Each change of design, interface, navigation or any other feature of your WordPress website might potentially cause some problems in performance. This is not a reason to decline any changes, rather to make them wisely and test the results before publishing them live. One of the most important challenge your changes should face is the cross browser testing.
You probably know that there are more than one popular browsers in the world. Although Google Chrome is the popularity leader among other browsers, it covers only 65% of desktop users and 57% of mobile platform users. Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Safari are still strong and preferred by many people around the world. It means that you need to consider not only the most popular browser users but also other part of your potential audience. You would not decline of at least 35% op your visitors in a moment, would you?
Fortunately, WordPress platform can provide you with ample opportunities to test and optimize your website design, content and features throughout all of the popular browsers. Special plugins and services allow you to bring cross browser testing even without knowledge and skills in web development or design. In this article we will observe and analyze the main features and opportunities that some dedicated services can give to your WordPress project.
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How to Use User Generated Content for Your WordPress Website
/0 Comments/in Beginners, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowUser Generated Content (also known as UGC) has proven itself as one of the most efficient and powerful tools for the development of your WordPress website or blog. This type of content is also widely used for search engine optimization purposes because it is natural and permanently updating.
Most beginners in the field of WordPress administration tend to see user generated content as something that comes out of nowhere and can not be influenced. It is a common but rude mistake. User generated content is always a result of your own work with the WordPress project. There would not be any piece of user generated content, if you do not create your own texts, images, videos or other types of content that attract users` attention and motivate them to leave some reply.
In this article we have gathered the most efficient yet simple types of user generated content you might experience within your WordPress project. We will try to observe this types f user generated content and learn how to convert it in some positive metrics for your WordPress website or blog.
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Guide to Google`s 4 Most-Important Ranking Algorithms
/0 Comments/in Beginners, SEO /by Wadim SkworzowSEO (search engine optimization) is one of the key factors of success for your WordPress website or blog. Some people may say, that SEO is dead but the only dead thing is the old attitude to how search engines rule the results they show to users. Internet is growing and developing constantly, and Google develops simultaneously to provide us with better answers to our questions. WordPress website owners should think about SEO factors starting from the very first day of their project.
The tricky part of understanding SEO is that Google (as well as any other search engine) does not reveal all the principles of its work. However, we do have enough of useful information about the search engine`s modus operandi to develop our web projects in the right direction. The better understanding of all the nuances may come further but to start with we have gathered the most important information about 4 of the newest Google`s algorithms. This information is a must-read for all WordPress website administrators.
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WooCommerce Addons to Accept Credit Card Payments with WordPress
/0 Comments/in Plugins /by Adam KriegerNearly any online selling WordPress project wants to accept credit card payments without problems or technical difficulties. One of the reasons people love WordPress platform so much is because it makes selling products and accepting payments online very easy. Setting up a payment gateway can be one of most lucrative, yet difficult tasks while creating and managing a website. This is an area where you will have to do at least a minimal amount of research, or hire professionals as an alternative way of solving the issue.
There are lots of plugins on the market that can help you to achieve your goals. Free ones, usually end up sending customers away from your site. Most small businesses will want to add a payment gateway directly on their website. This way people would not have to leave your site and you can provide smooth transactions for your customers. This post will go over a few terms related to accepting card payments directly from your website with WordPress. We will also introduce a list of plugins to help you in this direction.
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Best Coupon Plugins for Your WordPress Website
/0 Comments/in Plugins, Staff Picks /by Wadim SkworzowCoupons, vouchers and other discount tools are very important for any WooCommerce project on the WordPress platform. They can also be very helpful for other types of WordPress projects: membership websites, community hubs and even corporate representative websites or personal blogs.
The main goal of any coupon or voucher is to attract your visitors’ attention and keep them engaged with your products, services or just some pieces of content. By providing discounts on your (or your partners`) products or services you gain much more interaction between your website visitors and your content. This changes positively influence on your website`s reputation among the search engines: bounce rate is significantly reduced and user engagement in form of time spent on site and the depth of a session is increased.
WordPress platform allows you to create coupons and vouchers without any special web development knowledge and skills. There are plenty of WordPress plugins for each purpose you may need within your special offers and discounts. We have gathered the list of the most interesting and efficient premium plugins for you to choose from.
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Quick Tip: Cyber Monday Deals on Envato Elements 2018
/0 Comments/in Plugins, Staff Picks, Themes /by Wadim SkworzowBlack Friday is at its peak but it does not over just with the 50% deals on each WordPress plugin and theme on Envato Market. Today we want to share another important information on massive discounts within Envato Market. These discounts concern to Cyber Monday on 26th of December 2018 and are provided by Envato Elements platform.
