WordPress Dashboard should Color Code the Sidebar Title

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I always check my other WordPress Blogs regularly, change Themes and update Plug-ins for Incompatibility issues. I noticed (maybe you also noticed it) that every time I tested one of my blog, usually I edit the appearance of my Theme.

The way to do that in your WordPress Control panel (wordpress 2.7 and up) Dashboard is to tick the the Editor button under the Appearance tab; But instead of clicking the right button, you tick the Editor button under the Plug-in tab. The real problem on the existing wordpress dashboard sidebar, every time you change or add any entry to your blog, you scan the left sidebar for the particular button to hit and this maybe annoying and time consuming especially when you update something regularly.

Solution to WordPress Dashboard Title Sidebar Issue

I think the solution to this simple yet eye annoying problem is to implement a color coded Scheme on the Dashboard Sidebar Title. In this way you can maneuver your eye easily to a particular tab you want to edit and to prevent you from clicking different button such as the example i have shown. The left side bar on the new WordPress Dashboard is where you can locate the heat map of the WordPress Controlpanel, it should be eye friendly and easy to navigate. I have found similar Plugin that will do this trick but its better that wordpress developers should implement it on default to their next upcoming upgrades.

Platinum SEO versus All In One WordPress Plugin

Some People are curious about whats the best must have SEO Plugin for WordPress. Among the competitors, Two(2) of them emerge and they are:

Platinum SEO Pack by Technoblissonline.com which you can download their latest version here

and All-in-one SEO Pack by hallsofmontezuma which can also be downloaded here

Remarks:

I am using All-in-one Seo Pack a Year ago and I am contented using it and it helped my other WordPress Blogs gain traffic with the power of SEO but I’m not happy with it because of the annoying advertisement within the plug-in itself and noticed a Professional version which keeps the free version not anymore updated with more functions. While searching online a year after using All In One SEO for a good alternative, I found a tool called Platinum SEO which is very similar to the AIO Seo and its also free to download. I tested and compared which is best among the Two and found only a minor advantage in terms of use and functionality of Platinum SEO over All in One SEO, Platinum Plugin has the ability of migrate All in one Seo options to Platinum SEO.

platinum seo Platinum SEO versus All In One Wordpress Plugin

Conclusion:
Platinum SEO is better than All-in-One SEO Worpress Plugin, try and compare also the two plugins to see the difference.

Best Platinum SEO Pack Practices:

The best setting for this Plugin is the default setting. However if you want extend the SEO power of your post use this permalink structure to your post

%post_title% | %category_title% | %blog_title%

best post title format Platinum SEO versus All In One Wordpress Plugin

and check all the boxes you can see, but of course you can always uncheck some unnecessary boxes depending on your preference such as unchecking the “Log important events:” and “Link to Platinum SEO:”

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Simple Ways How to Open Link in New Window or Tab

Here are the simple HTML codes how to open link in new window or Tab

  • Open in a new tab or window:

<a href=”LINK_URL” target=”_blank”>KEYWORD</a>

- Notes: Adding a target=”_blank” to the Link URL will enable the link to open in a new tab or window depending on the link setting of your Internet browser that you are using. If you are creating a link on your page that will redirect to another domain different from your IP address, use the html code above.

But you if you are only linking to another page within your domain, use the basic link type, <a href=”LINK_URL”>KEYWORD</a>, because you want to give credit to your other page and you like to look your site natural.

  • Open in a new tab or window with “no follow” attribute:

<a href=”LINK_URL” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>KEYWORD</a>

-Notes: With the combination of target=”_blank” and rel=”nofollow” to the Link URL will enable the link to open in a new tab or window without giving a vote to the “Link_URL”. rel=”nofollow” was introduced to combat Search Engine Spammers that once upon a time manipulated the Search Engine results. If you are linking to a page that is not relevant to your Theme of Interest, use this HTML code to prevent you giving a search engine vote to the “Link_URL” that sometimes considered it as a spam because the “Link URL” only objective is to have a back link on your page and does not give any relevancy to the topic.

If you are linking to a relevant site, use the code <a href=”LINK_URL” target=”_blank”>KEYWORD</a> as mentioned before to give the “Link_URL” more Exposure and Authority because of relevancy and the contents might be the solution to people with similar Problems.

Terms: “Link_URL” or Link URL refers to the destination Url when you click the link

( Replace Link_URL with your own URL and KEYWORD with your own Anchor text )

Conclusion:

Implementing Link to Open in a New Window or Tab will help you improve Readership on Website and Forcing your Web page Bounce Rate to go down because Visitors might be visiting your other page instead of leaving your site.

How to easily add © Copyright Symbol to a Blog or Webpage

Can’t figure it out? I remember that frustrating day (way back when i was a newbie in blogging) when I want to add a copyright symbol to my Blog Template, I have spend allot of Hours just discovering how to type a Copyright Symbol Letter “C” enclosed by a Circle to my Web page. It sounds funny cause it is very easy to type. Just type in &+copy+; remove the “+” sign and no spaces in between them. You can see many of this symbol mostly on a website footer. For those who don’t know this simple trick try it your self. Example ……copyright © WpBulletin.com

just look the picture below if can’t follow the idea.

add a copyright symbol to web page How to easily add © Copyright Symbol to a Blog or Webpage


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