10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

How to Add SSL and HTTPS in WordPress

Tutorials, WordPress, wordpress plugins
What is HTTPS and SSL? Every day we share our personal information with different websites whether it’s making a purchase or simply logging in. In order to protect the data transfer, a secure connection needs to be created. That’s when SSL and HTTPS come in. HTTPS or Secure HTTP is an encryption method that secures the connection between users’ browser and your server. This makes it harder for hackers to eavesdrop on the connection. Each site is issued a unique SSL certificate for identification purposes. If a server is pretending to be on HTTPS, and it’s certificate doesn’t match, then most modern browsers will warn the user from connecting to the site. Now you are probably wondering, why would you ever need to move from HTTP to HTTPS and install…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

7 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared (Pros and Cons)

Tutorials, WordPress, wordpress plugins
Creating regular WordPress backups is the best thing you can do for your website. Backups give you a peace of mind and can save you in catastrophic situations when your site gets hacked or you accidentally lock yourself out. There are several free and paid backup plugins for WordPress, and most of them are fairly easy to use. In this article, we will show you the 7 best backup plugins for WordPress. Important: Many WordPress hosting providers offer limited backup services, but please remember that it is your responsibility to backup your website on your own. Do not rely solely on your hosting provider for backups. If you are not already backing up your site, then you should pick one of these 7 best WordPress bckup plugins and start using…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Top 10 Most Important Things To Do After Installing WordPress

Tips, Tutorials, WordPress
What do you do after installing WordPress? This is a common question asked by beginners. In this article, we will show you the top 10 most important things you must do after installing WordPress. 1. Change The Title, Tagline, Time zone, and Favicon The first three steps can be combined into one because you can quickly make those changes in the same area of your WordPress Admin Dashboard. To change these, go to your Settings in your dashboard and choose General. Change both your site title and tagline to something that relates to your site. Now scroll down the page to update your timezone. This functionality is important to show the most accurate date on your site, and it also helps with scheduling posts. Towards the middle of the page…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

6 Free Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

Tips, WordPress, wordpress plugins
Site speed plays a very important role in online business. It can increase or decrease the revenue of your online business, depending on how much time your site takes to load. There is a shocking relation between site speed and conversation rate, which is particularly true for e-commerce sites. There are a dozen of reasons to improve the site speed, but the two most important ones are search rankings and user experience. Search Rankings When Google first announced site speed in web search rankings, it played a minuscule part. But overtime it has become one of the main development factors Google takes into account for ranking websites. While page speed isn’t the only factor Google takes into account, pages that load faster and follow Google’s best practices for performance tend…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Google Blocks Thousands Of WordPress Sites Following Malware Attack

Internet and Media, News, Tips
Security firm Sucuri reports that Google has blacklisted over 11,000 malware-infected WordPress domains, and over 100,000 sites in total have been affected by a new malware campaign from SoakSoak.ru. By using a vulnerability found in the WordPress plugin RevSlider, SoakSoak modifies a file in a site’s WordPress installation and loads Javascript malware. RevSlider is often used in WordPress themes, so many site owners may not even know they’re using the plugin, let alone that they need to update it to prevent a malware attack. Moreover, it’s not a plugin that’s easily updated, as Sucuri’s Daniel Cid points out: “The biggest issue is that the RevSlider plugin is a premium plugin, it’s not something everyone can easily upgrade and that in itself becomes a disaster for website owner. Some website owners…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

How to Improve Your Site Load Speed

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Even the best developers run into problems with download speed. The following six tips will help you improve site speed and rank higher in search results: Minimize on-page components. Between flash, stylesheets, and scripts, multiple processes can occur behind the scenes that will significantly slow a page’s load time. If you combine style sheets or replace images with CSS, the HTTP requests that make on-page elements function won’t have an opportunity to slow down your site. Compress large pages. Over the past year, Google has made it abundantly clear that SEO best practices involve the use of long-form content, videos, and shareable media to reach more customers and rank higher in SERPs. Unfortunately, all this additional content can reduce load speed. Try to compress your larger pages so they take…
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10Mar 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

The 7 Step Process For Writing a Blog Post That People Will Actually Read

Internet and Media, News, Techniques
Step #1: Choose a Topic Your Audience Cares About In the past, blogs were mostly used by teenagers to share their inner musings and bad poetry. Since then, blogging has evolved into a valuable tool that businesses use to connect with their audiences and share important information with potential customers. Unfortunately, this transition hasn’t been entirely smooth. Although business blogging has been widely adopted as a marketing practice, the people don’t always know how to select the blog topics that will best serve their business goals. The solution is to write about topics other people care about. Don’t think about what you’d like to read – think about the problems your audience is having and how your blog content can help position your business as the solution. If you don’t know…
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09Feb 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 1 Comment

How to add Multiple Google Maps on one page?

Techniques, Tutorials, Web Design & Programming
Here is how you can generate multiple maps on the same page using Google Map API V3. [caption id="attachment_1230" align="aligncenter" width="463"] Multiple-Google-Map[/caption] HTML [code] <div id="map_canvas" style="width:700px; height:500px; margin-left:80px;" ></div> <div id="map_canvas2" style="width:700px; height:500px; margin-left:80px;" ></div> [/code] JavaScript [code] <script type="text/javascript"> var map,map2; function initialize(condition) { // create the map var myOptions = { zoom: 14, center: new google.maps.LatLng(0.0, 0.0), mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP } map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions); map2 = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas2"), myOptions); } </script> [/code] Conclusion Integrating multiple Google Maps on a single web page can significantly enhance user experience and provide valuable information. By following this step-by-step guide, you can easily create and customize multiple maps using the Google Maps JavaScript API. Whether you're building a travel portal, a location-based directory, or any other project, multiple maps can…
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22Jan 2015 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Best Filter Plugins for WordPress Blog

WordPress, wordpress plugins
Awesome Filterable Portfolio The plugin lets you create a very modern and outstanding filterable portfolio. More Info | Download WordPress Options The plugin allows you to easily add options to your products, themes or plugins. More Info | Download Advanced Post Manager The plugin allows you to turbo charge your posts admin for any custom post type with sortable filters and columns, and auto-registration of meta-boxes. More Info | Download WP Hide Post The plugin enables you to control the visibility of items on your blog by making posts/pages hidden on some parts of your blog, while still visible in other part. More Info | Download wpautop control The plugin allows you to add a global setting to turn the wpautop filter on and off as well as to override…
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