tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87770007154340085492023-11-16T03:23:24.082-08:00CMS Reviewsyicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755172545738925674noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777000715434008549.post-36117077058287515602010-07-29T20:19:00.000-07:002010-07-29T20:20:06.949-07:00Joomla & Wordpress Model Issue<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://cmsbuzz.blogspot.com/2010/07/joomla-wordpress-model-issue.html"><b>Joomla & Wordpress Model Issue</b></a>. Picking the right CMS is then a matter of “mental models”: choosing the one that best fits our vision of how a Web application should work and what it should provide to users and administrators. In this article, <b>we’ll explore the main difference in the mental models</b>: of WordPress and Joomla for theming and extending their core.<br />
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<a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open-source content management systems (CMS) are a large family of Web applications, but if we’re looking for stability, performance and average technical requirements, we’ll come up with a handful of options. In the past, choosing the “right” CMS was a matter of the project’s requirements, but now this is not completely valid because the paradigm of extensibility had driven the development of major CMS’ towards a model of core features that are extensible with plug-ins that fill virtually any requirement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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1) Start a forum, chatroom or shoutbox<br />
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When you start a forum, chatroom or shoutbox, you are providing your visitors a place to voice their opinions and interact with their peers -- all of them are visitors of your site. As conversations build up, a sense of community will also follow and your visitors will come back to your site almost religiously every day.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
2) Start a web log (blog)<br />
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Keep an online journal, or more commonly known as a blog, on your site and keep it updated with latest news about yourself. Human beings are curious creatures and they will keep their eyes glued to the monitor if you post fresh news frequently. You will also build up your credibility as you are proving to them that there is also a real life person behind the website.<br />
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3) Carry out polls or surveys<br />
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Polls and surveys are other forms of interaction that you should definitely consider adding to your site. They provide a quick way for visitors to voice their opinions and to get involved in your website. Be sure to publish polls or surveys that are strongly relevant to the target market of your website to keep them interested to find out about the results.<br />
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4) Hold puzzles, quizzes and games<br />
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Just imagine how many office workers procrastinate at work every day, and you will be able to gauge how many people will keep visiting your site if you provide a very interesting or addicting way of entertainment. You can also hold competitions to award the high score winner to keep people trying continuously to earn the prize.<br />
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5) Update frequently with fresh content<br />
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Update your site frequently with fresh content so that every time your visitors come back, they will have something to read on your site. This is the most widely known and most effective method of attracting returning visitors, but this is also the least carried out one because of the laziness of webmasters. No one will want to browse a site that looks the same over ten years, so keep your site updated with fresh bites!syicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755172545738925674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777000715434008549.post-56414729456350678552010-06-21T11:27:00.000-07:002010-06-21T11:29:26.132-07:00Make It Easy To Buy From Your Site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1107_ecommerce/image/intro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1107_ecommerce/image/intro.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Convincing your prospects to purchase from you is a hard job, but have you ever thought that you are making the process twice as difficult for both parties if your prospects are convinced but do not know how to buy from you? No matter how good you are at convincing your prospects, they will not buy if they find the process cumbersome. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">First, you will want to check that people can find your order form easily and hassle-free. You can write a clear, concise paragraph to direct your prospects to your order form so that you can minimize the chances of them getting lost. You can also reduce the chances of loosing prospects by putting a prominent link to your order page from every other page on your site. </div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, do you offer multiple payment options? Some people may feel comfortable paying via Paypal, some may only want to pay with their credit card and others might want to send a cheque. The more options you offer, the better your chances of covering your prospects' desired payment method. After all, it would not make any sense to sell hard to a prospect only to find that they will not be able to pay you when they want to. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, you will want to prove that you are a credible merchant. Is your order form secured using encryption technology? You would want to look into SSL for this. You can also offer a money back guarantee so that people will feel confident about buying from you. How about after sales support? Who do they contact when they have problems after purchasing?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alternately, you can add customer testimonials, your contact information, address, and so on to boost your prospects' confidence. Make them feel safe about buying something from you, a total stranger to them on the other end of the Internet. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a conclusion, it would be very pitiful if you sold hard and sold well to a prospect and something goes wrong when he or she is ready to pay. Eliminate any chances of that to maximize your profits!</div>syicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755172545738925674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777000715434008549.post-40314243242742191382010-06-18T23:20:00.000-07:002010-06-18T23:35:05.588-07:00When Is the Right Time to Redesign?<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wiki.fhu.edu/groups/fhuweb/wiki/welcome/images/2a17a.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cmsbuzz-redesign-web" border="0" src="http://wiki.fhu.edu/groups/fhuweb/wiki/welcome/images/2a17a.png" /></a></div>If you run a website, affairs are you generally admiration whether it is the appropriate time to do a absolute redesign of the blueprint of your website. Actuality are some credibility to consider:<br />
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Are you cerebration of a redesign aloof for the account of it? If you answered yes to that question, it is not yet the appropriate time to do a redesign. Remember, a architecture serves a specific purpose. If you are not abiding whether to do an check of your site, accumulate in apperception that your accepted architecture ability accept a specific purpose that you ability not apperceive about. You will lose that action if you do a redesign.<br />
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On the added hand, if your website has had the aforementioned website architecture back 1990, conceivably it is aerial time to do a redesign. The aftermost affair you would anytime appetite to appear to your armpit is back visitors leave your armpit after demography a attending at your agreeable aloof because the architecture is old fashioned. If this is your case, actuality are some credibility to appraise afore accomplishing a redesign.<br />
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Redesigning your website is like assuming artificial anaplasty on it. Your website loses its accepted character (for the more good or worse) and your approved visitors ability not recognise your beginning architecture at aboriginal glance. You accident accident them aloof because they anticipation they landed on the amiss page. Hence, it is actual important that you absorb a appropriate affection from your old layout. Conceivably it is the logo of your site; conceivably it is the aforementioned argument appearance for the appellation for your site.<br />
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To comedy it safe, put a poll on your armpit to let your visitors do the talking. If they anticipate it is all-important for the website to accept a beginning look, accord it to them!</div>syicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755172545738925674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777000715434008549.post-2528683557365637712010-03-20T02:16:00.000-07:002010-03-20T02:41:51.720-07:00Some basics point about conversion PSD to HTML<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.pickysite.com/uploads/images/9/7/c/f/1/8e4a1430c6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="basic psd to html" border="0" height="170" src="http://www.pickysite.com/uploads/images/9/7/c/f/1/8e4a1430c6.jpg" width="200" /></a>Although WWW is abbreviated as the World Wide Web, but with the increasing number of websites can also be regarded as websites and websites. With websites becoming more and more every day what else is the growing demand of web design services, and finally the need for PSD to HTML conversion service. A sufficient market for this particular service was an opportunity for many providers of such services to thrive and multiply. And each new day you see a new provider. A growing market with a service contains such a rate several times so that compromise quality just to save a few dollars more. Here are the 4 basic points that a person providing a service to convert to HTML PSD to know:<br />
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1. W3C Compliance: This is the World Wide Web Consortium. It provides guidelines for web designers to prepare a properly formatted and structured site. It monitors the errors also increase, if any.<br />
2. Cross-browser compatibility: There are so many browsers on the market, such as Opera, Safari, Chrome IE, Mozilla, etc., allowing us access to the Internet. Users have the choice and it is entirely their desire to any browser. It will ensure that you convert your design works equally well on all browsers.<br />
3. Semantic Coding: It refers to the tagging site complete with matching tags and HTML content. As the title of the content in HTML h1 tag. This data is better experienced by humans and robots. It would also for the relevance of the data.<br />
4. Coded margins of the hands: Hand made things always have more value than the machine made. The same applies here, but there is software available to do the conversions, but there are many semantic subtleties which can replace the software designers / developers.<br />
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This service has gained popularity around 2004 when people started blogging on the floor press, Joomla, etc. Once they began to be recognized and the need to blog or website convert PSD to HTML / joomla / wordpress. With the use of CMS are very friendly, later, those who prefer their own exclusive designs carved into a theme or template. Like many others their business online and there is perfect competition, the plans are not easy to work. Thus the need for PSD to HTML conversion is really necessary. Conversions to comply with all conditions above the site would really help the ranking of the investigation and also to get. It offers a great experience. There are several providers available. You should be careful while choosing one for you.</div>syicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755172545738925674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777000715434008549.post-89251858479609606992010-03-16T01:06:00.000-07:002010-03-16T01:40:24.781-07:00Coupon Press - Make Coupon Website with Wordpress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kt7I2RnIxzpyo8SC0drYWF10QfgLFgCvejLPMLnzntas1d5RgksnXu9FC53f1N3zkPsTSwcBeneJ54r2vzOmwYgf_2ca4Nw_iQs9JPs19O5eAzezs3NYrL8RDpc7JTBxHcL4Nsie1iE/s1600-h/make-your-coupon-web-with-coupon-press.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449140528419472226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kt7I2RnIxzpyo8SC0drYWF10QfgLFgCvejLPMLnzntas1d5RgksnXu9FC53f1N3zkPsTSwcBeneJ54r2vzOmwYgf_2ca4Nw_iQs9JPs19O5eAzezs3NYrL8RDpc7JTBxHcL4Nsie1iE/s400/make-your-coupon-web-with-coupon-press.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.couponpress.com/">Coupon Press</a> - Do you want to create a website that contains information <b>discount coupons</b> or vouchers, shopping discounts, events, etc.? Now you need not bother to build a website yourself, because <b>CouponPress</b> have made and distributed for free. You can change your <b>wordpress blog</b> into <b>website coupon</b> codes easily and free.</div><div align="justify"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
Some feature are :<br />
<ul><li>User Coupon Management</li>
<li>Widget Ready</li>
<li>Google Adsense / Advertising Zones</li>
<li>Google Analytics / Webmaster Ready!</li>
<li>WP 2.8+ Ready</li>
<li>Search Engine Optimized</li>
<li>Auto Sized Thumbnail</li>
<li>Support</li>
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<div align="justify"><a href="http://trendsbuzz.com/">Trends Buzz</a> - This web may be suitable for you as <b>online marketers</b> who need the information about world of the Internet trend in real-time, you can rely on this website to see the topic of global <b>Internet trends in real-time</b>.<br />
</div><a name='more'></a>Some <b>Web portals</b> are monitored in real time by Trend Buzz is:<br />
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<ul><li>Yahoo! Buzz</li>
<li>New York Times</li>
<li>Search.com</li>
<li>Alexa Hot Topics</li>
<li>Wordtracker Top Keyword</li>
<li>Bing xRank</li>
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1. Magento (free)<br />
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With more than 30,000 stores have been using Magento and have done deals to 25 million dollars, this is an e-commerce platform is the fastest growing. Built with the concept of open source, the leading user Magento such as Samsung, Nespresso and The North Face.<br />
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Magento comes with 2 choices: Enterprise Edition and Community Edition. Enterprise Edition has a very complete package, and sophisticated in increasing sales, including store credit, gift cards (virtual and physical), member only sales, clubs, multi-store (retail & wholesale) and full-time support. Community Edition, free download, commonly used by web developers who are experts and are not supported package of support, warranty and compensation.</div><br />
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2. osCommerce (free)<br />
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With the online store is ready to use, is enough to start your online business, you can manage and run an online store quickly and easily and cost-effective. If you want to be different among 228,700 other similar stores, you need to choose diatara 5800 add-on is available, some of them have to pay.<br />
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osCommerce is a very good software when viewed from the platform of free and open-source. But to modify your store quite complicated and needs expertise in the web.<br />
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3. Zen Cart (free)<br />
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Free and easy, Zen Cart already has a very comprehensive capabilities. In addition to the standard features you need. Zen Cart Newsletter Manager offers, discount coupons, quantity discount, gift certificate and the ability to pick the card which you received. There are so many contributor on this software with an average derived from osCommerce. But to look less neat admin.<br />
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4. X-Cart ($ 115)<br />
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X-cart is a shopping cart with a commercial open-source code, users are generally companies that have been fairly stable. X-Cart users get professional support in accordance with the budget they spend to buy this software.<br />
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X-Cart fast, pass the W3C and search engine friendly. Using the type of Smarty template system, so programmers to easily modify the appearance. On the other hand, although cheaper, you may still need to add the add-on that prices vary from $ 35 to $ 109. Technical Support is also not free.<br />
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5. CubeCart (free)<br />
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CubeCart 3, the standard edition can be used free of charge. Contains 3 complete with templates, customer order history, unlimited products, categories and images, multi-currency, and product search. CuberCart 4, worth more than $ 100, has the advantage in the SEO, skin selector for the visitors, courier tracking URLs, superior search product and the ability to add and edit order form from the administrator.<br />
