Technical

Google-Powered, Full-Featured Ad Banner Management For Your Site – For Free

You want to direct sell ads, but you don’t want to stop using ad networks. After all, they’re fairly dependable. You simply want to be able to use your own campaigns IF you manage to sell them and they make you more money.

OIO Publisher remains a good option for many. It allows you to run 3rd party ad networks along with your own in-house campaigns.

But, there is another option provided by Google. And it is free.

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How To DRAW Your WordPress Theme And Make It Work

Everybody with a blog wants to have a nice looking design.

It can also be one of the most frustrating things in the world – especially for people who have no idea how to code. Perhaps you are familiar with this one.

Well, there is a way where you can DRAW your theme. Practically like painting it on screen. No coding necessary. Just drag and drop, then setting up some settings.

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What’s Coming In WordPress 3.3?

As we sit here toward the beginning of October, word is that we may be seeing the first release candidate of Wordpress 3.3 toward the end of the month, with the final toward the end of November.

So, what’s it going to be this time?

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How To Place A Video Opt-In On Your WordPress Homepage

Ever since I made the most recent design shift here on DavidRisley.com, the thing that people mention to me most about it is the video opt-in. Basically, I have a video on the left side and an opt-in form on the right side.

It is actually pretty simple to implement something like that. But, first, let’s answer the question…. should you?

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How Much Stuff Should Go UNDER A Blog Post?

I got a question the other day from one of my email subscribers. Chris Huff, from Behind The Mixer, asked:

What’s the best length for standard stuff after a blog post. For example, there can be a list of related articles, an about box, social media icons, newsletter subscription, quite a bit before the viewer ever sees the comment box. I’ve wanted to add a newsletter subscription box to mine, but as you can see on this page, it seems like the end of the article is getting pretty busy.

Really good question.

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Do You Have A Super-High Bounce Rate On Your Site?

The bounce rate can often be a matter of concern for a lot of site owners. Is it too high? What can you do about it?

Actually, it might not be as high as you think. Perhaps you can stop thinking you’ve done something horribly wrong.

Let me explain…

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How To Clone A Blog (And Why)

You know the old saying… (and pardon my French for a minute)…

“Shit happens”.

And it is particularly annoying when said shit happens to YOUR blog. Whether it be an upgrade, a plug-in, or you get hacked… at some point while running your blog, you’re very likely going to come face-to-face with the truth in the saying, “shit happens”.

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The Thinking Behind the DavidRisley.com Re-Design

I think one of the curses of running your own website is that you find yourself getting tired of the way it looks.

Combine that with the know-how of doing design and coding – and the fact that I enjoy it – and it makes for a deadly combination. One that can easily lead to a lot of wasted time tinkering with a web design (wasted because it doesn’t really make me money).

But, it WAS time for this site to get a makeover. A lot of people seemed to like the old one (I routinely had people asking me who designed it… the answer is me), but it was time to re-do things with some adjusted specs.

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How To Easily Create A Video Gallery On Your Blog

One of the great ways of driving traffic to your blog(s) is through the use of online video. Our videos on the PCMech Youtube channel are a steady source of traffic to the site. It just works. Now, I could get into a whole thing about how to optimize videos on Youtube and get more [...]

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2 Quick Ways To Easily Modify Your Opt-In Forms (Without Being a Code Junkie)

I know one of the big constraints many of you are having with your opt-in forms on your blog is your lack of coding skills.

So, what happens is you end up using the default opt-in forms you’re provided. Either that, or you use one of the pre-designed opt-in forms provided by your email manager. The problem is… most of them are downright corny. Even Aweber (my personal favorite email solution) offers a wide variety of pre-designed opt-in forms that I wouldn’t personally be caught dead using.

So, without the HTML skills, how do you customize your opt-in forms? Here are some ideas…

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