When it comes to publishing tools, Wordpress is most likely on top of the food chain. Its simplicity and ease-of-use is especially favored by publishers and its wide community support by developers makes it particularly attractive for plug-in development. Wordpress is also an excellent medium to improve your website’s search engine rankings. The countless number of SEO plugins that have been developed for Wordpress are a good start for most people. SEO for Wordpress is however slightly different...
Responsive designs are all the hype in Web development communities nowadays. With videos becoming an important marketing tool on many websites, there is a growing need to incorporate responsive videos into these designs. Responsive videos are elastic and are especially favored where web pages will be viewed on different screen sizes using a variety of browsers. Using the HTML5 video element however is not enough when handling video embed code that uses iframes and objects tags. Using the HTML5...
Have you ever come across a beautifully designed website and wished you had X-ray vision to see how all those HTML elements on the site work? Have you ever wanted to see how a certain design might look on your site without actually changing the underlying code? Well, you don’t have to wish or think anymore because a powerful and really useful browser extension called Firebug can help you do all that. Any designer or developer looking to experiment with different styles on a website in real-time needs...
Have you ever wanted to have a slide-show presentation on your website that introduces you, your products or your services in an appealing and interactive style? How about creating stunning visualizations right within your website in the style of a PowerPoint presentation? Then you should try impress.js. This is a JavaScript tool based on the CSS3 transforms and transitions supported by modern browsers. To use this JavaScript library, you need to define the slideshow on an HTML page and reference...
If you are not into all the hype surrounding WordPress, you probably have likely heard about its ease of use especially for end-users. The platform is also easy to manage and delivers an almost limitless number of widgets to help add functionality. Many users are usually not interested in the development process and only want an end product that is painless and flexible enough to allow additional features as the website grows. WordPress gives you that edge. However, before you can port your existing...
One thing that makes WordPress so dynamic is the ability for readers to easily post comments. This interaction between you and the readers is therefore an important element in your website and should be given the same attention as other sections of your website. So what can you do to improve the comments section on your WordPress website? 1. Removing HTML Links in User Comments ... People, and especially bloggers, are always looking to promote themselves on other websites and no doubt will try to do that...
Moving website pages is not only a traumatic experience but it actually does your website more harm than good when not done right. The Google Search algorithm uses over 200 elements to rate your website and one of these elements is how reliable your website pages are. When a “Page Cannot Be Found” message is displayed, this is one mark less for your website which means that your search ranking will likewise be affected. If you need to redirect your Web pages, then you need to do it in a way that search...
The Wordpress platform allows you to modify, customize and enhance your existing website easily. You don’t need to change the core program but rather you can create or modify existing plugins to add the extra functionality that you need. This flexibility in customizing your Wordpress installation is provided by the Wordpress Plugin API. There are already hundreds of Wordpress Plugins on various Wordpress Plugin repositories on the Web where you can download and install. If you cannot find a plugin...