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How To Publish Your EPaper or Ebook For Free Using Google Drive

Hello my dear readers recently I have tried that how to publish any epaper or emagazine in your website or blog for free. I have looked certain ways but that was neither good nor freely available. Then I tried Google Drive and found that how easily we can publish any epaper or emagazine to website or blog. After reading the whole post below you'll find that how easily you'll be able to publish your epaper or emagazine. This post is very helpful those who has print magazine or paper and want to publish online in their website or blog. In this post I am going to share that how you can publish any epaper or emagazine to your website or blog. Please follow the steps below: Step 1: Login to Google Drive In this first step login to Google Drive with your Google mail id and then click to Create button on the left. After clicking Create button a small popup box will appear and then click to Simplebooklet apps icon. If don't find the Simplebooklet there in the box then click on Connect more apps link bottom of the box and search for Simplebooklet and click on that. See image below: Step 2: Login to Simplebooklet After clicking to Simplebooklet in step 1 you'll navigate to Simplebooklet login page, but before that it will prompt you for permission to access your Google drive account for first time. After you grant access you'll navigate to login page where you'll have to enter email id and password because you are using Simplebooklet first time so you need to signup first then you are able to enter email and password. See image below: Step 3: Create epaper or emagazine After login to Simplebooklet you'll navigate to Simplebooklet Dashboard page where you'll create new blank web booklet. See image below: Step 4: Select a document After clicking to Blank Web Booklet in step 3 you'll navigate to the page where you have to select the document type. In this page you'll see multiple options are available to select. You can select any option as per your need but here I have selected custom size and click next button. See image below: Step 5: Name your Simplebooklet In this step you have to enter some information about your ebook or emagazine like Title / Author / Description. See image below: Step 6: Ready to Edit In this step select the method you want to opt out. You can choose customize or Open Designer as per your requirement. Here I have selected Open Designer. See image below: Step 7: Select Layout To Start This Page In this step select the layout you want to use. Here I have selected Blank Layout. All layouts can be modified. See image below: Step 8: Select The Content You Want To Add In this step add the content to your blank document by clicking Content tab on top left and then click on image link to upload the image to your blank document. See example below: Step 10: Add Your Image After clicking on the image link in step 9 you'll navigate to the next page where you have to upload your image and click to Add button to proceed to next step. Refer the example below: Step 11: Adjust Image In Layout After your image is being uploaded click on the image and you'll get the image edit options on the left or you can drag the image and adjust it in your layout by dragging or edit it. See image below: Step 12: Add New Page In this step click on the top right arrow on the document or options on the right of the document to add another new page of your epaper or emagazine. See image below: Step 13: Preview and Publish After adding all pages to your document click on preview button on the top left once you are satisfied then click on publish button to publish your web booklet. see image below: Step 13: Embed In Your Website Or Blog After publishing click on the share button on top left and you'll get the multiple options to choose where you can select Website and Blog Embed option to get the embed code for your website or blog. see image below: Now you are done. You can see my demo page below: Demo Simplebooklet This Simplebooklet app is free for first 14 days after that you can upgrade your free account to paid one and that is very cheaper as single user. I hope above tutorial would be helpful for you. If you have any question please leave comment below and share this post in your social network.

Posted on: 22 May 2014 | 5:08 am

Panda – You Must Do Things Google's Way

Since February 2011, the way in which webmasters and site owners build site traffic has had to focus to a far greater extent on high-quality, useful and innovative content rather than traditional SEO. This is thanks go Google's ironically named Panda algorithm, which was the first of a string of new search algorithms which transferred many of the top positions in the results pages away from sites which are persnickety with SEO parameters to those with dependable and useful content. Of course, SEO tweaks are still quite important alongside important site improvements, but dealing with this shift and with the regular tweaks which Google releases are a fundamental part of maintaining site traffic. The Site Killer When the first Panda Algorithm was released, it affected the search ranking of 11.8 percent of all US search queries, shaking the business structures of many companies who's models depend on their web traffic. For example, sites with lots of links and advertisements but very little real content – which used to rank well with the right work – would be regarded as 'shallow content' and would loose out. Further to this, sites with separate pages which were specifically designed to flag search results according to their names, rather than performing a real function on the site, would get punished. The qualitative change, about which Google was vocal, is that SEO was to count for less and originality for more. As a direct result of this, sites like Examiner.com took a large hit, while dependable authority sites like broadcasters and large institutions benefited. Surprising Mistakes No algorithm is perfect, of course, meaning that it is possible for Panda to mistake an honest and dependable site for one which is trying to exploit the system. As SiteProNews observed, a few mistakes can mean that great content is missed by Google because of other facts about a site which look suspect – meanwhile, competitors who have their SEO-houses in order will gain the traffic. SiteProNews observed how a certain website which provided original and quality content and an honest service was loosing out, due to a variety of Panda's particulars. For example, the site featured a number of pages which were intended for authorized distributors of their product – featuring little more than variations for state and country parameters. It appeared that Panda was mistaking these pages for Doorway Pages: sparse pages (stuffed with keywords) which dubious sites use to attract hits then redirect to other places on their domain. The site also featured 89 testimonials, each with its own post – this sounds great for customer relations, but Google would see this many separate posts, with no headings, no images and not that much content, very 'thin' indeed. As a response, the site put up a 301 redirection on each of these posts and aggregated them into a widget, embedded into the sidebar of the homepage. This enabled them to get the benefit of each review, while not making it seem like they were posting thin content. After these adaptations the site recovered its popularity, in one case jumping 55 page ranks. Action Plan So, any site owner who wishes to get great results will have to set about uploading some unique and useful content. Obviously, if this is your vocation then it shouldn't be a problem; if not then there are plenty of businesses to which webmasters can outsource the creation of unique material. It is important to remember that Google is providing a service to it's users, they seek to provide a page of search results which features a range of information from page to page, meaning that if a user doesn't find what they are looking for after their first click, they can go back, click elsewhere, and are likely to find what they seek in the end, this isn't possible if the content on all of the pages is similar. As a result, sites which upload content which resembles existing content or which is generic in nature will probably rank low because it will not provide new information to users. Moreover, it is not enough to be subtly different from competitors; an artificial intelligence is making the decision, so the distinction must be impossible to miss. SEO is clearly still a necessary part of a webmaster's strategy for creating a popular site, but the era in which site owners could manufacture hits through playing the search engines is gone. In many ways SEO is now about making it so that a site doesn't hurt itself by offending one of Google's algorithms – this, alongside a few keywords, should be enough to let great content do the work. This is guest post written by Lisa Patterson

Posted on: 25 July 2013 | 12:01 am

5 Nice Tutorials: How To Store Form Data Locally Using HTML5 and jQuery

HTML5 is quite handy when we talk about Local Storage of our form data. If you are using same form at different location of your website and telling users to enter the same information then you may ease your users by using HTML5 Local Storage property which allows you to store form data locally at first submission and shows the same form data with prefigured values when user trying to submit same form again but from different location of the website. In this post I am sharing 5 very good tutorial to teach you how to use HTML5 Local Storage property to store your form data locally. These tutorials are very well described and easy to understand. If you have just started using HTML5 form then these tutorials are would be very informative to you. Here's the following list of tutorials: 1. Store Form Data with HTML5 localStorage and jQuery This is a very simplistic jQuery function utilizing localStorage that I devised to help meet a specific need for a local client here in Utah county. I have re-written it here to be more flexible. 2. Wrapping Things Nicely with HTML5 Local Storage A very well described tutorial by Christian Heilmann posted on 24ways.org. In this helpful tutorial he has shared step by step guide to understand local storage using HTML5. 3. HTML5 & jQuery: localStorage forms Working on a very cool new HTML5 application, I’ve had some useful experience with using localStorage. For those new to localStorage, it’s simply a way to store key and value pairs locally, meaning that like with cookies, even after the user has left the page, data can be retrieved. It works differently from cookies in that the data is not stored on the server, rather its stored within the client web browser. It’s especially useful for forms and enhancing the user’s personal experience. 4. Using HTML5 localStorage on a form HTML5 localStorage provides us with the ability to store named key/value pairs locally within a users browser, this means that the data stored in localStorage is still there even after a user has closed the browser, deleted their cookies or turned off their machine/device. 5. Storing Data the Simple HTML5 Way (and a few tricks you might not have known) This post is about the Web Storage API. Technically it’s been shifted out of the HTML5 specification and can now be found in it’s very own dedicated spec. But if it counts at all – it used to be part of the Web Applications spec. Do you have any opinion please leave a comment or share this post in your social network.

Posted on: 28 March 2013 | 2:17 am

How To Create jQuery Plugin 15 Must Read Tutorials

Now a days using jQuery is a real fun for web developers across the world and why not it is very flexible and interactive script that allows you write do more writing less. Writing your own jQuery plugin is more challenging than using ready made plugin that is easily available on a click. For creating your own plugin you should have good understanding of javascript and have passion to learn jQuery. If you are really keen about creating your own plugin than you should be able to create plugin after reading these very interesting tutorials. In this post I am sharing some really useful jQuery plugin tutorials that will help you in a better way. Here's the list of tutorials: 1. jQuery Plugin/Authoring In this very first tutorial that is from jQuery website itself will help you to understand the basic fundamentals of plugin. It contains getting start guide that teaches you from the scratch. 2. Learn How to Create a jQuery Plugin by Jeffrey Way You might think to yourself, “What is all the fuss with jQuery? You have to download a bunch of plugins to even make the library worth while.”. First, that isn’t true. Second, the jQuery library was specifically designed for that very purpose. 3. The Definitive Guide to Creating a Practical jQuery Plugin by Dan Wellman In this article you’re going to be building our very own jQuery plugin step-by-step from scratch; jQuery makes this task exceptionally easy for us, giving us a simple method of packaging up our scripts and exposing their functionality, and encouraging the use of scalable and reusable object-oriented techniques. 4. How to Create Your Own jQuery Plugin by Elijah Manor If you have never created a jQuery plugin, it takes just a few simple steps to get started. By following a handful of guidelines, you can develop a plugin that behaves and feels like a native jQuery method. 5. Create a custom jQuery plug-in by Kris Hadlock jQuery is a powerful library that delivers all of the core functions you need when developing a JavaScript project. However, sometimes it's necessary to extend the core functions with custom code that helps you be more productive. In this article, learn how to create a custom reusable plug-in using the jQuery library. 6. Building Your First jQuery Plugin by Jeremy Martin So you were out on your quest to find the answer to life, the universe, and everything, when blam, you found jQuery. Yes, I know, you were expecting 42, but too all of our surprise, it was jQuery. So what's next? Build your own plugin! 7. Learn How To Create Your Own jQuery Plugin by Giulio Bai jQuery offers a very practical and easy way to build plugins, as well as a very good documentation on this subject. However, it could be useful to see how a plugin is written step-by-step. 8. Creating jQuery Plugins by Jack Slingerland Not too long ago I decided to write a jQuery plugin for making the use of iScroll a little less painful. Since I made the plugin at work I’m not really at liberty to share it. But what I can share is a step by step tutorial for creating a jQuery plugin of your own. 9. My first jQuery plugin - how easy was that? by Richard Quick I've been writing Javascript (on and off) for since 1999, and doing jQuery for over 2 years now. I've even gotten pretty good at it. So, I decided it was time to start writing my first actual jQuery plugin. 10. How to write jQuery plugins by Tim Koschützki jQuery, the most popular javascript library out there, is great for DOM abstraction. It allows you to encapsulate functionality into your own plugins, which is a great way to write reusable code. However, jQuery's rules for writing plugins are very loose, which leads to different plugin development practices - some of which are pretty poor. 11. Making a jQuery Plugin Truly Customizable by James Padolsey Most if not all of the jQuery plugins out there have some level of customization. But very few of the plugin authors have mastered the very particular art involved. Achieving the "optimum level" of customization is a bit of a balancing act… go too far either way and you've got an unusable plugin! 12. Creating a jQuery plugin by Mike Barlow In this tutorial, we’ll show you the basics of how to create your very own jQuery plugin by showing you how to create a jQuery accordion. This tutorial assumes you already have a working knowledge of html, css and some jQuery. 13. How to create a jquery plugin from scratch in 3 easy steps jQuery plugins are a great way to reuse a certain functionality you find yourself using all the time. Whether you make a Plugin for yourself or share it with the world Plugins will save you a lot of time. The best thing about Plugins is that they are really easy to make! Let’s get started. 14. Develop your own jQuery plugin by Adrien Gueret jQuery is arguably the most popular of the JavaScript libraries, and its popularity only continues to grow. A lot of websites have adopted jQuery for the dynamic effects that it can produce to create sleek, professional user experiences. 15. How to Make a jQuery Plugin - Tutorial for Beginners by Greg Sidelnikov In this tutorial you will learn about 2 different jQuery plugin patterns (pattern A and pattern B) -- by the end of this tutorial, you should be able to grasp the basics behind writing custom jQuery plugins. Do you have any opinion please leave a comment or share this post in your social network.

