Least few days I was working on revamping Web Hosting Review blog. In my previous post I gave props to Staypressed theme for WordPress. Today I would like to highlight tow other features recently introduced on this blog: the new comments management system and the live chat widget.
SEO Super Comments
From now one the comments on this blog will be displayed using SEO Super Comments plugin for WordPress. I have only recently discovered this little plugin, but I am already in love with it and would recommend it to any blogger that uses self hosted version of WordPress (from WrodPress.org). One of the big differences you will notice with this plugin is that comment author link does not link straight to your website but to a page on this blogs from which there is a link to your website. Of course the links in the comments will continue to remain “dofollow”.
Live Chat Widget
Another new feature of this blog is the Live Chat widget which you can see on the top of the sidebar. This chat widget is powered by ProvideSupport.com. I highly recommend this feature to any one who uses their websites to promote their products or services. ProvideSupport.com offers a 7 day free trial at the end of which you can decide on whether or not to continue with the service. I am only in the 3 day of the free trial period and my mind is made in favor of ProvideSuport.com.
Both the new comments system as well as the live chat widget are aimed on improving the visitors experience on this blog. Those who comment and leave reviews will get the most of the benefits in return. Those who may use the live chat widget, will get the most of my attention.
Things have been rather quiet on this blog since May. In the course of last few days a new design was implemented on Web Hosting Review Blog. Hopefully this new design will simplify navigation on the blog and overall improves the visitor’s experience.
As you may know, the Web Hosting Review Blog is powered by WordPress. And while there are tens of thousands of different themes available, it is not always easy to find a theme that would both be pleasing to the eye while offer an outstanding performance.
I have decided to install the theme called Staypressed, to power this blog from now on. One of the characteristics I look in a theme is the simplicity of CSS files that would allow me to modify the look and feel of my blog without being afraid of messing things up. The Staypressed theme for WordPress is extremely easy to work with. It also should be mentioned that the theme does use many background images and is very fast and responsive to visitors that may not have fast internet connections.
If you are looking for a new WordPress theme, I recommend to take a closer look at Staypressed. It can be downloaded from WordPress.org, directly from the Staypressed theme home page or you can also install it srtaight from your WordPress dashboard, just search for new themes using keyword “Staypressed”.
This change on Web Hosting Review Blog is one of the three big changes I have done recently. Care to guess what other significant changes are implemented? Do it in the comment section or stay tuned for the upcoming two posts to find out for sure!
Lord Matt is widely know super geek from the United Kingdom. Chances are you have seen him around services like Twitter or Facebook.
Matt’s latest offer is in the arena of domain names. Yes you can register most of imaginable domains with Matt. And here is how he describes the reasons why you should consider using his services:
- Free contact privacy! (most domains/TLDs)
- Free easy-to-use domain manager!
- Select from a large inventory of premium names!
- Free easy to use DNS!
- The attention and interest of Lord Matt – super geek
- Bob Parsons (GoDaddy) does not get a penny
- If we can make it free we keep it free
- Easy to use, fun to use and safe to use
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Help when you need it how you need it
Until the most recent crisis with my own web hosting provider, I took for granted the fact that I could have gone with services just like the one offered by Matt, and could have completely avoid the dreadful downtime.
Nothing can be worse to a web-master than having his websites shutdown. If you register your domains interdependently of your web hosting provider, there is a good chance you will have more freedom to reroute the traffic through DNS to a more appealing page than just the one provided by your web host which generally reads “such and such website was suspended, the web-master should contact the web hosting provider immediately”.
While I am might be one of those people who continue to put money into Bob Parsons’ pocket, I am seriously considering using Lord Matt’s Domain Names- with hope that Matt will allow transferring existing domains into his “geeky-loving” care.
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