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Wpzoom Review

Frank Steiner — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:08 +0000

With millions of WordPress users from all around the world creating their websites and blogs, not to mention the new users signing up every day, it’s no wonder WordPress themes are highly in demand. Wpzoom is one of the major providers of WordPress themes that is known for its functional and high quality themes for reasonable prices. Plus, you can get themes for different fields, industries, and niches through Wpzoom.

If you’re looking for a Wpzoom review, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll take a closer look at Wpzoom in this article.

Functionality

The first thing our Wpzoom review will cover is the functionality of their themes. Wpzoom offers themes that meet the needs of the many different website developers. You’ll find magazine style themes that come with a functional outlay. With their theme, you can organize your photos, videos, and content in different ways. Wpzoom themes also come with a wide array of widgets and all of their theme designs are SEO optimized. Wpzoom offers themes that can be used on different niches like photography blogs and websites, as well as themes that can be used if you’re looking for a professional way to present your content.

Graphics

With Wpzoom, you’ll get high quality images with their themes. Their themes allow you to use different backgrounds, fonts, and other effects that you can use on your website to add value and interest for your readers. Depending on what you want and your creativity, you can choose from the many different content outlays available with Wpzoom themes.

Pricing

Every Wpzoom theme for WordPress costs $69, which is reasonable if you base it on the quality of the themes they have. You can also get a discount if you buy two Wpzoom themes; you’ll only pay $99 instead of $138 which is a pretty great deal. You can also find discount coupons on different websites.

Customer Support

With Wpzoom, you’ll get all the instructions you need to download and install their themes. You can also refer to the FAQ page for additional help, or make use of the official forum for any questions or concerns. Questions posted on the forum are usually answered within 24 hours, and a bit longer during weekends.

Conclusion

Wpzoom is a great choice if you’re looking for a WordPress theme for your website or blog. The themes are great and functional, customer support is reliable, and pricing is great.

Have you used a Wpzoom theme before? Do let us know about your experience by leaving us a comment below.

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Top Managed WordPress Hosting Providers

Frank Steiner — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:57 +0000

One thing that will always be in demand is good quality web hosting. What good will your site’s highly informative content and stylish design be if your readers cannot access it? We discussed best WordPress hosting companies in the past. We’ll explore managed WordPress hosting in this post.

A good webhost can make your website successful so you need to make sure you get a good one. And while we’re on the topic of successful websites, you should note that most of them are using the WordPress platform. Because of this, WordPress has become a specialization among some of web hosting provider. Now, we turn our attention to Managed WordPress hosting. We discuss what managed hosting providers are, the leading companies that provide managed WordPress hosting in this article.

Why you should switch to Managed WordPress Hosting Providers?

When managing your WordPress site, it’s possible to encounter a few problems and obstacles along the way. If you’re a busy person or if you are not technically inclined, you find it hard to deal with them. Some issues you’re likely to face are about making sure your plugins are working, your CMS and your themes are up-to-date, and so on.

One thing, though. Problems with CMS are things you have to deal with since you cannot depend on your web host concerning them. What if it is possible for your web host can address your WordPress issues?

It would be so much better if your WordPress issues such as incompatibility with themes and plugins, optimization concerns with your website, backing up your database, and others. Since you have already chosen WordPress as your CMS, surely your webhost can provide you with WP compatible features, themes, specially designed security perks, to name a few, right?

All these concerns can be addressed by using Managed WordPress Hosting. These web hosts give WaaS or WordPress as a Service and support WordPress sites specifically. Their servers are optimized for WP, provide support and protection for WordPress issues, and even offer exclusive promos and discounts such as free theme and plugins.

We can say that it all started with WordPress.com VIP. Now there are many other providers available. Let’s get to know them more here.

Leading Managed WordPress Hosting Companies

WP Engine

Get straightforward and sensible WordPress hosting with WP Engine. With just a click, you can restore and create backup, secure your site from hackers, optimize servers using a cache system to shorten your site’s loading time, and more. What’s more, pages load faster because of WP Engine’s own CDN service. They offer a 60 day no strings attached trial period so you can experience their service before you purchase.

The biggest advantage WP Engine has it that it is very popular in the field of web hosting. It has servers in London, Tokyo, and USA.

The only drawback is its price. It’s quite expensive compared to other services.

