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Alissa WordPress Theme

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Helen's Spa - Beauty Spa, Health Spa & Wellness Theme

Helen’s Spa – Beauty Spa, Health Spa & Wellness is a WordPress theme that could suit both a skin care online retailer or medical related clinics such as cosmetic surgeons, yoga studios or dentists.

Spa or clinic
The theme has a good Call To Action button ‘Book Now’ would entail a quick decision from your visitors.

Online Retailer
The theme is compatible with BuddyPress, Events Calendar and WooCommerce which would make it perfect for your online shop. With endless flexibility and access to extensions, WooCommerce now powers 30% of all online stores

Visual Composer is also included in this theme. Create pages quickly with few clicks in few minutes with the help of Visual Composer.

Backing Up and Restoring Your WordPress Website

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Backing Up and Restoring

Creating your first WordPress website can be both fun and exciting. However, it is also a lot of work, especially if you are building a site which is based on content. If your website is content-based, you will find that you are constantly adding new material, which is stored on the servers of your website host.

Unfortunately, not all hosting providers are reliable, particularly if they are cheap or have a poor reputation. This means that there is a chance that your website – and the entirety of its content – could be lost if your hosts servers crash or if your database is corrupted for some reason.

For this single reason, backing up your WordPress website – usually using a third party plugin – is an extremely important part of your overall WordPress maintenance program. Although it can seem difficult at first, this walk through should help you learn how to backup and restore your WordPress site in case something goes wrong.

What Does It Mean To Backup A Website?

A website backup is basically a copy of your website (known as your files) which is stored in a different place to the rest of your website (usually in some sort of database). This means that if your normal servers go down for some reason, you will still have a copy of your content to fall back on.

A decent backup includes everything on your website, including things like your themes, plugins, any images or videos, and any written content that you have. When you are using a backup, you will never have to worry about losing anything from your website.

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How Do I Reduce My Visitor Bounce Rate?

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Bounce Rate

So, you have started your own WordPress website or blog, and you have finally started to get a few people to your site. However, there is one thing which worries you more than anything – your visitor bounce rate is huge!

Does this sound familiar? If so, then you need to take steps to lower it. Every single person who ‘bounces’ from your website or landing page is a potential customer, client, or reader lost. This means loss in revenue, less people reading or watching your content, and basically, a less successful website.

Luckily for you, there are a lot of things that you can do to improve your bounce rate – to lower it – and most of these are simple and free. Some of the best places to start include:

Improving your content:

If a visitor arrives at your website and sees a whole chunk of boring, poorly written text without visual content, then they are going to leave – it’s as simple as that! If you really want to reduce your bounce rate, you need to improve your content.

  • Use big, bold headlines to draw people in. Use catchy words, and don’t be afraid to put big headers throughout your content.
  • Use visuals! People don’t have the time to sit down and read long, wordy articles any more. If you want to increase visitor engagement, use pictures, videos, and infographics as much as you can.
  • Only use a couple of sentences per paragraph. Any more, and people will find it hard to concentrate, and will probably leave your site to find something more friendly.

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Olsen Light

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Olsen WordPress Theme

Olsen Light is a simple, clean and very stylish WordPress theme professionally designed that is also available in a ‘Pro’ version. The Pro version comes with extra options such as Multiple Layouts, Frontpage Carousel and different Typography Options to name but a few. For a lifetime licence it costs $199.

We like the ‘Light’ version very much, and it really suites lifestyle blogs, but if you are after the extra options, then the Pro version could be worth getting. If you are ready to take your WordPress website to a new level of chic, then the Olsen is for you. It’s time to get away from the cheap web design look with those tired themes and upgrade to the Olsen.

