Monthly Archives: September 2013

HATE YOU SPAMMERS

There are thousands of Spam attacks your blog has to face every day and the spam comments is one of the most serious problems that bloggers face. As a blogger you have to daily read comments, making sure they are not spam.

Here are Top-7 Anti-spam plugins that will not only save your time by using the blocking spam bots so you can comment on your blog.

1. Akismet – The undisputed Number 1 Anti Spam Plugin
AKismet Plugin is the most popular spam WordPress plugin. To be able to use AKismet, you first need to register yourself to get the API key. When any new comment comes to your blog, AKismet will automatically check the comment via its web service and determine whether it is spam or not. The suspected comments are marked as “spam”. The user can go through them later and can even bulk delete them.

2) Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin
This plugin adds a checkbox to your comments form and therefore making it sure that comments are submitted by legitimate humans and not spam bots.

3. Bad Behavior
With more than 500,000 downloads, Bad Behavior a PHP-based solution for blocking link spam has protected many blogs from the attack of spammers.

4. AVH First Defense against Spam
This plugin uses a different approach to attack spam. This plugin first checks the IPs of the visitor confirming if the IPs exist in the Local blacklist, stopforumspam.com database or the Project Honey Pot. This way the spam comment gets blocked even before it reaches your site.

5. Defensio Anti-Spam
If you want to protect your web application or blog from comment spam then Defensio is an ideal spam filtering web service. Use Defensio alone as the use of this plugin with other anti-spam plugins will only cause you problem. So before using this plugin, do make sure the other plugins are deactivated.

6. Anti Spam
If you want to stop comment spam, Anti-spam plugin is for you. It blocks spam in comments automatically and does not require captcha or moderation.

7. Spam Free WordPress
Todd Lahman’s comment spam blocking plugin that blocks automated spam with zero false positives.

One of these plugins will definitely help you protect your website from spam. In case you know of a wordpress plugin which is better than these do let us know

Every blogger loves to read comments on the content as it shows that they are regular visitors of the site and proper comments help improve the blog posts that they use. Comments are a very crucial part of blogging. The quantity of comments available on your blog signifies that your blog is popular amongst the masses.

There is a default comment form also available with the WordPress which visitors can use to post their comments. This type is the simple way of doing it but if you want to get a little enhancement in your form and at the same time increase the productivity of your comment form then these plugins will be helpful.

With these plugins you will change the way you do your comment form work. Today there are various comment plugins available, each having its own feature/s that will help the blogger in one way or another.

All of these plugins are free and can be downloaded to be used for your blog instantly.

1. DISQUS

If you want to build a comments platform that will help you build your active community within your website’s audience then this plugin will be useful. This plugin offers you lots of powerful tool and awesome features and most of all is very easy to install.

2. CommentLuv

If you want to encourage your community in discovering new posts then use this plugin as this plugin rewards your readers by placing a link automatically into their last blog posted at the end of their comment.

3. Livefyre Comments

Livefyre Comments plugin is free. This plugin will replace all default comments from Twitter and Facebook with the exact time conversation.

4. Thank Me Later

This plugin is more of a friendly plugin as it automatically sends an email to your commenter’s by thanking them for their comment on your blog. This might look not much but when a reader looks at the thanks email, the impact is worth it and they will definitely come back to your blog.

5. Subscribe To Comments Reloaded

This plugin is also free. This plugin sends the commenter’s a mail to follow up the comments after their comments then this plugin will be useful. This way if your commenter has any question, then they will come through the mail, if any one answers them back.

6. IntenseDebate Comments

If you want to encourage conversation on your blog and enhance them then the IntenseDebate Comments is a useful plugin. You can boost the page views, build your readers community and increase your comments.

Hope you will use any one of these plugins and let us know how it helped you increase your blog connectivity with the audiences.

If you want to either integrate from a simple link directory or want to create a stand-alone niche directory business website then a WordPress theme or WordPress directory plugin will be useful.

There are tons of WP themes and plugins on the net, you just have to decide whether you want to establish your professional directory service with the help of a premium WordPress directory theme or opt for a free directory plugin for WordPress (opt for this if you want to just merely feature your favorite links).