Posted on: 26 November 2012 | 12:08 am

10 Delicious Online Food Ordering Websites For Your Inspiration

Now the festival season has began we always like to food outsides or order food online. Due to technology advancement ordering a food online is just a click away. Some of popular websites like Nandos, Grubhub and Foodtoeat have made their sites very user friendly. So if you are going to design a fresh food ordering website then this post going to help you. In this post I am sharing some very good online food ordering websites for your inspiration and to boost your creativity. I hope these sites would help you. Here's the following websites list: 1. Nandos 2. Foodtoeat 3. Grubhub 4. Seamless 5. Just-eat.co.uk 6. Hungryhouse.co.uk 7. Orderit 8. Eat24hours 9. Zomato 10. Meal2go Do you have any suggestion, please leave a comment.

Posted on: 11 November 2012 | 10:30 pm

11 Most Interactive HTML5 Websites For Inspiration

HTML5 is every where, it is not a standard though but Designers and Developers from across the globe started experimenting on it and why not it is a highly interactive markup around us. That's why experts call it future of the web. I have found some very interactive HTML5 websites for your inspiration. If you are looking to explore your interest in HTML5 then these HTML5 sites will fuel your creativity. In this list some of my favorite are: Piccsy, Worldofredbull, EnvyLabs & 50problems50days. Here's the following list: 50problems50days WINTR SajakFarki - Digital Creative Agency Adidas Design Studios Matteo Zanga Piccsy Word Of Red Bull KINNER ITALIA SECRET LOCATION Envy Labs Mostly Serious If you have any opinion please leave a comment or share this post in your social network.

Posted on: 30 August 2012 | 5:56 am

Tablet Smack-down: Which One Is Best?

Gone are the days when the iPad tablet was the latest and greatest in mobile tech. Tablet PCs have come a long way since the first prototype was introduced, and now consumers are faced with dozens of choices. Between operating systems, camera capabilities, weight and numerous other specifications, choosing the right tablet is no easy task. We’ve broken down some of the features and benefits of the top-rated tablets on the market today to help you make an informed decision. The New iPad Apple is infamous for its tablet PCs, as the first player in the market. The iPad is still largely regarded as the standard in the industry, so much so that the term “iPad” has become synonymous with long lasting tablets. Here are the pros and cons of the latest-generation iPad according to reviews. Pros: Up to 10 hours of battery life Apple iOS 5 Twice the revolution of the iPad2 Two built-in cameras (front- and rear-facing) Cons: Expensive No noticeable difference in performance over prior generations Noticeably thicker than iPad 2 Larger battery produces notable heat Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 If you’re a lover of the Android platform, you may be steering more towards the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It’s slightly larger than the iPad2 and has a lower screen resolution, but it also has up to 10 hours of battery life. According to reviews, here are the pros and cons of this Android-based tablet. Pros: Crisp, easy-to-read display Simple to use Lightweight Responsive touch screen Cons: No standard USB port Only 16 GB of hard drive space Limited app functionality Asus Transformer Pad CNet calls the Asus Transformer Pad “the best premium Android tablet,” but Top 10 Reviews ranks it midway through the list, pointing out that WiFi is essential for internet connectivity. Regardless, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, it operates on the Android 3.1 operating system. Here’s what reviewers have to say. Pros: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Operating System Optional docking station with full QWERTY keyboard Docking station extends battery life up to 15 hours, depending on conditions 8 megapixel rear camera Compatible with Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint Cons: Front-facing camera has just 1.2 megapixels Mixed opinions on display quality and resolution Slow app response time So Which is Right for You? Which tablet is the right one for you? It depends on your personal preferences and what you’ll be using your tablet PC for primarily. Some models are well-equipped for photo and video sharing and streaming, while others offer more productivity compatibility, such as the ability to edit and update Microsoft Office documents and files. If you’re looking for something lightweight and easy to transport that will allow you to browse the internet and participate in your social networks, you’ll need less advanced functionality than other users. Tablets are generally not well-known for word processing capabilities, but there are some tablet PCs that offer users the ability to edit this type of file. Beyond applications, the best tablet for you will depend on your travel needs. If you’re a user who will be spending hours away from the office while you need to be connected, look for features like a long battery life and additional hard drive storage for larger project management tasks. Resources: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/reviews/new-tablet-side-by-side-comparison#slide-1 http://besttabletfor.me http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=tablet+pc If you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post in your social network.

Posted on: 22 August 2012 | 1:59 am

15 Mobile UI Splash Screens For Inspiration

From last few years mobile development has became popular like fire in a jungle. Trend has been changed globally, now web users shifting towards mobile web and why not on a single click you can access numbers of mobile apps. Now a days web designers and developers updating their skills in mobile development because every organization hiring candidates who has good mobile development skills. Designing for mobile is bit different from designing for a web because you have to arrange your big web design in a small screen mobile web. If you are going to start designing for mobile, then your are in right direction. In this post I am sharing some Mobile UI Splash screens examples for your inspiration. These screens will help you to understand that what kind of recipes you can serve. So hold your breath here's the following list: SKYPE Facebook Foursquare beluga airbnb brightkite footfeed BNTER GROUPON GROUPON SCOUT Mob recco scvngr shopkick tunerFish If you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post on your social network.

Posted on: 1 August 2012 | 3:39 am

TutLinks A New Social Bookmarking Site By TutorialFeed

Today I am really happy to anounce that I have launched new social book marking site called 'TutLinks'. This is a first networking site by 'TutorialFeed' for web design and development community. 'TutLinks' is a site that features fresh links related to scripts and styles, resources, inspiration stuff and tutorials written by web designers and developers like you! I hope you’ll find this site useful – all articles featured on this site have been selected by us to ensure the highest quality and usefulness! If you are a good contributor and want to share your post in the community then this is a right platform for you. I would like to request you please share your suggestion and comments about 'TutLinks'. You can submit your news articles by clicking 'Submit Link' button on the top navigation. What You Can Contribute? New Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, Inspiration stuff, Useful Resources and Articles about web design and development. Some Basic Guideline You Should Follow: 1) Submit only links to original posts and latest post. 2) Submit only posts about web design, web programming, tech news, free resources for web designers, resources to get inspiration, website showcases. 3) No Advertisements or Spamming please. You can follow TutLinks on Twitter @linkstut for more updates.

