Panagiotis Tzamtzis - Digital analytics consultant & Web developer

PHP functions for WordPress

20 Mar 2013 Wordpress 6795

Below you can find a list of source code snippets for very useful PHP functions for wordpress. You can use each one of the following parts of source code in your functions.php file: How to Increase or Decrease WordPress JPEG Image Compression WordPress does automatically compress JPEG images at 90% quality. In this article, we will show you how to increase or decrease WordPress JPEG image compression. All you need to do is paste the following code in your theme’s functions.php file or your site-specific plugin. Setting it to 100 would mean that WordPress would compress the image at its...

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SEO improvements

SEO improvements Checklist

18 Feb 2013 Web Design 2621

This article presents all the SEO improvements that a site should have in order to appear high in the search results. The SEO improvements checklist below will help you offer your sites the attention you wish. On-site SEO improvements Checklist These SEO techniques can influence the entire website. Accessibility Page access: If a search engine can’t reach a page, it’s impossible to have it indexed. Make sure that the robots.txt file or robots meta tag isn’t accidentally blocking important pages. Block inappropriate pages: On the other hand: some pages should not be indexed, for example incomplete pages or confidential pages....

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Smart app banner for IOS

Smart App Banner for your website to promote your iTunes app

11 Jan 2013 iPhone Web Design 6531

Instead of using an ugly custom link that points the visitors to your iTunes application now you can use a new proprietary meta tag from Apple that displays a smart app banner on the top of the page. The meta tag triggers a uniform advertisement for a vendor’s iOS app within mobile Safari. Smart App Banners vastly improve users’ browsing experience compared to other promotional methods. As banners are implemented in iOS 6, they will provide a consistent look and feel across the web that users will come to recognize. Users will trust that tapping the banner will take them to...

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