In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Online Business, WordPress CMS Help

WordPress, Drupal, Joomla Winning the CMS Game?

by Scott Frangos

Have you ever noticed how many Open Source Content Management programs there are out there? CMSMatrix.org that tracks and compare them, currently lists over 750. But of that number, only a handful have risen to the top of the heap, and a new study, The Open Source CMS Market Share report from Water & Stone names WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal as the winners.

The report author, Ric Shreves… Continue reading

In: Learning CSS, OS WebMaster

CSS Concepts & Design Principles in the Zen Garden

by Scott Frangos

Learning about CSS at WebHelperMagazine.com

In this Lesson we’ll look at the CSS structure of an excellent site design in the CSS Zen Garden. You can follow along using the Web Developer Firefox extension which will help us reveal the hidden structure of the design.

In: OS WebMaster, Online Business, WordPress CMS Help, WordPress CMS Reviews

WordPress WOW: Eight Top Sites using WordPress as a CMS…

by Scott Frangos

Where’s the Blog? Answer: maybe nowhere on your WordPress website. As a WordPress developer and consultant, it never fails to amaze me how creative and wide ranging the websites developed on the WordPress platform have become. And, how companies are sometimes using it to power their websites without even using the blogging function.

We’re going to look at some companies doing just that… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, OS WebMaster, Social Media-Marketing, WordPress CMS Help

WordPress Roundup: News, Views, & How-Tos for WP BlogMasters…

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WordPress Roundup: News, Views, & How-tos for WP BlogMasters…

by Scott Frangos, Managing Editor - WebHelperMagazine.com

Countdown to WordPress version 2.5

WordPress 2.5 is almost here — below, a screenshot shows some of the planned revisions to the administration area in the next upgrade of WordPress — version 2.5. Revisions are still being made… Continue reading

In: Social Media-Marketing

A Search Engine Optimization Campaign - Quick & Dirty

By Edward Beckett

An effective Search Engine Optimization campaign begins by using keywords to target the subjects which you intend your web site to rank for. In order to rank in the search engine results pages (SERP’s), a web site has to have a position of relevance to the search engine for a given search term. This is usually achieved by having keyword rich content on the site that coincides… Continue reading

In: Social Media-Marketing, Web Help

An Easy Website Split - Testing Schedule You Can Use

It’s always amazing to me how few online marketers take the time to do some testing. Testing what? Testing two ads in adsense to see which one performs better. Or, testing two different headlines in ads. Testing a “landing page” (the page people come to on your site when the click on an ad) is very important. It’s so easy to do

In: OS WebMaster, Web Help

101 CSS Tips, Tutorials & Examples

How are your CSS skills coming? This great list should help you a lot, whether you’re just starting, or well on your way to Mastery… before the next CSS version makes it’s way to the next generation of browsers. It’s remarkable how much knowledge is online, and how when you pull the right “list” together, you have a sort of web based “book” written by many