The personal plan is at $29 a month and with it is comes one WordPress installation, 10 GB of local storage, and for 25,000 page views monthly.

Kahuna Host

This gives you cloud hosting which is very compatible with WordPress. Kahuna Host provides its customers premium themes in partnership with Headway Themes, Press75, Organic Themes, and other major premium theme developers.

Advantages include free domains and premium themes. The disadvantage is that its response time for customer support is not as prompt as other providers.

Their ‘Just Me’ subscription costs $20 a month and it comes with a free domain, 3 GB storage, and 30 GB bandwidth.

ZippyKid

Also a leader in Managed WP Hosting is ZippyKid. You can avail of their free trial before buying. Rackspace provides for ZippyKid’s cloud servers.

The good thing about ZippyKid is that if you manage a website that has less than five thousand hits each month, web hosting is free. However, because of its fixed price, even if your site only gets 10,000 views, you still pay the same monthly fee that other websites that have 50,000 or more hits pay per month.

Monthly fee is $25 for one site, with $10 for every additional website. Suitable for 100,000 page views per month, and with no storage or bandwidth caps.

Lightning Base.

With Lightning Base, users get fast and steady hosting. It includes transfer assistance, per-site backup, CDN setup, and caching. They have servers in Europe and USA.

Its biggest advantage is its price, with it being the cheapest and CDN service for free. The problem with it is that improvement with its support model is needed and you cannot make “public tweets” according to its Twitter widget.

The Personal Plan is at $9.95 a month for one website, 1 GB storage, 20 GB CDN, and for 10,000 page views.

WPWebHost

Among those in this list, WPWebHost is the most well-known. We must mention that it is not strictly “Managed” WP Hosting even if it does specialize in WP hosting. In other words, it is the same as other hosting services except that WPWebHost claims their servers are optimized for WordPress. It also provides dedicated server hosting and shared VPS.

The good thing about WPWebHost is that they offer multiple plans for more flexibility. However, it is not recommended for shared hosting. A Small Orange or StableHost are better alternatives.

Their Rockstar Plan for VPS costs $44.95 a month, suitable for more than 50,000 hits monthly, with disk space beginning from 50 GB, and data transfers starting from 500 GB.

Synthesis

Synthesis, from Copyblogger Media, provides its users consistent WordPress hosting. BlogWorldExpo and GeekBeat TV, sites with very heavy traffic, have Synthesis as its host. Features include everyday scanning, support for malware removal, support for Genesis and Cloudflare, and more. Media Temple provides its infrastructure and hardware.

Its major advantage is its security, with Sucuri for its server-side scanner. The disadvantage is that their advanced plans cost a lot more than other web hosts.

The Starter Plan is $27 monthly, with a domain, 3 GB storage, and for 2,500 monthly views.

CloudyPress

Users get WaaS, free CDN, cloud hosting, automated updates, regular backups, and malware protection with CloudyPress.

Advantage: Plugins and themes come pre-installed.

Drawback: Lacking in knowledgebase. FAQ contains very little information.

Price: $19/month for Starter Editing which includes one WordPress installation, 5 GB SAS SAN storage, and suited for 25,000 views per month.

Page.ly

Aside from providing users web hosting, Page.ly also gives automated updates, and malware and DDos threat protection. FireHost manages its infrastructure.

Page.ly offers 30% off for their existing subscribers. Beginners might find its admin interface complicated, though.

Their WP Personal Plan is priced at $24 a month and this comes with Enterprise DNS, 5 GB storage, 10 GB bandwidth, and 25,000 hits monthly.

Host Like Toast

Host Like Toast, with a very unique name, hails from Northern Ireland and provides for both shared hosting and Managed WordPress Hosting. They offer high-speed performance, security, scalability and boast that they do not have 24/7 support since users will not need it.

Good: Developer Channel and general purpose cloud hosting

Bad: Website and subscription packages are a bit confusing

Tier 1 is at £ 15/ month while Tier 2 is at £ 30 /month. Get more information here.

Is Managed WordPress Hosting for you?

We’ve listed and discussed the services being offered by the leading providers when it comes to Managed WP Hosting. Let us now get into the pros and cons of Managed WP Hosting itself to determine if it is right for you.

