Tag: Blog Page 3 of 4

Quite a times when either we or you experienced an image upload issue. It means as soon as we upload an image in WordPress, it will show up as broken in the media library or sometimes even more worst, we will not be able to upload any image in WordPress. To help you on this, in this article, we will show you up on how to fix image upload issue in your WordPress blog.

#1 Understanding Problem – What Causing It?

The issue caused mainly because of the wrong file permissions. It means that the file permissions you set in your WordPress blog is meant to be wrong. In short, you need to correct those file permissions so that you will be able to upload images to your website.

#2 Why This Happened?

This can be happened because of one-to-many reasons, say your hosting company upgrade something from the backend and result of which, the file permissions got changed. Similar way, on shared hosting which is quite a poorly configured also results in ending up wrong file permissions result of which you would not be able to upload the images.

#3 How To Solve It?

In order to solve it, you would be requiring a FTP client, like Filezilla. Once you connect your website using the FTP client, then you need to go your website’s wp-content directory where you will find an /uploads/ folder. Right clicking on the folder will show options to your, where you will find file permissions as one of options available.

On selecting “file permissions,” a whole new dialog box will appear in front of you. In this you have to set file permissions for uploads directory. Well, to perform this task, enter 744 in the numberic value box and once done, you need to check the box next to Recurse into subdirectories. As soon as you complete the task, click on “Apply to directories only” radio button. Click OK and you are done.

The next step which you have to perform is to set file permissions for all the files in the uploads directory. The step again (almost) follow the same suite as above, simply right click on uploads directory followed by selecting file permissions. In this, at the file permissions dialog box, change the numeric value to 644. Now, once done, check on the box next to Recurse into subdirectories. Click OK and you are done.

What You Prefer? Full Post Or Excerpt For Your Archive Pages

By The Editorial Team

On April 9, 2014

In Tutorials

It’s quite a confusing task when one summoned on which one to use for archive pages – full post or just an excerpt. While both options got its own advantage and disadvantage and this is what we planned to discussed in this article.

When building a website, two factors one probably think of – 1. On how the whole of website will perform i.e. whether it will be easily brows-able by the visitors and they can easily find up what they are looking for. and 2. Does the website performing well in the search engines also i.e. does with the help of search engines, visitors will be able to locate the content on our website easily.

Load Time

Since a post contains a huge combination of both images as well as content and if one is using an excerpts in an archive pages, then without a doubt the page load time will increase. Plus, the visitors get an additional option on to browse and search the content via categories, tags, dates on offer.

Duplicate Content

Excerpts on your archive page will let you being saved from duplicate content issue in search engines. While if in case you put on the full post on archive pages, then it wills nothing but ends with duplicating the data as now the same content will be displayed in number of pages.

Pageviews and Bounce Rate

Site visitor often leave the website which loads slow. As again using the excerpts in your archive pages, you increase pageviews as well as reduce bounce rate automatically because in order to read the full content, visitors have to click through to enter into the full post page to read the content.

Who Wins At The End?

Two possibilities comes into existence here, if you are having your content short in length and don’t contain much images, then it is preferable to opt for full posts on your archive page BUT if the content is long and contains number of images, then without a doubt, it is good to use excerpts for your archive pages.

10+ Amazing WordPress Personal Blog Themes

By The Editorial Team

On March 28, 2014

In Showcase, Themes

It always amazed me myself as a blogger that what and which are the amazing themes which a blogger can choose from. Earlier, I did covered about newspaper and magazine WordPress themes, but then I felt that there is a need of more, there is a requirement to make a list for bloggers. This is why; today I am presenting a roundup of amazing WordPress personal blog themes.

Clipboard

Key Features:

WordPress LIVE Customizer
500+ Google Fonts Buil In
Extensive Typography Options (h1>h6, buttons & menus)
Retina Ready
Responsive (will look great on any device)
Mobile Sidebar With Sidebar Widgets (tablets > smartphones)
Easy To Setup Contact Forms
Optional Google-maps On Contact Page
Intuitive Sidebars (floating / fixed / hidden)
Standard / Seamless / Manual pagination
Demo Content (XML) included
Self Hosted Video
Self Hosted Audio
Supports All Post Formats
Archive Template
Translation ready with .po and .mo files
PLUGIN – Visualkicks Shortcodes
PLUGIN – Visualiicks Core (custom css, favion, tracking code)
PLUGIN – Visualkicks Widget Tweets
PLUGIN – Visualkicks Widget Dribbble Shots
PLUGIN – Visualkicks Widget Social Icons

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

Ahox

Key Features:

Build with twitter bootstrap
Theme Option
Video Post Format
Audio Post Format
Quote Post Format
Link Post Format
Aside Post Format
Shortcode
Font Awesome Icon
Unlimited Color Scheme

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

Blogo

Key Features:

Blogo is a stylish WordPress Theme designed for creative bloggers
It’s also suitable for Magazine, Multimedia and Personal websites
WPML support
“Languages” widget area
OptionTree incorporated into theme and now works in theme mode

More Info | Demo | Price: $35

tdPhotographer

Key Features:

WordPress 3.8 Compatible
Responsive
Minimalist Design
bbPress Compatible
WooCommerce Compatible
Featured Images for Posts and Pages
Custom Background: Solid Color, Pattern or Fullscreen Image
Logo Uploader
Favicon Uploader
Different Home Templates
Ready for translation (.po / .mo files included)
Advanced Theme Options
Child Theme compatible (dummy child theme is already included)
WordPress Menu Support (Multi level drop-down menu)
Social Links
Custom Widgets
4 Header Layouts
2 Footer Layouts
Photo gallery with lightbox support
Custom Templates
Extensive User Manual
FREE version upgrade if you purchased this theme

More Info | Demo | Price: $55

LETA

Key Features:

Fully Responsive Design
Valid HTML5 and CSS3
20+ patterns combinations
Home page Photo Gallery
Built-in Shortcodes
Portfolio section
Contact Form
Easy to use Google map
500+ Google fonts
Advanced Admin Panel

More Info | Demo | Price: $30

Bloggy WP

Key Features:

HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, Retina ready, jQuery powered
Minimalistic design focused on readability
3 Blog Layouts (Sidebar – No Sidebar – Masonry)
Unlimited Sidebars
600+ Google Fonts
Complete blog system (all post formats supported)
Filtered portfolio with ajax load more items and custom styled-mobile optimized lightbox
Unlimited Portfolios (Multiple portfolios support)
Responsive mobile optimized image gallery with ajax load more items option (unlimited gallery support)
Self hosted html5 video/audio (one .mp4 file for all browsers!)
Responsive video embed in various aspect ratios (youtube/vimeo …)
Cross browser styled form elements
Custom Settings Panel
Theme Customizer Support
Shortcode Generator
Footer widget locations (3 or 4 columns)
20+ social media icons
SEO Ready
Translation Ready (.po file included)
Cross browser compatible
Extensive Documentation & Support Forum

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

Kinsky

Key Features:

Fully Responsive
Fancybox 2 integrated to all image related post formats (Image, Native Gallery, Slider)
Audio, Video, Image, Quote, Gallery post formats support
Gallery Post Format as native WordPress Gallery or as slider (FlexSlider)
Audio Post Format using Soundcloud Emded Code
Responsive video embed
Portfolio, Services and Home Slider Custom Post Types (Audemedia Toolbox plugin)
Shortcodes (Audemedia Toolbox plugin)
Latest Tweets, Latest Projects, Latest Posts w/ thumbnails custom widgets (Audemedia Toolbox plugin)
WordPress Theme Customizer to change some options about theme
HTML5 / CSS3 tableless design with Validated HTML5 Code
Developed with WP_DEBUG enabled
Built with Foundation 4
Localization ready (.po file included)
Widget ready
Google web fonts
Well structured Markup and Well commented CSS
Cross browser

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

BEHEMOTH

Key Features:

give each post and page a unique background image and/or background color (pick from carefully selected tones to ensure all posts look great next to each other with minimal effort)
WordPress customization tools enabled to allow for extensive color modifications; customize nearly every single aspect of the design with just a few clicks
logo uploader
a very unique, very customizable 2-level accordion menu for primary navigation (select from 350+ FontAwesome icons)
secondary icon-based menu (great for social links)
ready for translation/localization (.mo, .po files included)
a very unique, subtly animated comment form
contact form with validation
‘Canvas’ plugin included ($13 value, CodeCanyon link)
all post formats supported
widgetized front page footer (1-3 columns)
ready-to-edit child theme included
a fully responsive liquid design that works beautifully on desktop, tablets and smartphones (everything from forms and fields to menus and embedded content is automatically resized to ensure your site looks its best on whatever device and resolution it’s being viewed on)
tested on several browsers across multiple operating systems and devices (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, iOS, Android, Windows Phone)
fully retina-ready
beautiful and subtle use of CSS3 and jQuery animations
touch-enabled gallery (customized PhotoSwipe)
a ton of extremely customizable shortcodes: alerts, progress bars, text highlighting, dividers, buttons, boxes etc. + shortcodes for YouTube, Vimeo, USTREAM, DailyMotion, Blip.tv + easy shortcode for placing content in columns (text, images, as well as video)
extensive documentation

