In this tutorial we will see how to use this WordPress CMS with Google FeedBurner, without using a plugin for WordPress newsletter dedicated.

Create a new and specific category

The first thing to do is create the specific category that will help us to distribute via e-mail items. The process is very simple: just go into articles from admin> categories and fill in the fields under "Add a new category, called in this case (for convenience)" Email Newsletter ".

Newsletter class

Condition: a key step in this process will be marked the ID of the category. How to get the ID of the category? Simple, just go on the list of categories (articles> categories), place the mouse on its name you just created and find the ID from the status bar at the bottom.

Obtain the ID of the category

In this case, the ID of the category "Email Newsletter" is 10 (cat_id = 10).

Make the invisible category

The next step for the creation of our system to send newsletters in WordPress will exclude that category from the navigation menu public or footer, sidebar or other place of display in our chart WordPress theme. All this will serve to show the products contained herein only to users who register.

Open the sidebar.php file (the code for the modification of the categories is usually located here) and look for a block like this:

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<? Php wp_list_categories ('& = title_li <h2> Category </ h2>');?>

and replace it with this:

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<? Php wp_list_categories ('exclude = 10 & = title_li <h2> Category </ h2>');?>

As can be seen in the second string was added the attribute "exclude" category along with the ID that we had seen before (10). General condition: the code to be replaced may be in other template files, not necessarily in sidebar.php.

Shut off the post from our class

We've made invisible in our post "visual". However, it could be accessed "normally" via RSS feeds, engine results or other modes of description. Therefore, we must exclude them permanently.

To speed things up use a WordPress plugin known as the Advanced Category Excluder. Advanced Category Excluder can make this easier for all users.

In the settings of the plugin we are going to rule out a flag with all the sections that do not concern us except Single Post (as shown in the picture below). The sections may vary from theme to theme.

Sections exclude

Warning: You may need to make some changes to the file single.php (the control file of each post) in case your template had a navigation system as the main theme of WordPress, which allows you to navigate between articles thanks to the controls "next" and "previous".

In this case, open the file and paste this code:

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<div class="navigation">

<div class="alignleft"> <? php previous_post_link ('«% link', '% title', FALSE, '10 ')?> </ div>

<div class="alignright"> <? php next_post_link (''% link ','% title ', FALSE, '10')?> </ div> </ div>

Remember to always include your category ID (10) as shown in the string above.

Create a feed in FeedBurner

Now we must create our own RSS feed with Google FeedBurner, so you must register with the platform. Abstract: The category has created a feed address is automatically generated from the library inside of WordPress.

The feed address is to be calculated in two ways:

If you have set the permalink structure in WordPress SEO friendly way you have an address like this: http://www.tuositoweb.it/categorie/nome-categoria/feed/. To get just add the word "feed" to the desired root.

If you have not completed the previous step, your address will look like this http://www.tuositoweb.it/?feed=rss2&cat=10 (10 is the ID of the class).

With our FeedBurner account is already active we are going to implement the address given to us by WordPress RSS in the box that says "Burn a feed right this instant. Type your blog or feed address here:

RSS feed address in Google FeedBurner

Clicking "Next" will start the actual configuration: The first thing will be to provide the name and address of the RSS.

Name and address of the RSS

The following are the various configuration step to perform.

Enable sending via e-mail

After configuring the switch, we should be sent via e-mail. What to do? Simple, click above on "My Feeds" link and select the feed that interests us. We will arrive in a management panel with several tabs: we will select "Publicize" and then from there click on "Email Subscriptions" and then "Activate".

Turn on the part of e-mail

By clicking on "Activate" will have access to the code to implement on your web pages that users will need to register. The code is provided so rough, but it can be customized to suit your needs.

Code form

The standard output is shown in the figure below. Box for user registration

Recent changes in WordPress

We're almost at the end. We need to make the last, small changes in the CMS WordPress: for each item we must allow the display of content in whole and not just the summary. To do this, you should go to Settings> Reading and under "For Each article in a feed, show" select "Full text".

Send a newsletter

Now we have to program only the launch of our periodical information tool. To do this, then we go in the admin FeedBurner Publish> Email Subscriptions> Delivery Options.

