Scripts For Your Website

June 29, 2009

The purpose of this blog is to provide you with pre-tested, easy-to-use scripts and plugins. I don’t think any of these are necessary, in the sense that you can’t have a website without them. But they will definitely help you to either:

• make more money, or


• attract more visitors and keep them interested, or


• protect your site from hackers and other unscrupulous people, protect you from being penalized by search engines, …

There are two categories of posts in this blog:

• Scripts for any type of website: those that I wrote myself, and those that I didn’t need to write because I found a good script that did just what I wanted to do.


• Plugins for your blog: I haven’t written any of these myself yet, because there are so many available already. But many of them are unnecessary, outdated, or just plain worthless, so I’m going to show you some of the ones that I use myself.

I know I’ve already said this on the main Home Page, but it bears repeating here in the scripts blog:

• I will ONLY show you scripts that are easy-to-use. If you’re still having difficulty, I’ll even give you a personal tutorial in plain English.


• I will ONLY show you scripts that I have tested myself, and that I can personally vouch for.

Because of my insistence on these high standards, it’s just not possible for me to present a new script for your website every few days. I don’t have that much free time! But I will certainly try to post a new script AT LEAST once a month.

I cannot vouch for the efficacy of all of the advertisements on this website, the way I do for scripts I show you here or in the newsletter. They look good to me, but I don’t have space or time to test them all for you first. If you have a problem with any of our sponsors, please let me know about it via the Contact Page, so that I can investigate.

And finally, to comply with the latest ruling by the F.T.C., I am notifying you up front that I get a commission from the merchants shown on this website, if you buy anything from them through my links. To find out more, please click here.

I promise to live up to our slogan:

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June 14, 2010

I’ve seen lots of so-called “blogging guides” that tell you what you should do, but don’t give you any clue as to HOW to go about doing it. There’s a new one out, and I just got a copy for review the other day. So I took a look at it — it’s got all the details. If you’re a newbie, you’ll love this.

For example, it says that you should install the WordPress Database Manager plugin. But it doesn’t stop there. It gives you step-by-step instructions for how to do that. And then it goes on to show you how to tweak the settings so that your WP database gets backed up and emailed to you every day. You can’t go wrong!

You don’t have to buy the whole package right away. The authors of this new guide are offering a free 95 page Income Blogging Guide Blueprint, so you can get a lot of ideas ( including the one above ) before you decide if you want the rest of the package. So click on one of the banners to get started right away!

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February 27, 2010

I have run across several scripts that purport to be an easy way to make a short video to use for website promotion. But none of them come anywhere near being as easy to use as Instant Video Articles. This script will help you to easily make a video from your article. So you can make one every time you publish an article to Ezine Articles, and then publish the video on YouTube, and/or other video sites, to give you lots more traffic and backlinks to whatever site you’re promoting.

I purchased this package myself today, and haven’t yet had a chance to use it. But I have looked it over, and am very impressed, particularly with the tutorial, which you can see without even buying the product. I would suggest, however, that you first watch the video on their promotional page, so you can get a look at how easy the script is to use. The narrator, Calvin, is sometimes difficult to understand, but if you take the time to watch all of it, I think you’ll be as impressed as I was.

Instant Video Articles was just launched yesterday by IMBuzz, and the good news is that the special introductory price for this great tool is just $17! So click the banner below to get started right away.

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January 10, 2010

You’ve seen their ads everywhere on the internet. They’re ubiquitous! But did you know that SitePal has a free trial offer? You can find out if using one of these captivating speaking characters is what you want for your own website.

Why don’t you activate Kasumi, the anime SitePal character you see to your right, and see what I was able to do with my free trial in just a few minutes. ( Please don’t play it more than once, as I am only allowed a limited number of audio streams, and I want everyone visiting Scripts For Your Website to be able to hear Kasumi. )

But be careful if you go for the free trial! You can only use a limited number of featuress for free. If you get addicted, it will cost you a minimum of $9.95 / month. And that includes only the basic features:

• use of the editor, including over 60 characters and 230 background images or videos ( or use your own scene )
• adding audio via microphone, telephone, or from your own recording
• ability to publish to HTML webpages, emails, or PowerPoint
• 1,500 streams / month
• email support

Other features that you may like to have, such as using SitePal’s Text-to-Speech script, require a more expensive membership. And, of course, if you want everything that’s available, you had better be making a lot of money online, because it will cost you $250 / month!