5 Quick Fixes To Speed Up Your WordPress Website

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Website Speed

Website speed is a major ranking factor when it comes to search engine rankings. Slow website which take a long time to load will have a much lower chance of reaching the first page of Google, no matter how good their content is. WordPress websites created by amateur web designers are often very slow, which means that they simply don’t get the visitor numbers they deserve. Fortunately, there are a whole lot of things that you, the website owner, can do to speed up your site and improve your search engine rankings. These include:

  1. Measure Your Website’s Speed

Measuring your site’s speed is an absolute must before you do any of the following things. There are a whole lot of free tools out there to use, many of which will tell you what to improve to make your site faster. Use these suggestions as a starting point for decreasing your page load time.

  1. Use A Caching Plugin

Although WordPress is a pretty decent platform to build your website on, it does have it’s issues when it comes to page load speeds. Basically, every time someone loads a page on your site, the WordPress platform has to find the required info, put it together into a cohesive page, and transmit it to your viewer. This can cause problems when you have a lot of people visiting your page.

A caching plugin reduces these problems by storing a copy of the page after the first time it is loaded. This means that it is instantly available to every subsequent user, dramatically reducing page load times.

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Our Top 10 WordPress Tips For Beginners

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WordPress Tips For Beginners

WordPress is a great platform that allows you to start your own website or blog quickly and easily, even if you don’t have a lot of website developer experience. Unfortunately, a lot of beginners get bogged down due to the sheer amount of information out there, and they have trouble focusing their WordPress learning on things which will actually help them.

With this in mind, we have compiled a list of our top ten WordPress tips for beginners, including:

  1. Keep it simple:

If you aren’t an experienced web developer, don’t jump straight in the deep end and try to create the next eBay or Amazon. Keep it simple, and start small. Choose a subject which interests you, which you know a lot about, and which you feel there is a need for on the internet. Base your first website around this.

  1. Start slowly:

Although a lot of people just want to get their website up and running, it simply isn’t something which happens overnight if you aren’t an experienced developer. Start out slowly, take your time, and let your website come together over the course of a few weeks.

  1. Learn what you can:

There is a huge amount of information about WordPress out there. Before you start building your website make sure that you do some research. Read articles, learn how to upload images, watch videos, and learn from people who have already built successful sites.

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The Good And The Bad Of Free WordPress Themes

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WordPress Themes

If you are building your first WordPress website, or if you are working on a very limited budget the option of using one of the thousands of free WordPress themes that are available can make a lot of sense. However, like anything which is free, there are going to be some positives and some negatives which you need to weigh up before proceeding. To help you, we have highlighted some of the pros and some of the cons of free WordPress themes.

To break with the norm, let’s start with the negatives first:

#1 No warranties: Because they are given away for nothing, free WordPress themes will not carry any warranties. This means that once you have built your website, if something goes wrong you have no comeback on the developer.

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5 Things To Think About When Choosing WordPress Plugins

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Choosing WordPress Plugins

New WordPress users often underestimate the importance of WordPress plugins and add-ons for their website. Plugins are extremely useful, and can take your website from mediocre and not really successful to widely successful and very engaging.

However, you need to choose the right WordPress plugins if you want to do this. Some plugins are great, others aren’t so good. Some plugins will work with your website, others probably won’t. Below are our top five tips for choosing WordPress plugins for your website:

  1. Pay attention to user reviews:

Although this is probably pretty self-explanatory, it is one of the most important things when it comes to choosing a plugin. If you are tossing up between two or three different ones which do similar things, it is usually a good idea to choose the highest rated one.

However, make sure that you read the written reviews as well, as you can’t always get enough information from just looking at the number of stars a plugin has. Some people might give a poor review for strange reasons. This can cause a low number of stars, even if the plugin doesn’t deserve it – especially if there aren’t a whole lot of reviews.

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Agile

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Agile is one of the most versatile, responsive, app showcase WordPress themes that is designed to serve multiple purposes. You can use it for a product or app launch, showcase a portfolio, or even use it for a web design business or a corporate website. You can either design the website as a single page or a traditional multiple pages depending on the need, and user configuration. Some of the Agile unique features include wide backgrounds, parallax scrolling, revolution slider, unlimited page and post headers, unlimited colours, bold typography among others that make is an outstanding theme in its category.

