Backing Up or Moving a WordPress Site With Duplicator

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It’s really important to backup your site, especially if you have sensitive data to maintain. Imagine losing all your blogs, comments, customer information or any other critical site data. Long gone are the days where it’s practical to do a manual FTP backup. Modern WordPress websites are complex and powerful. Because of this, backing up or transferring your website can be quite a chore.

The absolute best and easiest way to backup a WordPress site is with the Duplicator plugin. This plugin is really useful and free as well. I really don’t have anything bad to say about this one. Duplicator is also amazing when it comes to transferring an entire site as well. Moving your site can be tough. It’s much like ripping a house off of its foundation in pieces and setting it on another lot on the other side of the country.

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How to Setup a Podcast with WordPress

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Starting a podcast is a great way to communicate your ideas and connect with an audience. If you are looking to start a podcast this article will show you how. We will go over all the tools and resources you need to get the perfect podcast setup in WordPress.

The actual word “podcast” is a combination of the words iPod and broadcast. The fact that the name for proprietary product (iPod) is synonymous with the term MP3 player is is a testament to the success of Apple’s marketing campaign.

This is analogous to the way people refer to tissues as “Kleenex” or how the term “Jet Ski” is used for personal water crafts. There are countless others including: onesies, Jacuzzi, crockpot etc. Okay now that we’ve covered the epistemology of the word lets define it.

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Add a Slick Sliding Contact Form in WordPress

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Contact forms make it easy for people to get in touch with you. Ninja Kick: WordPress Contact Form plugin can make it easier for users to get in touch with you and has some interesting features as well. There are many advantages to be had by adding a responsive contact form to your website. You can grow your audience, gain a stronger connection with your visitors, generate more traffic and bring in more revenue.

An appealing and inviting contact form is an ideal way for people to ask questions, reach out for advice, or make inquiries. Regular contact forms are well suited for getting in touch with your visitors, they don’t offer anything special in the way of looks or functionality. Ninja Contact Form plugin was designed to increase the likelihood of making contact with your visitors. If your goal is to make yourself readily available, promote a service or product, then this plugin may be your answer.
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Manage Pingbacks in WordPress

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A pingback is a type of comment that is created when you one blog post is linked to another blog post where pingbacks are enabled. Confused? Think about it like this.

  • You post a blog article.
  • Someone else links your blog article to their blog. If both have pingback enabled, you will receive a pingback.
  • You then go to the post that linked to you to confirm that your pingback came from there.

The pingback will appear in the comments section of your post. It will appear as just a link. Many people like this feature, and many don’t. There has been an increasing trend to stop using pingbacks. Are pingbacks dead? Maybe not but they might be on their last leg. The idea of a pingback is to facilitate a community of like sites. With the ubiquity of social media, it seems like the whole idea of pingbacks may now be a mute point. The @ sign in Twitter, a post on Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram can be just as effective if not more so. Let’s look at some of the pros and cons of pingbacks.

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Best WordPress Themes of August 2015

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People love WordPress because they can use it to create powerful, versatile website in a short amount of time to achieve their goals. Another reason people love WordPress is for retail purposes. With WooCommerce you can easily monetize a website, manage payments and keep track of customer information.

With over 9 million downloads, WooCommerce for WordPress is gaining steam and becoming one of the most sought after eCommerce solutions on the net. According to the developers over at WooThemes, 30% of all eCommerce transactions on the internet is handled by WooCommerce and 85% of all WordPress sites use the plugin (they were reluctant to give any actual figures). WooCommerce solutions continue to evolve as more and more developers create extensions and themes to work with the platform, giving users even more flexibility. Check out our post on eCommerce to see 10 of the Best eCommerce Plugins for WordPress.

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10 of the Best eCommerce Plugins for WooCommerce

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WordPress is an awesome solution for creating revenue online. If you don’t know WooCommerce is a free eCommerce plugin for WordPress that allows you to sell anything. Almost anybody can set up an online store from scratch in less than an hour using a WordPress theme along with WooCommerce.

Right out of the box you can do a lot with WooCommerce. You have the option to manage payments, shipping and create scalable solutions. Developers have really taken a shine to this open source eCommerce platform.

There is a sea of plugins that integrate with WooCommerce to give you even more control at an affordable price. Competition is stiff, which means that the consumers reap the benefits. With add-ons and plugins you can make WooCommerce even more powerful. Take more control over the style options and customize your WooCommerce solution by utilizing plugins.

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How to Launch a Self Hosted Site With Bluehost

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Many people who want to start a blog get bogged down with all the technological jargon and complicated processes involved. If you had a chance to create a beautiful blog without all the hassle wouldn’t you?

CMS solutions like WordPress make it easy for anyone to share their message around the world. The beauty of WordPress is that all you need to do is dive in and start developing. Most WordPress beginners choose the free hosting option, which is a great starting point. It’s a great way to get attention, build authority, and stay visible.

Setting up a self-hosted blog sounds technical but is, in fact, easy to do. And yes, I think it’s worth investing a little money into having full control over your website. I’m going to show you exactly what you need to do (if you already have a blog set up like this, feel free to share this post with a friend). Starting a blog is the easiest and least inexpensive way to build a platform.

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Mapping a Godaddy Domain to a WordPress blog

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There’s two ways to publish a blog on WordPress. You can use an existing host such as bloghere.wordpress.com, or use a custom domain like awesomename.com or cleverurl.org. You have the option to change where your blog is published whenever you want without losing any content on your site.

If you already have a domain name with GoDaddy and you want to point your free WordPress.com blog to a custom URL, you can do this by remapping your domain. The process is fairly simple and it’s similar with any host provider. The only difference will be in navigating the user portal in your hosting account. This guide will show you how to map your existing Godaddy domain name to a WordPress.com blog.

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Setting up Twitter Cards in WordPress

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As Twitter continues to develop, more functions and features are added to enhance user experience. Many of these features mirror those of Facebook. Twitter Cards can be used for all types of content from videos and news articles to apps and products. Just add a few lines of HTML or use a plugin to add a cool Card to display content you share through Twitter. Summary Cards to make it easy to attach rich photos, videos and media to drive traffic to your site.

Currently twitter has 5 distinct card types:

Summary Card – Title, description, thumbnail, and links to Twitter account
Summary Card with Large Image – Same as Summary Card with a large, noticeable image
App Card – A Card that details mobile apps and allows for direct download
Player Card – A card to provide audio, video, gifs or other media

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WordPress Hosting: Managed vs Shared

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Web hosting is a necessity for any business. Understanding what kind of hosting service you need is crucial to having a website that achieves your goals. The type of hosting service you purchase will depend on a few factors. If you are wondering whether you need shared or managed WordPress hosting, then you have come to the right place.

Choosing the right type of service can make all the difference. Imagine having a site that takes forever to load, or is frequently crashing. Also what if you end up paying too much for hosting because you are buying features that your site just doesn’t need or isn’t capable of utilizing. These problems are directly related to your web hosting. Read on to find out more which one is right for you.

Before we take a look at the pros and cons of hosting plans, let’s take a look at what each service has to offer. Right off the bat you will notice that shared hosting is much less expensive. Shared host has all the basics that people need to run a minimal website. Many different companies that offer shared hosting for WordPress websites at affordable prices. If you are a beginner, shared hosting usually makes the most sense, but not always. Many times as a website develops or traffic increases, you need to upgrade your service.

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