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Meta Tags in Plain English
Meta-tags are used by search engines to correctly index and rank web sites. The most important meta tags are the keywords meta tags and the description meta tags and both are essential for any well-built site.
When you create a website and you submit it to the search engines, the search engines "spiders" are sent out to "crawl" the site and attempt to correctly index it based on the information it provides. They do this based on several things including the keywords in the content and in the meta tags. Each search engine indexes web sites according to their own algorithms. Some place emphasis on the description tag, such as AltaVista. Other search engines, like Exactseek, are meta tag purists, as stated in their user policy: “Your site will not be added if it does not have Title and Meta description tags.”
Recently, some search engines have downplayed the importance of meta tags due to spam. Some SEO “specialists” were keyword stuffing their tags with irrelevant information, just to get traffic. To penalize this abuse, some search engines don’t assign too much weight to the keywords in meta tags, but they still check to make sure they are relevant.
How to turn off post revision in wordpress and decrease database size.
How to turn off post revision in wordpress and decrease database size. Revisions posts feature was introduced in wordpress 2.6 this feature turned on by default in 2.6+ versions. Revision posts create a lot of extra entries into your database and causes of database growing at very high speed. So if you are worry about ...
Freelance Website’s You Must See
When you delve into the world of freelancing, there are many things that you won’t be prepared for. You can be the most talented web designer or web developer in the world but there’s more to freelancing than just the design and code. The following resources are invaluable when dealing with life as a freelancer.
Freelance Folder
Freelance Switch
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Don’t Miss Out on Local SEO Opportunities
Don’t Miss Out on Local SEO Opportunities
Local search engine optimization is a great way to charge up your search rankings. It’s a faster method for making sure you’re on the right track, and if optimized properly you can really take advantage of some targeted traffic that will only help your business in the future. It doesn’t matter if you’re developing websites for a mom and pop local plumber or a multi-million dollar agency that will have thousands of dynamic pages, the same 13 steps to on-site SEO will need to be applied to each. How to Write Blog Posts to Increase Search Engine Traffic - Here's an easy formula to follow: Read the rest of this post...
FREE Alternatives for the Software we can’t Afford..
Here's a list of Open Source/GNU alternatives to all those programs that us poor people just can't afford to buy but that we desperatly need...
Inkscape -Illustrator alternative
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development. Download Here.
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15 Useful WordPress Tricks to Make Your Theme Even Better
Wordpress is a very powerful CMS (Content Management System). It has tons of capability and can be extremely powerful. There's only one thing in the way from all of this power and you as the blog owner - your theme. See, no matter how many awesome features such as threaded comments or breadcrumb navigation or even an "edit" link beside each post are added, you're limited by your theme that you are using. If you theme isn't "smart" enough to use these features, well, quite frankly, you can't use them.
This is a post for all the Wordpress theme developers out there. Here are only a few of the many great snippets of code that will take your current theme creation and make it that much better. Please, use them.
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How to Make Money Online With WordPress Themes!
Making money online. When you hear those words, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? A year ago, I would’ve instantly thought "Google ads on a website". I’m sure that’s what many of you thought of too.
There are literally hundreds of ways to make money online, and if you can just perfect one of those methods, you’ll be good to go. Maybe not quit-your-day-job rich, but you’ll have a very comfortable amount of secondary income coming in every week. Who wouldn’t want that?
In this post, I’ll be outlining the 3 best ways to make money with Wordpress themes. I’ve used each of these methods myself, and have experimented around in all three. I know what works best for me, and what doesn’t. At the end of the post, I’ll let you guys know my opinion on what I feel is the best technique.
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Web design build questions to ask (yourself) or new clients
If your a webmaster or web designer I highly recommend you read the rest of this post at www.simonday.com
This is a great resource for anyone who does freelance design or builds websites.