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

Leaf

Key Features:

Responsive & Retina Ready
WPML Ready
Rapid Install
Easy Customization
Shortcodes/Addons
Viewport Animations
Free Updates & Support
600+ Google Fonts

More Info | Demo | Price: $45

Slyde

Key Features:

Responsive design
Hidden widget area
Beautiful social icons
Ajax loading posts
Custom post formats (Video, Gallery, Image, Chat, Aside, Link, Quote, Standard, audio)
WordPress customizer ready
Change the accent color, background image/color, header image etc within seconds
Change any color within seconds from the customizer panel
Translation ready
Beautiful footer area with post navigation
Shortcodes plugin
Social icons in footer (can be set with the customizer)
Slideout Sidebar
Grayscale image hover effect
Great typography & readability
Even and odd post colors
Custom archive page
Custom 404 page with recent posts displayed

More Info | Demo | Price: $35

Safarica

Key Features:

Super-fast 5 minutes setup
Unlimited Colors And Fonts
Advanced Theme Options Panel
Responsive Design
40+ Home Page Combinations
5 Blog Layouts (Page Templates)
Flexible Blog Display Options
Featured Sliders (8 Layouts)
Video And Gallery Posts
Set Custom Color For Each Post
Unlimited Number of Sidebars
Post Social Sharing Integrated
Cool Custom Widgets
Shortcodes
Contact Page Integrated
Child Theme Support
Fast Page Loading
SEO Ready
Google Authorship support
Translation Ready (.po and .mo files included)
Demo Content (XML file included)
Full Documentation
Dedicated 24/7 Support

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

Bracers Personal

Key Features:

Latest WordPress Engine WP 3.8 Ready!
Compatible for all major browsers
A fully responsive layout for all device resolutions like mobiles, tablets and desktops
Built with Foundation 4
Custom SMOF Theme Options Panel
Custom Header & Footer Logo Options
Custom Header & Content Background
Custom Favicon Option
Homepage slider with Flexslider
Google Analytics Option
SEO Ready!
Easy Customization
Unlimited Accent Color Options
Post Format
Widgetized Ready!
Custom Flickr Widget
Custom Popular Posts Widget
Facebook Like Box Widget
Localized (.po & .mo Files Included)
XML Sample Data Included

More Info | Demo | Price: $35

Chita

Key Features:

Valid HTML5 and CSS3
Fully Responsive
Retina Ready
Cross Browser
Built with Bootstrap
Standard, Gallery, Image, Link, Quote, Video and Audio Post Formats support
2 Ways to show posts – Big Post and Excerpt
Audio Post Format with external (Soundcloud, etc) and self hosted support
Gallery Post Format Slider with option to show or hide the gallery thumbnails
Unlimited scrollable sidebar
New! Infinite Scrolling Optionr
Shortcodes Plugin
Social Buttons Custom Widget Plugin
Awesome Twitter Widget by ThemeBlvd
Three Custom Page Templates – Archives, Contact, Full Width
Contact Page with real time validation
600+ Google Web Fonts
Upload your Custom Background
Predefined Retina Ready Background Patterns
Logo (Text or Image)Uploader
Favicon Uploader
Theme Options panel with detailed color customizations
Google Analytics Uploader
Custom CSS Uploader
Localization Support (.po and .mo files inside)
Import and Export Settings
Stay up to date with the Update Notifier
Developed with WP_DEBUG enabled

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

Pearls of Wisdom

Key Features:

Built on twitter bootstrap
Fully responsive
Seo friendly
A good variety of sliders: revolution slider, icarousel slider, flexslider 2, carouFREDsel slider
FontAwesome library with more than 350 retina ready icons
2 beaufiful portfolio layouts
Unlimited portfolios of the same type
Portfolio smooth filtering via isotope plugin(properly licensed)
Portfolios support filtering options or pagination
Unlimited sidebars
Option to align the sidebar to left or right
2 different blog layouts
Nicely styled blog comments section with 5 levels deep
Custom made gravatar
Contact form 7 support(elements have been beautifully styled to blend with the theme design)
More than 40 shortcodes generated with custom made mce buttons(no need to copy paste shortcodes from documentation!)
Practical pricing tables
Newsletter form powered by mailchimp
Amazing coming soon template with countdown!
Lots of PSD files included
6 custom widgets: twitter, newsletter, custom latest posts from any category, custom latest categories, latest portfolio works, flickr.
Interior slider that can be inserted anywhere in the content
Beautifully styled tab, toggle and accordion shortcodes
Video embed
Xml demo content included
Detailed, spot on documentation with sample code

