Top 10 Best VScode Extensions

Because of erroneous PHP and Java extensions, I’ve switched from Atom to Microsoft’s VSCode aka Visual Code Editor for writing applications. VSCode is a powerful editor. With the help of some extensions, you can use VSCode as a replacement for RAM hogging Integrated Development Environments. If you’ve just installed VScode and you’re searching for extensions that will improve your productivity, you’re at the right place. Below, I’ve shared the list of best Visual Code extensions. ...

February 22, 2018 · 3 min · 471 words · prhost78

Things you should do after Installing WordPress

WordPress is the most powerful content management system. According to analytics tools, WP powers 30% of websites running on the internet. WP is a popular and user-friendly CMS. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL to save data. Unlike scripting languages such as JAVA EE, ASP, PHP is easy to learn. Shared hosting companies offer a 1-click WP installer tool. If you use this tool, you can launch a new website within few minutes. Configuring DNS server and the web server isn’t enough. To make sure that your new website is found by search engines and internet users, you must do the below things: ...

February 12, 2018 · 3 min · 567 words · prhost78

Highest paying affiliate programs (2018)

Affiliate programs are great alternatives to PPC and CPC networks. Once you join an AP, you’ll get access to tools that will allow you to build affiliate links. A webmaster/website owner must use the tool to generate affiliate links. Once you generate a link, paste it into the blog posts. When a visitor clicks the link and buys a product from a website, you’ll earn a commission. To know how your site is performing and which URLs on your website are giving you leads, the affiliate programs features a reporting section. There are 1000s of affiliate programs, but the ones that pay affiliates the highest commission fee are mentioned below. ...

January 9, 2018 · 3 min · 612 words · prhost78

Nginx gzip_static: What it does and how to use it?

Like other top web servers, Nginx lets webmasters enable Gzip compression for their websites. It can compress scripts and stylesheets in a web page on the fly. The Gzip file’s size is significantly lower than the original file. Nginx supports 9 Gzip compression levels.1 is the lowest and 9 is the highest. To gzip a file, Nginx will use invoke a function and the function will use system resources during the file conversion process. The function will take few milliseconds to execute. ...

December 18, 2017 · 3 min · 444 words · prhost78

Fast Velocity Minify: Plugin that combines CSS and JS files without breaking the site

WordPress repository is the home to 100s of minification plugins. Some plugins may break the site and some will do their job. Fast Velocity Minify is a free plugin that improves the loading speed of your site. The plugin has 20000 active users and it is easy to use. It is a great alternative to Autoptimize and WP Better Minify. FVM supports Nginx gzip_static module and it is compatible with 100s of popular plugins. You can use it with other popular caching plugins i.e. WP Rocket, Super Cache, W3TC, WP Fastest Cache, etc. ...

December 12, 2017 · 3 min · 519 words · prhost78

How to exclude pages or posts from sitemap in WordPress?

A blogger or webmaster may add the robots meta noindex or nofollow tag to irrelevant or thin pages or posts. When you add the attribute to pages, search engines will remove the pages from their index. If you don’t remove the no-indexed posts from the sitemap, search engines might crawl the posts even though they’re not relevant to your site. If you want Googlebot or Bingbot to crawl only the important pages on your site, follow the below two steps. ...

December 2, 2017 · 2 min · 383 words · prhost78

Google AMP pros and cons: Should you implement AMP on your website?

After Googleweblight, AMP aka Accelerated Mobile Pages is the new initiative from the search engine giant Google to make the web fast. As of today, over 900K sites are powered by AMP. I’ve used AMP on my site for a month. Below, I’ve shared the Pros and Cons of Google AMP. Pros of Google AMP (Advantages) Easy to implement Google has published a detailed documentation which covers the HTML markup/CSS code you should use while implementing AMP. It also covers tutorials, news, case studies and demos of AMP. If you’re a developer, go through the documentation before writing the code of your website. ...

November 22, 2017 · 4 min · 642 words · prhost78

A2 Hosting review: Is it the fastest shared hosting service?

A2 is one of the top 10 hosting companies in the world. The company has been operating since 2001/2002 and it has launched several hosting plans for every budget. As of today, over 10K sites are hosted on A2 servers. A2 offers cloud, VPS, dedicated and shared hosting service. Is it a reliable hosting firm? Are its plans affordable? Is its support staff customer friendly? Let’s find it out! ...

November 15, 2017 · 5 min · 993 words · prhost78

Monstroid2 review: A great multipurpose WordPress bootstrap theme

Monstroid2 is a premium multipurpose WordPress theme powered by Twitter Bootstrap and Cherry Framework, a secure modular open-source framework for developing themes and plugins. It is the successor to the Monstroid theme which had become a talk of the town within few months of its launch. Monstroid2 has new and powerful features. It also includes a powerful live theme customizer and page builder tool. The theme has been developed by a firm called Jetimpex. Like StudioPress, Elegant Themes, Jetimpex is one of the top WP development companies. JI has launched 100+ templates for WordPress, Joomla, Prestashop on TemplateMonster, a marketplace for webmasters and developers. It has also published several plain HTML templates. Monstroid is Jetimpex’s best-selling WP theme. ...

November 11, 2017 · 4 min · 850 words · prhost78

How to increase traffic to blog for free?

Starting a new blog is easy but making it popular is difficult. People find blogging as one of the easiest ways to make money online. Well, making money through a blog is not a piece of cake. Only websites getting decent traffic generate revenue for their owners. A successful blogger is one who earns enough money only to feed his family and pay internet and web hosting bills. Frankly speaking, the website’s fate depends on the traffic. If a site is getting traffic, it will make money for the owner. If it hardly gets visitors, it is of no use to the owner. ...

October 24, 2017 · 5 min · 941 words · prhost78