WM Weblog » Blogging http://www.wmweblog.com Webmaster Tips, Guides, Tutorials & Discoveries Mon, 31 May 2010 04:31:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fix: WordPress 505 Not Found Errors http://www.wmweblog.com/fix-wordpress-505-not-found-errors/ http://www.wmweblog.com/fix-wordpress-505-not-found-errors/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 02:59:39 +0000 admin http://www.wmweblog.com/?p=258 I have had this error so many times now that I feel I should make a post about it.You know the error that basically makes your entire site unaccessible? Then you usually got the “505: Error Not Found” to blame.

The simple yet effective way to fix this is just to make sure that all files in your WordPress theme folder got permissions set to 644 or 666 if you want to be able to use the file editor within WordPress. I have really no idea why the files tend to change their permissions to be unreadable at times but this should fix it at least!

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One way to add it to your site, if it’s short, and you don’t mind it being in the core theme files is to CDATA encode it like this:

<script type=”text/javascript”>
/* <![CDATA[ */
// content of your Javascript goes here
/* ]]> */
</script>

Otherwise:

All you really need to do is to save your script in a file and then get that file from the <head> in your template.

Here’s how to save the script:

Write the script code in a new empty file and save it with a .js extension. Then move it to somewhere inside your theme folder.

Here’s how to get the script:

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/MY-JAVASCRIPT-FOLDER/MY-JAVASCRIPT.js”></script>

Simply copy/paste the above <script> code and paste it in your header.php file and modify the “src” path to where your javascript file is.

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No matter if 9 out of 10 links carry the nofollow property or if 10 out of 10 links don’t the value of the PageRank for the web page will not be affected. This clearly indicates that Google now actually will pay attention – at least a little – to nofollow links also. If they don’t then where is all that PageRank value disappearing?

The new way of handling things would mean that alot of popular blogs that gets tons of comments for every new entry they post would be penalized for having alot of links to their commenters websites. I don’t see any change in the actual rankings so far but you should stay alert as of what to do next. If we here at WMWeblog.com hear that alot of webmasters report a big loss of their organic Google visitors we will write a blog post about it here asap!

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With ZenPro you can add classes to links, div’s and paragraphs etc. Each of these classes will style the object with a neat describing icon.

We are aware that ZenPro needs a fix and a new theme will be online soon with compability fixes to meet individual requirements out of the box without having to modify the code yourself.

Avaliable classes you can use with the ZenPro theme:

  • category
  • tags
  • download
  • preview
  • info
  • warning
  • check
  • link
  • flag
  • time
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- How do I change the header ads?
1. Go to Appeance -> Editor
2. Select the file “contentheader.php” and  edit the content of <div id=”headerad”>[content]</div>

- Will this theme replace EasyTheme?

No. EasyTheme will continue to be improved.

]]> http://www.wmweblog.com/quantum/feed/ 1 EasyTheme – Free WordPress Theme http://www.wmweblog.com/easytheme/ http://www.wmweblog.com/easytheme/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:23:05 +0000 admin http://www.wmweblog.com/?p=84 EasyTheme 1.0 is made to work good with search engines. The 1.0 version that has just been released is the first of the EasyThemes and will be followed by a 1.1 version with updates soon. Live Demo

Things that will be added to EasyTheme:

- Theme options for choosing colors and inserting a logo easily.
- More places to insert widgets. (mainly to better integrate ads)
- CSS changes to make it look better.

If you got any questions or ideas related to EasyTheme please post them below!

]]> http://www.wmweblog.com/easytheme/feed/ 0 Should you add a blog to your website(s)? http://www.wmweblog.com/should-you-add-a-blog-to-your-websites/ http://www.wmweblog.com/should-you-add-a-blog-to-your-websites/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:06:36 +0000 admin http://www.wmweblog.com/?p=46 Blogs have taken us by storm the last years. Almost all major websites got blogs up and running. Having a blog for your website does not mean that you have to update it all the time. Many of the big corporate blogs out there are merely being updated like once a month.What advantages are you looking at for adding a blog?

Well there are quite a few. Your website will look more alive. You will get more traffic for your website as your blog can cover more topics than your strickt website topic. You can communicate with your visitors. You can inform about changes that are going to take place or ask the community what they want to happen next. Get more traffic for your website through link exchanges with other bloggers. Get more returning traffic through blog subscribers. Advertise your website in entirely new arenas. If you want to develop your website further your next step should just might be adding a blog! With all these advantages – why haven’t you added one already? Remember the amount of time you want to spend on it is entirely up to your business  or your “busyness” alone.

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