Ext on Rails

Implementing Jack Slocum's Ext library in Rails

Welcome to Extonrails.com

by EXT On Rails on August 27, 2012, no comments

We are the Internet’s best source for shortcuts in web design and coding.  Check out the latest news in web design and learn new tricks to make building websites easier than ever before.  As people become growingly interested in WordPress, we are providing many plug-ins and tips on how to customize WordPress and make it work for you and all of your needs.  From basic coding to search engine optimization, we’ll teach you the ropes and show you how to make your website shine.

Choosing a Good Web Designer

by admin on April 9, 2013, no comments

Every website owner wants to put their best foot forward on the internet. One of the best ways to do that is with a great looking, well designed website. Many site owners will seek the services of a professional web designer to take care of this aspect, and it’s an investment that is well worth the money.

When looking for someone design your website, it’s important to remember a few things as you search. First, ask them if they have a portfolio of work that you can see, so that you can get an example of the kinds of websites they produce. This will give you an idea of what kind of work they can do for you. If their current work and past work all looks similar, or doesn’t fit the look you’re going for, they might not be the right designer for you. Someone who is versatile in their design work may be a better choice.

Next, ask any potential designers how available they will be to provide updates and changes to your site when they are needed. If they have a long list of clients, do they have staff that works solely with updates and changes, or do they work alone? If they work solo, you might want to take that into consideration if your website may need constant updating.

Finally, you’ll want to be able to trust your web designer to work on your website to make it the best it can be. Look for someone who knows what attracts visitors and keeps them interested, and is able to design a site in a way that is user friendly.

Use a WordPress Plug-in to Improve your Blog

by admin on April 1, 2013, no comments

Just because you’re running a blog instead of a website, it doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about search engine optimization and ranking. The better your blog’s search engine ranking, the increased number of people who will be able to find you blog and subscribe to it.

Attracting readers to your website will only be half of you trouble. Once they find your website you need to give them a reason to keep coming back and read all your future posts. One of the things that can will be Word Press Plug Ins.

You’re going to get the most use from the WordPress Plug-in’s will be in your comments section. The biggest challenge bloggers face is dealing with spam. Not only do bloggers find these irrelevant comments irritating, but deleting them from the blog takes forever. When you decide to take advantage of WordPress plug-ins you’ll be able to stop worrying about dealing with the spam comments on your own, the program will prevent them from getting posted in the first place.

When someone wants to comment on a blog post you’ve made, they WordPress plug in will ask then a question that will prove that they’re in fact human and not a random comment generating computer. If someone wants to leave an advertising post on your blog, they’re going to have to do so manually. While this does mean your commenters will have to take one extra step when they want to respond to an issue you’ve addressed on your blog, most won’t mind. The spam comments irritate your readers just as much as they do you. The fact that you no longer have to spend all kinds of time locating and deleting the irrelevant comments means you’ll have all sorts of time to respond to the comments, improving the relationship you share with your regular readers.

Use WordPress to Help with Page Ranking

by admin on March 10, 2013, no comments

Google’s doing all it can to make things as user friendly for the average internet user. One of the things Google’s really trying to do is make sure that the websites that have been given the top spot on the search engine ranking will be websites that have relevant and useful information. While this is great news for the average internet user, it’s thrown some webmasters into a tailspin.

One of the most recent changes that Google has implemented is rewarding websites that have recently updated the content on their sites. This gives new websites, with their pages full of brand new content the edge, but can be problematic for websites that have been struggling with their search engine ranking.

If you want to boost your search engine ranking and don’t have the time to completely overhaul the content that you spent months creating, you should consider using WordPress to help you post a blog to your website. Every time you create a blog post, Goggle will recognize the post as brand new web content and you’ll experience a nice bump in your search engine ranking. The comments your readers make will also count as fresh content.

WordPress will help you do more than just post your blog to your website. You’ll also be able to use it to help filter the type of comments that get left on your blog and to make sure that every time someone tweets about your blog, the short remark will pop up in your blog section, giving you even more content.

When you take advantage of Word press and post a blog on your website, you’ll find that not only will adding new content to your website be easy, but it’s also fun.

WordPress Allows You to Merge Twitter and Your Blog

by EXT On Rails on June 9, 2012, no comments

Social networking has become increasingly important. Webmasters aren’t the only ones who need to work out ways that they can use social networking as part of their search engine marketing, bloggers need to do the same thing. WordPress plugins can help.

Even though being an active member of Twitter can do wonderful things for increasing the number of people who find your blog, there’s only so much time during the day and social networking can take an enormous amount of time. If you don’t have as much time as you would like to devote to both blogging and tweeting, you’ll want to take advantage of WordPress. It will save you an enormous amount of time while also increasing your internet presence.

Once you’ve set up the WordPress plug in, you’ll be able to take all the comments that people have made about your blog on twitter, as well as your responses to them, onto your blog. The imported tweets will appear in your blog comments.

One of the things you will want to watch out for is spam comments. It’s possible to use WordPress Plug-in’s to decrease the number of spam comments made directly to your blog by forcing commenters to prove their human status before the comment will be posted. Every once in a while a computer will generate a spam comment that shows up on your Twitter feed. When this happens you’re going to have to make sure that the irrelevant tweet doesn’t also

The great thing about setting things up so the Tweets show up in your blogs comment section is that not only will more people be encouraged to participate in the blog, seeing that others have taken the time to comment, will inspire others to do the same.

Illustrate Your Website with the Help of a WordPress Plug-in

by EXT On Rails on May 21, 2012, no comments

Even though you can’t use images to help boost your search engine ranking, you also know that the same images that Google can’t judge appeal to the people who visit your blog or website. The trick is figuring out a way to use text to help Google understand that the image is an important aspect of your website. The best way to make images an important part of your website or blogs content is to get a WordPress plug in.

You’re going to find that there’s lots of different ways various WordPress plug ins can help you out. The great thing about deciding to use a WordPress plug in is that you can set things up so that you can surround the images you’ve decided to post to your website and blog with text. You’ll finally be able to surround the images with the keywords you’ve decided to include the content. This text will be enough to convince the search engines that the image is an important aspect of your website.

Helping the search engines look variably on your website will be just one of the reasons that the WordPress plug in will help you. The great thing about being able to wrap text around your images, you’ll be able to give your website a look that’s completely different from your competitors. You’ll be surprised by just how many of your visitors will appreciate a website that’s completely unique looking.

If you’re going to use WordPress to help illustrate your website, you need to make sure that you’re using images that connect to the content. You shouldn’t simply post images for the sake of giving people something to look at. A good image in the right place can really drive home the point you’re trying to make.