Woocommerce platform

Change “Default Sorting” Dropdown Option to “Sort By Relevance” in WooCommerce

Default sorting is not exactly user-friendly for customers visiting your e-commerce store. For most customers, “Sort by Relevance” is easier to understand, and comes across as “more welcoming” to visitors, particularly those who don’t shop online often. Ideally, you want your dropdown to default to something like the screenshot shown below of one of my clients’ websites. /** * Changing “Default Sorting” to “Sort by Relevance” on Shop and Product Category pages **/ function sip_update_sorting_name( $catalog_orderby ) { $catalog_orderby = str_replace(“Default sorting”, “Sort by Relevance”, $catalog_orderby); return $catalog_orderby; } add_filter( ‘woocommerce_catalog_orderby’, ‘sip_update_sorting_name’ ); add_filter( ‘woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby_options’, ‘sip_update_sorting_name’ ); If you prefer,

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Search Online Marketing SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Frequently Asked Questions

People who are just getting started online tend to have more questions, but even those of us who are experienced might find ourselves pondering about why things are done the way they are, and how we might do things differently with each individual website. Listed below are some of the most common questions asked regarding SEO and marketing via search engines. We try to keep these answers short and simple. If you have a question, please send it here and it’ll be added below. What is SEO? SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. In a nutshell, it’s a

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Bing and Google SEO

Does Google Search PageRank Still Matter?

PageRank, that is, Google’s first — but not only — algorithm for ranking content in search results, is well-known throughout the ranks of web designers and SEO experts everywhere. It was established during the early days of the Google search engine and continues to play a part to this day. However, the part it plays has steadily become less important over the last few years. Since at least 2009, PageRank has steadily been deprecated from public view as the end-all, be-all important way to rank websites. In that year, Google decided to remove the metric from its Google Webmaster Tools

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Show “Starting At” Price and Hide Maximum Price in WooCommerce

This is a relatively simple code, but it does require modifying the functions.php file in your child theme, which is not recommended unless you are familiar with how to edit a functions.php file in WordPress. This code will allow you to display the minimum price with a “Starting at” prior to it rather than a price range (which, let’s admit, can be a turn-off to some price-conscious customers). You can see a demonstration of how this works in the screenshot above. This is a screenshot of it in action on my client HEALTHandMED‘s website. Note, you can change “Starting at”

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WordPress Dashboard Editing

Add Custom Widgets to the WordPress Dashboard

Adding widgets to your dashboard can increase the functionality of any WordPress installation. Whether you’re doing it for yourself or your clients, it can go a long way toward creating an experience that’s fully customized, spotlighting the functions you use the most. To get started simply add the following code to your WordPress child theme’s functions.php file: function add_custom_dashboard_widgets() { wp_add_dashboard_widget( ‘wpexplorer_dashboard_widget’, // Widget slug. ‘My Custom Dashboard Widget’, // Title. ‘custom_dashboard_widget_content’ // Display function. ); } add_action( ‘wp_dashboard_setup’, ‘add_custom_dashboard_widgets’ ); /** * Create the function to output the contents of your Dashboard Widget. */ function custom_dashboard_widget_content() { // Display

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https website security

Website Security: To HTTP or To HTTPS?

Website security is a given when it comes to customers. Customers want to know their data is protected. Having a website security certificate can go a long way into not only assuring your customers that they are safely browsing and purchasing, but it can also lend credibility to your business and your products. There’s also an additional underlying and important reason to invest in an SSL (secure sockets layer) security certificate: your rank in search engines. SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data. It’s no secret that Google, Bing, and other search engines give secure

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Some New Changes in the Midst

A year and a half ago, I detailed my desire to continue writing and I really meant it. In fact, for the past year and a half, I have been working on TruTower and also acquired 1800Pocket/PC. Needless to say, those two websites have kept me busy (and unfortunately this hasn’t left me much time for writing in my blog or working on my books and poetry). You can keep up to date with these works by visiting the articles section of the website and clicking on the site of your choice. Be sure to follow both on Twitter and

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A Year and Two Months Later, and Yes I’m Still Writing

Yeah it’s been awhile — long while — since I’ve posted on my personal blog. Yes, I’m definitely still writing. In fact, those who follow me via my Twitter account know firsthand that I’m writing a lot. Of course, a quick peek at TruTower.com will suffice as proof aplenty. I know quite a few of you are wondering what is happening with regard to my books, poetry, and short stories. I can’t give you an exact timeframe, but rest assured I will be working on these projects again. Right now, I’m really concentrated on TruTower. It’s the beginning, a first

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New URL, New Name, More to Read…And More Coming

The new layout is now fully online. The website has been fully integrated with the blog so that all the content is now available in one place. In addition, ALL pages are now mobile compatible, so whether you’re out and about or just relaxing on the couch, you can read poems, short stories, articles, and even book previews and blog entries effortlessly. The website also boasts a much more integrated social networking experience. The URL has also changed, albeit temporarily. The new URL is josh-robert-nay.com. The previous URL will be unavailable temporarily while work on the new website progresses, but

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