Another major change you might notice in WordPress 3.5 is that the Links section better known as Blogroll in the admin panel had gone. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to enable Blogroll Links without using plugin.
Fix Facebook fb_xd_fragment Problem via .htaccess
Facebook fb_xd_fragment problem has been ongoing for quite a while now. This is a known Facebook bug with the XFBML version of the Like button. It appears that Facebook’s JavaScript SDK code is appending fb_xd_fragment parameter to the request URL, which would result in a blank page.
This is not good, according to SEO experts, as it causes to spread duplicate content across your website which can effect your search traffic and SEO ranking. Besides that, it also creates duplicated pages with ?fb_xd_fragment parameter reports in your analytics platform.
Solution
Pinterest Verify Meta Tag Plugin
Pinterest Verify Meta Tag is a simple plugin which simply insert Pinterest meta tag verification code to the <HEAD> section of your site.
Once you completed the verification process, people will see a checkmark next to your domain in your Pinterest profile and in pinner search results. That red check mark emphasis you have confirmed the ownership of your blog or website on Pinterest.
How To Change Media Uploads Folder Path in WordPress 3.5
Where is the option to change the upload directory path from Media Settings? Perhaps you landed on this page because you’re wondering why the option to enter custom folder path for uploads in your WordPress are gone or missing, leaving just “Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders” checkbox.
As the recent changes in WordPress 3.5, the “Store uploads in this folder” and “full URL path to files” option from Media Settings has been removed. Now, if you want to change media uploads folder or full URL path, you will now have to define it in your wp-config.php file to tell WordPress to use location other than the default for media storage.
Adding Rel=Author to WordPress
This article will show you how to set up rel=author manually in your WordPress blog. The rel=author markup, when appropriately implemented, allows authors to get more enhanced listings in the search results. Google may also show a picture of the author next to the snippet of your articles.
How to implement rel=author
PHP Redirect: Hiding Affiliate Links
This quick tutorial will show you how you can easily create a simple PHP redirect to hide affiliate links or any other type of link. This php code allows you to disguise your affiliate links using a URL with your domain name and then redirect the user to your affiliate link or another site.
The PHP redirect script makes affiliate links look pretty and makes links look like they are internal address of your site. Here’s how:
WordPress Makes Site Optimization for SEO Easy
This is a guest post by Anny Solway
One of the reasons that so many individuals and businesses use WordPress is because of the quality of the content management that it offers. Many believe that it is the best CMS solution available, and it is certainly one of the simplest to use. Those who have WordPress templates running on the platform should take some time to see everything that the system will be able to do for them when it comes to their SEO needs. When you take the time to optimize your WordPress site for SEO, you will find that it can help to make the other aspects of your online marketing quite a bit easier.
StandardPack Updated
I just pushed out another update to StandardPack theme. I want to get new features out and any fixes which need to be done as fast as I can. I recommend all users update their themes to the latest version.
StandardPack
Problems fixed:
- Fixed secondary widget area in sidebar
- Fix to yellow bar notice in theme options
- Made adjusment to the content width
Changes:
Tips for writing an outstanding article for your blog
This is a guest post by Maria C.
Writing a blog post is easier that throwing bananas at monkeys, but writing an outstanding blog post takes a little bit of extra thought. Within this article, you are going to find tips to make your blog posts better, and advice on how to avoid certain pitfalls. Sometimes we need to take a step back to see the mistakes we keep making. Many people read poorly written text and complain about it, without realizing that they make similar mistakes in their text.
Penumbra
Penumbra is a responsive, simple, clean, two columns, customizable and search engine friendly WordPress theme. Also supports custom menus, widget ready sidebar and footer, and more customizable feature in the theme options page.
The Penumbra theme includes the following features: