BuddyPress is a powerful platform that allows you to build a WordPress powered community. It features profiles, groups, private messaging, friendship connections, and a fantastic notification system. Converting a regular WordPress theme into a BuddyPress ready theme involves modifying templates. That is why many people purchase BuddyPress themes that have been designed specifically for the … Read more
When it comes to speaking directly with readers and customers, email remains king. Its power lies in the ability to contact people instantly and have your message delivered directly to their inbox. Which is why most marketers feel it is more effective than RSS, Facebook and Twitter. For most website owners and marketers, there are … Read more
Brian Jackson is a professional internet marketer who is known for his marketing company OKay Marketing. Brian recently joined Rise Forums and was kind enough to take part in an interview for all you. In the interview, he explains how he helps clients online and how he got involved working online. I hope you enjoy … Read more
The default commenting setup of most blog and content management systems are quite simple. They only ask visitors for their name, email address and website URL. Ten years ago, that is all the information anyone really needed. Today, with the popularity of social media services, the basic comment form is looking very dated. Due to … Read more
We are lucky to have a wide variety of members at Rise Forums including bloggers, coders and affiliate marketers. To help you all get to know our members better, I will be publishing interviews with our members. Rhys has been working online for many years. His main projects can be seen through his company website … Read more
It is vital that you understand the terms that hosting companies use when promoting their hosting plans. This will help you make an informed decision when choosing what hosting plan is right for you. This page lists the terminology that you will come across when choosing a web hosting plan. Number of Domains Some hosting … Read more
Most prominent internet marketers agree that “The money is in the list”. That is why it is important to start building an email list as soon as you can. You want to build up a following from the moment your website is launched. The solutions listed on this page are hosted services that allow you … Read more
Great articles usually take a while to develop. This is why research is such an important part of blogging. Taking notes regularly will ensure that your articles are detailed and informative. After The Deadline A spell checker, style checker and grammar checker; all rolled into one. It can be installed as a browser extension, WordPress … Read more
It is vital that you backup your website regularly. This will ensure you will not lose everything if your website is hacked or compromised in some way. The cheapest way to backup is to manually backup your database and files on a regular basis. A more practical solution is to automate backing up using a … Read more
All blogging platforms publish an RSS feed so that subscribers can read your content through a feed reader. The default feed works ok; however, there are many feed syndication services available online. These services provide statistics such as the number of people subscribing and the number of times a link has been clicked. They also … Read more