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Prevent Search Engine Indexing Your WordPress Site Or At Least Discourage Indexing | WP Learning Lab

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Prevent Search Engine Indexing Your WordPress Site Or At Least Discourage Indexing | WP Learning Lab

There’s only one reason you would want to discourage indexing of your website and that is because it’s in development.

If you have content that you want to keep private, simply discouraging search engines from finding it won’t do. For that sort of content you’ll want to put it behind a login.

Another common myth is that if you don’t generate a sitemap for your website then it won’t be indexed.

Not so.

I’ve acquired well over 200 domain names over the past few years and I can tell you when I check the logs, search engines are there almost immediately looking for content to index.

It’s true.

Domain name registrars notify search engines a domain name has been bought and that a website should be there soon. So the search engines come sniffing.

Again, the only reason to discourage search engines from indexing your is during development.

This does not include major website updates. Once your site goes live you could turn on maintenance mode to roll out updates, but never discourage indexing for updates.

If you go the Reading Settings you will find the last option on that page is Search Engine Visibility. If you check the box beside that option and click save you will be discouraging the indexing of your site.

The reason I say discourage is because it’s up to search engines to honor your request.

It’s true.

Even though you tell them you don’t want your site indexed sometimes it finds its way into the index.

The only true way to block search engines is the require a login to access the site.

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How To Check The Google Search Results For Potential WordPress SEO Issues | WP Learning Lab

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How To Check The Google Search Results For Potential WordPress SEO Issues | WP Learning Lab

A lot of SEO is running SEO campaigns, analyzing results and figuring out why something went well so you can repeat it or troubleshooting why it didn’t work so you don’t repeat it.

But, before you even run an SEO campaign, you have to make sure your site is set up properly.

Over the years many clients have come to us for help with their SEO. Often we find that one or more things on their WordPress site aren’t done right and are hurting their SEO.

One of the ways to troubleshoot issues like this is Google Search Results or Google Search Results Pages (SERPs for short).

All you have to do is go to Google and type in site: (that’s the word site and then a colon) followed by your domain name with out any spaces.

For examples, searching for my domain I would type in site:wplearninglab.com.

This will show all of the pages on my domain that Google has in the index.

The pages Google returns for you is ALL the pages they have indexed, not just the ones that are ranking well.

What you are looking for is large deviations in the number of pages in the index from what you would expect.

For example, if you know your site has a combined 100 posts and pages but Google is only showing 15 of them in the index, there’s something wrong.

On the other hand, if you know your site has a combined 100 posts and pages, but there are thousands of pages from you site in the index you also have a problem.

In regards to how many pages Google should have indexed for you, a good rule of thumb is 60-90% of the posts and pages you have. So if you have 100 posts and pages then 60 to 90 of them should be in the index.

Anything far outside that range points to a potential problem.

Having too few pages in the index implies that there is something going on that is preventing Google from indexing your site.

If you have too many pages then there is chance that you have a plugin that is generating large numbers of unwanted pages.

Both scenarios are harmful to your SEO.

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Keyword Density Is Still Relevant For SEO - Find Out How To Easily Calculate It | WP Learning Lab

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Keyword Density Is Still Relevant For SEO – Find Out How To Easily Calculate It | WP Learning Lab

Keyword Density is one of the most abused aspects of SEO. Marketers used to add their keyword over and over on the page in order to help rank the page.

This is called keyword stuffing and it used to work REALLY well.

Google soon realized the manipulation and change their algorithm to penalize keyword stuffing instead of reward it.

That change was made many years ago, but some people are still advising keyword stuffing.

I advise keeping your keyword density below 4%. That means of all the words in your content less than 4% of those words are your keywords.

There are people who advise the other extreme and say you shouldn’t optimize for keywords at all and Google will still rank you. Which isn’t really true.

Within including your keyword Google and other search engines won’t know what you’re content is about. If it can’t determine the purpose of your content Google won’t be able to rank you for anything in its search results.

I advise you add your keyword or key phrase to: 1. The page title 2. The URL 3. The first paragraph 4. A heading (preferably an H2)

And throughout your content, but keeping the keyword density below 4%.

That’s all there is to it.

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Why Contextual Links Matter For SEO | WP Learning Lab

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Why Contextual Links Matter For SEO | WP Learning Lab

A contextual link is a link that is within your article. It usually has anchor text instead of a plain URL.

These links can be used to interlink content on your website or link out to other websites.

As far as SEO goes, Google links to see you interlink to related content on your site and it likes to see you link to related authority sites.

You can add a nofollow tag these contextual links. There’s a big debate in SEO is about whether to use nofollow or not. Here’s the skinny on the debate.

For every page that Google encounters it calculates a Page Rank. The higher the Page Rank the more ranking power that page has.

If you can get a ‘follow’ link from a high PR page you can rank almost any page on your website on the first page very quickly. However, if that same link is set to ‘nofollow’ then it has very little effect on your rankings.

What happens is that using ‘follow’ shares your page’s Page Rank with the page you’re linking to. If you use ‘nofollow’ then no Page Rank is shared.

The debate is about which one is better: horde your Page Rank or share it.

Google wants it to the be shared, so they like to see all your links WITHOUT the nofollow attribute.

Also, the majority of websites have a Page Rank of zero, so they’re not sharing any Page Rank when they link out.

Which one you use is up to you, but at the moment I choose to use only ‘follow’ links. I may change my mind if the google algorithm changes.

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Change WordPress Font-Size Using Theme Options or CSS | WP Learning Lab

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Change WordPress Font-Size Using Theme Options or CSS | WP Learning Lab

Changing WordPress Font-size is done in the theme options panel or with CSS. Once you know where to make the changes in your theme it is easy to do.

As with a lot of things in WordPress, where you do things depends on the theme you’re using and the plugins you’re running.

First, always check to see if your theme has theme options. If it does then you should be able to find a typography tab to edit font sizes. Sometimes font sizes will be found in the general settings of the theme options.

The theme options will be found either under the Appearance menu in the left hand side admin menu or there will be special menu item that the them itself added.

If your theme doesn’t have theme options, then you’re next stop should be the customizer.

Some themes have a lot of WordPress Customizer support. Go to Appearance then Customizer to see if you can edit font sizes there.

If both of those are a no-go then you’re left with going to directly to the stylesheet to change font sizes.

This is method is great if you have some CSS knowledge.

To find your stylesheet go to Appearance then Editor. The stylesheet will be the first thing to appear in the editor. If, for some reason, it’s not there, then find the style.css file in the list of theme files on the right and click it to open it in the editor.

NOTE: You should be edit stylesheet of a child theme only. If you edit the parent theme stylesheet directly then your edits could be overwritten when you update the them. Here’s a tutorial on how to create a child theme if you need it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8n1h-85SMQ

Now that you have the CSS stylesheet open in the editor you will need to find the font styles.

The easiest way to do this is go to your main site and find the fonts that you want to edit. If you’re using Google Chrome or Firefox right click on the text and choose the “inspector” or “inspect” from the context menu.

If you’re not using Google Chrome or Firefox then start using them.

In the inspector that opens at the bottom of the page you should see the text highlighted in the main area and the class of the element on the right.

You can type styles right into the element on the right hand side to quickly test to see how big you want the font to be.

This doesn’t save it permanently. What you see is only in your browser and as soon as you refresh the page you’ll lose it.

So, find the class for the text, find the right size and move that CSS rule in to the stylesheet for the child theme.

Sometimes you’ll have to fight with the existing CSS to make your font changes take effect. That’s where a command link !important comes in very handy.

If you type .h2 font-size:10px !important;. Having !important forces that style to take precedent over all others.

It’s a lazy way to code CSS, but unless you have time to find the conflicting styles, it’s a fast and easy trick.