Posted on: 4 July 2012 | 11:35 am

Top 25 CSS Galleries To Submit Your Website Free

Hello readers today I am writing this post after very long time. Now a days Web Designers and Developers from around the world making their websites very innovative, impressive and creative using different latest technology like jQuery, HTML5 and CSS3. So, if you think your website has the X factor and you want to popularize your website then this post going to help. In this post I would like share top CSS gallery sites where you can submit your website free. This list includes DivineCSS, CSS Design Awards, CSS Drive, CSS Creme, Page Crush, CSS Winner etc. Here's the following list: CSS Design Award Divine CSS Make Better Websites Page Crush CSS Drive HTML5 Arena CSSelite 1PageWebDesign CSS Winner Designmoo Design Bombs CSSLeak Design Shack Creattica SubmitCSS cssburst CSS Depot CSSPost CSSLuxury StyleTheWeb CSSClassic CSSHunt CSSHunt DesignWannaBe CSSWorld.de Do you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 20 June 2012 | 6:54 am

Disaster Recovery and the Cloud: Challenges & Benefits

Cloud computing is an excellent way for IT departments to relieve the strain on overworked staff and reduce the bottom line. Cloud disaster recovery solutions function in the “software as a service” and “managed services” realms of the cloud landscape and moving backup services to the cloud can be beneficial, saving time, effort and money. However, many companies are reluctant to try cloud disaster recovery solutions, citing security concerns and discomfort with new technology. Here are some of the key issues some have with cloud D.R. and how these concerns can be mitigated. 1. It is immature technology Why would any company trust someone with their data when this type of service hasn’t been around for long? Who’s to say the cloud D.R. service provider won’t be out of business next week? Properly vetting a prospective provider is vital. Any company worth your time should be able to provide a detailed plan. Obtaining a disaster recovery business case from Allstream or whoever your chosen provider will be is the perfect way to get started and allay those fears. 2. Can my data be stolen in transit? The best time to steal data is when it’s on the move. Lines can be “sniffed” and information can be intercepted en route by criminals. It is important for the provider to mitigate this issue by offering secure transfer methods. Encrypting data at the source before upload and offering secure transfer methods like sFTP or IPsec VPN will protect data in transit. 3. Can thieves steal my data electronically once it’s stored? Companies should verify that their providers encrypt data once it has arrived at their facility. Another good rule is that since the server space is being shared with other companies, your data should be logically partitioned from other organisations’ data. Separation and encryption can protect this “data at rest.” 4. Can my data be stolen physically? No amount of encryption and partitioning will help if a thief can walk in and take a hard drive. When evaluating a cloud D.R. provider, it’s crucial to verify the security of their data centre. It’s important to select a provider that can verify employee background checks, video surveillance and compliance with security auditing policies.

Posted on: 11 April 2012 | 1:08 pm

10 Awesome jQuery Mobile Plugins For Mobile Developers

jQM (jQuery Mobile) becoming very popular now a days. Mobile developers from across the world contributing their knowledge to make it more user friendly and interactive. In this post I am sharing some good jQM plugins for mobile developers. These are all jQuery Mobile compatible plugins, many use the theme framework, auto-initialization and data- attribute configuration features or core mobile widgets. Here's the following list: jQuery Mobile Pagination PluginPagination: a jQuery Mobile plugin for sequential pagination between pages with support for touch, mouse, and keyboard! The Pagination plugin creates touch-drag navigation between separate HTML pages. Simply add this plugin to your page and link together documents via ordinary HTML anchors. PhotoSwipe - Image Gallery for mobile and touch devicesPhotoSwipe is a FREE HTML/CSS/JavaScript based image gallery specifically targeting mobile devices moreover PhotoSwipe provides your visitors with a familiar and intuitive interface allowing them to interact with images on your mobile website. Diapo slideshowDiapo slideshow is an open source project. You can suggest changes or improvements if you want. You can download it and use for free. Bartender: Cross-browser iOS-style tab barThis is free to use Cross-browser iOS-style tab bar with following features: based on JQM elements CSS-only, no Jquery needed Tested on IE7+, latest FF, Opera, Chrome, Safari, Android, iOS Retina icons on all browsers except IE7-8 Single retina-regular or separate sprites All CSS-gradients Google MapsGoogle Maps based on jQM element with following features: Google maps with geolocation Using clusters with MarkerClusteredPlus Microformats, Google streetview and jQuery dialog Click and drag events with Google geo search Show markers from JSON Show markers with microdata Show markers with microformats Show markers with RDFa Show markers from Google Fusion tables Filter markers by property MobiscrollWheel scroller/Date and Time picker jQuery plugin for touch devices (Android phones, iPhone, iPad, Galaxy Tab) A wheel scroller user control optimized for touchscreens to easily enter date and/or time. The control can easily be customized to support any custom values and can even be used as an intuitive alternative to the native select control (dropdown list). It is designed to be used on touch devices as an alternative to the jQuery UI date picker. jQuery-Mobile-DateBoxDateBox is a jQuery-mobile based date and time picker having following features. Multiple Data-Entry Modes 4 Different display modes Fully localized Supports data-limiting of input Automatically parses hand-entered or pre-entered dates on open Auto-bind's to data-type='datebox', options are configurable via data-options Actionsheet: An iOS like action sheet for jQuery MobileA very easy to use and fully markup-driven action sheet. Easy to configure CSS3 based keyframe animations. Popup content can be any HTML. No JavaScript coding needed. Twitter Bootstrap jQuery Mobile ThemeA jQuery Mobile theme based on Twitter Bootstrap. It would be a fun project to build out a jQuery Mobile theme emulating everyone's favorite hotness, the Twitter Bootstrap UI library. 960 grid for jQuery Mobilejquery-mobile-960 is a port of 960 grid to jquery mobile. It merge the flexibility of 960.gs, and the ease of jquery mobile. It aims to bring more flexibility to jquery-mobile layout and thus make it easier to use on tablets. If you really like this post then please share in your social network or leave a comment.

Posted on: 23 February 2012 | 1:05 am

A Showcase Of 15 jQuery Mobile Sites For Inspiration

jQuery Mobile 1.0 was out on last year. jQuery Mobile is a Touch-Optimized Web Framework for Smartphones & Tablets. This is a unified, HTML5-based user interface system for all popular mobile device platforms, built on the rock-solid jQuery and jQuery UI foundation. jQuery Mobile 1.0 Final Requires jQuery core 1.6.4. In this post I am sharing 15 websites that are purely based on jQuery Mobile. This showcase is for upcoming Web Designer and Developers to boost their inspiration. So here's the following list: Obama 2012Mobile website for President Barack Obama. Box.netBox provides simple, secure sharing from anywhere – letting users easily store files online, send big files fast, access content on their mobile devices, and collaborate with others. SlideshareMobile version of the world’s largest community for sharing presentations. OpenTableMobile site for restaurant reservations service OpenTable. Sea-DooMobile site for Sea-Doo boats/watercraft. Moulin RougeMobile website for the “most famous cabaret in the world”. LIFELIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the Web. StedesignPortfolio site for web designer Stefano Tirloni. BBC Radio 1British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation. WoosInteresting people & places ZaarlyZaarly is a proximity based, real-time buyer powered market. Buyers make an offer for an immediate need and sellers cash in on an infinite marketplace for items and services they never knew were for sale. SearsMobile site for Sears. YasalamYaslam is the largest urban festival in the GCC region. Abu Dhabi Ocean RacingMobile site for the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team. junkyard.seSkateboard, snowboard and street wear retailer. Site in swedish. If you really like this post then please share in your social network or leave a comment.

Posted on: 10 January 2012 | 5:48 am

6 Nice Christmas Deals You Can Grab This Season

Now a days everyone is in celebration mood and why not it is CHRISTMAS season guys. Every one rush online to grab best CHRISTMAS offers and deals. Many sites offering very hot deals in this cool season. I am sharing some nice deals for web designers and developers. So get ready to grab a deal of your choice. If you really like following deals then please share it in your social network by using social buttons at bottom of the post. Here's following list: SitePoint Christmas Countdown 2011It's simple! Sign-up, and EACH day (between Dec 1 and Dec 24) you'll get to know about our NEW killer deal on SitePoint gear. Remember… each deal ONLY last 24 hours, and every purchase you make gets you our awesome BONUS hamper of goodies (valued at hundreds of dollar$). Themefuse - This December, everybody gets a chance to winAll you need to do is buy one of our WordPress themes this December, and you will automatically get a chance to win one of these great prizes! So, just buy a theme and you're in! Obox - Christmas Bundle! Seven ThemesBy purchasing the $40 Christmas Pack you will save $310 and gain access to all seven of our very best WordPress Themes. OR By spending only $40 more you will also get the layer files of each theme and as a bonus we'll also throw in Obox Mobile! 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 1 – MiLi BundleChristmas is close, and you know what that means. Technoodling and a bunch of our friends has come together to do annual 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! CampaignMonitorCampaignMonitor offering free holiday email template and PSD. Hopefully you'll find it to be as joyful to customize, as it is for your subscribers to receive. PHOTOGRAPHY BLOGGER - Christmas DSLR Camera GiveawayWould you like to receive a new DSLR and a quality camera bag for Christmas? We're giving away a Nikon D3100 and a Retrospective 20 shoulder bag from Think Tank Photo. Find the detail how to enter. Click here Merry Christmas to all of you: I hope that your Christmas would be enjoyable and may the essence of Christmas remains always with you. Take care.

Posted on: 15 December 2011 | 2:21 am

10 Best Free E-Commerce Store For Your New Business

Now a days setting up a free online store for your new business is very easy. There are numbers of free e-commerce store available across the web. In this post I am sharing top 10 best free e-commerce store for you. So if you are looking to setup a free online store for your new business then this post is for you. In this list includes Shopify, Free Webstore, Miiduu, 39Shops, Shopifree and some other popular stores. Here's the following list: ShopifyShopify offers a complete ecommerce solution that allows you to set up an online store and easily sell your goods. It lets you organize your products, customize your storefront, accept credit card payments through payment gateways, track and respond to orders — all with a few clicks of the mouse. Free WebstoreIn Free Webstore you can create and customize your own free e-commerce webstore within minutes. Build your web store online, add your products and start making your fortune with Free Webstore today. ushopsuShops is the online channel for individuals and businesses who want to increase their profits, reach new customers and speed business growth. MiiduuBuild a successful online store for free with Miiduu. You can setup your store in 3 minutes, 100% Free, Great design and Fully customizable. YokabooYokaboo is the easiest way to create your own online store. Tailored for creative people with great products with easy-to-use management tools and allows you to decide how your store will look. 39Shops39shops is a hosted e-commerce platform that allows you to start your online store in minutes. With 39shops you never ever worry about hosting, security, maintenance and upgrades. While you grow your business we take care of the rest. ShopifreeWith Shopifree you can create a gorgeous, professional, customizable & fully functional online store for FREE! No fees for anything, ever! HighwireHands down, Highwire is where you need to go if you want a cost effective, simple, and attractive way to make a professional e-commerce website. StorenvyStorenvy is a social marketplace for discovering awesome stuff from real people. It provide sellers with a completely free and easy way to create fully customizable and feature-rich online stores. Storenvy is doing for e-commerce what Tumblr has done for blogging — making it more accessible and more social. And you got the part that it's totally free. MUNCOMMuncom.com is a free web store builder. Sellers can easily create their own free online store in minutes, with free website hosting, free subdomain and a powerful admin tool to manage their free online stores. Sell online. Buy online. Do you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post in your social network.

Posted on: 1 November 2011 | 7:52 am

A Collection of Fresh Icons & Buttons for Web Design and Development

A few day ago I have collected some good icons and buttons which are very useful for web design and development, so I have decided to share these stuff with readers of my blog. They are available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. They are available in all popular sizes: 128x128px, 72x72px, 48x48px, 32x32px & 16x16px with PSD files. If you like this post then please share it with your friends or in your social network to cheer them. So here's the following list of free icons and buttons ENJOY!!! Free Icons 39 FREE high-quality, amazing, and colorful .png OlympICO Summer icons. These icons are recognizable in all sizes from sportsbettingspot.com. Download Now 15 FREE high-quality, amazing, and colorful .png OlympICO Winter icons. These Icons come in 5 sizes: 128x128 px, 72x72 px, 48x48 px, 32x32 px and 16x16 px. All of them are in .png format with transparent background and .ico format. Download Now This is a “test drive” set from MilkShark’s “540 Icons” project. PNG) It includes 18 icons for light backgrounds + 18 icons for dark backgrounds (PNG + EPS + PDF + Photoshop shapes) 18 glyphs + 6 vector shapes. Download Now Five cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Paypal. With three different sizes: 32,40,56. PNG and PSD files include. Enjoy and have fun! Download Now Social Media Sheilds icons. Enjoy these high quality icons. Download Now A free set of stylish transportation icons from the full Symbolicons set. Included icons: Car, Truck, Bus, Taxi, Boat, Rocket, Plane, Bi-Plane, Bicycle, Train. Download Now A free set of stylish drink icons from the full Symbolicons set. Download Now A login button set for Facebook and Twitter. Download Now Free Buttons A stylish UI kit for any UI project. Download Now A set of some interface elements, very colourful! Enjoy.Download Now A free Adobe Fireworks button set. Download Now A Some clean and clear call to action buttons to be used in suitable projects. Download Now A Fully layered tag buttons / Easy to edit / 100% vector shapes / Font used: Lucida Grande. Download Now This free psd file, includes four buttons, in two states: normal and active, that can be used in web application and website design. You can also add a subtle icon to suggest an action. I suggest you to don’t use them if they don’t fit with the rest of the page! Never forget to design carefully! Download Now Do you any opinion, please leave a comment.

