WP Themer Kit is a tool that makes WordPress Theme. So, if you are a WordPress fan like me, and you are having a hard time making or choosing a theme you want, make one yourself. This kit will help you make or create a theme very easy.

The website has video on how to use the kit. As I said on my former posts, I like video’s because in that way, I would understand or absorb the information easily.

Steps:

• Download the plug-in from http://www.irisco.it/?page_id=28
• Unzip it and put the wp-statpress on your WordPress plug-in through FTP (../wp-content/plugins)
• Log-in to yourWordPress account, go to Plugins.
• Look for StatPress, then click activate.
• DONE

Now, you would see StatPress on your Dashboard.

Steps in using this plugin:

• Log-in to your wordpress account.
• Go to Plugins
• Look for Akismet (usually it is the top one). Click Activate
• Once the plugin has been activated, you will be instructed to put your WordPress API (click). If you have no account on wordpress.com, you have to create one.
• Log-in to your wordpress.com account >> click My Account >> My Profile. You will then see your WordPress API, just copy it and paste it on Akismet Configuration.
• Click “Update Option.”
• DONE

I just activated and updated mine

Steps:

• Download the sitemap generator for wordpress at http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/
• Unzip the downloaded file.
• Using FTP, upload the google-sitemap-generator folder in your wordpress plugin (/wp-content/plugins)
• If everything has been uploaded, log in to your wordpress account.
• Go to Plugins, look for Google XML Sitemaps. Click Activate.
• Once the plugin has been activated, click “Options” >> “XML-Sitemap”
• Build your sitemap by clicking the “click here” on the instructions.
• Now, you have created a sitemap.
• All you need to do is add it on your Google webmaster tools, for Google to work on it.
• Log in to your Google webmaster account https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/siteoverview
• Input your website into the text box, then click ADD SITE
• Once added, below the sitemap, click “add”
• Choose type: “Add General Web Sitemap”
• Input sitemap.xml on the text box, click “Add General Web Sitemap”
• DONE

Video:

I like WordPress compare to Joomla and Drupal, because if you compare it to the mobile phones WordPress is like Nokia; user friendly. This is also the reason why all of my blogs are on a WordPress platform. I do recommend it to every bloggers I get to chat with.

WordPress has a lot of free plugins and themes that are available for downloads. The WordPress itself is also free for download and it is so easy to install.

Steps:

• Download the latest WordPress from http://wordpress.org
• Unzip the downloaded file
• Create a database from your hosting (remember the database name, username and password)
• Open the WordPress folder, look for the wp-config-sample.php and open it with the editor that you are comfortable using (notepad, dreamweaver, crimson, etc.)
• Edit the hostname, username and password. Save the file as wp-config.php on the same folder as wp-config-sample.php
• Using an FTP (filezilla, smartftp, etc.) upload all the files within the WordPress folder (not the folder itself) to your website.
• After everything has been uploaded, open your web browser and go to your website and it will take you into a step by step installation.
• Click install
• Give your blog a name and input your email address (this is important because your log in info will be emailed to you).
• You will be given username: admin and a password. Copy the password and click log in.
• Log in to your account, click “My Profile” at the upper right of the screen.
• Change your password into something you could remember.
• DONE

You have now a WordPress blog on your own domain and hosting.

If my instructions are not that clear for you, here are the video’s and websites that might help:

For a complete instructions on how to install WordPress in two options: http://www.easykiss123.com/?p=12

For another video tutorial: http://www.optiniche.com/blog/view.php?v=wp-install&w=773&h=472

I went to the Globe Business Center last week to inquire about their Globe Visibility service, because the last time I checked it, it would take me to have a salary of Php 25,000 / monthly to be able to get that service. Sadly, I am not that highly paid.

Well, last week the lady told me that all I need is an Income Tax Return (ITR), ID, Php 3,000 for montly service fee, Php 2,000 for one installation charges and Php 11,700 for the data card or data modem. So, I am qualified to have it now. BRAVO!

As I am often online, because of my job, I took some time to look at the info I have gathered on the Globe Visibility website, which is http://www.betterthan3g.com/. There seems to be no info about the cost of the data device and the monthly fee is Php 2,000? So, it is confirmed it is either that the lady or an employee of Globe who informed me of those rate was telling a lie or the Globe Visibility website is not updated?

My bet is, it’s the second option. What a shame that they are an Internet Service Provider (ISP), yet they could not update their website. How ironic, to have millions of people using their services and could update their blogs, website, etc. yet Globe couldn’t do the same. Lousy service!

So, on my right mind, of course I tried to send them an email that my company could give them services they need. but this message showed up when I click “send:”

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error ’80040e21′

Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.

/g35g/customer.asp, line 57

I tried sending short messages, it went through, so I guess the problem was that I was over the maximum allowable characters. Yet there was no instructions or note about the said limit.

TO GLOBE I did a free service for you. I have QA’d (Quality Assurance) your website. Here’s my message: If the message box has allowable number of characters. Users should be informed about it. Yet, no counter even or a stopper to know that the user had reached the allowable number of characters.

Please improve your services.

• You could get the plugin at Lester Chan’s Programming Portfolio.
• Look for the “WordPress Plugin: WP-PostViews” and download the latest version.
• Check the documentation for instructions on how to install the plugin.
• Unzip the downloaded file.
• Use FTP and upload the “postviews” folder into your wp-content/plugins folder.
• Log in to your wordpress admin account >> Plugins >> activate the WP-PostViews plugin.
• Go to Presentation >> Theme Editor >> find ” <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>” below it, add “ <?php if(function_exists(‘the_views’)) { the_views(); } ?>” to the place where you want the number of views to show.
• DONE

Check the site for more info.

• You could get the plugin at Lester Chan’s Programming Portfolio.
• Look for the “WordPress Plugin: WP-PostRatings” and download the latest version.
• Check the documentation for instructions on how to install the plugin.
• Unzip the downloaded file.
• Use FTP and upload the “postratings” folder into your wp-content/plugins folder.
• Log in to your wordpress admin account >> Plugins >> activate the WP-PostRatings plugin.
• Go to Presentation >> Theme Editor >> find ” <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>” below it, add “<?php if(function_exists(‘the_ratings’)) { the_ratings(); } ?>” to the place where you want the ratings to show.
• DONE

Check the site for more info.

This wordpress plugin is made by Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan. I like a lot of Lester Chan’s plugin. You should check his Programming Portfolio.

I just installed Google Analytics to track my sites statistics. It is the best statistic generator I have encountered so far.

This is easy to install, once you know HTML.

Steps:

• Go to http://www.google.com/analytics/
• Log-in to your Google account.
• At the bottom left of the screen you would see Add Website Profile », click it.
• Input the URL of your site on the text box, click “continue button.”
• Click the “New Tracking Code (ga.js)” tab. Copy the code.
• Go over the source code of your site, look for </body> and paste the copied code before it.
• Save and upload your updated source.
• At Google Analytics, click “Finish.”
• After 24 hours you would be receiving data’s of your blog.

For a better explanation, I believe that video’s are the best!

How to Install Google Analytics on Your WordPress Blog:

How to Install Google Analytics on Your Blogger Blog: