So Why Website Speed Is Essential

When a visitor lands on a website for the first time, you only have 10 seconds to capture that person’s attention and convince him to hang around. Here, enters the old cliche that goes “Time is PRECIOUS”. If your website loads too slow, there is a tendency that your supposed-to-be potential visitor/lead will click the X mark and leave your page. What a loss! Right?

Note that nobody likes to wait around for your website to load. Your visitors have a lot of important things to do than to wait for your site to appear. Ten seconds is too short to captivate the attention of your website visitors. That is why it is essential for you to optimize your WP site to maximize its loading time.

To help you, below are some easy steps that you can follow to speed up your WP:

Make Sure to Cache Plugin

Caching plugin can help in improving your website’s loading time since it caches every aspect of your WP site. This will then result to significant reduction of download time. The use of W3 Total Cache is highly recommended since it is very simple to use and of course it is offered for FREE.

Optimize the Image in Your Site

Note that the image files is much larger than plain text in your site. That is why it takes too much to load compared to a website with only plain text. To minimize the loading time, you can make use of a free plugin WP-smushlt that can automatically help you reduce the size of the images found in your website.

Allow Hotlink Protection

Hotlinks happens when the external website links to an image in your website and increases its loading time. The reason why hotlinking can increase the loading time of your WP site is because it makes your server load increasingly high. However, there is this certain function that is called Hotlink Protection. You can make use of this to enable the protection in the form of bandwidth theft.

The above-mentioned are just a few of the many things that you can do in order to decrease the loading time of your WP site. However, I also understand that that you might not have enough time to do these tasks. Therefore, I suggest that you look for a professional WordPress designer Philippines to help you out.

WordPress Designer can be of great help. They are leading in WordPress development in Cagayan de Oro. To know more about WordPress Designer, visit us at out official website today.

Every developer, programmer or IT enthusiast has a favorite when it comes to using open source CMS (content management system) for his projects. Sometimes it all comes down to functionality and ease of use but the lines are blurred and there is no clear-cut victor. Who is really the King of CMS and which is the right one for you?

First off… Why do you need a CMS?

In developing a website you need a CMS to publish, manage and control your content. There are a number of ways you can use a CMS depending on the features it supports. It can be used to run an online store, send out newsletters, publish a blog or just maintain a large amount of information. More advanced functionalities can be done with the use of plug-ins and extensions.

What are your options?

There are a number of CMS frameworks. Good thing some good folks have done the dirty work of comparing these options. And after the dust settled, three stood out:

Pros, Cons and The Verdict

Drupal

Drupal is a powerful tool for nearly any web application. It is known for its hefty taxonomy and ability to tag, categorize and organize complex content. Just how easily you can accomplish them is the question. Drupal is code-intensive and inherently patch-work making it intimidating for beginners.

Pros: Free, large user base, thousands of features available
Cons: complicated and messy. Need to hire professional Drupal developer. Really expensive
Average setup cost: $5,000 – $50,000
Maintenance: $1,500
Verdict: A clear trade-off between power and ease of use. If the budget is an issue, Drupal might not be for you.

Joomla!

Joomla! Is best described as less complex than Drupal but more complex than WordPress. Unlike Drupal, Joomla! requires simpler installation and setup. With a relatively small effort of understanding Joomla’s structure and terminology, you can create fairly complex websites. Plus it boasts some of the highest quality CMS theme designs available online.

Pros: Huge support community, great templates
Cons: weak SEO support out-of-the-box, plugins are vulnerable to attacks
Average setup cost: $2,00 – $20,000
Maintenance: $500
Verdict: Can be an attractive alternative to Drupal but may share the same shortcomings

WordPress

WordPress started as an innovative, super easy-to-use blogging platform. Through years of development, the WordPress community created a user-friendly CMS with an ever-increasing repertoire of theme, plugins and widgets. It is powerful enough to efficiently build websites to suit any needs and requirements as clients can take over the site management without fuss. Plus, both amateurs and experts alike can benefit from WordPress’ great support and tutorials readily available online.

