by Nick Throlson | Jan 29, 2015 | Web Design, Web Hosting, Website Security, WordPress
?Web Hosting Crafted With Care? is the motto of SiteGround, a Web hosting company I learned about while attending Affiliate Summit West 2015 in Las Vegas. They offer an array of features that include free domain names, 24/7 technical support, dedicated servers and reseller hosting. The company is unique in that it adds its own custom-made solutions to ensure clients have faster, safer and better-supported websites.
The company employs ?The Philosophy of Handcraft? with the understanding that a one-size-fits-all approach isn?t a real solution. SiteGround was founded in 2004 by a team of university friends working together from their dorm rooms. The firm was developed and launched with the idea that traditional Web hosting was too restrictive.
The founders believed there had to be a better way to provide premium services combined with innovative and revolutionary technology that also offered improved protection from hacks. The solution they sought didn?t exist, so they utilized their collective pool of creativity to build their own.
Web hosting plans begin at $3.95 a month for a StartUp Plan, progress to $7.95 for the GrowBig option, and tops out at $14.95 for the firm?s GoGeek plan. Clients can choose from multiple types of platforms to accommodate an extensive variety of needs and requirements, from WordPress and Joomla to PrestaShop and cPanel hosting.
SiteGround offers generous Web space, free domain names and website transfers, and unlimited data transfers. Clients have access to free application installations and free daily backups. The second and third-tier plans come with a one-year free SSL certificate. The terms free and unlimited are key concepts at the company.
The company takes pride maintaining faster speeds, superior SPAM control and security measures. Comprehensive tutorial guides are available, but if an issue or question does arise, clients can contact SiteGround by phone or chat for instant support or submit a ticket for a response in just 10 minutes.
The founders of SiteGround has partnered with some of the most prestigious companies from around the world to realize their dream of providing a superior level of service. The firm offers an affiliate program with impressive commissions and tools for entrepreneurs, making SiteGround one of the best Web hosting companies I?ve encountered.
by Nick Throlson | Mar 10, 2014 | Web Design, Web Hosting, WordPress
Those who have a websites know how hard it may be to attract more visitors, and if your website happens to be the gateway towards your business, you will need to have a great traffic, in order to attract more customers. Otherwise, you will lose many clients, and thus you will lose a big amount of money.MAXCDN seems to make a simple promise to all its customers, and that is a better speed at a lower price. Hearing this, you may wonder why you need a better speed, since you want more visitors. The answer is really simple. In order to attract more people on your website, your webpage should load in a few seconds. Otherwise the users will get bored and they will leave the page. And this is not a supposition, it is a fact. And if they leave your page, then you can be sure that they will head towards your competition. A great speed will keep your traffic, and even increase it, and it will also get you a higher rank on the google search. So it doesn't matter how you look at this situation, acquiring their services is a win-win situation.Before MaxCDN 
After MaxCDN
So all of you who own a website should think about a fast loading webpage, and if you want to try out and see with your own eyes the difference, then you should visit MAXCDN. This company has many good reviews, and their success is guaranteed. They use a complex system of offloading the information in the data centers all around the world, dealing with heavy components of your web page, such as pictures and files. In this way, when a certain user connects to your webpage, he will receive the information from the closest server. In this way he won?t need to wait too much.If your page loads in more than three seconds, you may think about the best services that can be found online. And no matter you look, there will be only one answer, and that is MAXCDN. Thanks to their good reviews, many people have the opportunity to hear about them and to improve their websites. Being a professional community of passionate workers, the team from MAXCDN manages to offer you the best services possible, at an affordable price. Their high quality work has already satisfied a great number of users, and their number is continuously increasing. Right now they are in a continuous expansion, since more and more people want to acquire their high quality services.It doesn?t matter what kind of business you own, the only important thing is to remember that you can increase the number of the users with a simple click. Go on and get the best services from the market, and let MAXCDN to improve your online activity.I had the pleasure to meet them and to see their results, and thus the team from MAXCDN has my entire support and appreciation, because they are saving businesses. by Nick Throlson | Dec 9, 2013 | Web Design, WordPress
Engaging consumers and converting their visits to concrete sales just became easier with the OptinMonster plugin for WordPress. It?s a lead generating plugin that gives users the ability to create attention grabbing opt-in forms, keep visitors on your website, turn them into subscribers and increase conversions.Studies show that 70 percent of visitors who leave a website will never return. OptinMonster addresses that with a WYSIWYG customizer that persuades visitors to stay. The plugin contains professional templates that have been tested for their efficiency. They?re customizable to accommodate varying needs and requirements.OptinMonster eliminates the uncertainty and time-consuming work of testing to determine which strategies and content is most effective. The plugin has a built-in A/B split tested that creates a replica opt-in that randomly displays and tracks success rates.
The plugin has multiple opt-in designs from which to choose. Each type has been specifically selected for its universal appeal. Users can select a lightbox pop-up, floating footer bar or a slick slide-in. A full page overlay and side-slide will be available soon.Marketing campaigns are effective, but only if they reach the right consumers. The targeting module contained in OptinMonster lets users create campaigns that are highly targeted for the best return on their marketing dollars. Users can target campaigns based on categories, pages, posts and other criteria that you determine.e-Commerce sites can easily turn departing visitors into subscribers with the mouse-tracking abilities in the plugin. OptinMonster utilizes the gestures and speed at which individuals move their mouse and is able to determine when they?re prepared to exit the site. A highly targeted opportunity to retain them as a subscriber for future reference is then displayed.Best of all, OptinMonster does all the necessary but tedious analytic work, allowing you to make informed decisions about what works best for your individual site. The plugin?s analytics are easy to understand, eliminates extraneous data, and displays the essential numbers you need. It tracks impressions, total conversions and conversion rates.Four levels of licensing are available. The Basic level is for those just starting out at a cost of $49 and the Plus version is $99 for growing enterprises. The Pro version is the most popular at a cost of $199, while the Unlimited Sales option is available for $349. Each has a 30-day money back guarantee.Engaging visitors and converting their visits into sales becomes more difficult every day. Few entrepreneurs have the time to try hit-or-miss tactics when revenues are at stake. OptinMonster offers you powerful tools to ascertain what consumers want and conduct marketing campaigns specifically designed to reach potential customers who are eager for your specific products and services.For more information, visit the website at http://optinmonster.com. by Nick Throlson | Feb 1, 2013 | Guest Post, Web Design, WordPress
If you have logged into your WordPress and found an alert to update, then this article is one you might want to read.You see, WordPress gets updated a lot. Sometimes the updates are small security fixes. However, once a year or so, there is a major update.Before we continue, I want you to think about something. When you see that WordPress released an update, what do you do?- Do you update right away?
- Do you wait?
- Do you ask your theme developer for compatibility?
- Do you look at your plugins for updates related to compatibility?
- Do you do something else?
The reason I ask is because with WordPress 3.5, there was a fairly major change in the core source code, that affected many WordPress theme and plugin developers. As the community guy for a company who develops WordPress photography themes, I can tell you first hand that the release of WordPress 3.5 drastically changed the daily activities of each employee for a few days.
Without going into too much nerdy details, WordPress changed some of the code that many themes and plugins relied on. So in turn, development had to be made (by many companies) to add a workaround. In addition to the development time for the workaround, we had to do a lot of internal testing on various environments, and then release an update to all of our users.That short story is pretty much what sparked the question I stated above. So I went on Quora and Google Plus to ask communities the same question I just asked you. Here are some of the answers I received.- Richard Saasta on Google Plus said he does a full backup using BackupBuddy. He then updates WordPress and verifies that everything is working correctly. If something goes awry, he then has a clean backup that can be reverted to.
- Tony Davis on Google Plus said that he keeps a separate domain with the exact theme and plugins of his other install. He will do an update in that test environment before making an update to the live site.
- Mickey Mellen on Quora said that he updates his plugins daily, and because most of his websites run the same plugins that he will update one of the smaller sites first, and once verified he will roll out updates to the rest.
