How to migrate my local Joomla installation to the default Joomla installation
by leothemaster (04/26/2008 - 20:01)
First you should know that your Joomla application (portal) consists of two components: Joomla files and Joomla database.
The files and folders of your Joomla application contain the scripts and core application code.
The Joomla database contains all records for your website such as your site sections, categories, articles, etc.
Let's assume that you are running your own *LAMP or *WAMP webserver or you have a hosting account with another company. You should know the root directory where your Joomla installation resides. It is often called httpdocs, public_html or www. Those are the so-called web server root directories. So let's suppose that your Joomla application in installed under your web server root directory.
The first thing you have to do when you want to transfer your Joomla applications to your SiteGround server, is to copy the entire content of your web server root directory straight into the public_html folder of your SiteGround hosting account.
If you are running your own server probbably you have already had your Joomla site files on your hard drive. In case you are hosting your account on a remote machine, simply download your Joomla site files and directories (please mind that you should keep the directory structure in tact) on your desktop PC by using your favourite FTP client. (Please, find here how to backup your Joomla site.)
Once the download is finished, please connect to your SiteGround FTP account, change your current working directory to the public_html one (this is the root/main folder for your website) and drag and drop your Joomla files and folders from your desktop PC to your public_html folder.
Well done! We are now ready with the upload of the Joomla files and they are already on your SiteGround FTP account.
The next step you should follow is to create a full dump of your Joomla MySQL database. If you are running your own *WAMP or *LAMP server probbably you already have the phpMyadmin installed. If you are using different web hosting provider they should provide you with access to a database manipulation tool. Please ask them for further assistance. Here we suppose that you are manipulating your databases by using the phpMyadmin tool as it is the most popular tool for administrating MySQL databases.
Once you are logged in into your phpMyadmin tool, backing up (exporting) your database is simple. First choose your database from the left menu. Then click the Export tab. Select all the tables, check Add DROP TABLE and Save as file. Leave all other options untouched. Finally click on Go and the database dump will be downloaded to your PC. (Please, find here how to export your database.)
We are done with your Joomla database backup and you should already have it downloaded on your hard drive. The next step we should take is to import your database dump to your SiteGround FTP account.
To do that, please, go to your cPanel area and create a brand new database with a name of your choice. Please mind that you can create databases only from your cPanel area. You cannot execute CREATE database; MySQL statement from the phpMyadmin tool. Once you've created your new database, please create a new database username and add it to the database you have created during the previous step. For detiled instructons on MySQL database creation please refer to the video tutorial for creating MySQL database and user in cPanel.
We assume that you have created your MySQL database and the next step is to go into your SiteGround phpMyadmin interface.
To restore (import) a database in phpMyAdmin, first choose the database you'll be restoring from the left menu. Then please click the SQL tab. You have the option of importing a .sql file. Use the “Browse” button to find it on your pc and then click “Go” at the bottom.
If you receive an error message which says access denied, please open the database dump file you have downloaded on your desktop PC with your favourite text editor and look for lines that may contain CREATE database db_name; and/or USE db_name; mysql statements. If you find any simply delete them and try to re-import the dump. If you ran into troubles our friendly technical support team is available 24/7/366 and ready to help you.
Here we go. The final step is to adjust the core settings which are defined in your main Joomla configuration.php file. Go to your SiteGround File Manager, change the curent working directory to public_html and if you have followed the steps mentioned above correctly you should be able to easily locate configuration.php file in there. Open it for editing.
Below are the main variables you need to adjust so they can fit to your new SiteGround hosting enviroment:
Please mind to replace yourSGusername_mysqluser with the MySQL username you have created during the database setup process mentioned above. This also aplies for the password for this username and for the database name. You should also replace yourSGusername with the username you are using for your SiteGround cPanel area.
$mosConfig_live_site is also essential and you should put the domain name you are using with your siteground hosting account there.
If you have correctly followed the instructions mentioned above and your domain name propperly points to the DNS servers of your SiteGround hosting account you should be able to see your Joomla portal .
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1.) Download the Alexa toolbar and surf your own site. 2.) Have a few friends download the Alexa Toolbar and surf your site. 3.) Shift the focus of your site toward a more webmaster like theme. 4.) Participate in many webmaster forums which allow you to place your site in your signature. 5.) Write articles about webmaster topics and distribute them around the web. 6.) Optimize pages of your site for Alexa and related phrases. 7.) Buy ads on search engines to increase your traffic. Your Alexa traffic rankings will increase. 8.) Write an article with tips on how to increase your Alexa rankings. 9.) Advertise that article on the world's largest network. 10.) Join an autosurf network which exchanges Alexa credits. <--- this actually exists and they sell off some of the credits. The problem is that those are credits. They are not real visitors. They are not what you need.
Direct Hit failed as a search engine because it based a large portion of its algorithm on web traffic. Alexa ranking is highly inaccurate and easy to manipulate.
It is the quality and quantitiy of traffic to your site and how you convert those visitors that determines whether or not you will be a success. If you need help obtaining targeted traffic read my eBook. I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
Place AdSense Ad Unit In Various Positions Inside Within Blogger Post Contents
by leothemaster (01/12/2008 - 01:48)
There is trick to add Google AdSense and other advertising network such as AdBrite ad unit right beside and inside within Blogger post content, so that the ad block will appear wrapped and floated inline to the top left or top right next to the blog text. If you do not like this layout and dislike the prominent location the ads are displayed, there are other places within blog post to put the ad code.
The guide below provides tips and tricks on where should the parsed HTML ad code (after replacing several special characters with HTML code) be pasted and inserted in the Blogger XML-based template. In essence, the steps are exactly the same when positioning the ad next to and within post content, except that the text string to search (where to paste the ad code) is different.
To recap, go to Blogger Template tab for the blog you want to change, then click on Edit HTML. Remember to tick Expand Widget Templates check box, and perform the backup.
Wrap Around Next to the Post and Float to Left or Right
The ad banner will appear below post title but above and before the start of blog content. It’s actually exactly the same with tip above to wrap AdSense around the post, except that now the ad unit does not float but instead been place at the center without wrapping, and thus pushing content below it.
Search for the line of:
<p><data:post.body/></p>
Paste the parsed Google AdSense ad code inside <center><div> and </div></center> right before the above line so that it looks like below after change:
<div class=’post-header-line-1′/>
<div class=’post-body entry-content’> <center><div>[parsed Google AdSense ad code]</div></center> <p><data:post.body/></p> <div style=’clear: both;’/> <!– clear for photos floats –> </div>
After Post Content Before Footer Credits
The Google AdSense ad unit or other display ads banner will appear at the bottom of the blog post, after the end of content and just before the ending credits, within inside the post.
Search for:
<div class=’post-footer’>
Paste the parsed Google AdSense ad code inside <div> and </div> right before the above line so that it looks like below after change:
<div class=’post-body entry-content’> <p><data:post.body/></p> <div style=’clear: both;’/> <!– clear for photos floats –> </div> <div>[parsed Google AdSense ad code]</div> <div class=’post-footer’>
To center the ads unit, add the wrapper of <center> and </center>.
After Footer Credits
Unlike the above where the ad unit appear before the credit right after post content, this time the ad unit will appear after the credit for the post is displayed. The easiest way to achieve the task is using built-in feature of “Show Ads Between Posts” in Blogger. Turn off and enable the feature will display ads between posts when view in home, index or category pages, and also at the bottom most part when view in single individual post page view.
If you plan to use non-AdSense ads or want to add in custom channels, you have to manually edit the template HTML to add in the ad code. In this case, search for:
<p class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-3′/>
Paste the parsed Google AdSense ad code inside <div> and </div> right after the above line so that it looks like below after change:
<p class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-3′/> <div>[parsed Google AdSense ad code]</div> </div> </div> </b:includable>
To center the ads unit, add the wrapper of <center> and </center>.
Between Posts
After it’s pretty much similar to the above where ads appear after post footer. So just follow tips above.
Please notice that some of the references mentioned below have already been published in our Dr. Web Magazine in September. Brian from Designbliss used some of the references and expanded the collection with further icon-sets and tutorials in his article Over 35 Styles of RSS Icons. In this post we’ve taken a profound look at what is available on the Web and collected our best findings.
Please notice that also wide-spread icon sets and templates such as FamFamFam Silk Icons and vector templates by GoSquared include RSS-buttons. Not all of them are included.
Earn Extra Money With Google Adsense Revenue Sharing!
by leothemaster (01/01/2008 - 12:27)
Adsense Revenue Sharing is a great way to earn extra income by taking part in the community on other web sites. Often the Adsense revenue shared is between 50 and 100 percent for the content that you add to the specific site. This content could be in the form of a forum thread that you start, an article, a video or picture, a blog, or other types of content.
If you spread your efforts across different sites, you could make some decent income. It is also an effective way of generating income for your own site by giving the visitors an incentive to contribute and keep returning.
First though, you need to sign up for Google Adsense, which you can do so by clicking on the link below:
*If you wish to have your site listed, simply add a comment with the relevant information. We’ll check it out and possibly list it. Also, if you notice a change in the status of a site listed above, please leave a comment about the change.
Each AdSense publisher receives a percentage of the cost an advertiser pays for user clicks or impressions on their ad. This percentage is referred to as the revenue share. Google does not disclose the revenue share for AdSense.
To protect your Adsense Publisher ID you can now specify which sites are allowed to have your adsense code. If a site is not in that list and adsense ads are displayed there, then no earnings will come to you and any clickbombing or site violation in that site will not affect your account’s good standing. If you are suspicious of a site’s standing with Google, do not give them your Adsense Publisher ID (pub-#########).
If you already did, you can now block that url from being included in your Adsense revenue within the Adsense Options menu.
List of platforms that enable you to have Adsense Revenue Sharing
Join Lazzeo is a social networking community and start earning money in their revenue sharing program. You can also upgrade for a small fee to increase your earnings. You get paid $1.00 per referal. Join Lazzeo NOW!
Make money with Google Adsense in this free to join social networking community. Upload photos, music and videos. Create your own blog. You earn 85% of the revenue generated.
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