Posted on: 27 October 2011 | 8:39 am

5 Free Ebooks For Mobile Developers

Now a days mobile development going popular like a fire in a jungle. Millions of mobile apps available across the web, technology geeks and mobile app lovers using it very frequently. Web developers upgrading skills in mobile development. Day-to-day they are creating very creative & innovative apps for the world. If you are a web developer and looking to expand your knowledge in mobile development then this post going to help you. In this post I am sharing five free ebooks for mobile development. This list includes iPhone JavaScript Cookbook, jQuery Mobile First Look, The iPad Handbook 2012, iPhone Applications Tune-Up & Designing the iPhone User Experience jQuery Mobile First LookAuthor: Giulio Bai The jQuery Mobile framework is jQuery's latest rabbit-out-of-the-hat project. The jQuery Mobile framework is open source and is supported by all the big players: iOS, Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Nokia, Ado, and so on. jQuery Mobile First Look will show you the features of the jQuery Mobile framework, what they do, and how they can be used. Download The iPad Handbook 2012 Make more of your iPad with this essential guide to using the iPad and getting the best available apps and games.There’s tutorials included for some of the more advanced things that you can do with your iPad, and let’s not forget that there are more than 107,000 active apps designed specifically for the iPad. Download iPhone Applications Tune-UpAuthor: Loyal Moses Written to be read straight through as well as to be used as a technical reference, each chapter of this book focuses on an individual aspect of application performance and how it relates to the overall development and tune-up process. Download iPhone JavaScript CookbookAuthor: Arturo Fern, ez Montoro This book is for web developers interested in applying their knowledge for building web applications for iOS devices. You can develop your own iPhone web applications using nothing but JavaScript combined with XHTML and CSS. Download Designing The iPhone User ExperienceAuthor: Suzzane Ginsburg Designing the iPhone User Experience: A User-Centered Approach to Sketching and Prototyping iPhone Apps. This books is all about user-centered design from the perspective of designing mobile user experiences for the iPhone. Download If you have any opinion please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 21 October 2011 | 5:32 am

How to use Mobile Version of your Blogger Blog

Recently I have analyzed my Google analytic records and I found that around 30% of total traffic of my blog comes through mobile. So I have decided to create optimized mobile version of my blog to ease my readers. I have came to know about Blogger's mobile version for blogs recently and find it very interesting and lite weight downloads in few seconds. This Blogger's features let's to create mobile version of your blog in very easy steps. So if you want to attract more users to your blog then you must use this Blogger's feature. Here's the following simple steps to create mobile version of your blogger blog: 1. Login to your Blogger account using your G-mail user id and password. 2. In dashboard click on Settings > Email & Mobile 3. Select option Yes. Show mobile template on mobile devices. 4. Click on preview button to view mobile version of your blog. That's all save your settings by clicking Save Settings button at the bottom. I am sharing the URL and screen shot of my blog's mobile version and requested you to please bookmark it in you mobile: http://www.tutorialfeed.org/?m=1 If you have any opinion please leave a comment.

Posted on: 23 August 2011 | 8:44 am

10 Fresh and Awesome Resources for Web Development Lovers

Web developers who really cares about their project always need speedy solutions to customized web apps in modern way. These resources are very useful at the time of web development. In this post I am sharing Ten fresh resources for web developers. This list includes HTML5 page flip, jQuery Notty, Display Tweets using PHP and jQuery, 10 Free online HTML5 tools and 18 Time saving web apps and much more. Here's the following list: Create a page flip effect with HTML5 canvas Web developer and creative programmer Hakim El Hattab shows us a new take on the 'Flash page flip' we all love to hate, using HTML5's canvas and JavaScript. He explains how Fi built 20thingsilearned.com Display your Favorite Tweets using PHP and jQueryIf you have a twitter account, you oftentimes find yourself looking for a way to display your latest tweets on your website or blog. This is pretty much a solved problem. There are jQuery plugins, PHP classes and tutorials that show you how to do this. mobiscrollA wheel scroller user control optimized for touchscreens to easily enter date and/or time. The control can easily be customized to support any custom values and can even be used as an intuitive alternative to the native select control (dropdown list). It is designed to be used on touch devices as an alternative to the jQuery UI date picker. jQuery NottyThe jQuery Notty is a jQuery plugin written by Marius Stanciu - Sergiu for Userdot, a plugin that enables your application to display unobtrusive, beautiful and elegant notifications. Android Developer Website TemplateIf you are looking a free Android website template then post is usable for you. This is a free single page website for Android developers. Of course you could use it for anthing you want though. Top 10 Mobile Web Development JavaScript FrameworksCreating web apps and sites for the Mobile Web has its own sets of challenges and techniques. To help you rapidly deploy cross-platform mobile apps and websites, there's a wide range of JavaScript frameworks you can take advantage of. 10 Tutorials To Take MySQL Database BackupMySQL is the most famous open source database management system for the development of interactive Websites. Here are 10 methods to automatically or manually backup MySQL databases. Check them out and pick the one which is best suited to you. 10 online tools to simplify HTML5 codingHTML5 is definitely going to revolutionize the way we create website and web apps. In this article, you'll find 10 awesome tools to simplify and enhance your HTML5 coding. 18 Time Saving Web Apps for CSS/Web DesignersIn this post you'll find 18 time saving web apps that really helpful for web developers. Find your favorite one. FUELFuel is a simple, flexible, community driven php 5.3 web framework based on the best ideas of other frameworks with a fresh start. If you have any opinion please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 17 August 2011 | 9:08 am