At this point you might be wondering how I deal with WordPress updates on my own website. I did a lot of research on good web hosts, and in the end decided on going with a WordPress specific host, WP Engine. ?One of the big advantages of hosting with WP Engine is that they handle the WordPress core updates. (They won't touch your theme or plugins) Another big advantage is the built-in staging option. So whenever a WordPress update is imminent WP Engine sends an email to users with a time frame when all users will be updated. They instruct users to take advantage of the staging feature and to update a test site. The beauty of the staging site is that it is identical to your live site. Doing this can verify if a site will fail with a WordPress update, before going through with the update on the live site. Make sense? So my workflow is as follows:- WordPress update released
- WP Engines emails a deadline before the site will automatically be updated
- I create a new staging environment
- I manually update the staging environment to the latest WordPress
- Test everything
- If something fails, I email WP Engine to say "please do not update me because XYZ"
Make better sense?Now that I have gone through all of that, I want to ask you again. When you see that WordPress released an update, what do you do? Now that you've read the article, will you do something different?Thanks for reading,ScottScott Wyden Kivowitz is a NJ photographer and the Community & Blog Wrangler at Photocrati.? by Nick Throlson | May 25, 2011 | WordPress
More people are accessing the Web with mobile devices and iPads than with their computers. Since the average website doesn?t appear correctly on many mobile devices, those who want to take advantage of the mobile market need a website that?s compatible with mobile devices.That?s where WPtouch can help. It?s a plugin for the popular WordPress platform that creates a complete version of a company?s website. Those with an iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Samsung and Palm OS can easily view the sites.WPtouch versions operate independently of the desktop version, though visitors can switch back to the desktop theme if they want. Completely separate versions of a business website can be created that offers the functionality and features of any typical website. The difference is that the WPtouch versions are designed with mobile devices in mind.
The plugin allows users to customize mobile websites with their choice of fonts, colors, logos and other elements. Features that may not be wanted, such as categories, tags and author names can be turned off. Users have full control over what to show and what to hide. Those who choose to purchase a WPtouch Developer License can add custom themes.Users can choose four affordable purchase levels, Basic, Pro Single, Pro 5 Pack and Pro Developer. The basic package is just that, while the Pro Single and Pro 5 Pack come with most of the features of Pro Developer. For full customization, support and features, Pro Developer is the way to go, with over 200 more features than the basic package.Depending on the package selected, users can upgrade, obtain forum support and documentation, along with new themes that ship, template PSDs and resources. It supports nine languages, and Adsense, Admob and custom ads. Statistic codes and a basic template are included.Users have access to admin features for custom icons and sets, drag and drop and custom themes. WPtouch allows users to create sites as Web apps and multi-level menus. The plugin allows for inline replies and threaded comments, and includes social networking integration.
WPtouch for iPad contains all the features and functionality available for other mobile devices. The plugin is modeled on the features of the iPad, allowing visitors to know instantly how to navigate and it includes touch and scroll capabilities.WPtouch offers an array of customizable features for creating mobile websites that rival those of desktop websites. Full functionality is included and the plugin works with popular ad platforms. WPtouch provides users with the tools to create fully featured websites for anyone who wants to take advantage of the highly lucrative mobile marketplace.Purchase WPtouch Pro! by Nick Throlson | Apr 10, 2011 | WordPress
The best favor anyone can do for themselves is establishing a content management system using WordPress. It?s user friendly and doesn?t require HTML pages. What you see is what you get and it?s affordable.WordPress is an open source application created by users who care about usability, resulting in a system that?s easy to learn and implement. Plugins are available for every function imaginable, providing for great versatility. Simplicity and functionality are at the core of WordPress, allowing users to offer the greatest variety of content without worrying about code bloat. The platform is low on complexity and gets high marks for being user friendly. It can be used to manage all aspects of web content effectively and is powered by MySQL and PHP.There are hundreds of pre-made WordPress themes and templates available for virtually any type of business or blog.I highly?recommend?StudioPress for more of a professional theme. It?s easy to add pages and tweak them for color, fonts and other preferences. Writing and editing can be done directly on the page, and individual pages can be tailored to accommodate a variety of uses. The platform works for small websites, but as a content management system, WordPress excels on larger sites.