Pros: very simple to use, user-friendly interface and tools, beautiful and stylish design themes, SEO and Google-friendly
Cons: cannot handle complex websites
Average setup cost: $250 – $15, 000
Maintenance: $250
Verdict: If your website does not require intensive coding and structuring, WordPress is for you

At the end of the day it all comes down to your needs

Do not be overwhelmed by the pros and cons you read. Choose a CMS that can best serve your purpose. Whether it is Drupal, Joomla! or WordPress, be sure to choose a CMS that has the tools, features, extensions, plugins and ready made template that can help your business grow online.

How to get you started

The first step is to sign up for a web hosting plan that supports your CMS choice. Then ask around for a quote on your project and here at WPD we will be honored to provide you an obligation FREE quote you can use to make smarter, more informed decision for your online needs.

Why is this good news for you?

Have you read or heard or have been into these scenarios?

“I cannot update my website!..”
“A simple change require me to get my webmaster to do the job but it is going to cost me!”
“Nooo… I just hosed my website.”

You will be surprised to read or find frustrations in the internet. They came from business owners who are not only disappointed with their content management system (CMS) but are also tired of spending a huge chunk of their time tinkering around their website and still end up with nothing.

WordPress to the rescue.

You will never go through any of these. Every second of your time is worth an ounce of gold. So why waste it on lagging around your website when you can spend it meeting with clients and closing more deals?

With WordPress, you are the webmaster. You can post, update, edit and manage your website in minutes without spending another dime. And you can do much more!

Benefits you can take advantage in using WordPress

WordPress as a CMS

Entrepreneurs brag WordPress as the best CMS. Not only of the factors it can contribute into their business in general but also because it is FREE! And WordPress has lots of powerful features and functions under its hood which enable you to make the most of your online representation. Plus the fact that WordPress is a blogging platform gives you a compelling advantage.

Since you are thriving in a world where fresh content is a necessity, you need a system that will not get in the way whenever you want to update your website with a new content or newsletter.

Notable brands using WordPress

WordPress as a website

User-friendly

WordPress understands just how busy you are . Thus it provides an easy to use platform where you can manage everything in a zap; from writing, editing or posting content to moderating comments , changing themes and customizing plugins.

It is fluid, dynamic and intuitive. Even if you are a novice webmaster, with WordPress you are confident to care for your website, communicate with your customers and keep everything in your business constantly updated and relevant.

Gives you everything and more

While WordPress is the perfect haven for amateur webmasters, its features and functions do not end there. After you got the hang of the basics, you will love WordPress even more. There are thousands or more functionalities you can explore giving you a ginormous room for experimentation and achieve a sophisticated site management process.

Open Source

WordPress is FREE and it allows you to use it whatever you like in any way you want it without the need for a license. Because it is an Open Source CMS you can benefit from real time updates and new trends. There are currently millions of people who constantly make improvements, ingenious new themes as well as really awesome plugins and other cool features to meet or satisfy your online marketing needs. You can be a part of this evolving, selfless community.

WordPress as a marketing tool

Blogging made super easy

Blogging is a powerful online marketing tool and it just keeps on getting better as WordPress allows you to easily integrate a blog into your website. You can use this journal to keep customers updated and help them make more informed decisions. Also regular posting of content can help you rank higher on SERPs (search engine result pages) which can ultimately drive more traffic, convert more visitors and increase sales. It will not be long before you can dominate your niche.

Plus points for the Search Engines

Getting into the first page of the search is essential in keeping an influx of traffic in check. And guess what, Google, Yahoo and Bing are giving WordPress website an extra point in their rankings. So by simply using WordPress, you can gain an extra edge and outsmart your competition without breaking a sweat . In fact, Matt Cutts, head of webspam at Google, “WordPress is made to bolster SEO” How is that for a marketing start?

Mobile readiness

More and more people are using tablets and android phones. This means you need to bring your business to their mobile devices. Do you have to build another website for this channel? Of course not! WordPress already got a solution for that. It can automatically recognize if a user is using a web browser or a mobile app. As it does, WordPress instantly configures the content to be viewed accordingly.