Management solutions are endless even though in this post we tried to present the best and most widely used by bloggers starting with ways to facilitate the upload, generators galleries, slideshows and much more.

1. jQuery Image Lazy Loader WP

Lazy Loader plugin is perfect for those who upload many images on the pages of your blog because it is able to optimize this process.

In fact, you can prevent your browser to load all the images that are beyond the scrolling with the obvious advantage that pages load faster and users can navigate with no content loaded in the background and of which, perhaps, not have no interest.

2. NextGen Gallery

As happens so often I need a gallery of images to your blog without much obvious searching online, I recommend that this plugin is the best possible solution. As for viewing the gallery on the blog, you can choose from several options: inserting photos into a single post, add an entire album to a page, insert a gallery with lots of pages, or insert a slide show automatically.

For each of these modes you can add the lightbox effect magnification or the like.

3. WP Photo Album

This is a fast and practical solution to manage the pages of your blog a photo album. In addition to the simple creation of the album, makes it possible to manipulate photos by acting on their size by clicking thumbnails or between whole view.

4. FlippingBook

Here is an excellent and attractive way of presenting images on your site / blog. Once uploaded the photos, the plugin allows you to create an image gallery, without having to make big efforts.

You do not need any programming knowledge and just set a few fields and you're done. Only one warning: Before downloading and installing the plugin, you should read the license and terms of use.

5. WordPress Content Slide

Using WordPress Content Slide means to create a jQuery slideshows on your blog. It is a way to add eye-catching effects and a touch of class to your site without too much effort. Content Slide is also fully customizable.

6. Cleaner WordPress Gallery Plugin

Cleaner Gallery offers a very comprehensive and detailed management of your galleries on WordPress. Provide a valid XHTML solution and offers different types of Lightbox scripts. The plugin creates de valid XHTML code and uses only the images you want to resize. You can also intervene by controlling the display of images via CSS.

7. Flexible Lightbox

For those not familiar, the lightbox effect applied to images from the possibility to click on it and see it in the foreground on a white rectangular or square, without any additional pages or tabs open in your browser.

With this plugin, you can apply this special effect to your images. The beauty is that the plugin is really all alone, because when you go to upload a picture on the blog, you will see a link that with a single mouse click will allow you to apply the effect that image.

WP to Twitter

This plugin allows automatic insertion of your post on Twitter, at the precise moment they are published. As soon as you installed and activated the plugin, you can display Admin area where you enter your personal access to Twitter and where select texts to be included in their tweets, once loaded a new post. In addition you can select a short URL auto service, so as not to exceed the maximum number of characters available. For more information, I refer you to a video on YouTube.

Twitter Widget Pro

It is really good for managing Twitter feed, you can mention @ username, # hashtag link analysis beyond that. Twitter Widget Pro is able to support the display of images of sections and additionally displays time and date of a tweet.

TweetBacks for WordPress

It has given the large number of conversations on Twitter, thanks for this good plugin, you can import a conversation for it as it is in the personal blog.

Twitme

This is a plugin that allows you to post in the post on Twitter: with a special filter, the user can ignore messages from specific categories.

Twitter for WordPress

This is plugin that allows the display of the latest "tweets" in your WordPress blog.

Topsy Widgets

It is a plugin that inserted using a button on your blog, you can view the number of times that each post was retweet.

Compare the best WordPress Twitter Plugins: Topsy and Tweetmeme

Tweetmeme is, perhaps, the most popular method to accomplish this, but Topsy now resolutely taking hold. But if you go in detail, what is the difference between the two types of button for Twitter?

Search engine journal has drafted an interesting chart that shows the potential advantages and disadvantages in using either.

Logically, for those who use WordPress, there are two plugins. We tried both and they are two plugins really easy to use and very complete for position and easily configure your buttons.

And difficulties have increased in recent years with the increased popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices, due to low size and resolution of their screens does not allow an optimum vision websites.

To resolve this problem and to allow the largest possible number of visitors to browse unroped on our blog based on WordPress would be advisable to develop a mobile version.