Fact remains everyone wants to save their money any way possible, so free plugins are the best option but free plugins are usually plagued as they are infrequently updated and they lack support. On the other side, if you are willing to pay, then if you opt for the premium WordPress directory plugins and the commercial WP directory themes you will not just get full support but they are regularly updated.

WordPress Directory Themes
1. Directory Press – Paid but most used theme.

DEMO HERE

Directory Press is a premium WordPress directory theme that will turn your boring WP blog into a professional looking website. Once this theme is installed you can either begin creating your own website listings or have your visitors to submit their own listings. Apart from running ads you can generate money from your directory’s site charging your users a fee whenever they submit you their listings. If you want a complete easy to use featured chocking website that is completely a turnkey solution then look no further, cause with this plugin you will be able to launch your very own niche directory business in a zippy.

Let you know some of the features included are Google Maps, CSV importing, over 20 different directory templates, multiple payment gateways (Authorize.net, PayPal, Google Checkout and 2checkout), Google analytics, Google Adsense, expiration dates for the listings, support for multiple languages, ability to sell memberships package to the customers and also star ratings, to name a just few.

2) LinkPress Nova premium directory theme for WordPress
DEMO HERE

Inspiration taken from the AllTop, theme designers at the Zidalgo have gone to real heights in creating this premium WordPress directory theme. It definitely gives a modern touch to the old link directories that are of the past incorporating bulk of slick designed elements. The features that are included are image gallery, automatic generated thumbnails images, rating system for posts and threaded comments.

3) City Guide
DEMO HERE

A creation of the Woothemes, this is another premium WordPress directory plugin which is more an off-site directory targeting the location based business. The City Guide local directory theme is a very elegant designed plugin with some awesome features like it has the ability to geo-tag post with the locations. Some of the other notable features are Google maps, built-in- SEO options, custom fields to add any extra information on the location, custom widgets and multiple theme styles.

WordPress Directory Plugins
Business Directory

This is a free directory plugin that allows you to add your business link registry to any page onto your current WP blog. If you are running a WordPress membership site then this will be a great way to offer free listings members and readers. Each listing has its own summary, website title and link. The user just has to fill a form, select a category and add the related keywords in order to be included in the business directory. The submitted listings are then held back for moderation, so the administration can edit or delete. Once the listing is approved, it gets added to the AJAX enabled directory list. The listings are then accumulated and then can be easily searched by any user.

Article Directory

Article directory is a free WordPress plugin that lets you transform your current WP blog into an article directory on which visitors who want to become authors can submit their articles on your site. This plugin works in combination with the Role Manager plugin and the Articles Directory theme plugin. Features included in this plugin are author profile pages with listed articles, ability to create article categories, stat the author listed on your site and gives you report if the total published articles on your site.

Open Links Directory

If you want to transfer your WP blog into a free online link directory then the Open Links Directory plugins is just what you need. This free plugin allows visitors to add their website by using the submission form, then assign a category/subcategory, add the description and finally give their link a title. This plugin gives the ability to send the listings to your friends add listings to your browser’s bookmarks, display the PageRank for each of the directory listing and the ability to search the directory

One of these plugins will definitely be of help for you. If you know any more do let us know

With the use build-up of mobiles, the websites and blogs require to make a more dedicated version for mobiles. Due to the limited features and small sized screens there optimization is first on hand work. Over the years with the accessibility of the Smartphone top it with the advanced internet mobile technology, the scenario is such that day by day people are using the tablets and mobiles for their daily use of browsing the net.

To make your mobile net usage easy WordPress has come up with some mobile themes that will definitely be of use. If you want to get a thrilling experience from your mobile then this is the place for you. Go through the themes and choose your one:

1. WordPress Mobile Theme [ Features | Demo | Download ]

2 Smooci 2 [ Features | Demo | Download ]

3.FaveMobile [ Features | Demo | Download ]

FaveMobile supports most of the advanced touch browsers mobiles like the BlackBerry, iPhone and the Android. It is also compatible (backward) with the older mobiles, which is what makes this theme elegant.