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Contact Form 7 File Upload Field Tutorial 📗 | Contact Form 7 Tutorials Part 10

Tutorial updated for 2017/2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RtBrUCSkBk&t=151s&index=20&list=PLlgSvQqMfii5Q05RFNFaZhTbPomLfZssV

Contact Form 7 File Upload Field Tutorial 📗 | WP Learning Lab

The Contact Form 7 file upload feature is a great addition that a lot webmasters will find useful. There is one trick to setting it up that many people get wrong, this tutorial will cover it all.

Uploading files via the Contact Form 7 plugin is very useful for any companies that have clients send them design files (web designers, sign printers, architecture firms and so on). It can also be useful for real estate surveyors and even government agencies that ask for non-sensitive documents to be uploaded.

So it has a lot of potential uses and it’s really easy to set up.

This tutorial assumes you have to have a functional Contact Form 7 to add this functionality to. If you don’t yet, check out this tutorial to build your first contact form using Contact Form 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy70WGCjMY4

Adding The Upload Feature

Click the spot in your form where you want the upload feature to be available. The click on the “File” button in the Contact Form 7 editor feature list above the editor box.

This open the file upload dialogue box where you fill in information about your upload.

1. You can choose to make the upload required. 2. You can set the name of the field to any string of characters you wish. I recommend you give it a descriptive name, not the default that CF7 will create for you. 3. You can (and should) set the file size limit. More on this in a minute. 4. You can (and should) set the file types. More on this in a minute too. 5. You can set an ID and class for that upload input which is option. You would do this if you want to custom style to input more easily using CSS.

Now that you know all the things you can set, let’s talk about two tricks you need to be aware of.

Setting File Size Limit (in bytes)

It is smart to set a file size limit to protect your server resources and to make sure that the email with the file attachment is sent. Too large of a file will mean that the email won’t make into your inbox.

The trick here is that you need to set the file size in bytes. These days we’re used to file sizes in the megabyte and gigabyte range, few people still talk about bytes. So you need a converter.

Simple go to Google and search for “bytes to megabytes converter”. The one I use in the video is this one: http://www.whatsabyte.com/P1/byteconverter.htm

Then enter the max file size you want into the megabyte field. I don’t recommend you go over 10 megabytes because many email servers won’t allow attachments larger than that.

If you need your clients to send you files larger than 10 megabytes then you’ll need to look into something like Dropbox, WeTransfer or Google Drive to send and receive those files.

After you’ve entered the megabyte size into the converter click the double arrow button below the field. That will show the equivalent values in bytes, kilobytes, gigabytes and terabytes.

Copy the value from the byte field and paste that into the File Size Limit box in the Contact Form 7 file upload dialogue box.

Setting Acceptable File Types

The next important field is choosing allowed file types. This is important so that people who want to do you harm can’t send executable files or hacks through the upload feature. Although, this may be rare, it does happen and protecting yourself is relatively easy.

In the acceptable file types field enter the file types you accept separated by a “pipe” character. Here’s an example for accepting various image file types:

jpg | jpeg | gif | png

The values you want to enter are the extensions of the files. So if you want to accept Microsoft Word files you would use

doc | docx

If you want to accept Excel files you would choose

xls | xlsx | csv

You get the idea.

Once you’ve set your file upload options click on Insert Tag and then save your form.

Now, the most important step. Test the file upload feature with file types you’ve added and the file size limit you’ve set.

Make sure to check that you always receive the emails that are being generated by the form.

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Miwo WordPress FTP Plugin ⏰ How To Install & Use It | WP Learning Lab

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Miwo WordPress FTP Plugin – How To Install & Use It | WP Learning Lab

If you what to use a WordPress FTP plugin then Miwo FTP is definitely one you should check out. It’s light-weight and allows FTP access through your WordPress dashboard.

Keep in mind that this plugin can be dangerous. If someone other than you use has access to the admin of your WordPress site they will also have access to your server through the FTP plugin.

