You know your stuff
Belated thanks jay! I had a mini break is my response but had a quick read…yup you know your stuff….thanks Gargi X
SEO and Keywords
Search engine optimisation (or SEO for short) is a dark art – the Googles of this world apply constantly evolving algorithms to tell their users “what’s hot”. I’m not an expert on this, but I can give you some quick pointers: Firstly there are keywords and descriptions you can use. These are only visible to search engines so they’re hidden in the code. Have a look at the free All In One SEO plugin which gives you options for ever post and page, as well as your entire site. This plugin will generate such...
read moreHow to sell an Ebook for immediate download via PayPal
So you’ve written an Ebook and would like to sell it via your website. That’s a great idea! How to do this you ask? You’re not alone – selling private Ebooks is something many people do so there are very good tools that do the job for you, and integrate nicely into your WordPress site. The process works as follows: customer pays for your Ebook your shopping cart software acknowledges this and provides a secure link that’s only valid for a set period of time customer downloads the Ebook and enjoys it download link...
read moreHow to generate an email list of followers
Most people use a campaign manager for generating an email list of followers. Mailchimp, Aweber, ConstantContact and GetResponse are such tools. Depending on the amount of people you have on your list you have to pay a monthly fee to these services, but they allow you to add a bit of code on your website where people can sign up to you. In a welcome email you can configure a link to a freebie – that’s how you can give something away when people sign up. As for emails on your own domain, they usually work as a redirect. Assuming...
read moreHow to create a Contact Form
Instead of displaying your email address publicly in posts or pages I’d strongly recommend using a Contact Form plugin for this. It’s a little web form which will forward an email to you without your visitors knowing your email address. Perfect for your new website! Contact Form 7 is what I use and it’s a really good solid plugin. Here’s how you make it work after successful installation. Make sure the shortcode is placed on its own line, like so: On your final page this is what it should look...
read moreHow to change the WordPress Home Page URL
Most WordPress sites are setup to show visitors something like the following URL: http://yourdomain.com But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the WordPress installation lives in the root directory of your site – it could live somewhere else like http://yourdomain.com/wordpress – but you won’t want people to see the “wordpress” part of the URL. It is possible to change the Home Page URL (i.e. what’s displayed in the browser) regardless of where WordPress is installed. There are a couple of edits in...
read moreWhat is the best way to set up a website where people can securely buy?
Best thing I can offer is a self-hosted WordPress site with the eStore shopping cart plugin which does the job well for selling digital products. Doesn’t cost the world and can be expanded to do affiliate tracking and members only sections of your website. Have a look at the plugins features here. There are other platforms that do what you want: Salesforce.com springs to mind, but I’ve never used it myself. There’s also CRE Loaded B2B. I’ve tried it but find that good looking templates are hard to come by, even though...
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