Advantages of Managed WordPress Hosting:

Managed WP Hosting gives you high level protection and free data recovery since WordPress is often the target of hacking and attacks as it is the leader when it comes to CMS.
Freebies such as plugins, themes, and CDN, discounts, add ons, and exclusive deals.
No maintenance required. You won’t have to update, backup, and maintain your site yourself.
Available support.You’ll be able to get help in case you encounter problems.

Disadvantages of Managed WordPress Hosting:

They’re pricey. As you read above, the plans for Managed WP Hosting are more expensive than regular web hosting plans.
They’re excessive. Some plans may include features totally useless for you but you still get charged for them nonetheless. You may already have a customized theme for your site so all the premium themes available with your web host are left unused.

Our Recommendation:

Having researched the WordPress managed hosting companies, I believe WP Engine has the best deal. Other firms also provide excellent plans, therefore I would not cross out any of them. If I were in the market for WordPress managed hosting, I would choose WP Engine, but all of us have our own requirements.

Ultimately, it boils down to your needs and requirements. Hopefully, this article has been useful and informative to you. If you have thoughts or questions about Managed WP Hosting, WaaS, please share them with us. Maybe you might have had experience with any of these web hosts we’ve listed and your feedback about their service will prove valuable to others considering them.

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19 Best WordPress Backup Plugins

Frank Steiner — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:35:50 +0000

Without a doubt, WordPress is the leading solution when it comes to creating and managing blogs or websites. Even if it was originally intended as a blogging tool, WordPress has become highly popular that it is now being used as online portfolios, business sites, and for all kinds of websites.

WordPress is free to use and is a highly extendable open source CMS (content management system). It caters to almost every need of its countless users, with plugins and themes that are constantly improved and updated. The service it provides its users make WordPress the best choice for creating any kind of website.

Among the current users of WordPress, one major concern is the safety of their content and information stored in the WP database. It is a website owner’s nightmare to lose precious content and their settings whether it is through hacking, server errors, or other unforeseen incidents. Data loss can be avoided using backup services or WordPress backup plugins. When you have one of these, you can rest assured that you have, in a safe and secure location, copies of your site or blog that you can access easily.

Your backup must be two things. First, it should be automatic. We previously discussed how to backup WordPress blog manually ;however, it is better to have a backup solution that is automated. Second, it should be able to store your information in a remote location. You do not want to have a disk or hardware failure that will affect both your website and your backups. There are plugins that have full restore capabilities so that you can go online once more in the quickest possible time. These features will also prove useful in the restoration of your WP site if you decide to switch to a different webhost, especially if you are encountering problems with the previous one.

To help prevent any possible data loss for your website, I’ve come up with a list of the best WordPress backup plugins. Go over them carefully and choose the right one for you.

Ultimate list of Backup plugins for WordPress

VaultPress

This plugin is the official choice of the makers of WordPress, Automattic. As it says on their website, VaultPress keeps every post, picture, page, revision, comment, setting, and everything else safe. It gives you real time and continuous backup service. Once there is revision or new information uploaded on to your site, VaultPress will synchronize them with their servers. Restoration of your database is also made easy, with a single click. It performs daily scans on your site and sends you an alert in case of security threats.

BackWPup

This free backup WordPress plugin allows you to backup your WP files and database and secures them in different locations such as Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Dropbox, RackSpaceCloud, SugarSync, or FTP Server. You may also store backup in your email or folder. Other features include check/repair, optimization, and XML Export.

BackupBuddy

This premium WP plugin makes backing up your files, themes, plugins, widgets, and database easy and fast. Choose to store the backup in an email or an FTP host. There are many good things to say about this Backup Buddy plugin except for one thing; it’s limited upgrade access that is only valid for one year.

Hot Backup Manager

With the Hot Backup Manager plugin, you can create backups and restore your database. This plugins also lets you schedule your backups and you get email notification if the task is successful or not.

You also have the option to attach backup files to emails or send it to either a remote FTP host or an online storage such as Amazon S3 or Dropbox.

BackUpWordpress Plugin

BackupWordPress makes backing up your files and database simple and automatic, with no required setup. You can choose when you want the task to be scheduled and it works well in “shared host” or low memory environments. You can have the backup files sent to your email account and you can even exclude certain folders or files from backup.

Online Backup For WordPress

If you want a free WP backup plugin, try this offering by Backup Technology. You get up to 50 MB in backup storage which is secured on the company’s own servers. There are a few disadvantages, though. One is that it does not backup files, only databases. Another is that it is on equal footing to the built in plugin DB Manager when you compare the two.

