I am starting a new physical business in the uk and wondered whether a dot com domain name had any advantages over the dot co dot uk domain. The business will be national rathe
One of the reasons I ask this question is that the dot com domains have gone and the services provided in the UK are not transferable overseas
I'd get both and start by having the dot com redirect to the dot co dot uk. You may want to go world-wide in the future and for the cost of a few dollars a year you can future-proof your online presence. ~Marion
In terms of future proofing your business soak up the dot com dot co dot uk and what ever else is offered . You can always flip them or let them go if not needed down the track.
Hi - it would do no harm to register both - and therefore avoid someone buying the .com, and setting up a similar site - and "stealing" your customers.
Alternatively, you may become international at some point - and wish you had the .com - as someone who bought it is now putting a premium price on it, that you have to pay if you want to use it.
This happened to me - they tried to sell me the .com of my .co.uk for £27k. For the sake of a few pounds just now, I would get both.
All the best, Mark
dot uk, definitely if solely dealing in the UK, but dot com if you intend shipping to USA.
Food for thought...I found that 80% of the people viewing my website were from the USA when I did a check on Google Analytic's.
Good luck,
Roger
If your clients will be from the UK and you want to get the business listed in the local search results - which show at the top of the page for Google UK searches for businesses, then I'd use the .co.uk
I am starting a new physical business in the uk and wondered whether a dot com domain name had any advantages over the dot co dot uk domain. The business will be national rathe
Here .com is very popular so if someone is looking for your website, .com would probably be used by someone by default.
Ed
One of the reasons I ask this question is that the dot com domains have gone and the services provided in the UK are not transferable overseas
I'd get both and start by having the dot com redirect to the dot co dot uk. You may want to go world-wide in the future and for the cost of a few dollars a year you can future-proof your online presence. ~Marion
In terms of future proofing your business soak up the dot com dot co dot uk and what ever else is offered . You can always flip them or let them go if not needed down the track.
Hi - it would do no harm to register both - and therefore avoid someone buying the .com, and setting up a similar site - and "stealing" your customers.
Alternatively, you may become international at some point - and wish you had the .com - as someone who bought it is now putting a premium price on it, that you have to pay if you want to use it.
This happened to me - they tried to sell me the .com of my .co.uk for £27k. For the sake of a few pounds just now, I would get both.
All the best, Mark
dot uk, definitely if solely dealing in the UK, but dot com if you intend shipping to USA.
Food for thought...I found that 80% of the people viewing my website were from the USA when I did a check on Google Analytic's.
Good luck,
Roger
If your clients will be from the UK and you want to get the business listed in the local search results - which show at the top of the page for Google UK searches for businesses, then I'd use the .co.uk
I have my privacy policy and disclaimer as pages and they appear in my menu. My question really is - can I put these under categories in my side bar.
On the face of it this soun
Hi Strap. Permanent unchanging things like Privacy, about Me, Contact Me, should be in static page format. Categories are used to keep relevant blog posts organised. Posts belong on blogs that are constantly being updated. As your blog develops you may find that some of your earlier posts as still very relevant and would be better off being transferred to static pages. I hope this helps.
Go to your themes and hit theme options, in there you can arrange your pages and put them in subtopic style
I don't see any reason to have those 'pages' listed anywhere but your 'pages menu' where they already are visible and available to your reader. You shouldn't be adding any external links to them and your reader can always go to them if they would like.
If you don't want them on top, put 'em in a custom menu in the side bar. WordPress Dashboard Tutorial - Custom Menus Add A Custom Menu To Your Sidebar And no, you don't need to change your pages into content pages (whatever that may be) or into posts.
John
I am sure this tutorial bt Nathaniell will help. I used it successfuly. Add A Custom Menu To Your Sidebar
Yes, you need to change your pages to content pages. Except your about me page and privacy page. Eddy just told me this today. Because, didn't have any thing on my content pages. So, yes you need to change them. I hope that this helps.
Hi Terry. Have you considered putting them in your footer instead? Just something to throw out there for ya. :)
Just place those pages as "parented" by one of the other pages you want showing in your main menu. My Privacy Policy page is parented under my About Me page, so it only shows up when someone hovers their cursor over my About Me page, and then it shows up in the drop down menu.
In your page editor, on the right side, there is an option to have a page parented by another page. Select the page you want this page to be parented by.
Pages that are "parented" by a page in the main menu, are NOT shown in the main menu ... that's the whole point. You want your primary pages to show in the main menu, and the lesser, sub-categorized pages to only show up in the drop down menus under the main page menu.
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How do I change pages to posts - or do I even need to?
I have my privacy policy and disclaimer as pages and they appear in my menu. My question really is - can I put these under categories in my side bar.
On the face of it this soun
Hi Strap. Permanent unchanging things like Privacy, about Me, Contact Me, should be in static page format. Categories are used to keep relevant blog posts organised. Posts belong on blogs that are constantly being updated. As your blog develops you may find that some of your earlier posts as still very relevant and would be better off being transferred to static pages. I hope this helps.