What Sort Of WordPress Theme Is Right For You?

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Perfect-WP-Theme

If you are looking to build a new website using the WordPress platform you will be aware that you can use a WordPress theme to give your website the right look and feel for your target audience. Many people think it is a case of simply choosing the one that looks the best but the problem with this notion is that the theme you choose might not lend itself to the sorts of visual concepts and functions that your site needs to have.

As more and more themes have become available they have been categorised so that it is now easier to choose a theme within the correct sub-niche that your site is in, rather than ploughing through thousands of random themes, hoping to spot one that is suitable. Below we have outlined some of the most popular categories and what the themes within those categories should offer you in terms of your website.

Blogging: Given that WordPress was originally set up as a blogging platform, and today is still the most popular one, it shouldn’t surprise you that there are hundreds of themes designed for someone who wants to set up a blog. They are ideal for blog posting and encouraging readers to leave comments. Posts can be categorised within the blog, and there should be the ability to collect email addresses from visitors to your blog, in order to build a subscriber list.

ECommerce: The popularity of eCommerce as an online business model has rocketed in recent years, and therefore so has the number of themes designed for it. As the name suggests eCommerce web design themes allow for the sale of goods and services from your website so there will be a fair degree of setup and customisation required. Functions will include integration with payment processors, the ability to add products for sale and allow for the addition of plugins which help to promote sales such as automating email follow-ups for those customers who abandon their shopping cart without buying. Read More »

5 Features Your WordPress Theme Must Have

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WordPress Theme

If you are looking for a WordPress theme for your website, as there are so many to choose from, it can be a daunting task. You must consider whether to go with a free one or a paid one for a start then after that, there are countless options. Regardless of the options available, there are several features that the theme you choose must have if you want your website to be successful. Here we have highlighted 5 of the most important and why your theme must have them.

#1 Mobile Friendly: We live in an age where there can be as many people online using their mobile devices to view your website than there are sitting at home on their PC or laptop. For this reason, your theme must be responsive in the sense that it adjusts its layout depending on the device or screen size it is being viewed on. If you already have a site, you can check if it is mobile friendly by visiting Google’s mobile friendly test page. Otherwise ensure you check prior to buying a new theme that it is mobile friendly.

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Natural Shop

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Natural Shop is a WooCommerce enabled WordPress theme that is great for use on beauty, natural spa and thrifty of craft related products, but could also be used for a more commercial application such as for criminal lawyers or drug rehab facility. It comes with a wide range of handy theme  options that allow you to configure it effortlessly, while the options panel section is unbranded allowing you to brand it to your company’s specifications. Considering that it is WooCommerce ready, your shop will be ready in a few minutes.

Doberman: Magazine Related WordPress Theme

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Doberman - Magazine & News theme for WordPress

If you are looking for some Magazine and News theme then search no more and keep reading to get to know more about what all is store in it. It is beautifully designed and very responsive web design theme which is also easy to use and install.

Once installed you get features like Trending as well as Popular articles with customizer options. Fresh articles, Mashshare integration,  Custom widgets, Drag & drop homepage, Instagram support and Social Integration, Contact Form 7 support, ability to control Typography, ability to SEO and also ability to ON/OFF sticky header.

The features list is long and if you’ve used this theme or have any query in mind, click here to know more.

X – The Theme

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X – The Theme is a highly popular theme marketed under the taglines “The ultimate WordPress theme”, “the last theme you will ever need” among others. For this reason we decided to dig deeper and find out if the claims are valid. We found that one of its main selling points is what they call “stacks” which offers unlimited layout options plus many other features. Currently it has 4 main stacks namely Integrity, Renew, Icon and Ethos all of which offer different homepage layouts for different purposes. This is a great multipurpose theme that would suit a multitude of different business websites such as home removalists or landscaping website – but you would be doing it a disservice if you used it for a blog only, considering its functionality and price.

