The title is catchy and strangely enough it's true that my Website visitors increased by about 100 daily instantly. There are hundreds of factors that Google, Bing and other Search Engines take into consideration when ranking where Webpages appear in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). We know that things like having quality links pointing to a Website and making Websites simple to navigate … [Read more...]
How to get Clickbank sale notification via Email
May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One rather strange and annoying characteristic of using ClickBank to sell products or services (i.e. as a vendor) is that there there isn't an instant email notifying the seller of a sale. Of course this doesn't matter too much if selling a digital or other downloadable product but it really matters if the vendor needs to do something manually to provide the product or service (e.g. a WordPress … [Read more...]
Fix Touchwiz home has stopped error
May 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Using a Samsung Galaxy S2 or S3 and getting the error "Unfortunately, Touchwiz home has stopped"? Fortunately there is a simple way to solve the problem. What devices are affected? I use a Samsung Galaxy S2 on the Virgin Mobile network in Australia and recently updated to Android version 4.1.2. Once upgraded the Touchwiz error kept showing and the phone became unusable (I believe that the … [Read more...]
How much should you pay for Google Adwords?
May 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I often get asked the question, is it worth advertising Online? Generally small businesses and individuals are referring to Google Adwords , Bing Ads or Yahoo Search Marketing and specifically to the text adverts that appear in the Search Results Pages (SERPs). There is no simple yes/no answer as to whether someone should advertise using the Search Engines. The potential benefits all … [Read more...]
How to clear floats in StudioPress & WooThemes
April 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In WordPress StudioPress and WooThemes Themes, if you use column classes (i.e. you use columns in your Posts or Pages), you may notice that sometimes text below the columns are incorrectly aligned. This is due to the float CSS element and is easily solved with a bit of HTML and CSS (using the clear CSS element). How to clear floats Follow the simple steps below and your Genesis Framework or … [Read more...]
Will my Website break if I Update?
April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I see so many WordPress Websites that have 'broken' or had all sorts of problems after installing updates. Every Website that I see that experiences these issues has had something done that goes against best-practice or is a result of really bad Web design or development. It is absolutely necessary for functionality and security reasons to apply updates so here are some guidelines to help in … [Read more...]
Clickbank Training Anyone?
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I've setup alot of ClickBank eCommerce Websites over the years for both sellers and affiliates (yes, all WordPress Websites). ClickBank has some very good advantages over the majority of payment gateways and payment processors including its leading affiliate platform and low start-up fees (as opposed to e.g. Eway and PayPal Payflow payment gateways and payment processors such as Westpac and … [Read more...]
Big Tip: Extra security for WordPress
April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Whilst everyone is (unnecessarily?) freaking out about WordPress security, here is a quick security fix that will help secure a hacked Website. On your Webhost, open wp-config.php in a text editor using FTP (or your file manager if you're using Cpanel). Add the following to the end of the file: Save the changes to wp-config.php back to the Webhost. What the above does is remove the … [Read more...]
Why you WILL BE HACKED using WordPress
April 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
O.k., the title of this Post is absolute garbage. Over the past few days there has been a brute force attack targeting WordPress and Joomla. The attack on WordPress targets WordPress and Joomla Sites that use the usernames admin, Admin, administrator,test, and root. A dictionary of commonly used passwords is then used to try to break into the Website. The thing is that you really have … [Read more...]
An even better medical Website
April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There are many reasons that your Website should be using font icon fonts wherever possible in place of images. Icon fonts keep great resolution at most sizes (critical nowadays for retina and high dpi/resolution displays), are far lower in weight than images (i.e. you'll get a faster loading Website) and font icons are really easy to style using CSS. I've blogged about icon fonts (also called … [Read more...]
