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HOW TO CHOOSE A GREAT WORDPRESS THEME

WordPress — it’s the leading free content management system beloved by so many.

It allows us to create beautiful websites and blogs of all varieties and niches without breaking the bank. But when it comes to theme selection… there’s just so many choices!

In WordPress, your theme sets the tone (and overall look and feel) of your site within seconds of that first user impression.

That’s why it’s essential to pick a theme that’s right for you, your site, and one that delivers.

Here are some things to consider to help you pick that perfect WordPress theme!

Is the theme regularly updated?

This first question — whether the theme you’re looking at provides regular updates — is actually a must-ask question and a good indicator of a theme’s quality.

The date of the last update is visible on the theme’s presentation page whether you’re browsing the official WordPress Theme Directory or browsing Themeforest.

Don’t make the mistake of selecting a theme that hasn’t been updated in years because you’ll have absolutely no way of fixing problems if you encounter a bug, or if one of the features no longer work.

A good rule of thumb: a theme that’s been updated in the last 6 or so months is generally regarded as a safe bet and safe choice.

And this brings us to the number one question for any Webmaster just starting to get his or her feet wet in the WordPress scene…

FREE vs. PREMIUM?!

The million dollar question is:

  • do you go with a free WordPress theme, or a paid one?

Really, it all comes down to where you’re at with your marketing and what your budget is.

Will a free theme suffice for the average Webmaster just starting out?

Sure, you bet! There’s some pretty decent themes out there at no cost.

But here are some of the common issues you run into with free WordPress themes:

  • Themes frequently end up abandoned.
  • Support can be non-existent.
  • Theme creators may be nowhere to be found.
  • And the coding can be quite amateur-ish and crummy.

For the obvious reasons above, that’s why many Webmasters find themselves going the premium theme route.

Sure, it may cost you some money, but as the old saying goes:  you get what you pay for.

Other questions to ask:

What’s its rating?

Whether you’re going for a free or a premium theme, the theme’s overall user rating is another good indicator of how a theme holds up.

Obviously, the more ratings a theme has, the better you’ll be able to gauge how good or bad it is.

Just as you can find when a theme has last been updated on Themeforest or in the WordPress Theme Directory—you can find a theme’s rating on these same two pages.

Shooting for themes rated 5 stars never hurt nobody.

But don’t judge a theme too quickly if that theme you’re gravitating towards only has a 3 star rating after a few user reviews.

Remember, people who are disappointed are two-times more likely to rate a theme than the people who really enjoyed it.

So see what the general consensus is and use your best judgment and go from there.

If you want to avoid being inconvenienced or burned — stick with highly rated themes with many user reviews.

Does the theme provide support?

OK, maybe you’re a WordPress Jedi and you know you could rewrite the entire theme’s source code with your eyes closed if you really wanted to—but that doesn’t change anything we’re about to say.

Theme support is paramount.

And good theme support… on the other hand… is essential.

The difference between lackluster and awesome support means all the difference in time you could be saving, especially when it comes to working on other projects.

To the less seasoned WordPresser—reliable support is a lifesaver.  Support can help ensure you’re getting the most out of that WP theme.

With that said, it’s no secret the premium themes (aka the ones that cost money) are the ones that have the best support track record.  But that’s not to say all free ones fail in this department.

Believe it or not, some authors put their blood, sweat, and tears into a theme before releasing it. In many ways, it becomes their baby.

If you’re lucky enough to find a free WordPress theme with this kind of integrity and history behind it — it’s usually smooth sailing from there.

Authors who fall into this category usually have a tremendous track record when it comes to providing above and beyond dedicated support.

So while doing your theme research, check out if a theme lists any information about its author, and if it does, see if this person has went to great efforts answering other people’s questions.

You can also get a good idea of the average response / answer time by checking out the associated themes’ support pages via the Support forums and “Support” tab on a theme’s presentation page.

Is the theme Responsive?

OK, we know, this one might seem like a no brainer in the age of smartphones and tablets — but a theme’s Responsiveness should still be an essential deciding factor before pulling the trigger.

In fact, it’s very easy to find out.

To ensure a WordPress theme is responsive and a contender for your needs, simply preview it through ResponsiveTest.net (it’s a very nifty tool).

Don’t just trust the theme’s description —  put it to the test!

Recommendation>> TOP WORDPRESS THEMES FOR ADULT BLOGS.

Is the theme easily customizable?