The easiest way to do it, especially for those who do not have the necessary technical knowledge, is to use the WpTouch plugin.

Once installed and configured the plugin allows visitors who use devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Palm Pre, Samsung, touch, and BlackBerry Storm/Torch displays the blog with a theme (in the style of an iPhone application) adapted to the screen size and easy to navigate.

Installation of the plugin

Go to the "plugins" section of the WordPress dashboard and click on "add new". In the search form, enter "WpTouch" look in the list and click on "install now". Now follow these instructions.

After installing the plugin, click on the heading "WpTouch" in section "settings" menu side dashboard of WordPress. In the options page "WpTouch" there are a large number of options that allow you to customize your theme in all the smallest details.

In this post you indicate which ones are most important for a basic setup of the theme.For other leave default settings.Under "General Settings" entries from the change are:

Site Title

Enter the name of your site.

Color-Style Options

Specify the blog theme and colors. "Classic" emulates a typical iPhone application. Other settings allow you to specify details such as the theme of icons, logo, website and inserting Adsense ad code.

When you have set the options you want to save your changes by clicking on the button "Save Options". If you wish to return to the initial settings, click on the "Restore Defaults" button.Now your blog is ready to be read even by major smartphone!

In addition we offer to review 4 pro WordPress plugins for iPhone integration:

iPhone Webclip Manager

This plugin allows you to quickly and easily create custom icons in style as you can see from the image above.

Iphoneize my Feed

Allows you to simply create an RSS feed about WordPress that is optimized for users who read via iPhone. Really quick and easy to configure.

WordPress PDA iPhone

As the first plugin in the list, this allows your WordPress blog to be visible and navigable from iPhone. When he realizes that the user has requested a web page from a Web browser, iPhone, create a simple theme on the fly, keeping, however, essential features of your theme.

iPhone Mobile Admin

If you want to manage your blog from your iPhone this is a plugin that allows you to navigate well the management control panel. This plugin for the WordPress admin UI is used for mobile devices like iPhone and iPod Touch.

But if, instead, you have a blog or a website, either directly by you in content, and you want to make it known to as many people as possible, even in these cases, the popular social network of Mark Zuckerberg can arrange meeting offering solutions really adapted to your needs. In what way? For example, by exploiting the potential of your Fan page, profile page or previously made.

Within the scope of this guide, dedicated to the world of the internet but also to the world of web sites that use the WordPress platform, we will try to explain how it will be possible to insert inside your site the so called Like Box, the plug-ins made available by Facebook and linked to your Fan page, enabling various features.

An instrument, therefore, very useful, which is presented as a bounding box (the size can be chosen on the basis of stylistic requirements of your site), with the opportunity to click directly on the button "I like" taking so the Fan page, without having to log in directly to Facebook and search manually the above p.

Firstly, therefore, you must click on this link that will directly access the Facebook page from which you can enter various settings useful in order to get the code to implement in your WordPress website.

Let's see, at this point, the various options on which act on the basis of course to our needs. In the first field, Facebook Page URL, enter the URL of our Fan page linked to our website (if we have not yet created, we must necessarily create one before proceeding with this step).

The field Width, the width (in pixels) of our widgets, you must have a minimum size of 200 px.

You can also choose the background color of the Box, by selecting the appropriate option.

You then can select or deselect multiple options that allow us to display respectively or less users who adhere to our page (Show Faces); show the flow of the post (Show) or to show or not the bar over the box with the "find us on Facebook".

After you set your parameters, you just have to click on get code (Get Code). In this way, there will appear a window with the code plug-in Like Box copy and paste into your website.

If you have a website/blog using the WordPress platform, you just have to access the Widget page, determine the point at which to insert Facebook Like Box, copy the code and paste it into the previously retrieved as Html text widget space.

Protect your wp-config.php

The wp-config.php file is a cornerstone of our CMS: thanks to him we can make changes and technical improvements to our content management system.

The wp-config.php file is very important from the standpoint of safety: it is he that the database contains detailed information of our blog or site, details that an attacker could intercept and use for less than noble purposes.