Renovate The Beautiful Renovation and Construction WP Theme

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Renovate Renovation Construction Theme

Whether your business is in trading or you are a contractor, if you want more business you must have strong online business presence. Your business need to top search engine results, so to share your successful business projects with your prospective clients. You need to start with beautiful and powerful WordPress theme to step-up the ladder.

QuanticaLabs has built again a theme for professionals in the building & renovations, construction,  architecture, or engineering fields. Renovate is wonderfully WordPress theme, which is responsive as well, with clean and sleek professional design. Renovate is packed with Cost Calculator built-in tool – This tool aids your client by offering them an easy way to calculate estimated cost of constructions, additions, remodels, and repairs.

You also get Slider Revolution plugin in premium version, the page builder plugin, 12 page templates, as well as AJAX contact form, sticky menu, premium font icons, the sliders are touch friendly.

The7

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The7 is a retina ready, fully responsive and SEO optimised, multipurpose WordPress theme. The theme fits almost any type of website, from upmarket law firms, modern building companies to financial planners – whether big or small, and can be used on corporate, business websites, but you would do it a disservice by using it on a simple blog.  Some of The7 theme’s features include a minimalist design, 240 out of the box professional designs, high res graphics, full width layouts, a visual composer among others.

ProDentist: The Best Dental WordPress Theme

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Pro Dentist WordPress Theme

Dentist websites are very unique and need special features related to dental professionals. Pro Dentist, as the name goes is a responsive WP theme best for Dental website. It has built-in Live Customizer which enables you to design your dentist website live to match your professional identity. The Drag and Drop page builder called Power help to create a layout unique to your needs, without any coding.

  • Multiple Layout Option: There are huge set of layout options available making it easy and fast for even layman to build pages.
  • Appointment Manager: In-built plugin that allows your customers to book an appointment right from home page of your website. Thus, save your time and increase your productivity.
  • Content Module: It enables you to choose various content types like buttons, contact forms, price tables, sliders, images, etc and add to your web pages. Each content module has extended options to choose and match your website style.

Tips On Choosing A Website Theme

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Choosing Right Theme

There are plenty of easy things to do on the internet, but choosing a website theme is certainly not one of them!

There are thousands of reasons to create a website, and there are just as many themes to suit your needs. It can often be daunting, as you can sift through hundreds if not thousands of different website themes. Not every template is created equally. Some themes are better suited for different genres, if you will, of websites. The worst thing to do is pick the wrong theme. We have all experienced stumbling upon a website with the worst possible theme choice before. “What in the world is your knitting blog doing within a home improvements theme?”

What makes matters worse, is that sometimes, the more themes you see the more confusing the process becomes. On top of that, if you are not a designer yourself, you have no knowledge to go off of in terms of choosing the right theme. You could rely on your web designer’s assistance, in choosing the right theme, but you also want to take matters into your own hands as you craft your webpage.

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Developers and Designers Theme: Ultra Theme Review

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Ultra-Flexible-Powerful-WordPress-Theme
Themify has brought a multi-purpose, powerful theme for WordPress websites: Ultra. Themify is marketing Ultra for WP developers but whosoever willing and aspiring to create modern WP site, this is a good go. So to say, it does not need any pre-acquired coding skills to work with Ultra. To know more about what you can do with such a wonderful theme, keep reading.

Theme Features

Ultra is full of wonderful features needed to build different varieties of websites, including ecommerce website. Being modern it is also multi-functional theme packed with untold customization options, multi-site demos, a drag-and-drop page builder and so many more.

This WordPress theme is very much suited to house and garden style websites, such as luxury lifestyle or home design.

Ultra has high standard, pre-built skins and demos for website building. It is user-friendly and backed by world-class support.