The platform is easy to use, but it?s the wide variety of plugins that really makes WordPress shine. Using the array of available plugins, users can create blogs or sophisticated magazine style websites, as well as image galleries, portfolios and e-commerce sites. The platform allows for visitor generated comments and interaction. Articles and photos can be set up to appear on rotation according to any timetable the user prefers. For photo-heavy websites, the ability to generate thumbnails is a real time saver.For those with products to sell, WordPress integrates well with a number of payment services such as PayPal for a complete e-commerce solution. Pages can be set up to display products, take orders and pay for them using a secure website.WordPress is great for distributing newsletters, maintaining mailing lists and creating login sites. It?s an excellent choice for those who regularly update information and content. It also supports forums and bulletin boards to encourage visitor participation. Users can control comments through moderation plugins.With the appropriate plugin, website owners can track visitors, preferences and manage stats. No one can please everyone all the time, but tracking and statistical data will help owners learn more about who is visiting the website, where they go while they?re there and what they do. WordPress can easily be set up to display an array of website information, enabling owners to change and edit pages and content to appeal to the widest number of visitors.WordPress can be used to manage all aspects of website content and it?s easy to configure. The platform supports multi-media and it?s fun to use. It doesn?t require advanced programming skills or knowledge of HTML, making it an easy to use content management system for both novices and experienced users.Do you want a wordpress website within minuets? HostGator has quick install option on all there hosting plans so what are you waiting for signup with HostGator Today!
So all of you who own a website should think about a fast loading webpage, and if you want to try out and see with your own eyes the difference, then you should visit MAXCDN. This company has many good reviews, and their success is guaranteed. They use a complex system of offloading the information in the data centers all around the world, dealing with heavy components of your web page, such as pictures and files. In this way, when a certain user connects to your webpage, he will receive the information from the closest server. In this way he won?t need to wait too much.If your page loads in more than three seconds, you may think about the best services that can be found online. And no matter you look, there will be only one answer, and that is MAXCDN. Thanks to their good reviews, many people have the opportunity to hear about them and to improve their websites. Being a professional community of passionate workers, the team from MAXCDN manages to offer you the best services possible, at an affordable price. Their high quality work has already satisfied a great number of users, and their number is continuously increasing. Right now they are in a continuous expansion, since more and more people want to acquire their high quality services.It doesn?t matter what kind of business you own, the only important thing is to remember that you can increase the number of the users with a simple click. Go on and get the best services from the market, and let MAXCDN to improve your online activity.I had the pleasure to meet them and to see their results, and thus the team from MAXCDN has my entire support and appreciation, because they are saving businesses.
If you have logged into your WordPress and found an alert to update, then this article is one you might want to read.You see, WordPress gets updated a lot. Sometimes the updates are small security fixes. However, once a year or so, there is a major update.Before we continue, I want you to think about something. When you see that WordPress released an update, what do you do?
Without going into too much nerdy details, WordPress changed some of the code that many themes and plugins relied on. So in turn, development had to be made (by many companies) to add a workaround. In addition to the development time for the workaround, we had to do a lot of internal testing on various environments, and then release an update to all of our users.That short story is pretty much what sparked the question I stated above. So I went on Quora and Google Plus to ask communities the same question I just asked you. Here are some of the answers I received.
More people are accessing the Web with mobile devices and iPads than with their computers. Since the average website doesn?t appear correctly on many mobile devices, those who want to take advantage of the mobile market need a website that?s compatible with mobile devices.That?s where WPtouch can help. It?s a plugin for the popular WordPress platform that creates a complete version of a company?s website. Those with an iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Samsung and Palm OS can easily view the sites.WPtouch versions operate independently of the desktop version, though visitors can switch back to the desktop theme if they want. Completely separate versions of a business website can be created that offers the functionality and features of any typical website. The difference is that the WPtouch versions are designed with mobile devices in mind.
