Display single post content in sidebar on wordpress
May 20, 2010
Hello All,
In order to display single post in wordpress blog sidebar, there is some ways. this one is the easiest one that exist:D you just need to perform below mentioned steps:
1) Write and publish a post. Its a normal post.
2) Find out the post’s ID (egg. 143). To finding your post ID you can find the way here.
3) Open your themes Sidebar.php
4) Include this code:
That’s it!
How to add banner ads to your sidebar
May 20, 2010
this sample is to put 125×125 banner on your site. Many people like to display 125×125 banner ads in their sidebar. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add them to your own site. If you want, you can also change the size of this banner as your need.
Step 1 – Upload a Generic 125×125 Banner
banner125.gifRight-click the image to the right and save it to your desktop as banner125.gif. Then upload it to the /images folder within your WP-Mag theme folder. Alternatively, you can use your own generic 125×125 banner; just be sure to name it banner125.gif.
Step 2 – Upload the Banner Ads 125×125 Template
Right-click this link, and save the file to your desktop as banner125.php. Then upload the file to your theme folder with the rest of your theme files.
Step 3 – Place the Generic Banner Ads in Your Sidebar
In your WordPress control panel, go to the Theme Editor. On the right side of the page, click the link named “Sidebar.” Once the Sidebar template is open in your Theme Editor, look for these lines of code:
If you want to remove the 300×250 banner ad and replace it with the 125×125 banner ads, simply change those lines to read:
If you want to keep the 300×250 ad, leave the code as it is and place these lines above or below it:
125screen.gifAfter you click the Update File button, you should have something that looks about like the image to the right (click image to enlarge).
Step 4 – Replace Your Generic Banners and Links With Real Ads
While still on the Theme Editor page, click the link for “Banner Ads 125×125.” The code looks like this:
All you need to do is upload your 125×125 banner image(s) to the /images folder, and change the code above to reflect that.
For example, if you upload a new banner called solostream-banner-125.gif, and you want to link that banner to www.solostream.com, you would simply change the code to this:
Step 5 – Add a Bit of Style
Add the following code to the bottom of your Stylesheet template:
/* ——————-[ 125x125 Banner Ads ]——————- */
#sidebar li li.ad1 {
float:left;
margin: 0 5px 5px 0;
width:125px;
}
#sidebar li li.ad2 {
float:left;
margin: 0 0 5px 0;
width:125px;
}
#sidebar li li.ad3 {
float:left;
margin: 0 5px 0 0;
width:125px;
}
#sidebar li li.ad4 {
float:left;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
width:125px;
}
Finding WordPress page, category or post Ids
April 29, 2010
Some WordPress plugins and theme template tags allow you to include, or exclude, individual pages or posts from listings using their ids. But how do you find the id for an individual WordPress Page, Post or Category?
First, login to your WordPress Administration area. If you want to find a specific page id, navigate to Pages. Obviously, go to Posts to find a post id and Categories for a category id.
Once on the relevant listing page, place your cursor over one of the titles and examine the web address being displayed in the bottom left of your web browser. If you’re looking at Pages or Posts, it should end with &post=xxx. If you’re looking at Categories, it should end with &cat_ID=xxx.
The xxx number is the id for that page, post or category.
Using Forums To Build Backlinks
April 26, 2010
A big part of getting traffic to your website is getting your site to rank high up in search engine results. By having relevant, good content on your website you will accomplish to an extent, but you will also want something else: good backlinks to your website.
Backlinks are links placed on another site which link to yours. The best ones to have are one way backlinks, meaning that they have links to your site, but not the other way around.
Forums are one way to create these high quality backlinks. These links can get traffic to your site as people click your links which are on the forum, further raising your stock with the search engines. When using forums to generate web traffic, you need to be judicious in your use of links lest you be branded as a spammer, which will probably result in your membership to the forum being closed. If done right, though, this can be a great way to generate traffic for your site.
Step 1: Find relevant forums
Relevant is the important thing to remember here – in internet marketing and especially where search engines are concerned, relevance is everything. To find forums which are relevancy, simply do a search on Google for your niche along with the term “forum”, like so:
coin collecting forum
You do this for two reasons. One is that search engines will pay more attention to your links if they come from a site whose content is relevant to that of your own site. Also, you will get more traffic from these backlinks if you post them in a place where people are interested in what your site is about.
Step 2: Find the best of these relevant forums and join them
Once you’ve managed o find some relevant forums, you should investigate these and choose some to join up with. Have a look at the top five to ten results from your search. You should ignore any which require you to join before even being able to look at the forums. Most forums will let you do this though, so read away!
What you are looking for in forums to join is popularity. Check the number of users on each forum and compare; you should also look at how many of these members are active on the forum. Look in some of the more heavily trafficked categories on the forum and look to see when the most recent postings were made. Generally speaking, this information will be listed in the tight hand column of the table containing the threads on the forum. If there have been a lot of posts within the last day, then congratulations!
You have found a forum which has many active members, which is exactly what you want. This means that search engines will look at this site often, so your links will quickly be noticed by them. Search engines are particularly fond of sites with frequent updates. Join this forum and any others which are very popular.
However, before you actually go ahead and join, make sure that this forum will allow you to use a signature in your posts. Look at one of the more frequently posted-to threads and have a look to see if anyone has a signature beneath his or her posting. This is usually a line under the posting with some text or sometimes links. Most people just have a quotation, but links are sometimes seen as well. Not everyone will use a signature, but if there are some there, then you know that you will be able to get your links on the site – go ahead and sign up.
Once you’ve located a forum which is popular and allows signatures, all you need to do is follow the instructions to become a member. If you can get signed on to three or four forums, that should be plenty to begin with.
