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Use Facebook to Promote your New Website

»Posted on Feb 3, 2012 in Recommended Finds, Web Development | 0 comments

Use Facebook to Promote your New Website

The current demand for social network services has opened new doors for marketing opportunities. A good number of Facebook users have turned to it for their promotion needs. The results they have gained can only be summarized in one word, ‘amazing’. However, did you also know that you can promote your new website through Facebook? Well, this is actually possible. Facebook is the best tool when it comes to this. It is attributed to the fact that, the site is home to many users across the globe. Chances of getting new users or customers for your website is therefore, magnified. Many web designers London and in other big cities are now offering Facebook page design services as part of their website design service, so if you can afford the extra cost then it’s definitely worth getting as it will bring you more profits in the run long.

However, you need to first, create an account with Facebook. This is the only ways to get this social site services. It is considered as the first step towards getting the most of Facebook services. The fact that you can do within a shorter period, is an added advantage. After creating an account, invite as much friends as possible. These friends could be your former classmates, your current neighbors, office colleagues and those whom you met through friends. One thing about Facebook is that, it gives you the chance of inviting friends whom you have never met, or know much about them. They all become your friends no matter the gender or the age. http://www.toptut.com//HLIC/e3af487150c70ddc2f9b99fd1f1524b2.png

After getting as much friends as possible, introduce your website. Let your friends know much about your websites based on the following:

  • Its type
  • How to access it
  • The kind of services available
  • Cost per services available
  • Any kind or promotions and freebies within it

Always, ensure that you give as much knowledge as possible to your friends. It is a sure way of improving your website visibility. As we have mentioned above, start by stating the type of website you are operating. From the type, state categorically, the kinds of services your website is offering. Start by letting your friends identify themselves with these services. Then, let them know how they can access it. There is nothing as wanting as introducing a website to clients, and then you fail to provide them with the knowledge and manner of accessing it. As always, give them detailed steps on how to go about it.

Facebook is home to millions of users across the globe. The site is registering an increasing number of new users, everyday. This means that, you are sure of getting at least ten people viewing your site per day. However, of course, this will depend on how many friends you have and how much effort you have put in place, towards promoting your website.

At Facebook page, you are provided with an option about advertising or promoting a product. This is where you need to introduce your website. Take advantage of such pages and you will be smiling all the way to the bank, with such offers. Depending on your security settings, your friends, and even friends of friends will view your website promo in your page. You can also introduce to your friends pages, as along as they have permitted you to do so.

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35 Beautiful & Fresh Free Fonts for WordPress Themes Design

»Posted on Feb 1, 2012 in Design, Recommended Finds, Web Development, Wordpress Themes | 0 comments

35 Beautiful & Fresh Free Fonts for WordPress Themes Design

To choose a beautiful set of fonts for your project, you need to analyze your audience, the context of your text, and practical matters like height of the fonts, the readability of the content and reader age. You do not want to pick a font that is impossible to read for a poster in a nursing home. You also do not want to choose a font that is too dainty for the workplace. As usual, less is more, and you should find and experiement with several fonts and font combinations to see how the final result appears before finally deciding. Start with a set of basic fonts, and then experiment changing just a single design element at a time. And do not forget to have fun.

So, now that you have geared up to get some fonts, what’s next? There are lots of downloads pages for free fonts. Most of them are fantastic but have a somewhat limited selection. A few of them are very forceful with pop-up ads and even malware (turn your anti-virus software on). And on most all sites, you can only download zip files. Once you download it, you unzip the font files (then remove the original zip file), and copy the unzipped font files to your font-folder. It’s a rather convoluted procedure, in particular if you have multiple fonts you want to download. But there is a better way…

 

Bree Serif Regular

Bree Serif

 

Europe Underground

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Francois One

Francois-one-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

 Fanwood

Fanwood-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

Jura – New

Jura

 

 Ostrich Sans

Ostrich-sans-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

Fjord

Fjord

 

 Burbin Casual

Burbin-casual-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Quattrocento Sans

Quattrocento-sans-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

Open Sans

Open Sans

 

 News Cycle

News-cycle-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

Amaranth

Amaranth

 

 Code Pro

Code-pro-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Collator

Collator-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

 Capsuula

Capsuula-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Claire Hand

Claire-hand-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

 Aovel Cool

Aovel-cool-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Sketch Gothic

Sketch-gothic-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Nunito

Nunito-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

Arvo Font Family

Arvo Font Family

 Steelfish

Steelfish-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Movavi Grotesque Black

Movavi-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Shanti

Shanti-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Banda

Banda-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Broken Records

Broken-records-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

 Infinity

Infinity-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

Indento

Free Font Indento

 Tabitha

Tabitha-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Phoenix Script

Phoenix-script-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

 Decibel

Decibel-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 

 Wisdom Script

Wisdom-script-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Duke

Duke-fresh-free-fonts-2011

 Appleberry

Appleberry-fresh-free-fonts-2011

Melbourne (personal use only)

Melbourne

 Metrophobic

Metrophobic-fresh-free-fonts-2011

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Freeware FSX Downloads – Take Your Flight Simulator to A New Level

»Posted on Sep 26, 2011 in General, Recommended Finds | 8 comments

Freeware FSX Downloads – Take Your Flight Simulator to A New Level

I am sure you all have heard about Microsoft Flight Simulator but probably you are not familiar with the most complete, detailed and popular website on the internet that offers a wide variety of resources for those who plan to get a serious practice flying any aircraft. You can find a huge downloads section, forum, videos and news on the pages of flyawaysimulation.com. In fact, if you have been searching for freeware fsx downloads, you won’t find a better place on the internet, that is for sure. You can try any of the jets, helicopters, military aircrafts and other air vehicles offered on the website, some of which are paid and others are free.

With over 130k members in their forum, you can share your own photos and videos on their website and browse through hundreds of already uploaded images and videos.

Looking for Flight Simulator X downloads and add-ons? Don’t limit your imagination just by the standard release of Microsoft Flight Simulator X – reveal the genuine potential and download free FSX add-ons! Plenty of new utilities, add-on sounds, enchanting scenery that will take your breath away, flight decks and panels, and of course more missions and aircrafts are waiting for you on the pages of flyawaysimulation.com.

Although the add-ons are “free”, in order to access the downloads section, you need to register, and registration costs $5 a month. For $5 you get unlimited access to all the downloads offered on the site and new ones that will be released during the life of your subscription. You will also get free support any time you need and generous discount on the payware.  Subscription will also allow you to create a detailed profile, post comments, and upload images. Cancelling your membership is possible at any time so basically you may use it only for one month and grab the freebies for your $5.

I guess the number of forum posts and members at their website definitely tells us that most people do keep their membership up and running, and are more than satisfied with it! So, if you want to feel like a military pilot or an owner of a private helicopter flying over the province of Quebec — go ahead and register today, you won’t be disappointed!

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Web Hosting Comparison – Where to Find The Best Reviews

»Posted on Sep 17, 2011 in Recommended Finds, Web Hosting | 8 comments

Web Hosting Comparison – Where to Find The Best Reviews

As my readers know, from time to time we like to feature hosting comparison websites that allow new webmasters to choose the right web hosting solution for their needs. Today, when advertisements dominate the niche, it’s really not easy to makeup your mind about a certain company and as I always say — there is no better advertisement than a satisfied client. Find people who liked a certain web host, ask which host was it — and the chances that you will be unsatisfied are quite small (unless your website is significantly larger, heavier and popular). The problem is always the same though, finding these web hosting reviews is not easy. Many times I came across people who speak in favor of a certain web hosting company without even trying it ever themselves, only because they are paid to promote this host. That’s not fair, right?

This mean you need to look for a website that features ALL the web hosting companies (and not just one) and posts an objective web hosting review about each and every one of them, allowing users to add rating and comments to their feedback. This is the only way for you to enter a “one-stop-shop” and overview the entire selection of webhosting solutions, choose a hosting review that seems to have all the benefits you are looking for, and go for it.

A new website has popped out in this niche, which caught my attention last week — Hosting Posting. This rather catchy name belongs to a blog that is becoming rapidly popular nowadays and, to my surprise, contains no ads, pop ups or banners, it is dedicated only to honest reviews and overviews of over 50 popular web hosting providers. You will find their own review, users review (you can post your own as well!), overview of the plans and also coupon codes for getting the best deal out of each hosting.

Chime in and share your experience about a web hosting company you have been using or use this guide to find a company that will suit your needs and answer the most popular geek’s question: “to host or not to host?” :) Good Luck!

 

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How To Open Your Own Online Store Using WordPress

»Posted on Sep 11, 2011 in Making Money Online, Recommended Finds, Wordpress Themes | 5 comments

How To Open Your Own Online Store Using WordPress

Today, more and more people are looking to open an online store and no wonder — selling digital goods, or reselling affiliate products, became so easy and accessible, that it would be a crime not to tune in to this profitable niche and earn your own money from millions of online shoppers. If you have something to sell, you should really try and open an online store, and reach thousands of people who will be interested in your product instantly. Unlike “offline” or so-to-speak “real life” stores, you won’t need to pay rent, buy equipment or employ anyone except yourself. But still, so many people miss out on the opportunity of opening an online shop, why? Simply because they don’t know how to handle an e-commerce shopping platform. It’s hard to set up, a real nightmare to maintain and if anything breaks or goes wrong it costs way too much to fix. It doesn’t have to be that way, with the new solution coming from MarketTheme.com. If want to earn money selling anything online but completely lack any technical skills, this solution is exactly for you. Market Theme is one of the easiest, quickest, and fastest ways to setup your own virtual store.

