A blog post requires a lot of time and effort. But, it is essential to make sure the readers understand what you are trying to communicate. Readability of a blog is important as we want as many people as possible to read our websites. A simple and engaging language will make the readers want to keep reading your blog without getting bored. There are some formulae to detect readability of a blog. If you run your own blog or are a blogger, it is advisable you use one of them to determine your readability. This will also help you find […]
Using the REST API in Mobile App Development
The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, also known as Shurooq, is the driving force behind the technical transformation of the city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Guided by their traditions and inspired by innovation, they are committed to enhancing the city’s appeal as an investment, tourism, and business destination. An independent government entity, they facilitate, partner and connect investors, corporations, and entrepreneurs with the right opportunities. The Heart of Sharjah, the first development of its kind, is the region’s biggest heritage project to date in restoring the traditional heritage areas of Sharjah and linking them together. Seeking to reflect what […]
The Beginner’s Guide to Writing Your Own Custom Shortcode
Shortcodes are a popular feature included in many plugins and themes. However, if you’ve never built your own shortcodes before, you may have no idea how to add them to your own WordPress projects. Thankfully, WordPress’ Shortcode API makes it fairly simple to create your own shortcodes. Doing this will enable users to take advantage of your plugin or theme’s features from any text-based area on their WordPress site. Including shortcodes in your projects is an easy way to build on the functionality you’ve already created, so you get the most bang for your buck. In this article, we’ll talk a bit more about how shortcodes […]
8 Excellent Ways to Make WordPress Safe for Clients
WordPress has enabled countless people to start their own web design businesses. Especially if you have some web development chops, the platform is the perfect vehicle to earn money creating web presences for others. At the same time, WordPress is also a great starter CMS for clients. The simple, yet powerful interface allows them to take care of their site quickly and easily. It is beginner friendly, easy to use and learn, and offers many other benefits. Clients appreciate the capability to care for their own websites. However, at the same time, this poses a risk. Since the WordPress backend […]
How to Secure Your WordPress Site from Hackers
Being hacked is a fear every site owner shares. No matter how secure your information is, the idea of a malicious attack is always in the back of your mind. While WordPress itself is secure, going the extra mile to make sure your site is bullet proof will save you time, money, and a huge headache down the line. We’ve compiled a list of ways you can keep people out of your site and keep your information secure. Strengthen your password Many people overlook their WordPress passwords, not knowing this is the most vulnerable area of the site. The purpose of […]
27 Proofreading Tips And Tools For WordPress Bloggers
Though it has grown significantly in the last 13 years, WordPress was born as a blogging platform. It was created as a way to give anyone with a computer and an Internet connection a voice. While many users now use the CMS to make a sell online or create a landing page for a store, writing is still involved. It’s important to make any blog posts or product description accurate and error free. It’s much easier than you’d think to achieve perfection. All it takes is some time and an eye for detail. Readers are more likely to stick around […]
How to Make Your Multi-Channel eCommerce WordPress Business Wildly Successful
A successful launch of an eCommerce platform is not enough for your online business to succeed. With the help of useful tactics, eCommerce can gain popularity in an online world. You must come up with ways of driving traffic to your site. Many businesses rely on SEO alone for traffic. While it is true that SEO provides great traffic for free, an eCommerce business has to take advantage and utilize other available channels for efficient multi–channel eCommerce. Direct Traffic Direct Traffic is when visitors to your site type into your URL directly. It also includes email marketing as well as affiliate marketing. […]
8 Amazing WordPress Multisite Examples Used by Notable Brands
One of WordPress’ most impressive features is its built-in support for Multisite, which enables you to run a network of blogs from one installation. However, you may wonder if this feature is strong enough to hold up under pressure. Fear not! Multisite is a robust, powerful tool that can be used in a number of ways to manage and publish content. This is particularly useful if your content management needs extending beyond a single site for one type of project. Best of all, the proof can be found in the pudding; in other words, looking at how big brands use multisite […]
Content Is King, But Does It Rule Alone In Marketing?
The importance of quality content has become evident over the past few years. Lately, Google had updated its algorithms which lead to the rejection of duplicate or spun contents. So it became important for website owners to work on SEO techniques that can deliver better organic results. Before you could rely on killer content to get picked up by search engines, but now, you must work to get a great SEO ranking. Backlinks are considered the lifeblood of an SEO campaign. If you have managed to come up with good content then chances are more that you will be able […]
Approaches To Using CDNs For Performance Optimization On WordPress Sites
Performance optimization isn’t easy. There are a lot of possibilities out there and each one needs to be tested before deciding which is best. For example, while working on one of the two sites I discuss in this article, I tried out Redis as an object cache. Typically this is a good option, but it slowed down some of my pages, caused problems in others, and exhausted the memory. In this article, I want to discuss WordPress performance optimization, mainly in terms of CDN based on some recent experience of mine. This isn’t a definitive guide to optimization or a […]
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