Likewise, if someone gets unauthorized access to your site (hacks it) they will have access to your server files via this plugin.

To reduce the risk I usually install the plugin, do what I need to do, and then delete it again.

If you’re okay with those risks, let’s install the plugin!

To install this plugin go to its download page: https://miwisoft.com/wordpress-plugins/miwoftp-wordpress-file-manager

This plugin is not in the WordPress repository, which is another to be careful with it. I haven’t had any issues with it before and haven’t heard any complaints from people so from my experience it’s safe.

On the Miwo plugin page click on the “Download” button.

Then a purple box appears at the bottom of the page with the letter “P”. Click on that to download the plugin.

Once the zip file is downloaded to your hard drive. You can upload the plugin through your WordPress dashboard.

Go to Plugins then Add New.

Find the plugin on your hard drive, then upload it, install it and activate it.

Once activated you will see a new Miwo FTP link in the left hand WordPress admin menu. Click on it.

On the following page you will be presented with the files in the root directory for your WordPress site.

You can use this interface to do almost all the same things as an regular FTP client. You have the option of uploading, downloading and deleting files. Depending on your server settings you may even be able to edit the files.

The biggest difference is that an FTP client shows your hard drive files on the left and the server files on the right. Miwo FTP functions more like the File Manager on cPanel were you just see the files that are on the server, but you can upload and download them.

If you want to setup a true FTP connection check out this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJGw-PWAB9I

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Contact Form 7 Email Validation Using DNS Verification | Contact Form 7 Tutorials Part 12

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Contact Form 7 Email Validation Using DNS Verification | WP Learning Lab

Contact Form 7 validates the syntax of email addresses, but it doesn’t check to make sure the email address is associated with a real domain. The DNS verification plugin will do that. If you receive a lot of spam through your contact forms, this should help reduce it.

Luckily, the plugin used for to add this DNS validation functionality is one of the easiest plugins ever to setup. But we’ll get to that in a minute.

First, I have to explain something about Contact Form 7 email validation first.

Out of the box, Contact Form 7 will make sure that an email address has valid syntax. Meaning it has valid characters before and after the @ plus a top level domain (TLD) like .com, .org, or .net.

When those things are true, Contact Form 7 allows an email to be sent. The problem is, the email address could be none functional gibberish and CF7 will allow it as long as it has the correct syntax.

This means spammers can plug your inbox with their automated tools.

This plugin attempts to reduce that problem by verifying the domain name after the @ symbol is real, active domain name.

With this email validation step you’ll reduce spammers. However, they spammer could still create a fake email address, like [email protected]. Which is a valid email address in terms of syntax and google.com will check out in the DNS as a valid domain name. So DNS verification checks out too.

But, adding the email validation dns verification is better than not adding it.

Installing the plugin.

To install this plugin please log into your WordPress dashboard, hover over Plugins and then click on Add New.

On the next page type “Contact Form 7 email validation” into the search bar. The plugin we want should be the first one in the top left.

Click on the Install Now button and then click Activate after it’s installed.

Once it’s activated it’s automatically active on all your Contact Form 7 forms that collect email addresses.

Done.

Now if you type in an email address with a domain name that isn’t active it will return a DNS error and won’t submit the form.

This is great for keeping spam down, but won’t eliminate it.

If you use Contact Form 7 you’ll probably like these tutorials as well:

– Adding Contact Form 7 Hidden Fields With Dynamic Data – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Ja3jMbq1w

– Contact Form 7 Captcha – Google Recaptcha Add-on – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI2ZAviQ8vY

– Contact Form 7 Skins To Change Style – No CSS required – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJku6xMzTg

– Contact Form 7 Tutorial – Create a 2-Column Responsive Form With Contact Form 7 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snH6YwCHEoE

– Creating A Contact Form Using Contact Form 7 WordPress Plugin – Step-by-Step – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy70WGCjMY4

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