New Features Of WordPress 3.0

For the longest time WordPress has been the go-to blogging platform. The open-software is not only free, but also extremely easy to setup, customize, and maintain.

The one criticism of WordPress when compared to its peers (i.e Drupal, Joomla) is the lack of content customization from within the admin panel. If you are a designer it doesn’t really matter, but for others this poses a serious problem to using WordPress as true content management software.

Thankfully, many points of criticism have been addressed in the latest version, WordPress 3.0, which has taken big leaps towards becoming a full fledge CMS. Below are some

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Building A Website Reports

I was going through some of the older reports created by ASANT Media. I thought some people might still find them useful and have uploaded them on SlideShare.

While some of the ideas are outdated now, the concepts are still the same. Also, there may be some broken links in these reports.

Report 1Site Starter

Report 2Banking of Adsense

Report 3Building an Email List

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Tips To Create Compelling Squeeze Pages

The conversion rate is essentially the “rate of success” per user. In other words, the probability that a user will take action on whatever you are offering whether it be filling a form or buying your product.

Obviously, the higher the rate the better.

The goal that every website owner, designer, and marketer continue to work on is finding better ways to keep inching that conversion rate higher and higher.

Simple factors like color, copy, and location of the call to action can drastically impact the rate of success (positively and negatively).

Below is an example of one of ASANT Media’s project’s, Chart

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Our Web Design Process

If you know nothing about web design, then the whole process can seem a little daunting. At ASANT Media, we have put focus on making the process as straightforward as possible, and not just because it will help you, but it will also help make the whole process run smoother and faster on our end too.

Below is an example of an itinerary of our design process that includes design creation and CMS integration.

1. The Idea

First and foremost, you have an idea. It may be vague or a very

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What You Need To START A Website

We generally have 2 types of clients: those looking for a redesign of their existing site and those who need a website from scratch. If you fall in the ladder group then listen up – below is a list of items you will need to create a website and should have before hiring any designer.

Web Hosting – Sounds like a no brainer, but, believe it or not, many people have no idea what web hosting is or how to go about getting it.

Simply put, web hosting is your site’s home. It is where all your files are stored. As

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