How Do I Get Rid of Spam on My WordPress Blog?

Last Updated on Monday, 20 May 2013 05:54 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Tuesday, 21 May 2013 12:00

SPAM comments and trackbacks are a big headache for everyone who manages their WordPress website. It is difficult to control the amount of unwanted comments once the site has find its place on the search engine. However, you can reduce the SPAM comments by making use of plugins designed for this purpose.

Akismet is a popular plugin used in every WordPress based site. By default, every WordPress installation automatically include a copy of Akismet. You just need to activate it from your WordPress admin dashboard to use the plugin.

How to Shorten the Homepage Content in WordPress

Last Updated on Friday, 17 May 2013 04:06 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Saturday, 18 May 2013 12:00

By default, WordPress displays the whole content on the homepage. Your users will be required to scroll down a lot to read the whole website. In such a scenario, you need to install Homepage Excerpts WordPress Plugin which enables you to shorten the content on the homepage.

(1) Download Homepage Excerpts WordPress Plugin

(2) Upload homepage_excerpts.php file to wp-content/plugins folder

How to Insert Ads in WordPress

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:14 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:00

Nowadays, ads are becoming part and parcel of every website especially WordPress based sites. Some WordPress themes include built-in support for inserting ads through theme options page. However, users need to insert ads manually by editing theme files if it doesn’t include any mechanism to place ads. Beginners will find it difficult to insert ad codes if they are not well versed with the WordPress structure.

WhyDoWork AdSense plugin enables users to add, edit and delete not only Google Adsense ads but also any kind of ad code without modifying the template.

How to Create a Mailing List Using WebsitePanel

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 May 2013 02:07 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:00

Mailing lists are useful if you would like to send a message to large number of recipients. You only have to compose e-mails using a single mailing list ID and emails will be automatically delivered to all recipients on that list.

Follow the steps given below to create a mailing list using WebsitePanel

(1) Select Mail | Lists

(2) Select Create Mailing List button

How to Manage Statistics using cPanel

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:11 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Friday, 26 April 2013 12:00

If you run a website then you should know about your visitors including IP address, browser details and etc. You can use these details to track down those visitors who are causing troubles.

CPanel control panel includes several tools such as Webalizer, AWstats to detect the presence of visitors. AWstats is one of the most popular tool which displays day, week, month and yearly statistics in a detailed manner.