April 13th in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . We used to not cover Thesis here at all. We considered it to be difficult for newbies to master. Many folks who pick up Thesis have unrealistic expectations anyway. Since adopting the Thesis theme, we are very impressed with how easy it is to customize. In order to customize your Thesis theme, you need to know your way around hooks. Knowing your CSS and PHP is a good idea too. These 7 plugins enhance Thesis’ features and let you get even more out it:
SEO Data Transporter: one of the biggest challenges of adopting the Thesis theme is transporting your SEO options from your old theme. This plugin is designed to handle that part. [click to continue…]
April 11th in Social Media, Wordpress Tips by Wordpress Jedi . Google’s search engine results pages have gone through many changes in the past few months. If you use Google a lot, you have probably seen results from Google+ showing up in the SERPs. You may have also noticed that some search engine listings show up with their authors’ picture and description right beneath them. You can get those rich snippets as long as you implement the Google Authorship markup on your site. You can always do this manually by following the below instructions.
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April 9th in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . All WordPress webmasters have to deal internal and external links. We all link to our own pages and files as well as the work by other folks. Your internal and external links do affect your search engine rankings. Besides, you should link to your own content to keep people on your website for longer. Monitoring your links saves you time optimizing your internal link structure and could help you catch errors and broken links. Here are 6 plugins you can use to monitor your internal and outgoing links:
Broken Link Checker: checks your posts, comments, and pages for broken links and images and notifies you. It is a huge time saver.
F-Secure Links: you should not have links to bad neighborhoods on your website. This plugin helps your visitors avoid dangerous links that may be on your site. It gives your visitors peace of mind before they click away. [click to continue…]
April 7th in WordPress Themes by Wordpress Jedi . As someone who has reviewed hundreds of magazine theme for WordPress, I can tell you that finding the template that fits your needs exactly can take some time. There are plenty of premium magazine themes around. Not all of them are elegant or highly customizable. Goodnews for WordPress is an attractive premium template for magazines and news sites. It has a professional look and feel to it and is highly customizable.
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April 5th in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . We have all heard about files such as robots.txt. While it is nice to have guidelines for webbots on your website, you should also take time to credit the humans who have contributed to your site. That’s why humans.txt matters. You don’t necessarily have to implement it to dominate the search engines or make a ton more money. It is just a good practice to exercise on websites. Thanks to Humans TXT, you will have an easier time playing with your humans.txt file on your website.
Humans TXT simplifies the process of making changes to your Humans.txt file. All you have to do is activate the plugin to get started. If you choose to do so, this plugin adds your author link tag to the header of your website. It has a bunch of useful variables you can use to provide the world with more useful information on the authors on your website. [click to continue…]
April 4th in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi . The Headway theme is one of the most versatile WordPress frameworks we have tested. It has a drag & drop design interface and is highly customizable. It does take a bit of time to master but once you get there, the sky’s the limit with it. We haven’t been able to find too many Headway-specific plugins so far (not that you would need many). But these 4 scripts are more than helpful:
SEO Data Transporter: useful if you are moving from another framework or plugin to Headway. It takes care of your SEO data. [click to continue…]
April 3rd in Premium Themes, WordPress Themes by Wordpress Jedi . As the Internet gets more popular, people rely more on online travel sites and services to plan their trips and get the most out of them. If you happen to be in the hospitality business, you should have an online presence for your business establishment. That applies to hotels, inns, and food businesses. Welcome Inn is an attractive WordPress theme that lets you build a solid online presence for your business fast.
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