To protect it we continue in this way: we open the file. Htaccess (usually always available and accessible) and paste this code:

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• <Files Wp-config.php>

• Order allow, deny

• Deny from all

• </ Files>

In this way, set an access control simple and easy to manage.

Block access to the folders WP

The WordPress system folders (those with prefix wp-foldername) contains various information on our website or blog: to improve safety can be prohibited from indexing by search engines.

To do this we must open the robots.txt file (located in the root directory) and deploy this code:

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• 2 Disallow: / wp-

In this way all the files, folders and subfolders starting with "wp-" will not be indexed by search engine crawlers.

A small technical note: To avoid de-indexation of the images (useful for SEO) We can allow access only to the folder wp-content/uploads / using this simple command:

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• 2 Allow: / wp-content/uploads /

Remove version information used

Not everyone knows that there could be security issues to maintain information about the version (viewable in the source code for example): An attacker could use this information to exploit vulnerabilities on various releases.

Do not forget that the version you are using may also be obtained through RSS feeds.

To avoid this, we must open the functions.php file and insert these lines of code:

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• no_generator function () {return'';}

• add_filter ('the_generator', 'no_generator');

The readme.html file (usually present in the root directory) contains information about the version in use: it must be eliminated.

Access only by its static IP address

This is a very interesting measure of prevention: to provide access to your blog only from a particular IP address.

To do this we must create a file. Htaccess and place it in an ad hoc wp-admin folder (do not change. Htaccess file in the root of this site).

Paste this code into the file:

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• # My ip address only

• Order Deny, Allow

• Allow from my IP address (put your own IP address)

• Deny from all

Note: In case of dynamic IP could be some inconvenience to the continuous change FTP settings related to the address.

Disable directory browsing

Disable directory browsing (navigation within a directory) is an operation of security and basic primary: to prohibit access to folders and files remotely that compose the structure of a site or a blog.

The execution is very simple, just open the file. Htaccess and implement two lines of code:

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• # Disable directory browsing

• Options All-Indexes

• Rules to never forget

To further increase the security of WordPress, we must not forget some standard rules.

ID for login

The login ID for the platform must be changed after the first time: the classic nickname "admin" is not good, because it is easy to understand.

Upgrading the CMS

Remember to always update to the latest version your CMS: an operation of short duration and there is a protection from future headaches.

Delete the installation file

The install.php file (wp-admin/install.php) can be safely deleted after the installation of WordPress could make your blog vulnerable to attack.

Use a strong password

Choose a strong password for access: avoid birth dates or other easily identifiable. Preferred password with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and punctuation marks (-_ @).

Today however, thanks to the increasingly widespread support from the latest generation of browsers to CSS property called @ font-face, we can customize your web pages by specifying the desired font type, not limited to "boring" web-safe fonts.

In this post we explain a fast and easy way to integrate into your blog based on WordPress one of beautiful fonts made available by Google under Open Source license.

To do this we use the WP Google Fonts plugin.

Installation of the plugin:

Go to the "plugins" section of the WordPress dashboard and click on "Add new".  In the search form enter "WP Google Fonts, look in the list and click on" install now ".

Once installed the plugin, click on the "Google Fonts" in the "settings" section of the side menu of the dashboard of WordPress.

In the options page of "Google Fonts" are 6 blocks of Options, each of which can be used to specify a font for the various elements of the web pages of the blog.

It is not necessary to use them all, and then you can activate only the ones that you feel necessary, specifying:

• the type of fonts ("Select font"). Click on the dropdown menu and the name of the font you want (you can see a preview at the bottom of the page).
• the items to which you want to assign the font chosen ("Elements you want to assign this font to"). If you choose "All", the new font will be applied to all elements of the page.

Alternatively, you can indicate specific elements headlines, block quotes, paragraphs and lists.

If you have indicated specific instructions in your style sheet (CSS file), you can replace or modify inside the box "Custom CSS".

In this way, the font specified will be applied to nonstandard elements invented by you in the CSS file to use the same blog also other font of Google is sufficient to activate another block of options ("Options") and indicate elements that assign the font.

