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20 Reasons why you need a website

randomattic — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:27:59 +0000

Websites are here to stay. They are technology's offering to us and the benefits of these are undeniable. Here are 20 reasons why they are such an essential part of our lives:

A website is an index to the maturity of a society: With the advancement of information technology, websites have become a part of our life. Initially they seemed to be a far cry and many considered them a luxury. But today they have become essential.
The latest tool to make life comfortable and enjoyable: Anything that makes your daily cores easy, people immediately lap it up. A website is one such thing.
Good source for profession specific information: Whatever be the profession, there is a website for it. That is why profession-specific websites have become dear to the hearts of people. They can just click the site they are interested in. They get what they want.
Academics' work gets noticed by relevant people: If one's work has to get the desired recognition, it has to be noticed by the right people at the right time. That is exactly what websites are intended for.
Meet the research needs of both professionals and non-professionals: The research needs of professionals are different from those of the non-professional. Both of them have separate sites and as such one need not waste time in browsing unnecessary sites. They go to the sites that serve them. It is that easy.
Banking made easy: One need not spend hours in queues to either transfer their funds or receive them. You can get all the financial services now being offered in the cool comfort of your home. That is what online banking is offering you.
Give business organizations respectability and good publicity: Business houses used to spend a substantial part of their earnings to make themselves and their products known to the people. Now they need not worry. Then can build a website of their own which is accessible to everyone. Besides it gives them an identity and respectability.
Best means to reach lay and targeted audiences: Companies now can reach all and sundry through their website. And at the same time they can easily convince their targeted audience with day to day updates.
Internet presence has become imperative for image building and business growth: Websites have become so common that companies which do not have a website of their own are considered backbenchers. Such companies do not have any face at all. Websites help them build an image and boost growth.
The only medium to introduce oneself to the Internet to improve one's business.
Most effective means: As both seekers and givers are under one roof, advertising becomes easy and effective at almost no cost at all.
Websites offer a wide variety of devices and services: From simple enquiry requests to change of detail processing like address changes to advanced functions such as supply change management made easy.
Comparing prices: Before selecting an item and then strike deal, one can easily compare the prices in the market. Thus one can make a knowledgeable wise choice.
Global programs: Be they study programs, fundraising schemes, grants and scholarships, and volunteering opportunities, they are aplenty.
International job listings: Only place where one gets the largest number of job listings from all over the world.
Hassle-free travel: International or domestic travel has never been as easy as today. Go to the Internet open a relevant site and enter your requirements. You can buy your ticket, call a taxi to pick you up and drop you at the airport, and book the hotel accommodation you want. All at once and at one go.
Matrimony made easy: Want a match for you or your daughter or son? You need not spend sleepless nights. Selection has become as easy as going to a movie. Websites have made matrimony hazardless with many sites catering to all - A partner is just a click away!
Movie online: Name a movie you get it online, thanks to websites.
Networking: Now one can make a reunion with schoolmates, or make new friends or connect to relatives in distant places. At a click one can exchange ideas and pix with their dear. That is what the sites like Face Book do.
All this at practically no cost.

Add FB Like box to WP

randomattic — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:38:27 +0000

Officially you can apply settings for a like box for facebook from this link - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/ - download the code and set it up on your site. the above link works if you have one URL that you want to use the box with. but what if in wordpress we want to add the likebox to all pages and posts dynamically without specifially adding a plugin and then modifying it to show at a particular place in the post. we have an easy solution. Here wordpress template tags come to work. you can download the code snippet from facebook website and alter it. then you can put it in your wordpress template single.php and/or page.php for facebook like box to show with dynamic url. here is the code. please double click and copy/paste the below code and voila! [php] ID)); ?>&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="320" height="240">

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wasn't that an easy solution?!

Add Twitter Button to WP

randomattic — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:46:48 +0000

Recently Twitter announced its own twitter share button. Now we dont need to rely on tweetmeme to share blog with twitter. Here is how you can add it to your WP template.... Copy the below code in your index.php or single.php file in your WP theme files. [php][/php]

Change data-via="ektz" to your own twitter username to add your twitter link in the generated tweet.

