Forum: Website Design 
7th April 2019, 02:21 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 535  Re: How Can I Get Web Design Freelance Work
I think you should definitely build your own site. Any business worth the name has its own website and you can use it to show your portfolio of designs, offer tips and latest news from the industry...
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Forum: Website Design
6th April 2019, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 165 Re: Website with best user experience?
Firstly, understand the objective of your website, and then make sure every page on the site has its own objective that supports the site objective.
When you've got that sorted make sure the...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th July 2013, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 885 Re: WordFence Security or WP Firewall 2?
I've used WordFence for a year or so on all my sites as well as sites I build for clients, and I'm very happy with it.
It doesn't deliver auto backups - but I use backupbuddy for that, so that's...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
28th May 2013, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 521 Re: Tags and categories help
Interesting discussion..!
For me, the value of tags grows as the content on the site grows.
I often just use categories when I start up a new site. But as the amount of content grows I start to...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th May 2013, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 561 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd April 2013, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 334 Re: Tags in wordpress, To do or Not to do?
As both Martin and Big Al have said, tags are part of the WordPress filing system and, used properly, are good.
What I have found, though, is that it's hard to use tags properly with a new site...
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Forum: Website Design
30th January 2013, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 840 |
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Forum: Website Design
11th January 2013, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 729 Re: How to change font of specific sentences?
The correct in-line CSS for a few words is: <span style="font-family: arial;">Your sentence here</span>
If you want a paragraph in a different font the in-line CSS is: <p style="font-family:...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd November 2012, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 506 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st October 2012, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 343 Re: What To Do With Wordpress Tags
I noindex my tag pages (and index my category pages). This article goes into a bit more detail:
Optimise WordPress with Categories and Tags...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th October 2012, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 957 Re: Login LockDown Plugin?
I recently removed Login Lockdown, not because of any compatibility problems but simply because it hadn't been updated for so long that I assume its author has abandoned it.
In its place I...
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Forum: Website Design
22nd October 2012, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 410 Re: Wordpress Visual/HTML
Also, it's usually better to choose which view you're going to work in and stick with it. Switching back and forth does sometimes create problems.
Another plugin that may help, and which I've used...
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Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum
4th October 2012, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 15,720 Re: Best Wordpress Security Plugins
Please keep in mind that securing a WordPress site is about more than installing a plugin. It's about a mindset. In addition to installing a plugin here are some things you should consider:
1....
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Forum: Website Design
1st October 2012, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 402 Re: Upgrading Themes and Plugins
Rather than being worried about upgrading you should be worried about not upgrading..!
No - you won't lose everything when you upgrade however, problems can arise and they will be almost always...
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Forum: Website Design
10th September 2012, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 710 |
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Forum: Website Design
10th September 2012, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 460 Re: Recommended Thesis Tutorials
Welcome to the world of Thesis :)
The Thesis User Guide, in the members area at DIYTHemes, is an excellent resource, the support forums are also excellent, and I've written some Thesis tutorials...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
8th September 2012, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 726 |
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Forum: Website Design
3rd September 2012, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 310 Re: WP Post with No Follow Links
You can switch to the HTML view, find the relevant link and add this before the close bracket:
rel="nofollow"
Here's an example:
<a href="http://www.domain.com/page.html"...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st September 2012, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,418 |
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Forum: Website Design
27th August 2012, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 567 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
8th August 2012, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,005 Re: Securing Wordpress
There are lots of things you can do to strengthen your WordPress site's security.
You need to make sure you don't have a user named 'admin', change the database table prefix, use SFTP rather than...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th August 2012, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,812 Re: Should I Update My WordPress?
I'm very surprised to hear you get that reaction from Hostgator re helping with WordPress problems. I've always found them to be very helpful, and they know WordPress well.
And, to echo the...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th July 2012, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 627 |
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Forum: Website Design
8th July 2012, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,641 Re: E commerce site ? Should I use shopperpress?
If the shop is a pure eCommerce site you may be better off using something like Prestashop, which is designed as an eCommerce platform from the ground up.
However, if you definitely want to use...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 858 Re: WordPress eCommerce
I use EcWid for shops on WordPress sites. As with the others, it's a plugin, not a theme, but it integrates seamlessly into whatever theme you're using.
EcWid is a hosted online shop, meaning that...
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Forum: Website Design
2nd June 2012, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 560 Re: Wordpress caching
Another shout for W3 Total Cache.
It is a bit fiddly to set up but you should ask your hosting provider to recommend the settings to use because they can be affected by the many different server...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th May 2012, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 870 Re: Convert static to wordpress- good idea?
Here are some things to consider:
- Do you update your site regularly?
- How big is your site?
- Does your current (HTML) site get good search traffic?
- Does it have a lot of inbound links?
-...
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Forum: Website Design
3rd May 2012, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 616 |
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Forum: Website Design
29th April 2012, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,351 |
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Forum: Website Design
12th April 2012, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 411 Re: Thesis for Custom Site Design???