Web design build questions to ask (yourself) or new clients
What do you want the web site to do for your company? (is it to just promote brand awareness and for people who hear about them and then go to their site, will people be finding them through search engines, is it existing clients looking for support or news, are you selling online, are you offering downloads, company reports etc) Who is your target audience (age / level of internet experience etc)? (Do they require a modern, fast paced, highly graphical site to target the younger generation or a more user friendly site for the less experienced or older internet users. ) What image do you want to portray (Professional / Casual / cutting edge etc)? (Some sites use white space and limited text to give a relaxed feel while others use lots of images and text to give the site a busy feel. Define the feel of the site) If you have branding what colours, fonts, styles do you use? (See business cards, letterheads etc). More often that not the sole trader will have no graphics, no logo and no identity so in these cases you need to ask the client for colour schemes they think fit with the ideas but also do market research on the competition because the client may not be right.CORE QUESTIONS:
What do you absolutely definitely want on the site? (This list could include blog, shopping cart, members log in, private areas, RSS feeds. Gallery newsletter, contact forms, advertising space, different languages, search facility, etc) What would you like if possible/within budget? What absolutely must be on the homepage and what is the order of priority? (This is a core question and you should allow the client time to ponder and discuss this with you. Their answers here should define the position of the building blocks. The answers could be phone number, email, help icon, downloads, cart total, core product links etc.) What must be visible at all times? (Every page has a fold. A fold is below the visual part of the page and requires you to scroll down to see it. I have a height I use but you should decide for yourself where it should be. The client must understand this and agree what can go above and below). How many links will be needed and how many levels of navigation will there be? (You need to understand the journey paths and decide how far down the link structure will go (level one, level two, level three etc)- Read the rest of this post at www.simonday.com
Cybers Ebay WordPress Plugin
The eBay plugin is very simple but effective. Once installed you input your EbayNetwork Campaign number into the settings, and how many ads you want to appear on each post. Keep reading for more info..
How To Be A Rockstar WordPress Designer
The book is aimed at anyone with a solid understanding of HTML/CSS. You don’t need to know PHP, you don’t need to have ever even touched WordPress before. The examples begin from scratch and build on each other, while basic PHP principles that are used are explained in an easy to understand manner.If you’ve ever wanted to get started with WordPress theming, or you’re looking to take your skills to the next level with advanced theming concepts, this is the book for you!
30 Excellent WordPress Video Tutorials
WordPress is one of the most popular publishing platforms currently out on the market. It’s free, highly-customizable, and very easy to install and use. Because of its popularity, you’ll find a wide array of resources that discuss WordPress development, administration, as well as plenty of user guides to help you get started quickly. In this article, we take advantage of the merits of learning by way of watching video tutorials and screencasts. Video tutorials allow you to learn by following along with the instructor in real-time - a format that’s very effective for many people. You can use these video tutorials a couple of ways: to learn about WordPress yourself or to send to your not-so-technology-inclined clients as a reference to help them get started. You’ll find the tutorials organized into several topics that include theme development and customization, site administration, beginner’s tutorials, and using some WordPress tools. Read the rest of this post
Creating a WordPress Theme From Scratch – Screencast Series…
Check out this Wordpress for Designers screencast series by In the Woods Blog but Themeforest.net The following screencast is day #3 which is explained below: WordPress for Designers: Day 3
Moving right along into day three of our Wordpress for Designers series; today we will start creating our own theme from scratch. We will have a close look at how exactly to go about setting up your themes stylesheet and information, as well as creating the index.php page. In addition, we will examine wordpress template tags, what they are, and how to use them properly.
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Rockstar WordPress Designer On Sale Today!
How to be a Rockstar WordPress Designer was put together by two of the brightest minds online and WordPress gurus. In the last few years WordPress has been growing as an essential tool in the web designer toolkit. Between regular blog themes and the increasing number of themes that turn WordPress into anything from a ...
jQuery for Absolute Beginners Video Series (part 2)
jQuery for Absolute Beginners Video Series (part 2) jQuery is a new kind of JavaScript Library. jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. Below you will find a ...
Designer Love – Cool WebSites for Designers
Here you’ll find a huge list of useful websites for web designers and bloggers..Enjoy! Add your own useful links in the comment section! Links and screenshots of some of coolest resource sites for designers and bloggers including Free fonts, Icons, Templates, CSS inspiration, Graphics, Hex color schemes, Vector graphics, Design blogs and Mags.