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Both versions can be integrated with any website, and is suitable for products that already have online or preparing to open a shop. If you do not have knowledge of PHP and MySQL, it might be a challenge in CubeCart setup.<br />
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6. VirtueMart (free)<br />
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VirtueMart can not stand alone, this is ecommerce designed to run on Joomla! CMS (content management system). For a shopping cart, VirtueMart has complete package and has good design view. For shoppers can register a member, fill out the address and view order history with ease.<br />
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VirtueMart support multi language and currency and you can add products and product categories without any limit. You can search product, the user rate. In addition to this good, there are also some shortcomings including the lack of structured forums and some code that seems untidy.<br />
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7. Ubercart (free)<br />
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Just as VirtueMart, Ubercart also be integrated with a CMS, in this case is Drupal. In addition to selling the product functionality, Ubercart has a specialized form of files to sell products / digital product, event registration, website with member access to certain rights and event ticket.<br />
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There are a lot of module and themes are available for you to customize. In addition there are also various types of payments. If you are a lover of Drupal, Ubercart is the best option for you, but if you do not know about Drupal, the use of this software will be a bit confusing at the beginning.<br />
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8. Prestashop (free)<br />
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Approximately 25,000 online stores have been grateful to PrestaShop, which was launched in August 2007. This software uses Smarty template engine, combined with Ajax in his back-end. PrestaShop diataranya offer "free shipping", product image zoom, package tracking, PDF customer invoices, and cross-selling.<br />
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The best thing of PresaShop is a very attractive feature. Users can create an online store is beautiful and charming. Also PrestaShop have online support community and very active. But the main weakness is slow: the back-end is very slow to run and dimaintain.<br />
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9. OpenCart (free)<br />
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OpenCart shopping cart is easy to use and is increasingly popular, because of ease of use, friendly to search engines and are very good view. You can open an online store using free software and a complete feature.<br />
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10. Spree (free)<br />
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Spree, is an online store based Ruby on Rails, which is growing with increasing the role of the professional development team. There are quite a lot to offer for extension can be used according to your needs.<br />
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Using the Spree, you can arrange shipping, tax, discount, coupon your customers needs, besides a charming feature is the single page checkout. Also friendly to search engine and integration with Google Analytics. Ideal for small and medium companies, but not the best option for websites that have a high daily traffic.<br />
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11. WordPress-Ecommerce (free)<br />
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Perhaps many do not realize that WordPress can be used as an online store that has a plugin for it. WordPress e-Commerce plugin is by far the most popular plugin, which has didownlod more than half a million times.<br />
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Features for e-commerce you need, you can also customize the online store with the brand image. Integration with PayPal and Google Checkout, which almost all customers already know enough. Its weakness is the lack of functions like those of other e-commerce.<br />
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12.OXID eShop (free)<br />
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Like Magento and CubeCart, there are more than one type of OXID eShop. Enterprise Edition and Professional Edition (paid version), but the open source community forums Community Edition can you use for free.<br />
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Community Edition does not have the support (apart from the community forum) or warranty, but has the same features with the Professional Edition Version. Having a CMS integration, Powerful SEO, code neat and easy installation for the web developer.<br />
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13. Digistore (free)<br />
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OsCommerce based Digistore, so will instantly recognizable by anyone who ever used osCommerce platform. CMS full shape, very fast and easy to install and can be operated by people without programming education. There are a number of templates for clemency, but if there is paid to the template version with a better design, or you can also have a personal with a little extra cost. You can set and change the color, wide web, layout and template from the admin area and run a variety of advertising to promote your product.syicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755172545738925674noreply@blogger.com0