Plugins 

WordPress offers you more functionality than any other CMS combined. With WP plugins you can make the most of your ideas and integrate them into your website. You can add great photo galleries, forums, maps, shopping carts as well as extend your site with polls, contact forms, ratings and other cool features that can help you interact with your customers better.

Support

Lost in a WordPress project? Having difficulties customizing a feature? No problem, you can find support anywhere. There are millions of developers and geeks (like me) who love to write about WordPress and help you out. We are just one Google away!

Last but not the least, your WordPress website grows with you. Now with these benefits you can easily grab, it makes no sense to hold back. You can achieve greater results and experience real sales You can be on your way to a more profitable 2013. And we can help you make the initial steps. Call us today.

Introducing SEO Ultimate – the “Swiss Army Knife” of all plugins

The Genesis

SEO ultimate is a fusion of different functionalities of 20 existing WordPress plugins; thus explaining its moniker.  This plugin boasts of 20 modules and hundreds of powerful features you can use and start benefiting from real profits. With just a few clicks and configurations, SEO Ultimate can help you implement the best SEO practices and customize every aspect of your webpages to give off a strong ranking signal to the search engines.

Getting Started  

WordPress developed SEO Ultimate so you can focus on your on-page optimization factors – one of the most essential SEO tactics you cannot afford to miss. These on-page factors determine and must work in tandem with your off-page factors (link building, SMO, PPC and other online promotion strategies)   to create a dynamic and consistent progression in rankings, traffic, leads and sales.

SEO Ultimate is created to transform a basic WordPress website into a robust content management ranking machine. I am not talking just about the entire website here but every page of your site. Remember that rankings are by pages and the more pages you can feed to Google, the more the search engine giant will put you on top of SERPS.

By saying this, SEO Ultimate focuses on the latent combination of the following elements which corresponds to the search engine result pages. This includes the following:

• Highly relevant keywords of each webpage
• Page titles and H1 tags
• Relevant Meta Data
• Internal link structure
• Inbound links pointing to relevant and quality pages

Powerful features

Title Tag rewriter

• Puts your page’s content title at the beginning of the <title> tag for improved SEO
• Customizes your homepage’s <title> tag
• Overides the entire <title> tag for individual page, post, attachment, category, post tag or format on your blog.
• Supports custom post types and custom taxonomies
• Formats the <title> tags of posts, tags, archives, categories, pages, search results and more
• Offers two rewrite methods “output buffering” or “filtering”

Meta Description Editor

• Edits <meta> description
• Increases SERP clickthrough rates by influencing search engines result snippets
• Makes it easier to go back and add description to older posts
• Allows the use of the {excerpt: :autogen} to auto-generate meta description

Meta Robot Tags Editor

• Allows the <meta name=”robots” content=”noindex,follow” /> tag
• Allows you to give instructions such as (noodp, noydir and noarchive) to search engine spiders
• Helps you avoid duplicate content issues with its noindex settings
• Sets meta robots tags 9index/noindex and follow/nofollow) for every post

Canonicalizer

• Points search engines to preferred content with <link rel=”canonical” /> head tags and/or Link: <url>; rel=”canonical” HTTP headers
• Provides a checkbox to redirect requests for non-existent pagination
• Now supports category, tag, date, author archives

404 Monitor

• Monitors “page not found” errors thus improving using experience
• Finds pages that display 404 errors
• Logging 404s that have a referring URL or are generated by SE spiders
• Can also set to ignore 404s generated from a URL or wildcard URL pattern

Code Inserter

• Helps you insert custom HTML into your website’s <head> tag, footer or item content
• Can be used to add Google Analytics, FeedBurner FeedFlare, Google Adsense section targeting as well as other SEO and SEM-enhancing code snippets
• Amore amazingly, the code remains even when changing themes

