Comments on: New Theme is Live http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/ The weblog of Joshua Eichorn, AJAX, PHP and Open Source Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1-alpha By: Joshua Eichorn http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-119131 Joshua Eichorn Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:09:41 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-119131 Odd i just retested in ie6 and didn't get the crash. I wonder whats going on. Odd i just retested in ie6 and didn’t get the crash.

I wonder whats going on.

]]> By: Joshua Eichorn http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-119129 Joshua Eichorn Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:08:06 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-119129 Darn ie6, its something in the javascript for the navigation dock. The fact that javascript can so easily crash the browser makes me wonder how anyone even uses IE. Darn ie6, its something in the javascript for the navigation dock. The fact that javascript can so easily crash the browser makes me wonder how anyone even uses IE.

]]> By: pinkFloyd http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-119128 pinkFloyd Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:04:48 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-119128 Look perfectly with Minefield 3.0a2pre on WinXP SP1. And please be informed, crash problem is still in IE6 as on #6, #10. Nice looking ;) Look perfectly with Minefield 3.0a2pre on WinXP SP1.
And please be informed, crash problem is still in IE6 as on #6, #10.
Nice looking ;)

]]> By: joshua strebel http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-115266 joshua strebel Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:58:08 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-115266 The mighty king Joffery has spoken. The mighty king Joffery has spoken.

]]> By: King Joffrey http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-114449 King Joffrey Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:14:22 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-114449 Since you seemed pretty keen on knowing why you weren't getting the people from your blog to your book website. (I wonder why you wouldn't want to work on ranking for "Ajax" but it is pretty competitive. But looking at all the high rankers....wow... they are informative....like your book....so if your book IS as informative as the three reviews on Amazon say it is...then simple MARKETING it properly might help you out. SEO is SEM and so on - they are related!! That is why I follow my winning SEO cooking strategy. 1. Start out by using relevant keywords in the title and meta tags. H1 tags would be good to add extra flavor to the mix as well, sort of to emphasize the less important keywords. ( Looking at yours I'm guessing that you want to be ranked for "Ajax" "Javascript" and "Internet Applications." Of those the last is the only one with traffic says Overture. And only around 2,000. Try adding ANY relevant keywords into your meta data besides the title of the book. Believe me it will help.) 2. When constructing a site add as much relevant on page text, or content as possible. If using pictures, alt tag them with relevant keywords just like you do when writing the content. Don't keyword stuff. (Going over your site I see links to links to links and finally chapter pages. Not really chapter pages but user action needed chapter pages. Since spiders can't initiate actions they see noting. So to the spiders your site looks like the title tag and meta info, links to various blogs and other sites, and a link to Amazon selling a book.) 3. Links are king!!! As many relevant inbound links that you can have will help your natural rankings. I always go to as many relevant blogs and websites, and join forums and begin spreading info about whatever. Don't spam people like you were saying. Add useful info that will spark thought and watch the people come to you. (Looking at your site I see links to the people who are listed on your blog. Even the touted computer weekly mention, doesn't show up. The reason marketing is involved here is that I am sure that they asked your permission to mention the book, but you should have stipulated that when they publish the article on their site, and finally archive it, a link will be pointing to your site. That would be a huge boost to people coming to your site. But then when they got there the layout would have to be a little less bland to keep them there.) These are just a few tidbits of the knowledge that I am giving you. But you should care more about natural ranking than people from your blog going to your book. You want people who are on the internet looking for "web application" "web development" "increase web speed" "XHTML" "HTML" "CSS" and yada yada yada. Themes more termed to buying are the best to insure that when people are looking to buy informative books, your comes up. Just as I said, links and content to increase NATURAL RANKINGS are the most important things you need to concentrate on if you are looking at a sale of your book as a conversion. And most people who are on blogs are not buying things because the blog tells them so. They are buying because they look it up on Google or Yahoo! and it shows up as "Relevant." You gotta love the information age. Since you seemed pretty keen on knowing why you weren’t getting the people from your blog to your book website. (I wonder why you wouldn’t want to work on ranking for “Ajax” but it is pretty competitive. But looking at all the high rankers….wow… they are informative….like your book….so if your book IS as informative as the three reviews on Amazon say it is…then simple MARKETING it properly might help you out. SEO is SEM and so on - they are related!! That is why I follow my winning SEO cooking strategy.
1. Start out by using relevant keywords in the title and meta tags. H1 tags would be good to add extra flavor to the mix as well, sort of to emphasize the less important keywords. ( Looking at yours I’m guessing that you want to be ranked for “Ajax” “Javascript” and “Internet Applications.” Of those the last is the only one with traffic says Overture. And only around 2,000. Try adding ANY relevant keywords into your meta data besides the title of the book. Believe me it will help.)
2. When constructing a site add as much relevant on page text, or content as possible. If using pictures, alt tag them with relevant keywords just like you do when writing the content. Don’t keyword stuff. (Going over your site I see links to links to links and finally chapter pages. Not really chapter pages but user action needed chapter pages. Since spiders can’t initiate actions they see noting. So to the spiders your site looks like the title tag and meta info, links to various blogs and other sites, and a link to Amazon selling a book.)
3. Links are king!!! As many relevant inbound links that you can have will help your natural rankings. I always go to as many relevant blogs and websites, and join forums and begin spreading info about whatever. Don’t spam people like you were saying. Add useful info that will spark thought and watch the people come to you. (Looking at your site I see links to the people who are listed on your blog. Even the touted computer weekly mention, doesn’t show up. The reason marketing is involved here is that I am sure that they asked your permission to mention the book, but you should have stipulated that when they publish the article on their site, and finally archive it, a link will be pointing to your site. That would be a huge boost to people coming to your site. But then when they got there the layout would have to be a little less bland to keep them there.)