WordPress Backup to Dropbox

This is a useful plugin that could back up your media and database to your Dropbox account. It is possible to schedule updates. You can even pick specific files to back up in case there are some files you choose to exclude. The plugin also features a log that displays exactly what’s going on with the backups.

WP-DB Manager

The WP-DB Manager plugin is the most popular among backup plugins because of its automated feature. Aside from its automatic feature though, you can also do the task manually. Choose to backup your database via server or email, and optimize, restore, repair, or delete databases. The only drawback of this plugin is that it can only back up your database and not the whole WordPress site.

WP Time Machine

With the WP Time Machine, you can archive your data from WP MySQL database, and files and uploads in WP content, and choose to store them among the free online services of Amazon S3, your FTP host, or Dropbox. This plugin also includes recovery instructions and a “work in progress” shell script for automatic recovery.

XCloner –Backup and Restore

The Xcloner is a dual-purpose plugin as it both backups and restores your WordPress files and database. Its features include creating custom backups, restore backups on any location, and backup and restore MySQL/PHP applications.

WP Complete Backup

WP Backup Complete is an user friendly, complete backup alternative for WordPress. The plugin provides ability to backup the database together with file system.

WordPress EZ Backup

WordPress EZ Backup is an easy to use and full featured plugin. Archive your WordPress database and site, get a live log file, and make use of its interactive settings. Some add ons are available by purchasing them separately.

Snapshot Backup

This plugin generates a Snapshot Backup of your entire website: your Database, WP Core, all of your Themes, Plugins and Uploads are included in the backup. The single backup file generated by this plugin could be uploaded to an FTP repository of your liking.

WP Dolly Pro

The WP Dolly Pro is likened to another WP backup plugin, the BackupBuddy, because of their similar functionalities. However, one difference is that WP Dolly Pro is more suited for people who are just starting with WP while BackupBuddy is for the more advanced users. WP Dolly Pro allows for both manual and automatic backups. Other notable features include cloning, repair, and optimization. In terms of price, this plugin costs less than BackupBuddy. All in all, this is a great WordPress plugin to have for your website.

Backupify

Backupify provides cloud data backup service. It is used by Google Calendar, Google Drive, Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Backup and restorations are made easy and readily accessible, with data backed up daily and encrypted via AES 256 bit encryption. The only issue is that it cannot backup files, only WP databases.

Backup Scheduler

With this very flexible WordPress backup plugin, you can choose the folders you want to save and set the frequency for the backup task to be performed. You also get to choose the location where you want to save your database. You can send it to your email account, an FTP host, or a local website. This is suitable for those who manage several WP sites since it is multisite installation compatible.

Code Guard

This plugin gives you safe, secure, and automatic backup service. Code Guard performs backup every day and it notifies you in case new files are added or files are removed from your WordPress site. Information regarding any change in your website is very important since it will let you know if your site has been hacked or attacked.

Pressbackup

Pressbackup makes backup, migration, and restoration of your files and database quick and easy. Their cloud storage service is free to use but you can also choose to store your backup on Dropbox, Amazon S3, or a local folder. It is available in free and premium versions although you have to create a Pressbackup account first to use the free service. The premium version has more advanced features included.

myRepono WordPress Backup Plugin & Service

With myRepono, you can back up both your MySQL database tables and WP site files. You can also choose which file to back up and which to exclude. Similar to BackupBuddy, you can save your entire site, with all your posts, plugins, templates, and other data kept safe with this service.

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WordPress Plugins to Scan your blog for Malwares and Threats

Frank Steiner — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:09:27 +0000

It’s very easy to set up a WordPress site along with essential plugins and this entire process can take only a few minutes, but it will take you hours to fix bugs and errors. Would not it be nice if you can save yourself from spending hours and hours in fixing bugs and errors? I’m sure your answer would be yes.

You can save yourself from this hassle by spending 10 minutes of your time in scanning your website for malwares and other threats. You’ll find plenty of free and paid tools which can help you protect your WordPress site from malwares and other malicious code from entering your website. This post will show you how you can scan your WordPress site for any threats and malware using these free WordPress tools and plugins.

