GoDaddy is one of the most widely used domain and hosting provider. The offer hosting plans as low as $1 per month. In this post, I will provide a detailed explanation of how to create automatic MySQL database backup on GoDaddy’s Linux shared hosting. Please note that this method works … read more
This post details how to add post pagination in Genesis Theme Framework with WP-PageNavi plugin and style it with WP-PageNavi Style plugin. Splitting posts into pages is one way of increasing pageviews, decreasing bounce rate, and increasing CTR. StudioPress’s Genesis Theme Framework offer some of the professionally designed WordPress themes … read more
Genesis Theme Framework is one of the most feature-full theme platforms available to run WordPress. Impressed with its features and customizability, we moved LinuXplained to Genesis Lifestyle theme in June 2012. Since moving to Genesis, our traffic has continually increased. Of course, we made other improvements as well but premium … read more
FeedBurner is by the primary mode of RSS feed delivery for websites and blogs. htpcBeginner is no different and our posts are delivered right to your Inbox or Reader through FeedBurner. In this post, let us look at a few FeedBurner tweaks to spruce up your feed delivery and also … read more
Floating share bars are one of the best ways to increase sharing and attract more traffic to your site. In this tutorial, I will show you 5 ways to customize AddThis floating bar to get the most out of it as well as tune it to your site theme. While … read more
Recently, I published a few posts on getting Facebook like count, Twitter followers count, FeedBurner Subscriber count, and Alexa Rank and Sites Linking in using simple PHP codes. Doing so has several advantages: replacing widgets (thereby improving page speeds) and displaying counts a simple formatted texts. It also provides the … read more
UPDATE (01/12/2013): This will no longer work because Google has shutdown FeedBurner API. FeedBurner is a web feed management provider from Google. It provides custom RSS feeds and management tools to bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content publishers. Recently, I wrote posts on how to get Facebook like count using … read more
Recently, I wrote a post on how to get Facebook like count using PHP. Continuing along the same lines, in this post, I will explain how to get Twitter followers count using a simple PHP script. The number can be stored in cache or a database and displayed as simple … read more
The Facebook fanbox is pretty neat. It displays the Facebook like count as well as the pictures of the fans. One drawback to it is that it occupies a lot of space on your blog. In this post, I am going to explain how to get Facebook like count for … read more
