I just finished the Google Analytics Essential Training on Lynda.com. I thought it was well done and I did learn a few new things to help me better understand web traffic and how we can use GA to increase sales. The course is about four and a half hours, so it does take some time, but I think it was worth it. I will be taking the GA certification test soon.
Removing “Allowed Tags” on the comment form.
This solution is from the wordpress forums from Emsi. It is not guaranteed to work on all themes, but it did work fine for me on my theme based on twenty ten. Follows these steps: 1. back up your functions.php file. 2. Add the following to your functions.php file function my_comment_form_args($user_identity, $post_id, $req) { $args…
How to remove the website field from the comment form
I had a customer request to remove the website field in the comments. You would think this would be a relatively simple thing to do, but not so. After an hour of searching, I found a solution that worked great. Here is the link. http://techhacking.com/2011/02/04/wordpress-how-to-remove-the-website-field-from-the-comment-form/
Google Website Optimizer and WordPress
Today I started a test using Google Website Optimizer on WordPress. The manual way of doing this would mean you would need to create 3 different headers and input the correct tracking code in each. While it is not a ton of work, it is a pain in the butt. The better way to do…