More Info | Demo | Price: $45

Flag

Key Features:

Clean, Modern Design can be used for any type of website
Fully Responsive
Built with HTML5 and CSS3
Valid HTML5
Custom Logo Upload
Custom Favicon Upload
Cross-browser compatible (IE9+)
About Page
Shortcodes Page
Arhives Page
Contact Page
Post sharing box with social icons
Custom Widgets (My Photostream, My Video, Calendar, Archives, Newslleter, Twitterm, Dribbble and more…)
Clean and Modern Interface
Clean Code
5 post types (video, audio, quote, image, link)
Excellent Support
9 PSD Files Included

More Info | Demo | Price: $40

How To Enable Automatic Updates In Your WordPress Blog

By The Editorial Team

On March 21, 2014

In Tutorials

While one-to-many time you do notice that some important updates are on the move. Although the automatic update make its entrant with WordPress 3.7 BUT if you feel and really like to have the auto-updating on board, then you can simply enable it for major versions as well. Even also you can update all this manually, but, again considering on context that if you are running your WordPress website without any managed hosting service provider, then updating your website can be a time consuming process.

Interestingly, the team behind WordPress developments didn’t enable automatic updates itself for all WordPress releases BUT if you considerably think that your hosting service provider is that much efficient to accept this change and can welcome your site’s plugins and themes, then all you can enable the feature for major releases as well. All you have to do is to add the following code to your site’s wp-config file and you are done:

define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true );

1	define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true );

While the code also gives an open window to nightly updates also. But, you can disable those nightly builds updates by simply adding the following line of code either in your site’s theme’s functions.php file or site-specific plugin. It will leads toward disabling all automatic updates for nightly builds.

add_filter( 'allow_dev_auto_core_updates', '__return_false' );

1	add_filter( 'allow_dev_auto_core_updates', '__return_false' );

Checking For Grammar And Spelling Mistakes In Your WordPress Blog

By The Editorial Team

On March 7, 2014

In Plugins, Tutorials

Just like the way Microsoft Office offers ability to spellcheck and grammar check, one as WordPress blog admin does misses the same ability in WordPress. Result of which many of us wishes to use some key software first for processing the document. Well, while what if we brings a solution for your this problem i.e. you can use both your WordPress interface and your WordPress interface does get this ability of spellcheck.

In order to do so, first we would like to ask you to install and activate the plugin name TinyMCE Spellcheck plugin. Once on activated, simply go to Users >> Your Profile to configure the plugin settings. On configured, simply start the process by looking under the proofreading section which let the plugin to automatically check your post or page content either when it is updated or published. Moreover, the plugin gives you the freedom to set checks for both grammar and style rules.

Plugin To Use: TinyMCE Spellcheck

Key Features:

TinyMCE Spellcheck adds the spellcheck button back to the editor in WordPress 3.6 and up.
The plugin is a fork of the After the Deadline plugin which is now a part of Jetpack.

Tag: Blog Page 3 of 4

#1 Understanding Problem – What Causing It?

#2 Why This Happened?

#3 How To Solve It?

Load Time

Duplicate Content

Pageviews and Bounce Rate

Who Wins At The End?

Clipboard

Key Features:

Ahox

Key Features:

Blogo

Key Features:

tdPhotographer

Key Features:

LETA

Key Features:

Bloggy WP

Key Features:

Kinsky

Key Features:

BEHEMOTH

Key Features:

Leaf

Key Features:

Slyde

Key Features:

Safarica

Key Features:

Bracers Personal

Key Features:

Chita

Key Features:

Pearls of Wisdom

Key Features:

Flag

Key Features:

Plugin To Use: TinyMCE Spellcheck

Key Features:

What WordPress 3.7 Brings In?

Other Part of Story…

What To Do… To Disable Automatic Updates

Steps To Follow:

Adding Google Maps Manually

Adding Google Maps Via A Plugin

Cypher

Key Features:

Place

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OldCar

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_rite

Key Features:

Easy Blog

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Backstreet

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Duplex

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Blogger

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Magazon

Key Features:

RapidNews

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Good Space

Key Features:

Raiden

Key Features:

Weblog

Key Features:

Autoptimize

Greg’s Comment Length Limiter

AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget

WordPress Varnish

Special Text Boxes

Debug Queries

BJ Lazy Load

jsDelivr – WordPress CDN Plugin