Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at
7:02 pm
If you are engaged in e-commerce activities like online content selling or buying and selling of products using eBay or even plan to sell products online, then it would be a good idea to get yourself a WordPress blog or website that lets you effectively market those products that you are selling. The blog or website should not only contain information about the products but also images and quick links to other resources that talk highly of them. You also would need a WordPress PayPal Plug-in to get all that money that might come your way from the earning you make out of selling them.
Wordpress offers a PayPal integrated donation plug in which allows users to donate money to you in a very simple way using PayPal. But it does not suit you if you want to get paid for selling products and need more flexibility on payment options and packages. Easypaypal is a very good WordPress PayPal plug in that allows you to collect money from those who use your website and purchase products through it. PayPal is an online payment mechanism that is very secure and offers protection against scams and fraudulent monetary activities. It allows account holders to buy and sell products using a PayPal account which can transfer and receive funds to and from bank accounts as well as other PayPal accounts or even credit cards.
The Easypaypal WordPress Plug-in works by taking the user who logs into your site directly to the PayPal website to process the payment. The Plug-in allows defining the next payment date based on the parameters that are set by you. After each payment date comes up, whenever a user logs on they will be taken to the PayPal site. It is a relatively simple and hassle free mechanism that allows you access to your money without going through multiple channels and is also convenient for the payer.
For any WordPress page or blog that has lists products for sale and has 'paybutton' tags, the WordPress PayPal Plug-in lets you create a 'Buy Now' button. This is useful for those who sell content on their blogs or webpages and would like to get paid by users who want to use the content. The text of the content and any links thereto would be hidden until the purchase is completed and the payment has been made by the user. This offers increased security and ensures a clean way of payment and delivery for online content deliverers.
For selling products, another button which does not require a login and says something like 'Pay Now', can be inserted under the product catalogue page where details or even pictures of the product are available for the user to view and make up their mind. This button works the same way by taking the user to the PayPal site for processing the payment and then returning them to the page.
The other options that the Easypayapal WordPress PayPal Plug-in offers is that it lets a content seller offer different packages. The user can be charged for monthly or weekly submission and can have access to predefined content for the period of subscription. They have to renew the subscription whenever it expires in order to have access to content again. The Plug-in also allows you to give trial periods to subscribers as well to try out your service for a specific trial period before they decide to pay for it. Other options include charging a user for publishing content on your site. This can avoid spamming as well as ensure that only quality bonafide content is listed on your page and you also get paid for it.
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at
4:31 pm
Users of the open source publishing platform WordPress have the option to adopt a wide variety of quality WordPress themes that are available as part of the platform or even custom made ones to suit the user's needs. A slew of portals can be found online that offer a wide variety of free WordPress themes that you can download and incorporate to give aesthetic appeal to your blog or website.
High quality themes have always been in great demand but mostly don't come for free. The advantage with WordPress though, is that being an open source platform there is a veritable sea of talented coders and technical developers who are part of the community and provide these themes for free. Most of these themes allow customization, which means that if you are adept in coding with HTML and such, you could modify these themes and mould them to your requirements instead off from nothing.
Long before the idea of themes spread across the internet community and netizens started using them prolifically on various applications, WordPress was using a single page that could be added on or subtracted from to display additional pages. The concept of template did not exist then. Instead of templates for other pages, the original page was amended to form subsidiary pages. The availability of quality wordpress themes for free since then has allowed the user to download and install structurally compatible themes for wordpress and use them for their blogging needs.
A quality wordpress theme is unique in that it sets your page apart from the run of the mill ones available on wordpress. They incorporate multiple and gives you numerous ways of manipulating the appearance and outlook of your website or blog. Generally a theme is nothing but a collection of files that are structured in a pattern and are able to generate the desired look for the user interface used in weblogs. It is separate from the underlying software code and its modification does not affect the functionality in anyway. The only thing a theme alters is the way the website appears or is presented to the viewer. The free availability of these themes in large numbers has created a practice among bloggers wherein they use unique themes for different articles or each submission. The themes are usually aligned to conform to the content that is viewed on the blog or website. Business or marketing oriented blogs use plain themes that look professional while a race car aficionado might incorporate a theme that's based on Ferraris or Lamborghinis.