4 Types of CSS Hacks for Web Designers and Developers

CSS hacks are always useful for Web Designer and Developers. It become very handy when you are fixing up browser compatibility issues. If you know different types of CSS hacks you can save your time and increase your productivity. If you are a Web Designer or Developer and looking for a CSS hacks then this post going to help you. In this post I am going to share 4 different types of CSS hacks you can use. Here's the following list: Conditional stylesheets Following are the good example of Conditional stylesheet for Internet Explorer. Conditional comments used easily to specify stylesheets that should only be loaded in IE, or even in specific versions of that browser. Don't worry about Non-IE browsers, it treats conditional comments as HTML comment.    Above CSS hack used differently in specific versions of IE, it would look something like this: /* Main stylesheet */ .test { color: black; } /* for-ie-8.css, for IE8 and older */ .test { color: red; } /* for-ie-7.css, for IE7 and older */ .test { color: white; } /* for-ie-6.css, for IE6 and older */ .test { color: black; } Conditional classnames If you don't want to use CSS hacks, you can apply conditional classnames to the <html> or <body> element. This approach allows you to write clean and hack-free CSS at the cost of adding hacks conditional comments to your HTML.    <html> This allows you to keep your browser-specific CSS in the same file: .test { color: black; } .ie8 .test { color: red; } /* IE8 */ .ie7 .test { color: white; } /* IE7 */ .ie6 .test { color: black; } /*IE6 and IE5*/ CSS hacks Here’s an overview of the four most popular CSS hacks and which browsers they’re supposed to target: .test { color: black; color: green\9; /* IE8 and older, but there’s more… */ *color: blue; /* IE7 and older */ _color: red; /* IE6 and older */ color: expression('red'); /* IE6 and above */ } Using conditional classnames with CSS hacks In the HTML, you can use a minimal version of the conditional classnames technique, like this:  <html> You can then use .for-ie8 as a styling hook in CSS selectors to target IE8 and older versions. Combined with CSS hacks, you can finally target IE8 and older versions without also affecting IE9: .test { color: black; } .for-ie8 .test { color: red; /* IE8 and older */ *color: green; /* IE7 and older */ _color: blue; /* IE6 and older */ } If you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 13 June 2011 | 9:01 am

6 Techniques to write better CSS for your next project

Hello my dear readers. I am writing this post after a very long time as I was very busy in my projects so I didn't get time to write. This post is for whom who really want to write CSS style in better and manageable way. So if you are fresher or intermediate level developer you need to read this post very carefully. In this post I going to explain how you can maintain or manage your CSS with some techniques. If you write your CSS in better way then it will help you to maintain it in future. So here's following tips to improve your CSS writing: 1. Defining Body and H1, H2 etc. A very first and basic step of CSS to define body of your html doc. See image below how you can define your body and H1, H2, H3 etc. tags. 2. Declaring Float, Margin, Padding, Border and Clear Both In this 2nd step you need declare Float, Margin, Border and Clear Both for whole project. Once you declare these attributes alone you don't need write again and again. Look at the image below: 3. Declaring styles for Links and Images In this 3rd step now you can define style for your anchor link and image tags. This would help you to use these styles easily in your html document. Have look to below image: 4. Declaring Typography styles This is very important step your CSS. In this step you can declare whole typography styles for your html. Here you can define style for h1 to h6 tags and P tag for paragraph styling. Please see reffered image below: 5. Declaring styles for Layout In this 5th step you need declare styles for master layout like Header, TopNav, LeftNav or Right Nav and Conent wrapper using ID and classes as per your requirement. Look at image below for reference: 6. Declaring styles for Footer In this final step you have to define style for your master footer. You can define footer style by using ID. Please see image below: Here's final image of above explained steps for your reference: If you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 10 April 2011 | 1:05 pm

6 Nice To Have Freebie Resources For Web Designers and Developers

In past few days I have found some very good resources over the web that are really very helpful during web designing and development. So I am sharing these resources to help and motivate web designers and developers. This list includes 105 Free PSD logos, 128+ lac fonts, 40 Blue Patterns etc. I hope you'll enjoy these freebies. Here's the following list with snapshots: Shaboopie - 105 Free PSD Logos Shaboopie has a great collection of 105 logos and they offer free PSD sources with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. AllmyFonts - A collection of 128,679 true type fonts (TTF) Here is a collection of 128,679 true type fonts (TTF) that are 100% compatible with practically any operating system in the market. All this fonts are available here for free and you can preview them before downloading and you can even define a custom preview string to see if the selected font suit your needs. You don't need to register to download anything from here. jQuery Sweet Thumbnails Preview Gallery In this tutorial you'll create an image gallery with jQuery that shows a preview of each image as a little thumbnail just like flash galleries. When clicking a slider dot, the full image will slide in from the right or left side, depending on the currently viewed image. It is very Interesting. Demo Free Minimal, Swiss Design WordPress Themes (4 Themes) In this post we release yet another freebie: an original set of four exclusive minimal, clean WordPress themes designed by Marios Lublinski1 and released for web design community. 40 Relaxing Blue Patterns to Seize Your Style A very nice resources shared by Naldz Graphics. These are free ones you may download for both your sites and your designs. So brace yourself with this collection and send yourself and even viewers to cool down. 30 Brilliant iOS Applications for Freelance Designers and Developers The 30 amazing iOS apps for freelancers. These are useful applications for those working on their own in any field. If you have any opinion, please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 31 January 2011 | 5:37 am

How To Install BSA (BuySellAds) Ad Code into Blogger

Hello my dear friends, I am writing this post after a long while as I was very busy in my projects. Now a days It is going very popular in design community because this is good source of revenue. I have also recently registered with BSA (BuySellAds.com) Ads network and installed BSA ad code in my blogger successfully. Here's BSA detail page of TutorialFeed, you can also use this link if you want to advertise with TutorialFeed. Some of my readers wrote me that they found difficulty during installing BSA ad code in a blogger platform. So in this post I am going to explain you how to install BSA ad code in a blogger. Before starting be sure that you have taken a backup of your blogger template. BSA provide you following ad code to install: CODE 1:  <script type="text/javascript"> (function(){ var bsa = document.createElement('script'); bsa.type = 'text/javascript'; bsa.async = true; bsa.src = '//s3.buysellads.com/ac/bsa.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]|| document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(bsa); })(); </script>  CODE 2:  <div id="bsap_1255964" class="bsarocks bsap_5057c87fa5946e16d3fc40ab8c0715c4"></div>  You need to copy CODE 1 and paste it before <body> tag of your template. Now Copy CODE 2 and paste it where ever you want to display the ad. For instance like I have place here under post and extreme right hand side. If you want to place ad under your post you need to locate following code in your template: <div class='post-body entry-content'> Now paste CODE 2 just after the above code. Next if you want to put ad extreme right column of your blog then locate following code in your template: <div id='r_sidebar'> Now paste CODE 2 just after the above code. At last save your template and check it now. It will show ad where you have put it. If you find any difficulty please leave a comment or share this post.