Exploit Scanner

The Exploit Scanner plugin is another great plugin to have. It’s quite better than the Theme Authenticity Checker because it searches for malicious and unwanted code in the database as well. This plugin also conducts searches on the files of your site, as well as the posts and comments tables. If anything is found, it does not remove anything but instead notifies the user. You can download the plugin by clicking here.

Antivirus

You can use this free plugin to scan your website from malicious codes and also keep your blog installation safe from spam injections, malware, and other exploits. The Antivirus scan comes with plenty of features that allow you to set and run a daily scan of your website and send you email notifications of the results. The Antivirus plugin is a must for any WordPress blog.

Theme Authenticity Checker

The Theme Authenticity Checker conducts a search of all the source files for all the installed themes for the presence of any malicious and unwanted code. This plugin does not remove any unwanted code and anything malicious that it finds; it instead provides the path to the theme file and the line number where it can be found so that the administrator of the site can double check it to see if it is indeed malicious or not.

Sucuri

Sucuri is considered as one of the best online security companies today. Sucuri is backed by a great team of developers and WordPress experts that work with you in keeping your WordPress site safe from hackers. Sucuri is owned by Dre Armeda, the same person who is also behind DreadCast, a WordPress podcast site. Sucuri offers a free site scanner for users who do not want to upgrade to the premium yet, and checks for known malware, website errors, outdated software, and blacklisting status.

Is there a security plugin for WordPress that you know of that was not featured in this list? Do let us know by leaving us a comment below. You might also be interested in our WordPress security plugins, tips for securing WordPress blog and login security plugins.

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WordPress code and text syntax highlight plugins

Frank Steiner — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:57:00 +0000

There are times when you need to add source code to your web pages and blog posts so you can explain how to solve programming problems in a programming language. Unfortunately, it is not that easy to read source code and these often contain special characters that do not appear to be formatted well on web pages, especially if the writer does not know how to handle these types of codes. In order to make source codes easier to read on web pages, these are often written with different colors, line numbers, and tabs. If you use WordPress, you’ll find that there are several useful plugins you can use to display your source code in a professional way minus all the hard work. Let’s take a look at these WordPress code and text syntax highlight plugins.

Useful WordPress plugins for code and syntax highlighting

WordPress Code Colorer

This plugin allows you to highlight the code and syntax which you can insert into your WordPress post that looks great thanks to code coloring. This plugin highlights the syntax in comments as well as RSS feeds. This plugin also supports color themes like Dawn, Slush, Blackboard, and other color themes. This plugin uses GeSHi for displaying coding.

Crayon Syntax Highlighter

Crayon Syntax Highlighter by Aram Kocharyan makes use of Ajax to highlight your code rendering it readable by your users, usable. Crayon Syntax Highlighter offers you a choice of it’s own little editor in your WordPress WYSIWYG editor making code input a breeze

WordPress FV Code Highlighter Plugin

This plugin highlights the code of languages such as HTML, XML, PHP, etc. You can choose to customize the color scheme used for syntax like keywords and identifiers using this plugin. You can also use the default highlighter color scheme which is recognized by editors like Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Dreamweaver.

WordPress Developer Formatter Plugin

With this plugin, you can make your source code look great and easy to read. This plugin makes use of the Generic Syntax Highlighter (GeSHi), which supports many different languages like Java, PHP, C++, and others. The WordPress Developer Formatter Plugin uses the HTML

 tag when formatting your code.

Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress

The Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress was developed by Alex Gorbatchev. This plugin can be easily embedded into WordPress and supports multiple languages like CSS, Java, C++, and many more. This plugin has no server dependency and is completely client side. The Google Syntax Highlighter is also very lightweight and can be viewed with the major internet browsers.

WordPress Code Markup

The Code Markup is a great plugin that allows you to add a program code or syntax into your posts. This plugin also allows you to add HTML tags in the code snippet. This plugin can also identify the difference between a program code and HTML so you don’t need to put in the extra effort in differentiating the two.

And there you have it! You can download, install, and activate any of these plugins into your WordPress blog and start displaying your code without any extra effort. If you have any other plugins or tools to recommend, we would gladly appreciate your comments.

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Tips for improving Page View and Bounce Rate

Frank Steiner — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:06:46 +0000

Do you want to know how you can increase your page views and lower your bounce rates for your WordPress site? Page views, as its name suggests, is the number of views your website gets. It is a very important issue you need to deal with because as a blogger, you need to attract visitors to your website. These page views will bring you traffic to your website as well. Writing great content is ideal, but you also need to write content that keeps your website visitors coming back for more.