Envato Elements is the subscription type of platform, that offers the same products as Envato Market but with unlimited access to them within a monthly fee. The special Cyber Monday deal starts on 26th November, 2 p.m. AEDT and ends on 27th November, 8 p.m. AEDT. Instead of $33 per month of subscription you can pay only $19 per month. Within the annual subscription the price has lowered from $198 to $150 per year.
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Cyber Monday and Black Friday 2018 on Envato Market for WordPress
/0 Comments/in Plugins, Staff Picks, Themes /by Wadim SkworzowCyber Monday and Black Friday super deals are coming to Envato Market for all WordPress website owners who want to grab some hot premium plugins and themes at 50% off! This year`s campaign starts on Tuesday 20th November, 2 p.m. AEDT and ends on Tuesday 27th November, 8 p.m. AEDT. It means we should prepare ourselves for a whole week of amazing deals!
With this article we bring you the premium items from Envato Market chosen by the platform representatives: 5 best WordPress themes and 5 best WordPress plugins to purchase within Cyber Monday and Black Friday 2018 campaign. We will also provide you with the list of the best deals from Envato Market as soon as all competitors will announce their deals. Stay tuned to the important updates of this main topic for the year 2018!
Update: Top 100 WordPress items` list for from Envato Market is now available — 50 of the best selling WordPress plugins and themes at 50% off!
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Cross Browser Testing: How to Perform on Your WordPress Website
/0 Comments/in Beginners, Development, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowEach change of design, interface, navigation or any other feature of your WordPress website might potentially cause some problems in performance. This is not a reason to decline any changes, rather to make them wisely and test the results before publishing them live. One of the most important challenge your changes should face is the cross browser testing.
You probably know that there are more than one popular browsers in the world. Although Google Chrome is the popularity leader among other browsers, it covers only 65% of desktop users and 57% of mobile platform users. Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Safari are still strong and preferred by many people around the world. It means that you need to consider not only the most popular browser users but also other part of your potential audience. You would not decline of at least 35% op your visitors in a moment, would you?
Fortunately, WordPress platform can provide you with ample opportunities to test and optimize your website design, content and features throughout all of the popular browsers. Special plugins and services allow you to bring cross browser testing even without knowledge and skills in web development or design. In this article we will observe and analyze the main features and opportunities that some dedicated services can give to your WordPress project.
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Best Premium WordPress Themes for Martial Arts Clubs and Schools
/0 Comments/in Staff Picks, Themes /by Wadim SkworzowMartial arts represent one of the most popular sport type among both children and adults. The popularity is based on the perfect conjunction of spiritual and physical training that brings self-confidence and lots of opportunities for self-protection against robbers and bandits. With the popularity of martial arts clubs and schools comes the inevitable growth of competition between them. Even different martial arts representatives are struggling for customers against each other.
WordPress platform opens up great opportunities for all kinds of business in internet to advertise themselves. Martial arts clubs and schools are not the exceptions — they also need a convenient and effective website to guide their potential and existing customers from first steps to mastery level in martial arts.
Fortunately, there are different option for each school or club to create free or premium level internet representation of their services. We have gathered the best selling premium WordPress themes in this article to save your money and time on choosing a theme for your martial arts club blindly. Open our list and find the premium WordPress theme that fits best for the demands of your business and its potential customers.
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Quick Tip: When Premium WordPress Plugins Are Worth Their Price?
/0 Comments/in Beginners, Plugins, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowThere is always a kind of dilemma about choosing between free and premium plugins for your WordPress website or blog. There are lots of free plugins` examples which can serve you not worse than their premium competitors. On the other hand, premium plugins always have their advantages like professional customer support or guaranteed auto updates.
Unfortunately, there is no universal answer to the question whether premium plugins are worth their price. There are some strategies to estimate the value of premium plugins` purchase for the most popular cases of WordPress administrator`s practice. We will try to share the basic tips on such strategies with you through this article.
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Comparing The Best WordPress Page Builders
/10 Comments/in Reviews /by Adam KriegerDrag-n-drop page builder is the most convenient way to create and customize website elements of any complexity within your WordPress project. This type tools is also known as WYSIWYG editors: “what you see is what you get”. The most important thing about WYSIWYG editors is that they allow you to create and edit your WordPress website without any special knowledge of HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript or other web development and design spheres.
We have gathered 4 of the best WordPress page builders to compare their features in this article. These well-known WYSIWYG editors are: WPBakery Page Builder (former Visual Composer), Fusion Builder by Avada, Divi Page Builder by Elegant Themes and Cornerstone Page Builder.
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