Go to your themes and hit theme options, in there you can arrange your pages and put them in subtopic style
I don't see any reason to have those 'pages' listed anywhere but your 'pages menu' where they already are visible and available to your reader. You shouldn't be adding any external links to them and your reader can always go to them if they would like.
If you don't want them on top, put 'em in a custom menu in the side bar. WordPress Dashboard Tutorial - Custom Menus Add A Custom Menu To Your Sidebar And no, you don't need to change your pages into content pages (whatever that may be) or into posts.
John
I am sure this tutorial bt Nathaniell will help. I used it successfuly. Add A Custom Menu To Your Sidebar
Yes, you need to change your pages to content pages. Except your about me page and privacy page. Eddy just told me this today. Because, didn't have any thing on my content pages. So, yes you need to change them. I hope that this helps.
Hi Terry. Have you considered putting them in your footer instead? Just something to throw out there for ya. :)
Just place those pages as "parented" by one of the other pages you want showing in your main menu. My Privacy Policy page is parented under my About Me page, so it only shows up when someone hovers their cursor over my About Me page, and then it shows up in the drop down menu.
In your page editor, on the right side, there is an option to have a page parented by another page. Select the page you want this page to be parented by.
Pages that are "parented" by a page in the main menu, are NOT shown in the main menu ... that's the whole point. You want your primary pages to show in the main menu, and the lesser, sub-categorized pages to only show up in the drop down menus under the main page menu.
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In Google Analytics I have an increasing number of 'not set' visitors that are skewing my numbers. They spend 0.00 minutes on my site, view one page and leave. This is obviously th
These are bots crawling your site and while you can block them, one at a time, they will just come at you with a slightly different url or IP address.
It's best to analyze traffic from real visitors.
They will slow down eventually.
Thank you - I thought that I had got rid of the ones from Russia but I can't seem to identify these! Thanks again
I am getting more concerned about this as it is now almost 20% of my traffic! Should I still not be concerned?
There isn't an effective way to stop these as far as I can tell. The good news is that Google doesn't pay attention to these stats and will not penalize you for them.
It's best to keep adding content and learn to analyze "real" traffic.
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'not set' in analytics - can I get rid of them?
In Google Analytics I have an increasing number of 'not set' visitors that are skewing my numbers. They spend 0.00 minutes on my site, view one page and leave. This is obviously th
These are bots crawling your site and while you can block them, one at a time, they will just come at you with a slightly different url or IP address.
It's best to analyze traffic from real visitors.
They will slow down eventually.
Thank you - I thought that I had got rid of the ones from Russia but I can't seem to identify these! Thanks again
I am getting more concerned about this as it is now almost 20% of my traffic! Should I still not be concerned?
There isn't an effective way to stop these as far as I can tell. The good news is that Google doesn't pay attention to these stats and will not penalize you for them.
It's best to keep adding content and learn to analyze "real" traffic.
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My website is theexpertaffiliate.com and it runs on the free Cleanr theme.I really do like the theme bacause it is looks really good and it is very minimal in terms of ranger.
I have a problem finding suitable themes. Its been a trial and error but atleast for now I am happy. Keep typing in searches for themes and looking.
You could visit wordpress.org and use the feature filter to narrow down the options for a new theme. If you do find a theme that you like but don't like the default font try 'TinyMCE Advanced' plugin as it comes with a good range of fonts you can use. ~Marion
Please can you recommend a theme?
My website is theexpertaffiliate.com and it runs on the free Cleanr theme.I really do like the theme bacause it is looks really good and it is very minimal in terms of ranger.
I have a problem finding suitable themes. Its been a trial and error but atleast for now I am happy. Keep typing in searches for themes and looking.
You could visit wordpress.org and use the feature filter to narrow down the options for a new theme. If you do find a theme that you like but don't like the default font try 'TinyMCE Advanced' plugin as it comes with a good range of fonts you can use. ~Marion
I am using the WP theme Cleanr and am very happy with it. However, the text links don't tend to show up in a contrasting colour. Is there a way of changing this from within the the
Hiya Strap. Actually I think the code for blue is #0000FF this will give links the normal blue colour. But after any changes you need to scroll right down to the bottom of the CSS file (can be way down) and click on save changes for it to have any effect. There is a book I recommend on my website http://roberts-reviews.org.uk that will help everyone overcome the fear of messing with coding. It is the only book I currently recommend. [My theme is Thinker Lite and it had the same issue with links in some pale colour but now they are the normal snazzy blue].
Hello RJScot, I have a question about the code for blue. I am in the css to change my link color. What I am looking at: h2 a {
color #000; text-decoration: none; border: none; Is that where I place the #0000FF ?? Thanks for your help.
Hi G. That looks to be the h2 header CSS definition. Probably further down you will come to the links part. There may be several entries as some people like the links to change colour when you hover over them and when they are clicked. Personally, I would rather they stayed blue but that's a personal choice.