And last but not least…

How customizable is the WordPress theme you’re considering?

  • Do you need a theme that you can modify a bit and tailor to your needs?
  • Or does a one-size fits all approach work just fine for you?

Sure, themes may be really well designed these days, but that doesn’t mean you won’t want to tweak a thing or two at some point in the near future.

Indeed, customizing a few things – even just things of subtle nature  – is what makes your site or blog stand out from all the rest.

If you are an experienced WordPress Webmaster, you may want to look for a theme with a simple and comprehensible StyleSheet to save time on theme customization. Indeed, sometimes theme creators deliberately protect their design by making their StyleSheet clunky without notes, filled with unnecessary code, so it isn’t easy for the average user to modify. You’ll find this especially true with the free themes.

If you are unfamiliar with WordPress, you may want to search for themes with customization features already included and integrated. This way, you’ll be able to work on the theme and add your brand signature without having to struggle with the code (but it’s always good to start familiarizing yourself with the code sooner rather than later because it will open up more opportunities in the long run!).

The Search is ON for the Perfect Theme!

Depending on the exact type of theme you’re on the hunt for, you may need to ask yourself some additional questions and check a few more things off your checklist before making up your mind.

(e.g., if you know for a fact you’ll be using your site to sell something — like sex toys, for instance — you would want your WordPress themed site to be able to handle the task and perhaps suited for plugins such as WooCommerce — which has been self-described as the best eCommerce platform for WP).

But regardless of the type of site you plan on running, the questions we highlighted above are ones worth asking when it comes to theme selection.

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How to add Adsense to WordPress Blog


Google Adsense is one of the easiest ways to make money online from your website. In this article, I explain how to add Google Adsense Banners into your WordPress  Blog sidebar and content.

As you’ve probably noticed, I’m using Google Adsense in my blog to make some money online. Google Adsense is one of the biggest (and probably easiest) alternatives to make money online when you have a website or a blog.

Why Adsense?
Simple. As you’re starting to make a website or a blog, you’ll definitively want to make some money from it. This way you can at least make a few cents and pay the hosting or other expenses.

Thus, Adsense is the alternative from Google which allows you to put contextual ads into your site depending on what you’re writing.

The best thing is that Adsense is really easy to setup, and you just need to send your request with your website and wait until Google decides to enable your account.

However, one thing is to create an Adsense Ad and put it wherever you want on your blog, and another different thing is to put it on the right place. For instance, I recommend putting Adsense Ads on the following places:

  • Top Banner of your website (468×60 px)
  • Sidebar (Varies from 125×125 px up to 300×250 px)
  • Content (468×60 or 300×250)

So, to achieve this, there’s a manual way to do it by modifying your posts php file, or you can add it manually on every post. But I prefer doing it with a WordPress plugin, so let me show you how I do this.

How to add Google Adsense to WordPress

Step 1 – Create an Ad
First, go to your Adsense Dashboard and then into “My Ads” menu. Create a new Add from there:

Then customize your Ad depending on your website’s design. In my case, I selected a default style which already matches my website, but you can customize it if needed.

Also make sure you select the name of the Ad and select if you want text, pictures or both things displayed in your banner. Don’t worry too much. You can change this later.

Step 2 – Install the Quick Adsense Plugin
Now the plugin I’m going to use today is called Quick Adsense. Quick Adsense allows you to put multiple banners in your page, no matter if they’re from Google Adsense or any other Ad program (including Affiliates). So download it, enable it and access to the configuration panel.

From this point, you’ll be able to select how many Ads you want to show and the position of it. For example, I’m using an Ad at the top of the content with right alignment, and a secondary ad centered at the middle of the content.

Step 3 – Copy and Paste your codes
After you select your Ads (Google Adsense allows up to 3 ads in the same page) then you can copy and paste your Adsense Code to the selected Ads. You can also add a pixel margin between the Ad and the content, which by default is 10px.

And there you have it. After doing this, save the settings and open a post on your blog to see how it looks. If you’re not satisfied with the result, go back to the Quick Adsense panel settings and move everything until you feel it’s good enough (Remember not to be so intrusive with your readers).

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#Wordpress: How To Automatically Insert Ads After First Paragraph

Hey folks, how are you doing today?...hope you're fine. Thanks for finding this topic as it is of much interest to you. Well you must have come across or seen some blogs with ads in the middle or whichever position in articles of each post, okay if you think of doing the same then hold on a continue reading this article. Putting ads code inside a post it's of a tricky job especially non-coders but still there are much simpler ways of doing even without coding classes you can still go on and do it yourself. i bet with this tutorial you can also call yourself a genius..well i i always do that...lol

Enough with talking, there is an easier way to insert ads after first paragraph automatically in wordpress  using a script that is put in the functions.php file. This method is much easier and more effective, because you do not need to touch the script adsense again during making articles.

The final result of this code is that it will be automatically be inserted by the script into the post after predetermined mark. In this tutorial, ads code will be inserted into each posts after first closing paragraph (html, paragraph), then the ads will appear in every post right after the first paragraph.

Below is a script behind the trick that must be inserted into your functions.php file to insert ads after first paragraph automatically in wordpress.

//Insert ads after first paragraph of single post content.
add_filter( 'the_content', 'prefix_insert_post_ads' );
     function prefix_insert_post_ads( $content ) {

 $ad_code = '<div>Ads code goes here</div>';
 if ( is_single() && ! is_admin() ) {
  return prefix_insert_after_paragraph( $ad_code, 1, $content );
 }

 return $content;
}
// Parent Function that makes the magic happen
function prefix_insert_after_paragraph( $insertion, $paragraph_id, $content ) {
 $closing_p = '</p>';
 $paragraphs = explode( $closing_p, $content );
 foreach ($paragraphs as $index => $paragraph) {
  if ( trim( $paragraph ) ) {
   $paragraphs[$index] .= $closing_p;
  }
  if ( $paragraph_id == $index + 1 ) {
   $paragraphs[$index] .= $insertion;
  }
 }

 return implode( '', $paragraphs );
}
Once you put the above code into functions, things you should do next is replace the red part with your ads code. You can also change the number of paragraphs by changing the orange part. Suppose I change the number of paragraph to 2, then the ad will appear after the second paragraph.

and that's how you do it, now you can insert ads after first paragraph automatically in wordpress with ease. Go ahead and call yourself a genius'@@@. If there are any questions please comment below, I will be happy to answer your questions.

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How To Create Privacy Policy Page For Your Blog

Folks, it's a good day again and I just figure out that since am giving you tutorials on blogging especially for my folks in Tanzania then it is very important to have a Privacy Policy page on your blog. This page is one of the important this to have. It contains legal statements on the use of information over the internet.  A Privacy Policy is a disclosure information about how the site gathers any information from the visitors and about the ads served.

It's very necessary since it provides a credibility and trustworthiness to your blog. Many ad serving programs and networks including Google AdSense and Zhakkas looks for a privacy policy on your blog before approving you in their advertising network.


OK, let's take a lesson on HOW TO CREATE A Privacy Policy Statement.

In this article, I will tell you how to create a privacy policy page and add it to your blog.

You can either create a privacy policy yourself if you have required knowledge but most of the bloggers do not know how to create a perfect privacy policy for their blogs especially crafting the content to relect the blog niche content. However, that shouldn't scare you away, technology is advancing hence there are several third-party privacy policy generators which will do the work for you for and definately free. In this tutorial,  let's see one example of the software I have once used before, The Privacy Policy Statement service is provided by SerpRank.com Follow the steps below:-

  • Go to the SerpRank privacy policy generator page.
  • The page will ask for your Site URL and Email Address.
  • If your blog use cookies (if you are serving advertising, your blog is most likely using it), select Yes, we use cookies option.
  • In the advertiser information, select the advertising solutions you use to monetize your blog.

  • After filling up the form, select Create my Privacy policy.  The created policy page will appear and you can Now Copy this information to a text document.

Let's see HOW TO ADD The Generated Privacy Policy To Your Blog?
  • For Blogger Blog: Open your Blogger Dashboard > Pages. If you are using WordPress Blog then go to your Dashboard > Pages > Add New
  • Create a new blank page and paste the copied privacy policy in the text body and give a title to your page as “Privacy Policy
  • Publish your page and refresh you blog to see the result( For blogger make sure you added the page link to Privacy Policy button.
You have successfully created and published privacy policy for your blog and you can enjoy blogging. By adding a privacy policy to your blog, you will increase the trustworthiness of your readers. It’s a good practice to have a privacy policy visible to your readers. Even Google AdSense in their terms and conditions require you to have a privacy policy for your blog. So, go and make one before you apply for any advertising network to make money from your blog.



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