Click on "Save" to save the settings of each block of options.

Go now to your blog to see how the new fonts appear on the pages (if you do not see changes made a reload of the page).If you are using a plugin like "WP Super Cache" may need to clear the cache to make the changes. For now there are 19 fonts available, but certainly the number is expected to increase.

Joomla key SEO points in our opinion that can be distinguished as advantageous:

• The URL can be created almost as you want without having any problem with the SH404 SEF component.
• The duplicate pages can be "grouped" with the ALIAS always SH404 SEF
• It can handle virtually any type of content in any position and page of the site without having to speak in code, you can do everything easily by
• Installing add-ons can provide you with endless features; you can find everything for Joomla
• Basically Joomla comparing to WordPress is more easily expandable, and requires less expertise pressures.

For a personal site we advise to choose WordPress it is easier to install and upgrade.

The administration of WordPress blog CMS does not offer great features, unless you use plugins such as Flutter or custom data structures to handle the newest version of WordPress which is basically the same things but does not have an administration such as Flutter, to create data types. With the new WordPress you have to define data structures in the file functions.php

In terms of SEO optimization is saved through Joomla SH404 SEF, a payment component that allows you to define title, description, keywords and URL of each page of the site. Functional but boring because the URLs are handled separately from the content itself, so after writing something you most likely need access to components> sh404> manage change url> and write titles and more.

As for SEO promotion with WordPress, just install All-in-One-SEO Pack and you're almost done. The plugin allows you to write title and description immediately after the contents of your items and then everything is contextual and more immediate. The main work to be done to the URL instead must be implemented programmatically in the functions.php file. From there you define the structure and behavior of the URL of the site to any http request. To address some decide to do some research to show the other post with a particular template for others to choose other specific template.

In the case of my website I've defined a template tourist region, an area code, a geographic area, a hotel and a hotel for all results. From the functions.php file, you can automatically assign the correct template depending on the request received.

Who wins between Joomla and WordPress when comparing their SEO abilities? Both have their advantages and lacks, especially when it comes to quicker upgrading but everyone should choose foremost considering what niche a future site is going to fill.

Let's see how we create our photo gallery in a post with WordPress 3.0:

• The first thing to do is obviously to prepare images to be clicked;
• Create a new post or page, giving it a title and save as a draft;
• Then click on the icon Add image;
• Click on the select files to upload button, and go to select all images that we are part of the Gallery;
• Expect all the images to load, and then click on the Save all changes;
• The Panel displays, will allow you to: Customize the name and description for every single photo;
• In Gallery settings allow you to assign a link to the thumbnail image file or page annex;
• Sort pictures by: title, date and time or random;
• Sort: Ascending/Descending;
• Decide how many columns the gallery must have;
• Terminate the settings insert newly created image gallery in the post by clicking "insert Gallery;
• Click on the link above the article title preview to display the newly created Gallery.

If we are not satisfied we can operate on the Gallery's settings by clicking on the blue box and selecting the icon in the upper left corner, with a small picture. The icon with the Red prohibition eliminates the Gallery from the post.

After creating the Gallery, you can use Flexible Lightbox plugin for WordPres.

This plugin allows you to use the Lightbox functionality to images and photo galleries in wordpress without touching the html code. It allows you to set whether or not to use lightbox to load the image.

Tip: how to add an image gallery in WordPress website?

As we know, WordPress is undoubtedly a major personal publishing platform that allows us to achieve in a few minutes our personal blog. The guide that we propose below, will allow us to create and manage easily and quickly a gallery of images in WordPress.

Usually, using WordPress, inserting an image within the article we're going to write is a common practice. If our post requires the presence of multiple images in the Gallery function of WordPress becomes the ideal solution. Of course, not simply go to upload several images that will be part of our gallery, but we must then also set a number of options relating to the display order, the number of columns within a post or a page, and so on. We, therefore, see how to create and manage a gallery in WordPress.

The first action to perform is of course in all the pictures we need. After adding a new article, including title and after having saved it, please click on the icon Add image. To select files to upload all the images present on our computer. After completing this operation you need to save all changes.