When it started off, WordPress allowed users to have access to a directory were quality wordpress themes were put in. These themes were first verified and checked for spam and other malicious codes before being made available to the public for downloading. Sometime in between this directory was taken off and the move resulted in serious complaining from the community. Although it was meant to avoid spam infested themes from proliferating among wordpress users, the move was not very welcome to many bloggers. The directory was reinstated some time back and functions the same way it did by verifying the themes that it stores. Most users prefer this directory to freely available quality wordpress themes or sponsored themes put up by other websites. The directory has a built in search feature that allows the user to search across the content using various parameters. There is also the option to preview a particular theme and see how it looks and feels before adopting it.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at
6:01 am
For those who want much more freedom, flexibility and more resources for their blogging activities or websites, getting themselves a host server is recommended rather than using WordPress's servers. The advantage is that there are many critical security issues that WordPress has to address and which therefore restricts some of the features and freedom that it allows its users. A classic example would be the restriction on embedding SWF or flash objects on WordPress hosted blogs, pages or posts. Having a host server of your own which albeit would cost you a few dollars a month, helps get you around all these restrictions and enjoy a much fuller blogging experience using WordPress. There are many premier Canadian webhosts for WordPress that a Canadian blogger or webmaster could choose to host his WordPress blog on. Most of them come cheap and offer WordPress compatibility including the support of MySQL and php.
One among the premier Canadian webhosts for WordPress, Eden P Host specializes in WordPress Web Hosting. Their servers are claimed to be custom configured for WordPress compatibility. They even provide support for WordPress with their own in-house support staff who are well versed in all aspects of WordPress and can help out the user with anything from installation to configuration, themes, and plug-ins. The service provided is affordable and reliable as their website claims and also gives the option of having WordPress preinstalled with their hosting packages. The installation support they provide also ensures hassle free installation for the eager user.
Host Utopia is another Canadian webhost for WordPress that offers packages suited to all kinds of WordPress blogging needs. WordPress is easy to install on the Hostutopia web hosting account and their website lists step by step instructions for novice users on how to get started with their WordPress blogging experience on Hostutopia's servers. There is a section containing instructions and screen shots for everything from installing themes to mail lists and plug-ins. Whichever package you choose to buy from Hostutopia, all of them come with WordPress compatibility. The monthly fee starts from $ 5.95 and goes up to $ 49.95.
My hosting is yet another of the many Canadian webhosts for WordPress. It offers three plans all of which offer WordPress compatibility. The most basic package is hosted on a Linux platform and is priced just above budget level. This host offers solutions that are not expensive and also offer a 30 day money back guarantee.
Everyone.ca web hosting service also offers WordPress blog hosting to its customer. They are premier Canadian webhosts for WordPress who offer WordPress software support, high speed MySQL backend support and enterprise WordPress hosting features. There are four packages that are on offer, as gold, silver, bronze and enterprise. The packages are all on the expensive side and offer from two to ten MySQL databases for the lowest and the highest package respectively. Hostpapa and 24/7 host are other premium Canadian hosting service providers that also support WordPress platform. The range of packages that are available across all these providers vary greatly in terms of features and the cost associated with each of them.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at
1:36 am
WordPress is arguably the best open source content management platform there is today. It has benefitted not only the blogging community and big time blog addicts but also business persons who have used the idea to make profit for themselves. Even top celebrities and entrepreneurs have opted for a piece of this wonderful platform to express and market themselves or their products in varied ways. The good thing about wordpress is that being open source, it has the backing of an entire community of developers and coders who are constantly innovating and enhancing the functionalities of the platform. Whether you are a writer or a business developer, the content that you publish needs to be complemented by the theme or layout that you use on your wordpress blog or website. There are thousands of customizable wordpress business themes that you could use to promote your website.
Finding the right theme for your website could make it alluring to visitors who often tend to be attracted to catchy themes. Once they are hooked onto the wordpress business theme that you used, you can feed them the right content to spur your business goals or to market a product or engage in entrepreneurship activity online. The wordpress theme you use could help you brand yourself or your business in whichever way you choose to. It also helps you to attract and retain viewership and thereby prospective customers.
One thing that business users need to keep in mind is that while using wordpress as a possible domain for marketing or selling your product or business, it is always advisable to use the right theme that is aligned with your business subject matter. Go a wordpress business theme that looks professional or is plain and simple. Using whacky themes can go against the grain of what you are trying to accomplish and makes you look whimsical, unless of course the kind of business that you are engaged in requires you to sport such themes.
The main businesses that actively engage in marketing on wordpress are usually internet based. The content is suited to draw the audience and to coax them into knowing more about the product or service. Some even offer goodies and samples to grab the viewer's attention. Using video blogging as part of your marketing strategy is also a good idea. There are hundreds of free wordpress business themes that you could choose from to install on your webpage or blog space. There is also the option to change the themes periodically to suit each phase of marketing for each different product or service.
It is advisable to preview or demo the wordpress business theme that you intend to use before you actually settle for it. Although free business themes are available for download, most of them would not be of the same quality that premium themes offer. The things to keep in mind while opting for the right theme are the design compatibility, the layout and the ease of navigation that it offers. The theme has to go easy on the viewer's eyes and should not be too colorful or gaudy since it would end up exuding an unprofessional quality.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at
1:32 am
A blog is a personal space that you can acquire on the internet, mostly for free that allows for personal expression in a multitude of ways. One can write articles, short stories, tutorials or even comment on current affairs, economics or anything that catches your fancy. In addition to expressing your thoughts a blog also lets you weed out the defects in your writing and helps you increase your vocabulary and enhance your writing skills. There are many free blog spaces available on the internet like BlogSpot or Blogger. The new phenomenon that has caught the attention of many avid bloggers is the WordPress blog. WordPress is a phenomenal personal blogging platform that is free and also incorporates many advanced features that only premium blogging portals offer.
Blogging on WordPress blog lets you be part of a community that is growing at a rapid rate. There are only a few things that you need to be aware of and nobody is expected to have advanced knowledge of coding or html to maintain a decent blog. Even if you already have a well established blog somewhere it is advisable that you get yourself one at WordPress too. The reason is that WordPress is at the forefront of all blogging activity taking place on the internet and is much more popular than other freely available blogging spaces. WordPress is an open source publishing platform with a huge array of templates and custom designed themes and search engine friendly optimizations just a click away.
The first thing to do to get yourself a WordPress blog is to first go to the website WordPress.com and register yourself. You can create an account for free and choose to aptly name it according to the content that you intend to provide on it. Rather than going for something catchy it's better to use a name that others can identify you with and is easy to remember, being catchy as well is icing on the cake. The name that you choose will be part of the URL which links to your blog. Hence it is vital that you choose a simple name that is not tricky to type or would end up being typed erroneously by those who are not too good with their keyboards.
Once you provide all the details required to open a free account on WordPress blog, you can log in using your unique user name and password and would be directly taken to the control page or dashboard. Once there you can proceed to type in a few words and create a test article. The purpose of the test article is to let you try out various themes and get generally familiar with all the features that WordPress has to offer to you. Once you are familiar with the intricacies of using WordPress blog you can delete the test article and start writing genuine ones.
There are standard templates and designs that you can choose from which might be too bland for your taste. You have the option of installing custom templates in such cases. Free templates and themes are available for WordPress blog all over the internet. A quick search would reveal hundreds of websites offering free themes for download. The dashboard lets you pick and choose from among the stored templates.