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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...

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...

How to Create a Custom Homepage Template in a Genesis Theme

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If you are new to using Genesis themes, the first thing you will likely notice when you look under the hood that they are set up somewhat differently than your typical WordPress theme. I like to think of the Genesis framework as a variation of WordPress. When you first start poking around at the Genesis framework, you might feel a bit lost and confused. But there is nothing wrong with that you certainly are not alone. Fortunately, once you get past the learning curve, Genesis themes not only become easier to customize, but you soon realize what a powerful tool the Genesis framework can be for building websites. Genesis themes offer a decent amount of functionality 'out of the box' and many users content at never moving past that stage. However, at some point you may require more customization and functionality and adding custom page templates to your WordPress site is one way  create a more dynamic website. To give you an idea of how to make a custom page template in Genesis, I have … Continue reading...

How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress Site Without a Plugin

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There is a good chance that you are using WordPress for your company's website. If this is the case, you want to not only accurately track your site's traffic, but also analyze it. This is where Google Analytics comes into play. Even if you are a small business or non-profit, don't just assume that Analytics is only for larger firms. Your site might be only getting 50 to 100 visitors a day, but you also may have a very niche service that you offer to the public. It is not enough to merely get people to your site. More importantly, you want visitors to stay on your site, visit multiple pages and eventually take action, such as submitting a contact inquiry, purchasing a product, asking for a quote, filling out a survey and so on. Google Analytics is a powerful tool to provide insight in regards to which pages are getting traffic on your site, how long each visitor stays on that page, where your visitors are coming from, the demographics of your site's visitors and so on. There is a … Continue reading...

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