path to backup. Will need to logout and maybe clear cache too to see the new changes.
Theme My Login – Theme my login Redirection URL and Theme my login Links need to be corrected
Cforms – check abspath.php and /cforms/js/cforms.js for correct file paths
Common WP files that will need to be corrected
Theme templates and specifically your header.php file.
The rest of the information you will need is contained in the WordPress migration instructions below and all over the Internet. WordPress answers are everywhere.
Is anything better then WordPress for building a web presence for a small Business?
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I have been told to go and open a WordPress blog account to make web mini sites (web presence) and I am wanting to know if you have better ideas or simply more ideas? Advise for WordPress would be great as well!
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Impossible to answer because you don’t give enough information. If it’s for your business, you can’t use WordPress.com because they don’t allow ANY commercial content or monetization of any type.
What type of mini-sites do you want to make? WordPress is hella easy for building an online presence. If you want, you can create a free WordPress.com site just to play around with. Publish your posts as Private so no one else can see them.
Then when you’re ready to make a real site, get a web hosting account and install WordPress from your control panel.
WordPress Theme upload question, please
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Can someone answer this about WordPress?
I’m trying to upload a new theme and I have cPanel. The instructions say:
“In cPanel File Manager, navigate to your themes folder. If you have WordPress installed in it’s own folder called wordpress, you would navigate to “public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes… and if WordPress is installed in your web-root folder you would navigate to “public_html/wp-content/themes.”
I can go into File Manager fine, but I don’t see this. I see a “public_html” folder, but nothing under it. The “public html” appears in the right window, but there’s nothing that I can find to click on to open it.
Please advise, thanks!
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Have you actually installed the WordPress software? There’s not going to be a wp-content/themes folder until you do. Login to cpanel and look for the script installer. You don’t say which web host you have. Look for Fantastico, Softaculous, or SimpleScripts. You’ll find the WordPress software in there. After you install it and login into your WordPress dashboard, then click on Appearance: Themes: Install New and upload the theme’s .zip file. From there you can activate it.
If that doesn’t work, then you can unzip the file on your hard drive and use File Manager to drag the unzipped theme’s folder into the wp-content/themes/ folder.
In the File Manger in the left panel, click on the public_html folder. Your domain(s) should appear in the right panel. If you only have one domain name and you installed WordPress in the root of that domain, you should now see the wp-content/themes folder. If you installed WP in a folder like “blog”, then go into there and you’ll see it.
WordPress.org blog via iPage on a Mac – I need help
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Hi everyone,
I’m trying to start my own website-yay!
I had no idea, however, that it would be so confusing! First I went to wordpress.org, and they told me that I needed web hosting, so I set up an account with ipage.com that gives me unlimited hosting and a free domain. I made my domain, http://www.popfrock.com/ (it’s going to be a fashion design portfolio of sorts) …so far so good right? Then I got confused. Trying to follow wordpress instructions for windows is kind of out of my league…I got that I need to have a FTP client so I downloaded Cyberduck and later, at the instruction of a youtube video, a free trial of Fetch. I installed wordpress from ipage.com and made an FTP login, and got into the administrative dashboard of popfrock.com. I also (thanks youtube!) installed a theme by downloading it and then dragging the little folder into the “themes” folder once I logged into Fetch. Then I went to my wordpress dashboard thing and typed in a quickie test post. Have I done okay so far?
Problem is, if you visit the website you’ll see that it says it’s under construction. How do I get what I do (posts, theme change, etc) to show up on the site?
Answer:
No, no, no, no, no. You did it all wrong. With iPage web hosting, the WordPress software is already there. There is no WordPress software to download and no FTP’ing it up to your site. All you do is login to your iPage control panel, go to Scripting and Addons, into SimpleScripts and the WordPress installer is in there.
The reason your under construction page is showing is because you need to delete the default.html page in the root of your hosting account. You can use the File Manager in the control panel to do it. Or, since you have the FTP (Fetch) program, you can also login to your hosting account and delete it from there. Is there no free FTP app for the Mac?
The next time you want to install a theme, yes, you can unzip it on your hard drive and then FTP it to your themes folder, but you can also install it from within the WordPress Dashboard like this. Go to Appearance: Themes: Install New. Then browse your hard drive for the zip file. (don’t unzip it). Install it. WordPress will unzip it for you. Then on the Appearance: Themes page, you’ll see the thumbnail of the new theme. Click the Preview link to see how it’s going to look. Click the Activate link to activate it so it becomes your blog’s theme.
