Description

Reward your commentators by separating their name from their keywords in the link to their website, giving them improved anchor text.

Example

If they enter “Stephen@Custom WordPress Plugins” in the Name field, their comment will have:

Stephen from Custom WordPress Plugins Says:

rather than:

Stephen@Custom WordPress Plugins Says:

If they don’t enter the @ symbol, the anchor text will simply display as normal. For a live example, see the first comment below.

Why Is Anchor Text Important?

There are many articles about the value of having your keywords in the anchor text of backlinks to your site. This helps your site rank well for those keywords with the search engines, bringing you more traffic.

One source of backlinks are comments on DoFollow blogs, but the anchor text is normally your name. While this helps you rank well for your name, it’s practically worthless for your keywords. That’s why some commentators put keywords in the name field, but they risk being marked as spammers.

I understand people’s desire to get the best value from their link, but I’m tired of answering comments with “Hi Miami Hotels”. I’d like them to leave their name, without it effecting their keyword benefit. Enter KeywordLuv…

By using KeywordLuv (and a Dofollow plugin) you give your commentators better links, rewarding them and encouraging more people to comment.

DoFollow

For your commentators to benefit from KeywordLuv, your blog requires a separate Dofollow plugin to remove the nofollow tag. KeywordLuv does not do this and without it, your commentators will not receive any benefit.

While KeywordLuv could remove the nofollow tag, there are many existing plugins that do this AND provide advanced features I don’t want to replicate.

Requirements

WordPress 2.2+ (tested on WordPress 2.5, 2.3 and 2.2).

Compatibility - DoFollow Plugins

KeywordLuv hasn’t been tested with most DoFollow plugins but problems are very unlikely. If you do encounter any, please let me know.

Compatibility - WordPress Themes

There is a compatibility issue with some themes. If your theme uses comment_author_link() to retrieve the comment author link, KeywordLuv will work fine. If it uses comment_author() and comment_author_url() to build the comment author link, then it will do nothing.

This issue, along with the possible workarounds, is outlined on the KeywordLuv - Theme Compatibility Issue page.

Note: If you use Brian’s Threaded Comments or YATCP for threaded comments, KeywordLuv will work, as these both use comment_author_link().

Installation

• Download the keywordluv-1.03.zip file and unzip it.
• Upload the keywordluv folder to the wp-content/plugins folder.
• Activate the KeywordLuv plugin within WordPress.

Upgrade

• Download the keywordluv-1.03.zip file and unzip it.
• Upload the keywordluv folder to the wp-content/plugins folder, overwriting the existing files.

Usage

When your readers leave a comment, they should leave their name and keywords in the Name field, using the following format: name@keywords.

When posts are displayed, the plugin searches for the @ character, strips it out and moves the name to front (outside the link).

Telling Your Commentators

This plugin is really to help your commentators, so you need to tell them how to use it. By default, the plugin adds a message to the comment form telling users to enter YourName@YourKeywords in the comment field. You can customise this message in the KeywordLuv options page in the Admin area.

Note: This message does not appear if you are logged in, as logged in users normally don’t have a Name field to enter YourName@YourKeywords into.

The problem with this message is that there is no way to control exactly where it will appear. It depends on your theme. In some themes, it may not appear at all.

If you are comfortable editing your theme, the best solution is for you to disable the message (in the KeywordLuv options page in the Admin area) and add your own message exactly where you want it (in comments.php).

If You Disable The Plugin

Whatever the commentator enters in the Name field is what’s actually stored in the database. KeywordLuv simply changes the way it’s displayed. If you decide you no longer want to use the plugin, simply deactivate it and commentator’s names will revert to what’s in the database.

For example, if they enter “Stephen@Custom WordPress Plugins”, that’s what’s stored. If the plugin is active, it will display:

Stephen from Custom WordPress Plugins Says:

If the plugin is disabled, it will display:

Stephen@Custom WordPress Plugins Says:

Support

This plugin is officially not supported (due to my time constraints), but if you leave a comment below or contact me, I should be able to help.

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Find and Replacer does exactly what the the name implies: it enables users to search through their entire blog and replace phrases, words, or even tags without modifying any other text. Sure there are similar plugins available, but none give the same power to modify post content or titles.

Currently tested successfully with the latest version of Wordpress, 2.6. If you have trouble with earlier versions, or even have it work properly on earlier versions, please let me know. Due to the complexity of blogs and the different conditions this plugin must adapt to, please contact me when the plugin does not give the desired output.

For a complete list of the changes from each version, please visit the plugin homepage.

For examples and tips on using the plugin, please check the examples on the plugin homepage.

Be sure to check out my other plugins at my Wordpress profile.

USAGE

1. After activating the plugin, navigate to the admin panel interface, where the options can be entered to edit the correct pages.
2. Be sure to enter the correct data to modify only the specific posts.

LIMITATIONS

Since it is impossible to know every use this plugin would work with, there are some conditions that can break functionality. If you find a condition that doesn’t produce the correct result, please contact me on the plugin homepage.

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INSTALLATION

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There are hundreds of plugins and services which can provide statistics about your visitors. However I found that even though something like Google Analytics provides an incredible depth of information, it can be overwhelming and doesn’t really highlight what’s most interesting to me as a writer. That’s why Automattic created its own stats system, to focus on just the most popular metrics a blogger wants to track and provide them in a clear and concise interface.

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Installing this stats plugin is much like installing Akismet, all you need is to put in your API Key and the rest is automatic.

Once it’s running it’ll begin collecting information about your pageviews, which posts and pages are the most popular, where your traffic is coming from, and what people click on when they leave. It’ll also add a link to your dashboard which allows you to see all your stats on a single page. Less is more.

Finally, because all of the processing and collection runs on our servers and not yours, it doesn’t cause any additional load on your hosting account. In fact, it’s one of the fastest stats system, hosted or not hosted, that you can use.

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Installation

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Description

• Supports multiple contact forms.
• You can customize form and mail contents with simple markup.
• AJAX submitting with jQuery Form Plugin.
• Spam filtering with Akismet.
• Bot prevention with CAPTCHA.

Installation

1. Upload whole contact-form-7 folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

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FYI

Version: 1.7.7.1

• Requires WordPress Version: 2.2 or higher
• Compatible up to: 2.6-bleeding

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