If you have great content on your site, it can definitely help you attract more site visitors. Now what about bounce rates? The bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who visited your website but did not stay to view other pages of your website. Keeping your bounce rate low is important for search engine optimization or SEO. Search engines like Google and Bing track how engaged a site visitor is by using metrics which track keyword searches. Therefore, if you have a high bounce rate, your site will be raked low. If you would like to lower your bounce rate, here are a few tips to help you achieve this.

Show a list of posts that are related towards the end of your blog, so that your site visitors will not have to search your website manually for the content. Keeping things easy for your site readers will definitely encourage them to spend more time on your blog.
Use keywords in your post to link them to other related posts on your blog. It is not only effective for SEO, it will also make things easy for your readers to understand. You can provide more information and explain certain points in your post by linking them to your other content.
Split a long post into two or more posts. Nobody wants to read an excessively long post, as it not only looks boring, it also makes it look like the subject is complicated. After all, will you need to write a really long post just to explain a single point?
You should also include attractive sidebars into your blog. The sidebar should display related posts so that your readers can easily have access to your popular posts, as well as posts that are related to the one they are currently reading.
Do not use repetitive pop ups, they will annoy your readers and will not allow them to focus on reading what you wrote.
Make sure you have a reliable web hosting provider that will help ensure your website is always up and running, not a provider that will cause your website to be constantly down and inaccessible to your readers.
Try to use smaller images and use excerpts into your posts. Using a lot of plugins on your site could cause a decrease in loading time, so using smaller images and excerpts instead of whole posts will help counter this effect.
Make use of widgets and footers, as well as social media links. This will help you increase your page views and possibly get even more new audience for your website.
Make sure external links open in a new window. In this way, your readers will not get lost on what they were reading and they will not be distracted as well.

So here are the tips for increasing page views and decreasing your bounce rate. If you have any feedback or questions, let us know by leaving a comment below.

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WooThemes Review

Frank Steiner — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:25:17 +0000

If you’re looking for a WooThemes review, you’ve come to the right place. This article is a WooThemes review that will take a closer look at the functionality, graphics, pricing, and support for WooThemes.

About WooThemes

Adriaan Pienaar, also known as Adii Rockstar, is the man behind the creation of WooThemes. He is a designer, developer, and entrepreneur who creates his themes with CSS and PHP. WooThemes provides high quality and a variety of WordPress themes to meet the needs of both business and individual users.

Functionality

When it comes to functionality, WordPress themes from WooThemes come with an amazing options page that allows its users to completely control how their website will look and feel. The themes also come with both standard and additional features, and also allow you to style your pages without having to know a single line of code. WooThemes consistently updates and adds new features to their themes. However, compared to Elegant Themes and Obox-design, the themes from WooThemes do not offer extensive cross-browser compatibility as the others do.

Graphics

WooThemes themes come with artistic headers matched with classic colors. There are themes that offer great colors in contrast with each other, as well as dark themes with dark images. Fonts are extremely readable, and the pages have a professional layout and elements are placed well in the pages. You can change all the colors and fonts as you please.

Pricing

One theme from WooThemes will cost you $70, but you also get 2 more themes of your choice for free. If you do the math, it’s really less than $25 for each theme. You can also get their developer package for $150 where you get access to the Photoshop files as well as three additional themes.

For developers, it is best to sign up for their club membership, which is available for $150 for a standard membership, and $200 for a developer membership. Here you will be able to access more than a hundred WooThemes themes. You also have the option to add an additional recurring $20/month fee so that you will also have access to future theme releases.

Support

WooThemes comes with excellent support for their customers. Each theme comes with its own documentation as well as links to all resolved problems including tutorials. They also offer support in their forum which is a members-only access. Additionally, the support forum contains plenty of information so you can make the CSS changes you want to customize your theme.

Conclusion

To conclude our WooThemes review, they have great WordPress premium themes with equally great customer support. Their prices are in the mid-range – not expensive but not cheap either.

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How to Load jQuery in WordPress Footer

Frank Steiner — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:24:09 +0000

Making user-friendly websites is any web designers’ basic aim. The world of the web is so vast that any error in your website could easily translate in lower business revenues for you. Therefore, having a simple to access and user-friendly website is the most crucial aspect in a committed online business relationship.