Step 3: Set up your signature
After signing up and logging in, you should be able to edit your user profile – here you can edit your avatar, biography and other preferences. What you are looking for specifically is a link titled something along the lines of “edit signature”. You will then have a input field where you can place your signature, including backlinks to your site!
Forums use a certain type of code for formatting posts by members. This code is called BBCode and is very easy to use. Copy and paste the examples below, just change the URL and text to your own URL and whatever text you’d like to use. Then, save and your signature should be as you want it.
Link to your website or blog with this code:
Learn how to start [url=http:/ /www-dot-mycoinblog-dot-com/]Coin Collecting[/url] the easy way.
In this code, you can see where your text and URL will go. In the example above, the phrase “Coin Collecting” is the place where your link should go. Your keywords will be here as well.
To make your signature appear in bold type, simply add the bold tags around it like this:
[b]Learn how to start [url=http:/ /www-dot-mycoinblog-dot-com/]Coin Collecting[/url] the easy way.[/b]
Almost all forums will allow you to put your signature in bold type. If you put the bold tags around your signature and it does not show up in bold, then you will know that this forum does not allow bold formatting.
Some forums may let you have the text of your signature in the color of your choice, though the text in your link will usually be the default color for links (in most cases this is blue). To change the text color:
[color=red]Learn how to start [url=http:/ /www-dot-mycoinblog-dot-com/]Coin Collecting[/url] the easy way.[/color]
You can even combine these formatting tags, which in this example below would make your signature both bold and in red (the link text though, will still appear as blue, though it will be bold).
[color=red][b]Learn how to start [url=http:/ /www-dot-mycoinblog-dot-com/]Coin Collecting[/url] the easy way.[/b][/color]
One last tip about your signature – don’t make your signature look like spam, as this will led you to be tagged with the “spammer” label. Don’t crowd your signature with text and links. Get people to want to click your link by posting good content.
Step 4: Participate!
Up to this, all we have been covering is preparation. Participating in the forums is the important part. Make sure your posts are well written and thoughtful; this will get people to use those backlinks. Answer questions and generally be helpful to fellow forum members.
Each time you post, you will have given yourself another backlink to your site. The better your post, the better that backlink will be for your Google rankings. Google actually examines the text around a link to calculate relevance, so good content is important here. By just being helpful on the forum and answering questions, this should be no problem.
An that’s all there is to it! Remember that you can change your signature anytime you like – you can change the text on occasion to see if something will get you more clickthroughs.
Advantages of Blogging for Businesses
April 25, 2010
Low cost
Creating and maintaining a blog costs less when compared to other marketing methods. With the help of the blogs, businesses can give information about their products and services and promote them with less cost, as blogs have potential to provide high value at low costs.
Quick and Easy
Creation of a good-looking corporate blog with moderate features barely takes few minutes. Businesses are not required to spend much of their valuable time or effort in designing. Blogs with WYSIWYG options are quicker and easier to create. Often, any employee of the organization, with minimum knowledge can create and maintain a blog easily.
Wider Reach
Blogs are easily accessible to everyone online. They have a massive number of visitors everyday. According to emarketer by March 2008, in 2007 there are 94.1 million blog readers in the US. It constitutes 50% of total Internet users in the US. Corporate blogging creates an opportunity for businesses to introduce themselves easily to a wider audience of all ages, gender, economic backgrounds irrespective of their nationality 365 days a year.
Communication medium
Blogs are excellent medium for businesses to communicate with their customers. Many businesses are successfully using their blogs to endorse their products and services and to inform about their new projects, latest updates, and much more.
Online Marketing
Blogs can be used as a potential tool for businesses to bring traffic to their respective websites. Well-maintained blogs are search engine friendly. Thus, it is feasible and widely acceptable for the businesses to use blogs as an online marketing tool for their online sales.
Rapport building
In general blogging is considered as an informal way of communication. This attribute of the blogs helps businesses to communicate with their customers or employees unreservedly than any other medium. Customers can also leave their comments in the blogs about their experiences. This enables the businesses to build an enduring relationship with their customers.
Building credibility
Credibility is one of the important factors for success of business. Businesses posting relevant and useful information in their blog can put across their competence and expertise in the industry. Thus, it helps them build or enhance their credibility among their stake holders to a certain extent.
Corporate blogging provides opportunities for the organizations to enhance their business through directly communicating not only with the customers but also with the employees and other stakeholders. This will augment the reliability and reputation of the company in the business.
Things to Avoid While Blogging for Businesses
April 25, 2010
Irregular content updates
It is very likely that the readers are always enthusiastic for new updates in the business blogs. They expect the blog to post about the current trends, latest products and services etc. Posting at long intervals will make the readers disappointed. So, it is good to avoid irregular or long posting intervals in business blogs.
Irrelevancy in content
It is very important to post only valuable information in a business blog. It is what the readers will be expecting from a business blog. The blog should give helpful and relevant information to the customers and other viewers of the blog about the products and services. It should avoid unnecessary content that can confuse the readers and destroy the credibility of the company.
Quirky titles for posts
Avoiding cryptic, vague or apathetic titles is always recommended. The title must be interesting enough to drive the reader to the article. The title or the headline should clearly represent the post precisely.
Flashy page layout
The appearance of the business blog should create a professional and decent impression on the business. Flashy templates with some clutter dominating the actual content might make a negative impression. The page should not be crowded with the unnecessary tools and widgets though some widgets like RSS feed and bookmarks can be used to provide easy access of the blog to the readers.
A business blog can help a business to interact with the target market or their employees itself on a more personal level while building the credibility. A small blunder here can effect the reputation of the business and it can be irreparable. Hence, it is very crucial to avoid the above things in order to maintain the credibility of the business.
