Originally posted on 12 February 2009

THE BASICS – Part 2

This the 2nd part of the Chapter 2 of the tutorial series, I started long ago! Let’s get started.
From where we left was the functionality that the scripting languages provide.
Now in Part 2, we will discuss about the following:
1. Site traffic
2. Search Engines and other traffic sources
3. Optimizing your site

Site Traffic

Like you need automobiles on the road, the same way you need visitors or readers on your site. Amount to people visiting your website is usually referred to as site’s traffic. Actually, the motto of a site is to spread awareness about something. As the time will pass you’ll come to know that getting traffic to your site is the toughest job for a webmaster.

Search Engines And Other Traffic Sources

Traffic coming to your site needs to come from somewhere. There is very little probability that somebody, unknowingly, will directly type in your site’s domain name and reach to your site.
Some sources we will discuss in detail in the following chapters:
1. Search engines
2. Mouth to mouth advertising
3. Social networking
4. Blog commenting
5. Forum postings, etc.
Don’t think too hard, you’ll be familiar with these terms by the end of the tutorials.

Optimization of your site

Optimizing your site involves matching the current standards of the web. Making it compatible to various browsers, search engines, etc. And this what’s gonna help you build traffic.
Detailed info of all the topics will be in the upcoming chapters.

Originally posted on 2008-11-24

What is Automattic?

For a straight answer to this, I would they are the creators of wordpress. Their projects include:

* bbPress – Forum Software
* Akismet – An anti-comment spam system capable of integration with many blogging platforms and forums.
* WordPress MU – A multi-blog community system built on WordPress.
* Ping-O-Matic – A pinging service.
* Gravatar – Globally recognized avatars
* IntenseDebate – Commenting Tools

With WordPress 2.7 on just around the corner and 3 betas already out, wordpress 2.7 is looking big.

But today I want to write about another press which is budding under Automattic, its called Buddypress. I have tried it and have to say that it works great.

What is Buddypress?

Well buddypress is a set of plugins which transform an installation of WordPress MU(multi-user) into a social networking site.

Features(from buddypress.org):

1. Extended profiles- The extended profile component allows site admins to create specific profile fields for site members to fill in.

2. Private messaging- BuddyPress private messaging works like internal site email. Members can message people on their friends list as well as forward and reply to received messages.

3. Interact with friends- Members of a BuddyPress enabled installation can be connected together by one member adding another as a “friend” and then the other member accepting the friendship request.

4. Groups- Groups in BuddyPress are a gathering of members, blog posts, photos and any other user generated content.

5. The wire- The wire is a place where friends and other members can come along and post messages to a specific piece of content within a BuddyPress installation.

6. Activity Streams- Activity streams aggregate all of your activity across a BuddyPress installation. All of your friends activity is also recorded so you can check what others are doing on the site.

7. BLOGS- Allowing multiple blogs and multiple users per blog is a key feature to WordPress MU. BuddyPress preserves this functionality.

8. Status updates- Status updates in BuddyPress will appear on a member’s profile page. A member can update their status as frequently as they want to.

9. Photo Albums- Members of a BuddyPress installation will be able to create their own photo albums. These albums can be shared with friends and groups.

When will this wonderful plugin will release?

As stated on the site, it should release by the end of this year, 2008.

What does all this mean?

THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN USE WORDPRESS AS A SOCIAL COMUNITY LIKE ORKUT, MYSPACE , etc. ENJOY!!!!!!