4. jQuery Mobile [ Features | Download ]

If you want to make your blog easy for reading and good looking then this astonishing jQuery Mobile plugin theme is perfect. With the usage of most jQuery Mobile features it guarantees optimal easy reading on devices like the Android, iPhone and Blackberry.

Premium (Paid WordPress Mobile Themes)
1. Side Mobile Retina | WordPress Version
Side Mobile Retina is a WordPress offered mobile theme. It covers over 100 retina icons, retina graphics, and retina elements and also hides the navigation bar while in landscape mode. This theme comes with great documentation and PSD file.

2. AxiaMobile – WordPress HTML5 Template
AxiaMobile template is built in CSS3 and HTML5 which is developed for the portable and mobile devices but in particular it’s made for mobile devices like Android, iPhone and other modern web browsers.

3. My Mobile Page V2
My Mobile Page V2 is My mobile page template’s next generation. The fluid layout makes it automatically adjust to any screen size. This fluid layout is built by using some unique jQuery effects and CSS3 top features.

4. WOW! MySite WordPress Mobile Theme
WOW ! mySite is specially optimized for the mobile devices by WordPress. with this plugin you can design your very own website with the awesome features like the powerful theme configuration option, multiple page templates and 9 customized preset color themes. You can also add your custom m fonts, short codes and your very own high resolution logos.

5. Mobile Web Template – HTML5 & CSS3
This is a mobile and tablet responsive template specially made for the website using CSS3 and HTML 5. This theme is perfect for your business website.

6. Storefront Mobile — Mobile HTML Shop Template
The Storefront Mobile theme is a HTML shopping cart (template) which is written in CSS3 and HTML5, providing a much convenient method so the clients can purchase the products they like on the go, as this is a clean source coded and structured making it a breeze integration to the ecommerce platform of your choice.

7. Klassio RSV | Responsive Mobile Template
Klassio RSV is a very beautiful responsive clean, adaptable and crisp template. also built with the CSS3 and HTML5, it is powered by the leveraged technicalities and uses inter-face’s best practices. This template is fully loaded with many options that will give your site the different edge it needs and also offers many types of pages.

8. HotCake — Mobile Business HTML Template
This template is written in CSS3 and HTML 5 which helps your visitors and customers gather the required information they need to know about your products or business that also on the go.

9. MobiTheme – XHTML Theme for Mobile Devices
This is a popular mobile website template made for the mobile devices like the Android based mobile phones, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It also supports many other mobile devices that are hand-held.

10. Woody – Mobile Theme
Woody is a HTML5 based template specially optimized for the mobile devices that are based on jQuery framework of mobiles. Its main features are Google Maps, slider (jQuery Cycle), Photo swipe Gallery and Google Web fonts.

11. Simple Mobile
Mainly designed for the mobile devices in particular for the iPhone, this theme can be used in parallel along with other themes for mobile users only. You can also use it the traditional way by presenting it to the mobile users and the desktop computers users also.

12. Tiger Mobile Template WordPress Version
Built with the HTML5 Core structure tiger Mobile template is a retina ready mobile template. It is also a Google Web Font ready with loads of awesome features and lots if pages are also available.

13. IClean Mobile Website Template
This plugins main focus is on the ease and simplicity , which makes it a popular template. It does not matter whether you are a business professional or a freelancer, this theme will do wonders for you.

14. Metro Mobile Premium WordPress Mobile Template
Metro’s limitation is just where your imagination stops. Its design is unique that allows you to create your very own styles and metro tiles.

15. My Mobile Page V3 WordPress Theme
The third generation of My Mobile Page, it is a minimal WordPress offered mo bile theme. This theme uses automatic resolutions to detect so you can use it on your both big and small screen resolutions.

16. Mobilize – JQuery Mobile WordPress Theme
The Mobilize mobile website template is loaded with many features. This theme is touch optimized and is built on jQuery mobile. The interior features a contact form, featured videos, blog with featured images, loads of shirt coded and touch optimized gallery. With four and color schemes and customized color, it is a breeze with the theme options manager.

Hope you enjoyed the collection, if you think I missed any do let me know via comments below.