Rich snippet creator

• Easily add rich snippet codes for reviews and places
• Attracts more traffic coupled with impressive supplementary SERP data
• Supports the new Schema.org format used by Yandex, Bing, Yahoo and Google

Meta Keywords Editor

• Helps you edit <meta> keywords
• Can help specify global keywords to be used in the entire website
• Lets you edit the keywords in your old posts or pages with the mass-editor
• Automatically generates meta keywords based on categories, custom taxonomy terms, frequently-used words and tags

Deeplink juggernaut

• Boost your internal SEO paradigm by using anchor text
• Customizes your footer links
• Lets you easily build internal links to URLs, posts, pages, attachments etc.
• Help select autolink destinations through autocomplete textboxes
• Autolink points to the objects so even if you change the URL of a post or category, the autolink adjust automatically
• Sets a maximum number of autolinks, anchor texts and deeplinks to help you avoid over-optimization penalties
• Has nofollow attributes
• Import or export links such as CSV files
• Uses instant post propulsion technology to automatically link old posts no new ones
• Lets you enable “Silo linking” mode so that posts only links to post on the same category

Linkbox Inserter

• Encourages natural link building by adding textboxes that contain automatically generated HTML link

Slug optimizer

• Increases in-URL keyword potency by removing filler words such as “and” “with” “the” etc.
• Allows you to customize the filler words as desired

File Editor

• Provides the .htaccess editor which allow the implementation of advanced SEO strategies
• Features the robots.txt editor which can give instructions to search engines

More Link Customizer

• Optimizes “read me” links by inseting keyword-rich titles
• Can also override the “read more” link
• Include <strong> or <em> tags in the anchor texts

Sharing facilitator

• Adds social sharing buttons to make it easier for your visitors to share content  thus building links to your site
• With SEO Ultimate, you are not required to register at the ShareThis website to enable the button – you just enable and go

SEO ultimate has still many astounding features you need to take a look at and some are still in development. However from the looks of the functions alone, SEO Ultimate is a potent contender as a “MUST HAVE” SEO plugin. Afterall it is an all-in-one WordPress SEO plugin.

WordPress has never been so mobile before until the release of the iOS app. The fact that it is designed for both the iPod/iPhone Touch and the iPad, the iOS app makes it easy to write and edit posts or share photos while on the go. And now, it has even gotten hotter as the WordPress iOS dev team released the iOS version 3.1 with loads of new features!

Updated Interface

The app has an all-new look from the ground up. It has a new sliding panel interface for a greatly improved navigation and ease of use. The iOS version 3.1 sports an updated set of colors and graphics, an improved sign up experience and new app icon as well.

Sidebar Menu

The sidebar allows you to get around in the app more easily and conveniently. You can now easily access other areas of the app with just a swipe and a tap.  You can also navigate quickly to the app settings and take a quick photo from the sidebar too!

iPad Panels

The panels were designed to take advantage of iPad’s large screen. With this new panel interface, you can view your entire blog at once. It can be customized or moved around so you can view your content however you like. To remove a  panel, just drag the panel stack to the right. What a piece of cake, right?

In addition to the user interface update, the new app has also included a bunch of other powerful features that boost performance and user experience as well, including:

• Enhanced WordPress.com stats – allows you to view the full stat ri ght within the app
• New Post Preview for iPad – you will now get a nice preview of your post including formatiing and the images
• WordPress.com friend finder – connects you to Facebook and Twitter to find friends who are blogging on WordPress
• Landscape support – view the app in landscape format including the tabs and the post editor
• Easy site dashboard access – a no brainer feature actually which allows you to view your site complete with a dashboard link
• WordPress.com reader and quick photo for iPad – a wish come true for iPad users (yay!)
• Post Format Support – there is no need to go back to the drawing board to find a post format your theme supports. The app will do this for you.

The iOS 3.1 app is maybe all about reliability improvements and performance tweaks but WordPress is not stopping here. WP Developers are heading into the next big evolution in a rapid pace. Visual Editor, support for featured images and a notification are just some of the features you should watch out for!