Speaking of TTS, for the demo above I decided that my own voice wouldn’t sound too good coming out of a pretty girl’s mouth, so I found a website that will convert Text To Speech, and then send you an MP3 recording to use. If you’re interested, check out ABC2MP3.

I encourage you to give SitePal a try. It’s really a lot of fun, and it won’t cost you anything for 15 days. Of course, as usual, if you decide to pay a monthly fee, I will get a commission for my excellent salesmanship!

Experiment with the banner below – don’t be afraid! You can put words in Dana’s mouth. If you just enter something in the text box and click “Speak”, it will NOT take you to the SitePal website. Dana will just say it, and add a commercial message. Or you can click on other parts of the banner, if you dare!

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November 22, 2009

Pictures are a necessity for your website. Without them, any webpage looks boring. But suppose that your site has so many images that it would be too overcrowded to show tham all at once? In my website design business, I have several clients with this problem: an artist, a wedding consultant, a woodworking shop,… All of them need to exhibit lots of pictures of their work.

A slideshow is one solution to this problem that lets you show as many images as you want without cluttering up your webpage. The first time I used one, the coding was done with Java, and this show is still running fine five years later. The only reason I’ve stopped incorporating it in my later websites is that they are now charging for its use, so I began to use other scripts to save my clients the additional expense.

I have not yet tried flash, which I know is quite popular, but I’m afraid I am too old-school for that. One thing I don’t like about this technique is that I find it very annoying to have a slide-down bar appear every time I go to a site that uses flash, asking me to download it — only to disappear after my browser realizes that I already have the latest version. But the main reason I’m not going to use it is that I find that it takes way too long to load. So I sometimes just give up and hit my BACK button.

My choice for slideshows is javascript. I can easily arrange it so that most of the page loads before the script begins, so visitors don’t have to just sit there and wait for the show to begin.

The script I am using on my latest websites is the Ultimate Fade-in slideshow by Dynamic Drive. This website has lots of nice features for webmasters. In addition to its many free javascripts, there have a CSS library, webmaster tools, and even a forum.

Here are some of the slideshow options:

• The transition between images is limited to a fade-in effect, but the options available give you plenty of other choices.
• The display can be set to automatically move to the next slide after whatever time interval you choose, or the show can be controlled manually by the viewer.
• The show pauses on mouseover.
• Each picture can have a descriptive subtitle. This can appear automatically, or just on mouseover.
• Each picture can also function as a link.
• And one feature I have not seen elsewhere: If the viewer refreshes the page, the slideshow resumes where it left off.

If you would like to see an example of how quickly this slideshow loads, even for very large images, visit my website on Virgin Islands weddings.

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October 20, 2009

I have been making and using favicons for my websites now for some time, and up to now, it hasn’t been a particularly easy process. The other day I found a wonderful website that has a favicon script to do it for you in one easy step!

What is a Favicon? A favicon ( an abbreviation for favorites icon ) is a tiny image that is displayed next to the Address Bar in your browser. If you take a look right now at the top of your window, you’ll see mine up there right next to the web address. I made it from the larger icon that’s next to the title of this blog.

A favicon allows you to “brand” your website so it becomes recognizable to your viewers. In most browsers, your favicon will also show up next to your website in the Favorites or Bookmarks menu, so people can quickly spot your site.

All you need to do to create a favicon is go to Favicon from Pics, where there is a form for you to enter the image you want to use. Then just click the button, and “shazaam” … your favicon is right there in front of you!

The ZIP file that you download contains easy-to-understand instructions for placing it on your website, and also has links to get help ( you won’t need this ). There is even a favicon validator. This may be necessary because some browsers don’t show your favicon right away, so validation will let you know if you’ve installed it correctly.

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