We are all always looking for ways to make our websites better and if you are using Google Analytics to track what visitors are doing on your website, then you have all the tools you need to learn more about what your visitors are doing. The landing page section in Google Analytics will let you know which pages are being landed on the most. It only makes sense to optimize these first – since they get more eyeballs than other parts of your website.
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How to Increase php.ini Upload Limit
Got another quick php.ini tutorial to share with you today. It is really easy to use a php.ini file to increase your PHP upload limit. Lots of scripts ask you to do this so that you can upload larger files. By default, the server and PHP limit you on how much content you can upload at once. By tweaking this setting though, you can bump it up some.
How to Create a php.ini File
When you are working on a website, a php.ini file can be used for a lot of neat things. More times than not, it is used to increase your upload limit. Are you in the need for a php.ini file, but your web hosting account is lacking one? You can create your own and upload it to the right spot after following a few simple steps.
FTP Basics
If you want to be able to work with your website on a server, you have to learn the basics of FTP. So, let us start with the basics. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. To simplify it, it is the protocol which allows files to be transferred across the Web. Using a special program called an FTP client, you can gain access to the files (documents, files and more) that are on your hosting account. You can also edit file permissions, upload and download content too.
Redirect users to Your WWW Domain
To help eliminate duplicate content being picked up by search engines, many webmasters out there either force website visitors to redirect to their website domain with or without the "www" prefix. How can I always show "www" in front of my domain, even when people just type in mydomain.com?
Full Screen Editing in WordPress
The new full screen editing mode that comes with WordPress 3.2 is really outstanding. While, I don’t know if it will make me drop using Windows Live Writer when posting from my desktop, I do have to say the clean design and interface is a lot more inviting than the default post editor WordPress presents you.
How to Add Google +1 to Your Website
Google has rolled out its own way to social share the things you love – Google +1. So, as any good webmaster should – I have started learning more about what I need to do to get this new badge on my website content. Thankfully, Google has put together a pretty neat tool that allows you to put together your own button code and pick from 4 different sizes.
JournalCrunch Theme for WordPress
Great WordPress themes are often hard to find – so that is why I have decided to start doing a little looking for you, because it is one of the inquires I get submitted to me the most. If you are looking for a great free theme I would highly suggest JournalCrunch. This theme, developed as a free download from Site5, has to be one of the best free premium themes I have had the chance to play with.
Grade Your Website
So does your website make the grade? One of my favorite resources to visit for general website search engine optimization advice is Website Grader. This free resource gives you a quick summary of all the things you are doing right and wrong when it comes to managing your website. To start off, all you need to do is visit the Website Grader website and plug in your website address.
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Premium Black and Blue WordPress Theme
Great looking and free WordPress themes are really hard to find. Sometimes you have to search for days, weeks or years to find the one that is right for you. With that said, I am here to make your Monday morning just that much easier – here is EvoLve.
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