You can also recommend another twitter account for people to follow. Please add data-related="randomattic" just after data-via="ektz" phrase.

say bye to tweetmeme. welcome twitter.

Women in Web Design

randomattic — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:16:22 +0000

I have been featured in this article here - on @onextrapixel . Must read. Interesting females all over the world share their views. This was compiled by Krishna solanki. Way to go , Girl!

Plugin – RSB

randomattic — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:31:29 +0000

This is a no-fuss social bookmarking plugin for WordPress. All is done at a click of a button. can it get any better than that? Black & White Social networking icons that matches every layout of wordpress. Easy to modify and flowless. More icon packs will be available soon. The icons right now are courtesy of MySiteMyWay .

You can download a latest copy of the plugin from official WordPress directory. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/randomattic-socialbookmarks/

You need any support with installing this plugin and using it, please contact me from this site and/or comment here. I will get back to you with a solution ASAP.

Favicon for your Website

randomattic — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:09:47 +0000

A Favicon is a little custom icon that appears next to a website's URL in the address bar of a web browser. It is usually of a small size, like 16 pixels by 16 pixels. It’s a very good branding opportunity and it gives that additional dynamism to your site design.

How to make a Favicon file?

For starters, you can use a GIF or a PNG file as an icon, but Internet Explorer doesn’t always support those formats, that’s why to be on safe side, the .ICO format should be used. To make and .ICO file in photoshop, you have to first download a plugin and add it into photoshop. Please download and follow the instructions here… Telegraphics ICO plugin for Photoshop After you’ve installed the plugin, open a canvas in photoshop of size 32x32 pixels. [ or you can take multiples of 16x16. Such as 48x48, 64x64 etc ] Best Branding Option is to use a part of the logo of the site and/colors to make the icon. If you have a logo ready, please try to make it smaller and see how it looks at the size of 16x16. if it looks too complicated, its better to incorporate just a part of it, rather than the whole logo. After you’ve decided on the look and size, time to make it better by sharpening the image at that small size. Also change saturation and contract to achieve a neat and clean icon option. Try not to have too many shadows and blurs in the icon, as it doesn’t look clean in browsers. Once done with that, in photoshop menu Go to File>Save As and name the file favicon.ico. Under Format you must choose Windows Icon (ICO) from the pulldown menu. This format will only be available in Photoshop after you install the abovesaid plugin. So the Favicon is created. Now lets look at how you can add it into the website.

Add Favicon to the website

The common location is the “root” folder of your site, which is same directory as your home (index) page. If you put it there with the name favicon.ico, most browsers will find it automatically. If you plan to not keep it in the ‘ROOT’ Directory of the website, you will have to add one line of code to your index file HTML. [html] <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> [/html]

Add Favicon in the Wordpress Blog

In wordpress blog, you can also use the same format of putting the .ICO file in the root folder. But for the sake of making the favicons theme friendly, upload the .ICO file in the Theme directory where your style.css file is saved of a particular theme you’re using. Then in the theme editor, please look at the header.php file. Open it and add the following code betweentag. [php]<LINK REL="ICON" HREF="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />[/php] Update the file and Visit the Blog home page to see the favicon at work. If your new Favicon does not show up right away, try refreshing the page [ by doing Ctrl + F5 ] or clearing your cache. Voila! You’re done!

Hello world!

randomattic — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:49:02 +0000

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. This post is the dedication to the best blogging script i have came across in a long time. Kudos to Wordpress. This is my new start-up , with a core idea to make blogging more fun, more pleasure and indeed simpler for everyone. In this blog, I am going to write about all ranges of topics, covering blog designing in general, with indian perspective in mind. I plan to write more plugins, code more themes and unravel amazing tips and tricks that you can do with Wordpress. Please keep watching the space!