Have you ever been to a site where you notice that media elements such as youtube videos override other content? This can happen if you have drop down menus, floating bars, lightbox popup etc. Well as designers, this get really frustrating for us. In the past, you would have to add ?wmode=transparent to each video embed code, but with WordPress 2.9, embedding videos have gotten much easier. All you have to do is paste the URL of a video, and it will... (more...)
Recently, one of our users asked us how they can add the Google+ “Add to Circles” Badge in their WordPress site. In the past, we have shown you how to add the Google +1 Button your WordPress Posts. In this article, we will show you how to add the Google+ “Add to Circles” Badge in your WordPress site. Preview of how a Google+ Badge looks like: Before we begin, you should note that this is only for Google+ Pages not profiles.... (more...)
Few days ago, we showed you how to add the Pinterest “Pin It” button in your WordPress blog. We are seeing more and more people joining Pinterest every day. Some of you might even want to show your latest pins in your sidebar. Well, in this article, we will show you an easy way to displaying your latest pinterest pins in your sidebar or any other dynamic widgets area. First thing you need to do is install and activate the Pinterest RSS... (more...)
Recently one of our users asked us if there was an easy way for her to display local weather on her blog. After doing some research, we found that there were tons of plugins available that will let you display weather forecast in WordPress. In this article, we will share two plugins that will let you show daily weather forecast in your WordPress blog. WP Google Weather The reason why we picked this plugin was its ease of installation. Unlike many... (more...)
Recently while monitoring our blog stats, a new traffic source was popping up enough for us to notice. This traffic source was Pinterest. We started using the platform and saw great potential in it therefore we have added it on List25. In this article, we will show you how to add the Pinterest “Pin It” button to your WordPress blog. First thing you need to do is paste the following script in your footer.php file right before the body... (more...)
I was at a session in Affiliate Summit West where I ran into Deborah Ng, Conference Director of BlogWorld Expo. Over the past years, her and I have become good friends. I was honored to speak at the last two BlogWorld events. I knew Deb had a book out, but I was truly surprised when she pulled one out of her bag and gave it to me. I was crazy busy once I came back, but I am finally done going through the book. Below are my thoughts about the book:... (more...)
Yesterday we wrote an article on the site showing you how to increase pageviews and reduce bounce rate in WordPress. One of the tips we mentioned was splitting long posts into multiple pages. You can see an example of how we split our posts into two pages or even into five pages. After writing that article, we got a lot of inquiries from people asking us multiple questions. How do you split the posts into multiple pages? I put the <!–nextpage–>... (more...)