You can change the link colour within your CSS file
From WP dashboard go to Appearance > Editor
Navigate to Style.css (This should be open by default
Find the link code - it looks like
a {
color: #000000;
}
The change the number after the # to the color code of your choice
For example if you want a bright blue hyperlink, you could use
a {
color: #FF0000;
}
Hope that helps
Regards
Paul
Thanks for the tip, however, my technical knowledge (and confidence) resembles that of a 3 year old. I found the Style.css but could not find the relvant part of the code. The bit that I did play with seemed to have no effect whatsoever!
I will put up with the existing text link colour rather than break my site but thanks anyway - I appreciate you giving your time
Hello Paul, I too have the same theme that Strap has. Cleanr. I would like my link to show a blue color. I want to keep my text through out the site black. do I follow the instructions you posted and input #FF0000 to change the link color? It does not have great contrast. Even my email is the same as the link. Thanks for your help.
Hello Strap, LOL I am with you on the "confidence" in the tech world. I am not too knowledgeable about the computer tactics but I have learned so much here at WA. I have figured out quite a few things on my own. Best wishes, much success and don't give up!
Hi
Sorry I gave you the wrong color hex in my example above, in fact RJ has posted correctly below the hex for blue is #0000FF
Loes has quite correctly stated that you can change the link color by selecting the 'A' in the dashboard, howeverf this will only work for an individual link, the CSS option will work site wide
Regards
Paul
Thanks Paul, I am still having trouble locating which colour I have to change on the css page. I changed the one I thought it was and it seemed to have no effect. I also clicked the button to save changes!
If you open your style.css file, and press control F (Command F on a mac) and enter a { into the find box, it will jump to the code.
You will then be able to edit the color
Paul, just looking around on how to change my link colour on my site and found this. I tried the Control F and that's great. I have attached a photo of where I think the link colour is but it doesn't matter if I change the code to what you suggest for blue, nothing happens. Am I in the right place?
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How do I change the colour of my text links?
I am using the WP theme Cleanr and am very happy with it. However, the text links don't tend to show up in a contrasting colour. Is there a way of changing this from within the the
Hiya Strap. Actually I think the code for blue is #0000FF this will give links the normal blue colour. But after any changes you need to scroll right down to the bottom of the CSS file (can be way down) and click on save changes for it to have any effect. There is a book I recommend on my website http://roberts-reviews.org.uk that will help everyone overcome the fear of messing with coding. It is the only book I currently recommend. [My theme is Thinker Lite and it had the same issue with links in some pale colour but now they are the normal snazzy blue].
Hello RJScot, I have a question about the code for blue. I am in the css to change my link color. What I am looking at: h2 a {
color #000; text-decoration: none; border: none; Is that where I place the #0000FF ?? Thanks for your help.
Hi G. That looks to be the h2 header CSS definition. Probably further down you will come to the links part. There may be several entries as some people like the links to change colour when you hover over them and when they are clicked. Personally, I would rather they stayed blue but that's a personal choice.
You can change the link colour within your CSS file
From WP dashboard go to Appearance > Editor
Navigate to Style.css (This should be open by default
Find the link code - it looks like
a {
color: #000000;
}
The change the number after the # to the color code of your choice
For example if you want a bright blue hyperlink, you could use
a {
color: #FF0000;
}
Hope that helps
Regards
Paul
Thanks for the tip, however, my technical knowledge (and confidence) resembles that of a 3 year old. I found the Style.css but could not find the relvant part of the code. The bit that I did play with seemed to have no effect whatsoever!
I will put up with the existing text link colour rather than break my site but thanks anyway - I appreciate you giving your time
Hello Paul, I too have the same theme that Strap has. Cleanr. I would like my link to show a blue color. I want to keep my text through out the site black. do I follow the instructions you posted and input #FF0000 to change the link color? It does not have great contrast. Even my email is the same as the link. Thanks for your help.
Hello Strap, LOL I am with you on the "confidence" in the tech world. I am not too knowledgeable about the computer tactics but I have learned so much here at WA. I have figured out quite a few things on my own. Best wishes, much success and don't give up!
Hi
Sorry I gave you the wrong color hex in my example above, in fact RJ has posted correctly below the hex for blue is #0000FF
Loes has quite correctly stated that you can change the link color by selecting the 'A' in the dashboard, howeverf this will only work for an individual link, the CSS option will work site wide
Regards
Paul
Thanks Paul, I am still having trouble locating which colour I have to change on the css page. I changed the one I thought it was and it seemed to have no effect. I also clicked the button to save changes!
If you open your style.css file, and press control F (Command F on a mac) and enter a { into the find box, it will jump to the code.
You will then be able to edit the color
Paul, just looking around on how to change my link colour on my site and found this. I tried the Control F and that's great. I have attached a photo of where I think the link colour is but it doesn't matter if I change the code to what you suggest for blue, nothing happens. Am I in the right place?
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Here .com is very popular so if someone is looking for your website, .com would probably be used by someone by default.
Ed