Using WordPress as backend, the most popular and easy CMS around, MarketTheme had designed a WordPress Theme that does all the job for you. Fully integrated with e-commerce features yet requires no work from your side, apart from entering your paypal ID and adding products with their photos, just like you’d have done with a regular blog posting.  Since technically it’s just a “theme” you won’t need to do anything, really. For $55 only, you can:

  • Install the theme on unlimited domains
  • Get  access to Support Forums
  • Receive FREE lifetime upgrades
  • Rights to fully customize Market Theme (non-encrypted files)
  • Unrestricted access to Download Center (for additional plugins and custom mods)
  • No usage fees or hidden costs

As I already mentioned, you can sell both physical, digital and affiliate products. MarketTheme also supports multiple payment processing methods such as PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.net and even offline payment support with the facility to use the  “Bill Me Later” button. I just purchased a license and I can say with full confidence that this is the ultimate solution if you are like myself,  looking to open an online store instantly. Among other notable benefits of this products are:

  • Ultra fast set up
  • Several layout variations
  • Payment flexibility
  • Plenty of Modules (accessible once you obtain your license).
  • Money Back Guaranteed policy (so you can purchase risk free!)

This is also a great opportunity for developers, who can obtain a developer license for a one-time fee of $150, so if you are charging thousands of dollars from your client for building a complete online store, you might want to spend $150 for having the backend fully done for you. It comes with a pretty basic design, so you will have no trouble customizing it to match the look of your website. You might think at first that compared to other shopping-cart-integrated platforms the design is too basic, however, this is the main plus of this theme — it’s extremely easy to customize, easy to navigate and very easy to modify even for newbies. You can try it risk free anyway! Even if you don’t know yet what can you possible sell, the website owners took the time to gather all the best affiliate vendors and merchant websites where you can sign up and instantly start earning money, promoting their products. So, what are you waiting for?

  Download Market Theme Now! 
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Download “UniPress” – The Ultimate Premium WordPress Theme

»Posted on Aug 8, 2011 in Blog, Design, Recommended Finds, Wordpress Themes | 8 comments

Download “UniPress” – The Ultimate Premium WordPress Theme

Meet “UniPress” – Universal Premium WordPress Theme with superb flexibility, solid framework, endless design variations and powerful grid-based design that allows you to create over 35 page layouts in seconds.

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Make your clients happy. With our selection of ready skins + the ability to customize each and every aspect of your theme, you will be able to create endless variations of designs for each client, both light and dark, so you can only purchase once and make totally different themes using this ultra-flexible framework.

Theme Features:

  • Beautiful rotating slider — customize the speed, image size and sequence directly from admin panel.
  • Endless skin variations — customize EVERY aspect of your css and design through the detailed admin panel.
  • 10 ready-to-use skins included
  • Inbuilt shortocodes for buttons, columns, google maps
  • Valid HTML 5 – most advanced coding standard
  • WordPress 3.2+ compatible
  • CSS3 valid
  • Tested on all the most recent versions of major browsers
  • 21 detailed Admin Panel pages.
  • Google Font replacement + choose any font from admin panel
  • Portfolio / blog images can be opened in lightbox prettyPhoto or be linked to a specific url — your choice!
  • Shortcodes for fancy images loader
  • 7 custom widgets
  • 10 widgets areas
  • Upload custom logo and favicon from admin panel
  • 2 custom menus included
  • Add custom css code from admin panel interface
  • WordPress MU supported
  • FREE support for life — just leave a comment here and we will answer asap
  • 35 page layouts — set up default + ability to modify each page separately
  • Lightbox / PrettyPhoto script integrated
  • Optimized for fast loading
  • Timthumb for perfect image cropping without losing proportion
  • Translation ready
  • Plenty of pages including 404 error page
  • Pricing table, testimonials, etc…
  • Neutral, minimal and totally modern business design suitable for ANY project

 

Admin Panel Options

  • upload custom favicon
  • specify custom feed url
  • add code to the header of your theme (google fonts, scripts, etc)
  • add code to the footer of your theme (such as stats counter)
  • create search within a specific category only
  • customize the feed output by excluding categories
  • disable or enable image script settings
  • customize the default index layout – 3 options
  • customize the default post layout — 7 layout options
  • hide / show: meta, post title, post image, post date
  • specify image sizes
  •  customize the default post layout — 3 options
  • default static page layout — 3 options
  • create a teaser message (will be shown under the slider), we called it ‘welcome message’
  • homepage widgets – 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4
  • footer sitewide widgets — 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4
  • add custom footer text.
  • include or exclude search or rss badge
  • customize EVERY and ANY aspect of your design — body background — image or color, font, site logo, headings, page navigation, sidebar, footer, custom css, form elements and more…
  • 10 default, ready-to-use skins to choose from: black, purple, red, blue, brown, gray, pink, green, orange and the default — neutral gray.
  • import and export theme settings and admin panel settings.
  • and more…

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