We are so, automatically, in the gallery with the pictures just uploaded. In Gallery Settings, there are all the settings to adjust; the first of these is Link thumbnail. Popping the image files, all images of the Gallery, click once, will appear in their actual size. We are going to select, on the other hand, Page annex.

The next option to set is on the order of the images in the gallery. To Order images, you can decide whether to insert images by title, Date or random while ordering, check the box in ascending or descending. To create a custom Sort order, click menu.

Next to each image in the Gallery, you can now insert in the box of the sorting, the number on the display order, and then save the changes.

Clicking on Show alongside each picture, you can act on additional settings; in the title, there will be the default name of the image, obviously editable at best and that appears to hover over the image. You can also add a caption. These settings must be repeated for each image in the gallery.

Returning to the previous settings, columns, you can decide, the number of columns, i.e. images that are displayed in horizontal order on each row of the page. After making all changes, click Insert Gallery.

Within the body of WordPress, displays a blue background color inside pale, with a camera and a photograph. To preview the work accomplished, just click on the Preview button next to the Save draft, in the right panel of the WordPress page. What we'll see if it meets will be what we are going to publish.

If we are not satisfied with a full work just made, you can change the gallery by clicking on the box. will appear on the right corner two icons: by clicking on the red icon will delete the created Gallery, while clicking the first icon we will modify it. Opens the window of our gallery, where you can fine-tune the settings and update.

Few times faster than version of WP 3.1 - a more focused release, we will decide the developments more clearly and we will make sure that people keep these goals will not fall on the stage just one more thing. "

The main theme will be "fast light" - is to abandon support for older technology. Attention should be given to make things faster, especially in posting, editing and writing content easier and faster.

Improvements API List Tables - you will finalize the API for use by others making it even more flexible.

Loading XHR Tables has to be analyzed carefully after the stabilization of List Table API. Verify that there is a real improvement before devoting full time to its development.

PHP 5.2 (specifically 5.2.4) as a minimum requirement. SI abandon compatibility with the previous one but without adding much of PHP5 specific code. The purpose of this release will be to abandon the old and add no big news.

MySQL 5 as a minimum requirement. This amendment does not involve particular job if there is no need to change the minimum requirements. Will not change the query (NDT inq HIS Even if you abandon the old requirements, but without introducing significant new work of cleaning that building).

IE6 EOL (End Of Life) for the admin - If BrowseHappy will be updated in time, we will consider the possibility of adding a warning to "use a real browser" to IE6 users. This does not allow you to discard a lot of CSS to IE6 IE7 because it shares most of the problems. It is a mostly symbolic operation and reduces the combination of platforms for use in testing. This will also mean that the security problems that occur only in relation to IE6 can avereuna lower priority in their resolution.

Distractions in posts (articles) - The purpose is to say, "ooh, how nice." The idea is to replace the current version in full screen which is something more beautiful, make use of it (in terms of line length and font size) and simple (limited to the visual features of Edo).

About improvements - updates only type-and-file-modified can be implemented without changes to core files of WordPress. As a first step we plan to perform updates only from one version to the next major version, so, for example, from 3.2 to 3.2.1 and 3.2.1 to 3.2.2. As an option you can think of to run a full scan files to identify the changes and offer the possibility of a full upgrade by overwriting the changed files only. In addition, during updates, it completely excludes the directory wp-contents directory (no update of the standard theme and plugin included).

Speed ​​Enhancements - There is a huge number of things you can do to make WordPress faster in loading or limits it "seem" faster. It is considered the PHP lazy loading. IT is also working on an amendment to make uploading of the administration menu, making it the fastest expansion in PHP. We would like to make the dashboard faster than non-performing asynchronous requests when the cache is still warm. The developers are also working on improvements on FTP that should make upgrades faster for those using certain types of FTP servers.

As you can see this release, and of course the correction of open tickets focuses on two sensational goals that also not introducing new "visual" or innovative features should make the day to day use WordPress more simple, fast and productive, setting the stage for further improvements once abandoned old now obsolete technologies and requirements that will allow the future to introduce effective release best in the PHP code or SQL queries.