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Creating a Popup in WordPress using Popup Maker and Contact Form 7 Plugins

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Nowadays, the majority of blogs utilize a popup form. Although they may annoy a small percentage of your site's visitors, most web users have come to expect a pop-up. They key is to create a well-designed pop-up that can also be easily closed by your site's visitors. A pop-up is fine, but one that is a little too intrusive is a good way to deter return visitors.  In this article, I explain how to create pop-up forms using two plugins Popup Maker and Contact Form 7. In case you don't know, Contact Form 7 is considered to be the best contact form WordPress plugin available and is one of my personal favorites. Better yet, it is fairly easy to transform a Contact Form 7 form into a popup with another great plugin called Popup Maker. In a nutshell, all you need to do is copy and paste the shortcode of a form created in Contact Form 7 into a new popup configured in Popup Maker. Then implement the proper configurations and necessary styling. Well, there is a little bit more to it than that. … Continue reading...

How to Install Python on Windows 10

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Whether you are new to programming or already fluid in a language or two, there are many sound reasons to learn Python. Just the fact that Python was ranked as the number one used programming language in 2017 should be enough to peak your interest. Python is known for its easy to follow syntax and efficiency when compared to other languages. To get started using Python, you first need to install it on your computer. The following is a step by step guide on how to install Python on Windows. 1. Download Python Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/ in order to download the latest version of Python or to download subsequent versions of Python. Alternatively, you can go to https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ where you can get the latest as well as older versions of python and chose which type of installer or file you want to download. For this tutorial I will be using the first link and clicking the "Download Python X.X.X" button near the top.  Once Python is done downloading … Continue reading...

Locally Setup and Install WordPress On Windows Using WAMP

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When building a new website in WordPress, it best practice to first create the site locally on your computer and then later FTP the files and upload the database to a live server. By building your site locally, you can test functionality and design before going live. If you are making a site for a client, it is also better to set it up locally before releasing the finished product on the live server. Creating a site locally is also a great way to just mess around and learn WordPress. Moreover, if you have an established WordPress site, having a local, offline version allows you test changes to the site before implementing those live. If you are using a PC, then the best way to turn your machine into a local server is using Wamp. If you are using a Mac, then it is best to use XAMPP. This article provides a tutorial for setting up WordPress locally on your PC with Wamp. 1. Download the latest Wamp server Click here to go to the Wamp server website. Once there you can scroll down to the … Continue reading...

The SEO Guide for 2018; Content is King!

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There is no magic bullet when it comes to SEO. Whether you are providing SEO for a client, paying for SEO services or doing SEO for your own business, this needs to be understood from the start. In other words, there are no immediate results. Best case scenario, you begin to see improvements in your search rankings within a few weeks, but it often takes at least a couple of months and even longer to really decipher any significant impact. Once you accept this perspective, you are ready to begin. It should also be understood that SEO is not a luxury, afterthought or a something that would be 'nice to have'. Whether you like or despise Google Search rankings is irrelevant. What is relevant is to build an organization or service that is profitable and sustainable. Technically speaking, SEO stands for 'search engine optimization', but don't get stuck on terminology. It's not 2010 anymore. SEO is nothing more than driving visitors to your site and have them covert by either making a … Continue reading...

How to Use JQuery in WordPress

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You can do a lot in WordPress just by modifying PHP templates. In fact, even just an intermediate understanding of PHP and the WordPress template hierarchy allows one to make some relatively advanced customizations. Combine this with HTML and CSS and you can build a dynamic Website in WordPress. However, you will soon learn that knowing PHP isn't enough. You eventually come to the point in which you simply can no longer ignore Javascript. When you come to this junction, it is best practice to use jQuery in WordPress, which is essentially a shorthand of Javascript. Assuming that you have studied Javascript a little and understand its fundamentals, then jQuery can serve as a real asset to your site. You can do a lot in jQuery from fadein affects, a scrolling header, hiding text and so on. While developers have been integrating jQuery with WordPress for several years now, there is still a fair amount of confusion about how to probably add it to your WordPress site. Based on … Continue reading...

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