These are just a few tidbits of the knowledge that I am giving you. But you should care more about natural ranking than people from your blog going to your book. You want people who are on the internet looking for “web application” “web development” “increase web speed” “XHTML” “HTML” “CSS” and yada yada yada. Themes more termed to buying are the best to insure that when people are looking to buy informative books, your comes up.

Just as I said, links and content to increase NATURAL RANKINGS are the most important things you need to concentrate on if you are looking at a sale of your book as a conversion. And most people who are on blogs are not buying things because the blog tells them so. They are buying because they look it up on Google or Yahoo! and it shows up as “Relevant.” You gotta love the information age.

]]> By: nitinpai http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113579 nitinpai Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:50:38 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113579 ok now i am seeing it after submitting the comment. As already told it disappears too soon.. and the menu expander doesnt work smoothly as one would expect ok now i am seeing it after submitting the comment. As already told it disappears too soon..
and the menu expander doesnt work smoothly as one would expect

]]> By: nitinpai http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113577 nitinpai Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:48:46 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113577 somethings gone wrong in the layout especially when viewed in firefox at a resolution of 1024 x 768. The header is proper but the body is is displaced by about 200px to the right I think the sidebar is amiss as i dont see the sidebar which u have shown in the snapshot. Hence I dont see the magic bubble u have included. Regarding the layout color scheme, it is prehistoric. Gray shades, black and white images is definitely not in the trends of the colorful layouts users see on the web these days. If u still want to go with gray shades wither try matching to the mac OS steel interface expectations. Wish u luck!! somethings gone wrong in the layout especially when viewed in firefox at a resolution of 1024 x 768.
The header is proper but the body is is displaced by about 200px to the right
I think the sidebar is amiss as i dont see the sidebar which u have shown in the snapshot. Hence I dont see the magic bubble u have included.

Regarding the layout color scheme, it is prehistoric.
Gray shades, black and white images is definitely not in the trends of the colorful layouts users see on the web these days.
If u still want to go with gray shades wither try matching to the mac OS steel interface expectations. Wish u luck!!

]]> By: Laurent http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113543 Laurent Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:24:24 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113543 When mouseovering the right edge of the book cover the popup blinks non stop. (FF 2.0.0.1, WIN XP) When mouseovering the right edge of the book cover the popup blinks non stop.
(FF 2.0.0.1, WIN XP)

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113088 Daniel Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:15:45 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-113088 Looks good...but the colors of the google ad in your extended navigation are sucking extremely ;) Looks good…but the colors of the google ad in your extended navigation are sucking extremely ;)

]]> By: Wim http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-112790 Wim Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:33:48 +0000 http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/12/29/new-theme-is-live/#comment-112790 @7: Nope, things are still "totally broken" (IE6.0, WinXP SP2, fully patched). Crashes as soon as I get to your site (using FF to post this now). @7: Nope, things are still “totally broken” (IE6.0, WinXP SP2, fully patched). Crashes as soon as I get to your site (using FF to post this now).

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