Giving WordPress Its Own Directory Languages: English • Français • 日本語 • Polski • Русский • Português do Brasil • (Add your language) Some people want their WordPress URL to coincide with their website's root (e.g. but they don't want all of the WordPress files cluttering up their root directory. WordPress allows you to install it into a subdirectory, but have your website served from the website root. As of Version 3.5, Multisite users may use all of the functionality listed below. Note to theme/plugin developers: this will not separate your code from WordPress. Caveat: Do this at your own risk. Let's say you've installed wordpress at `example.com`. Method I (Without URL change) 1) After Installing the wordpress in root folder, move EVERYTHING from root folder into subdirectory. 2) Create a `.htaccess` file in root folder, and put this content inside (just change example.com and my_subdir): <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)? That's all :) Method II (With URL change)
10 Promising Real Time Alternatives to Google Analytics Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. No doubt Google Analytics is a fantastic app to tackle your site’s analytics needs, but it doesn’t give some features which most of the people need like inability to see data live, lack of raw conversion data, true time, ability to add notes etc. There are however a couple of other great Analytics options out there creeping up on its market share. Here are the best designed and freshest ones to watch. Chartbeat One of the big let-downs of Google Analytics is that it only allows you to see yesterday’s data. Mint Mint has achieved widespread respect amongst the web community. Clicky Clicky is another Analytics package that offers real time stats. Advertisement Reinvigorate Reinvigorate is very cool analytic, it streams website and blog events to you live, in real-time on to your desktop. Piwik Woopra KISSmetrics GoingUp! Engine Ready Stuffed Tracker
List of Google Analytics Alternatives To begin I’d like to say that Google Analytics is a good web analytics program, but it doesn’t give me some features I need. The main feature I don’t like about Google Analytics is that the stats don’t come in real time or close to it. Also I’ve wanted to have all the stats on my own server. So if you didn’t read my last post I decided to go with Piwik. Now on to the list. AWStats – AWStats is a free powerful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. Stuffed Tracker (Buy to Use) – Although Stuffed Tracker is a Analytics Software you must buy to use. Javascript Clicky – Clicky is a web analyzer that works great with any web site, even Ajax and Flash sites. Flash Mochibot – I decided to end with a tracking software different from the rest. If you would like to add more please comment below are give your feedback. Tags: Analytics, Flash Tracking, Hit Tracking, Tools
53 Alternatives to Google Analytics Google Analytics is used by 57.3% of all websites and most likely on your site. As of January 3, 2013 Builtwith knows of 17,586,002 sites using Google Analytics. BuiltWith has also broken down the Top 100,000 sites that use Google Analytics into 40 categories with most falling into Business, Shopping, and Technology. Why Use Google Analytics Alternatives? There are many reasons to use Google Analytics like the price, the ease of use, the ability to track your PPC spend, the filters, etc. So why use an alternative to Google Analytics? UPDATE: As was pointed out in the comments I may have left out some explanation around the pricing – Sorry! So what analytics solution do you use and what do you like about it? Featured image courtesy of Elvert Barnes via creative commons on Flickr. When Dave Rohrer is not helping startups in his free time with their SEO and PPC campaigns he can be found working as a Senior SEO Strategist. More Posts - Website Follow Me:
Discover the Best Google Analytics Alternatives for 2013 Google Analytics is a very popular tool for tracking website visitors, but it’s simply not the right solution for everyone. A closer look under the hood reveals that there are a few things GA does not do well at all. Depending on your business model and your needs, an alternative analytics solution might serve you far better and be a lot more useful to your business. Read on to discover the drawbacks of using Google’s own system and learn about the best Google Analytics alternatives. Quick Navigation What’s Wrong With Google Analytics? From a technical standpoint, there is at least one glaring mistake in the way Google Analytics tracks pageviews and visitor actions. In short, GA cannot truly measure how long a visitor stays on your site, unless they perform another action like a new page load. By all means, use GA, it’s infinitely better than not analyzing your traffic at all. How to Spy on Your Website Visitors Here are some of the criteria I looked for, in the different analytics services:
25 Free Google Analytics Alternatives In my last post, I had a little rant about the Google Analytics Opt-out add-on. Obviously, I am a little disappointed in the direction, but I have a general rule that I like to live by, “Don’t just complain about the problem, give me a solution.” There is an inherent difficulty of providing timely content and following this rule in the same post. Basically, the amount of time to research a solution or alternative would make the original content stale. So, I posted the rant. First, let’s get some basics covered. Below is the list of the free web analytics services that I found so far. UPDATE* Some other tools are already being added! Log File Analyzers Log file analyzers are the original analytics tools and summarize activity based on the http web logs. Analog – Their own description says it best: “The most popular logfile analyser in the world. AWStats – This is one of the oldest products available. Deep Log Analyzer – This is a freemium tool that has a solid set of basic reports.
8 Alternatives to Google Analytics | Venveo Ever since Google Analytics launched back in 2005 it has empowered us to track almost every aspect of how our visitors interact on our sites. Google Analytics was not the first organization to offer free site performance tracking but their ability to pair this technology with their popular advertising platform AdWords instantaneously made them the 800 pound gorilla for online analytics. I've attempted to outline a couple alternatives and why you might want to choose them over (or in addition to) to Google Analytics. In Conclusion I think there are some really great players in the analytics industry other than Google Analytics. What they all can do well is measure trends for your website, and if you look at trends over time, you should notice more similarities than differences. What other alternatives to Google Analytics are our there that might be better?
Prefer to own your data? Here are some alternatives to Google Analytics - iwantmyname Domain Blog Google Analytics has become somewhat of the tool of choice for most people who run their own website . After all, it's free, and what's better than free, right? You're always giving something in exchange for Google offering a service for "free" and in this case, that's data on your website. Think of Clicky as Google Analytics' slightly worse looking cousin. Clicky features real-time statistics, Twitter monitoring, a Wordpress plugin as well as an iPhone application . Clicky is a hosted solution, so has a few price tiers as well as a free version. To sign up for Clicky , visit their website. This is a self-hosted Google Analytics solution and comes from the same developer as the very inspiring Google Reader alternative, Fever . The basic functionality can be extended upon with their "Peppers" which are 3rd-party developed tools that extend the platform. Mint is available for $30 USD a license which covers you for one website. Did somebody say Open Source ? Open Web Analytics
Recommended Blogging Resources I am regularly asked for recommendations on different tools, training, resources and services available to blogging. People particularly want to know what tools I use to run my blogs. As a result I’ve put together a list of recommended blogging resources that I’ve either personally used (in most cases) or which have come highly recommended to me by people I trust. I will add to these lists as I come across new blogging resources that I recommend. Blog Platforms WordPress My recommendation for blogging platforms is pretty clear – WordPress.org. A couple of other platforms exist of course including: WordPress.com – a free hosted blogging platformBlogger – another free hosted option – owned by Google Recommended Reading: Choosing a Blog Platform Hosting There are many hosting services available for bloggers. If you’re just starting out or have a smaller blog I highly recommend you check out BlueHost who have put together a special discount offer for ProBlogger readers. Blog Design/Themes
Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers An aspiring blogger can be overwhelmed with the vast amount of resources, tools, and advice for bloggers available on the net. While in no way definitive - there's simply too much going on in this space to cover it all - we did our best to bring you a comprehensive list of blogging resources, which should be equally useful to beginners as well as veteran bloggers. Enjoy. WordPress WordPress Themes ThemeViewer - The number one location to find WordPress themes to make your page cool, which you will most certainly want to do.Templates Now - A smaller collection of WordPress themes, but still worth your while to check out.TemplateMonster - If you want more professional quality themes then this site can be useful. Best WordPress Plugins Akismet - The best blog comment spam prevention plug-in. Wordpress Plugin repositories Movable Type Movable Type Styles Best Movable Type Plugins Movable Type Plugin repositories Blog Hosting Solutions Dedicated & Shared Hosting Services Paid Blog Hosting Services Tips
5 Remarkable Resources on Building a Better Blog Today I’ve got 5 resources about building websites that you’ve got to check out. The true cost of entrepreneurship (what your friends and family will never understand) 5 steps to building a better blog (an oldie, but did you finish all 5 steps yet?) The dirty little words that prevent your readers from buying whatever it is you’re selling (I call them wallet-closing words). A remarkable, high-converting feature box download (for Thesis users) 3 beautiful website designs that use Thesis (for design inspiration) Plus, I need your opinion… 5 Resources on Building a Better Blog First, let’s start with the resources: 1. When you begin building a web-based business, your friends will think life is great. (Note, I want you to pay close attention to some of the comments on this article. 2. 5 steps to building a better blog We published this article on DIYthemes a few weeks back, but today I want to check in with you. 3. 4. By now you know I love the Feature Box, so I’ll spare you the “selling.” 1.
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