Whether as blogs or for a product sale purposes, every website should be designed in a manner best suited in its interest. If you have a WordPress website, making it user friendly would not take you the world of an effort. You could easily use jQuery in your WordPress website to make it easier for scripting HTML content, which increases the speed of the site.

Using the jQuery plugin has several advantages. The plugin is suitable for websites that use many effects. This is because the jQuery plugin allows you to create a whole lot of new themes and effects that can give an entirely new and vibrant feel to your website. They are also easy to administer and activate.

Loading jQuery in WordPress is done in many ways. It could be downloaded and link to the header, but this sometimes does not prove to be a smooth affair. It is, therefore, better use the jQuery plugin in the footer of the WordPress website. A jQuery plugin typically has the following elements- a JavaScript Source, a JavaScript Snippet along with some additional styles for worksheets etc. It is also advisable to use the styles in the header and scripts for the footer for making the site user friendly.

Once the jQuery plugin is named in the plugin directory on the WordPress site, it needs to be copied with all its files. This is followed by creating an Init.php file that would recognise the plugin.

Let us look at some of the options:

1. WordPress Loading System
For WordPress websites, WordPress itself has a jQuery loading system. The code to be followed is as follows:

if( !is_admin()){

wp_deregister_script('jquery'); wp_register_script('jquery', ("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"), false, '1.3.2', true); wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); }

2. Enqueue Script

This is another function that can be used to load jQuery in the WordPress footer. It is called the wp_enqueue_script(), This function enqueue scripts in the footer of the website and can be used as follows:

//Add the scripts in the footer

wp_enqueue_script(“jquery”);
wp_enqueue_script(
“jquery.fancybox”, WP_PLUGIN_URL.”/jQuery2Wp_fancybox/jquery.fancybox.js”,
array(“jquery”), “1.3.1″,1);
wp_enqueue_script(
“jquery.fancyboxsetup”, WP_PLUGIN_URL.”/jQuery2Wp_fancybox/fancybox-setup.js”,
array(“jquery”,”jquery.fancybox”), “”,1);

3. $in_footer Parameter
While using the wp_enqueue_script(), you could also use the $in_footer parameter. Especially if, you plan to use the Google Ajax library, it would be advisable to go in for this function. The code for this would be:

function my_init() {

if (!is_admin()) {
wp_deregister_script(‘jquery’);

// load the local copy of jQuery in the footer
wp_register_script(‘jquery’, ‘/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js’, false, ’1.3.2′, true);

// or load the Google API copy in the footer
//wp_register_script(‘jquery’, ‘http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js’, false, ’1.3.2′, true);

wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’);
}
}
add_action(‘init’, ‘my_init’);

4. Slide Up Footer
This can be done by first creating a slide variable after which we set the height of the slide. Create button and set heights of the document page and the window. Use animation for slide element and browser window. The code for HTML and the footer would look like this:

Code for HTML:

The Code for formatting the boxes is as follows:

#footerr {
background:#1A1A1A;
width: 100%;
font-size:10px;
color:#BCBCBC;
}
#footer #footer_content {
width: 980px;
margin: 0px auto;
display: none;
}
#footer #footer_content .footbox {
background: #1F1F1F;
width: 265px;
padding: 15px 20px 20px 20px;
margin: 20px 10px 20px 10px;
float: left;
}

Code for a slide up footer jQuery:

jQuery(function($) {
var slide = false;
var height = $(‘#footer_content’).height();
$(‘#footer_button’).click(function() {
var docHeight = $(document).height();
var windowHeight = $(window).height();
var scrollPos = docHeight – windowHeight + height;
$(‘#footer_content’).animate({ height: “toggle”}, 1000);
if(slide == false) {
if($.browser.opera) {
$(‘html’).animate({scrollTop: scrollPos+’px’}, 1000);
} else {
$(‘html, body’).animate({scrollTop: scrollPos+’px’}, 1000);
slide = true;
} else {
slide = false;
}
});
});

Another tip is to avoid using multiple Java Script libraries as they may clash with one another. This can also be done turning the jQuery into a no conflict mode. Once you are done with the coding, all you need to do is to activate the plugin from the administration interface, to get started!
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