Posted on: 27 January 2011 | 5:34 am

5 Tips for Utilizing Wireless Internet on Your Mobile Phone

Using wireless internet from a mobile phone to perform business tasks or even play online games has become massively popular. Nearly every new mobile phone offered today has wireless internet capabilities that can be accessed by the touch of a button or two, provided you have a data plan. While the convenience of online access everywhere and anywhere is easy to take for granted, it’s important to maximize your mobile phone’s wireless Internet connection by following these 5 tips: Wireless Firewall Security A firewall helps prevent other Internet users from accessing your computer and data through an Internet or local network connection. Firewalls are extremely common in wired connections, but are just as important when using a free wireless hotspot or your own wireless connection from a paid service provider. Mobile systems such as Microsoft Windows Mobile and the Android platform have built-in security measures, but it’s best to also utilize a third party firewall program purpose-made to protect mobile wireless Internet connections. Because hotspots and wireless hubs are exposed to a greater number of connections than simply a standard wired Internet connection, it’s important to keep your data safe with a firewall system that works with your mobile phone. Online Storage to Keep Your Business Going Cloud-based online storage systems provide you with the ability to save, access and edit files online from any computer equipped with an online connection and the specific storage system being used. This means that you can work on documents on your mobile phone, save them in a storage program such as Dropbox, Humyo or Mozy and get direct access to the same documents on a shared computer. This is ideal for businesses as it allows many computers access to an online storage space where documents can be created, saved and manipulated. Now you won’t have to keep track of e-mails and their attachments when you and your colleagues can access documents online. Plan It All Out One of the benefits of utilizing wireless Internet service on your mobile phone is having instantaneous access to the Internet at many different locations. Technically, this means that you don’t have to plan on where and how you’re going to access the Internet ahead of time. However, it’s important to maximize your wireless Internet access by actually using it to plan ahead. A wireless Internet browser can be used to find your next WiFi hotspot based on specific locations. This way – whether you’re dependent on free hotspots or want to go someplace where ordinary providers offer no coverage – you’ll know the exact location of the nearest WiFi spot. Alternatively, if your mobile phone Internet provider gives you excellent coverage and you’re in a sharing mood, you can adjust your adapter or network settings to share your Internet connection with nearby folks. Better to Have Too Many Apps than None Whether you have a G4 iPhone, a phone using an Android platform, a Blackberry or any other well supported smart phone, there are applications out there designed to offer you the solutions to many different types of problems. Take advantage of your wireless Internet connection from your mobile phone to find the apps you need for your business or personal pleasures. Provider specific app marketplaces can become your haven for time-killing mobile games, eBook readers to enjoy your favorite novels on the go, messaging systems to track of your contacts from multiple services, document programs to create, edit and send various file formats and many other app types. The ability for large and small developers to create apps for highly specific tasks means that you’ll almost always be able to use your mobile phone’s wireless Internet to find an application for your needs. Tethered Mobile Phone Modem Using a tethered modem will turn your mobile phone’s wireless capability into a wireless Internet connection for your laptop. A tethered mobile modem is ideal if you don’t have a wireless Internet card or service for your laptop and are desperate for Internet connectivity. Certain providers such as AT&T allow you to create tether connections on their data plans at an added cost. Providers that recognize tethering will have free software programs designed to help you set up a tethered connection. Other platforms may not officially have a tethering option but have 3rd party apps that will help you set up and maintain a connection between your smart phone and your laptop. Wireless Internet on your mobile phone is a powerful tool and it’s important to utilize it as such. Don’t be afraid to maximize your phone’s data plan and wireless Internet capabilities to create a Internet connection for your laptop, download apps, locate the next WiFi hotspot and access documents from an online storage program on the go; all while staying secure with a mobile wireless firewall program. With these 5 steps, you’ll be ready to turn your mobile phone’s wireless Internet into your vital business partner or personal entertainment system.

Posted on: 8 December 2010 | 5:51 am

Successful WordPress Blogs for Businesses

In recent years, blogs have become a staple of the Internet. While originally intended for normal people as an online journal platform, blogs have been picked up by businesses, as well. This may seem confusing since most businesses aren't involved in any sort of writing or consulting services. However, a blog is certainly the best model to accomplish one task: keeping a website fresh. By regularly posting content related to the business, a company can drive plenty of steady traffic. Blogs Mean Traffic The question is: how can just a blog manage to build traffic? The answer is in search engine optimization, or SEO. As many webmasters know, the majority of visitors are directed to a website via the search engines, and being as close to the top of a search engine results page as possible is essential to driving traffic. A large part of the algorithm search engines use to determine where a site is placed on the results page is the content quality. If a site's content is regularly updated and unique, search engines are much more likely to place the website higher on the search engine results page, which means more visitors for that site. Consequently, blogging can be essential to the success of a website. Nonetheless, a good blog can do even more for a company website's traffic. If the content of a blog is fresh and well-written, website visitors will begin visiting the blog on a regular basis. This translates into potential customers who are well-informed of company services and product announcements – the monetary traffic businesses want. Choosing the Right WordPress Host A key decision in starting a company blog is determining which blogging software to use. Many people and businesses choose WordPress, primarily because of its widespread availability and support. Many best web hosts offer WordPress as a part of their services, but finding the best web host is essential. Thankfully, the WordPress platform is open source; therefore, WordPress web hosting companies do not charge exorbitant amounts to use it. Businesses should not confuse the WordPress platform with the website WordPress.com. WordPress.com is just a free blog host that is geared toward individual bloggers. Companies can, however, consider WordPress.org. WordPress.org is a complete web host that includes WordPress blogging software in its package. WordPress.org is one of the cheaper WordPress web hosting solutions, and businesses may find it is the best web host for their WordPress needs. Regardless, it is important to browse available hosting options throughout the Internet before settling on a WordPress host. Companies should look at other customer reviews, included features, and promotional offers. Only after evaluating the costs and benefits of each potential hosting company can businesses choose the best web host for them. Maintaining a WordPress Blog Once a business finds the best WordPress web hosting they can, it simply has to keep the content regularly updated. This task can be harder than it sounds, and many companies make the mistake of starting a blog and then abandoning it entirely. An outdated blog speaks volumes for the entire website and may make potential customers question if the business is still in operation. Thus, keeping the immense traffic a blog can deliver is just a matter of keeping content fresh, entertaining, and well-written. A blog that fits these three criteria will bring a website up in search engine rankings and yield more traffic. In addition, the blog's content will create a loyal base of customers who are more informed of what the company. On the contrary, if a blog is abandoned or updated with poorly-written content, businesses won't see boosts in traffic or any return on their money. Whether blogging is incredibly profitable or a complete waste of time and energy is completely dependent on how much of a priority a business makes it.

Posted on: 19 November 2010 | 3:23 am

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