If you're able to create efficient code, then using Thesis may not result in any faster a website than doing it yourself from scratch.
If you're not, on the other hand, then Thesis makes an...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
27th March 2012, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 546 Re: WP Product Store
There are a number of eCommerce plugins around, but the one I like and use is EcWid.
EcWid is a hosted service (i.e. your shop doesn't reside in your database, it resides on their servers) and...
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
21st February 2012, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 853 Re: Security Plugins for Wordpress
Security of your WordPress blog is not just about WordPress. It must also involve your computer itself, the way you upload files and it should be a state of mind. Don't just rely on plugins to do...
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Forum: Mobile Marketing
15th February 2012, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 758 Re: Wapple Architect Mobile Plugin
I used it for a while, and I was very pleased with it. But then they had a problem with their network that caused repeated requests from my server. That, in turn, caused Hostgator to take my site off...
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Forum: Website Design
19th January 2012, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 903 Re: Website Tonight to Wordpress
This article goes through the step-by-step process of moving a static site to WordPress:
http://www.wealthydragon.com/2011/12/01/convert-html-website-to-wordpress-process/
Cheers,
Martin.
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Forum: Website Design
3rd January 2012, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 345 Re: transfer new wordpress project to old domain
Absolutely agree with Istvan's comment. I would just add that you should go all the way and create your new site in your subfolder and not make the move until you're satisfied with the new site's...
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Forum: Website Design
30th December 2011, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 425 |
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Forum: Website Design
28th December 2011, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 310 Re: Help with my Wordpress Site
Whenever I set up a new opt-in sequence I always write the process I want my readers to follow on a piece of paper - call it the customer journey if you like.
I see from your site that you're...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st December 2011, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 372 Re: Updating Wordpress
As the others have said, it's important to keep your software up to date (any application, not just WordPress) because hackers look for and exploit weaknesses in older versions. So, for security...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th December 2011, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,254 Re: newbie, need help
Two things:
1. An online business is a business - just like any other business. So it requires work, persistence, perseverance and patience. The only difference is that the start up costs are...
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Forum: Programming
29th November 2011, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,210 Re: Crossposting FROM wordpress to Google+?
I get my posts onto Google+ by following them in my RSS reader and then just clicking the 'Share' button at the bottom of each post in Google Reader. That posts it automatically to Google+
It does...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th November 2011, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 557 Re: Wordpress Structure - Posts or Pages
Categories (and Tags) are WordPress' fililng system. If you use them effectively you can optimise your site still further.
More details in this article:
Optimise WordPress with Categories and...
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Forum: Programming
20th November 2011, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 554 |
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
15th November 2011, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 654 Re: Keyword Density for SEO Issue
SEO has changed a lot in the past year or so, particularly since Google's first Panda update back in April.
Don't spend your time fussing over keyword density, and especially don't if it's making...
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Forum: Programming
10th November 2011, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 947 Re: WordPress Website & Page Loading Speed SUCKS!
A few of things come to mind:
1. Are you running plugins that you're not using? (I noticed in your source code that wp-e-commerce is on there but I couldn't find a shop on the site). If you're not...
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Forum: Website Design
5th November 2011, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 399 |
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Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum
30th September 2011, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 775 Re: I Am Lost
The first thing to do is click the link in your Google Webmaster Tools screen to see if it really is broken. GWT doesn't always get it right - for example there may have been a connection problem...
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Forum: Programming
19th September 2011, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 563 Re: Wordpress Fonts Problem
Editing a stylesheet that someone else has built can be very frustrating. The reason is because you need to find the correct selector to edit and, unless they've commented the CSS really well, that's...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2011, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,509 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd August 2011, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 830 Re: Font size on wordpress
You need to define which particular font you want to change - i.e. the main content area, sidebars, footer etc.
Then you will need to identify the CSS selector name - which you can do with...
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Forum: Website Design
30th July 2011, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 688 Re: Use one Wordpress theme for many sites?
I do exactly what you're talking about, but I use Thesis.
The important point in taking this approach is not how the theme looks on the theme website, because you're going to be creating new...
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Forum: Programming
27th July 2011, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,928 Re: I've been HACKED!
Very sorry to hear that, and I can understand how you feel.
In addition to the tips people have given above, also make sure that your machine hasn't been compromised and use SFTP rather than FTP....
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
20th July 2011, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 561 Re: Is That a Hacker Knocing My WP Site!
That doesn't look too good to me. Here's an article that described the security steps I took after one of my client's sites was hacked:
WordPress Security: Not Just About WordPress | WealthyDragon...
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Forum: Website Design
20th July 2011, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,734 Re: Prestashop or Wordpress
If your site is principally an eCommerce site I would go with Prestashop, because it's designed as an eCommerce platform.
If your site is a content site with an integrated shop then WordPress...
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Forum: Website Design
18th July 2011, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 601 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th July 2011, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,283 |
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Forum: Website Design
13th July 2011, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 588 |