Getting your readers to return to your blog is something that every website owner has to get to grips with at some point. At times it can be a constant battle to drive that returning traffic. Then there’s the problem of keeping your readers interested when they get to your site.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could improve your website’s traffic flow and frequently update your website, with very little work?
It sounds too good to be true doesn’t it?
Anything that takes little effort, has to have a catch – it’s the way the world works. And yet here I am, about to share a WordPress plugin with you, that may just do that very thing.
Today I’m introducing GetEvents, a plugin that claims to do all of the above. I have to say I’m always a sucker for jumping on anything that says it will improve my site’s level of returning traffic, so how about we give it the benefit of the doubt and see what it has to offer first.
GetEvents For WordPress
GetEvents is a platform that helps people to find events wherever they are in the world. Via the installation of a simple plugin, you can quickly and easily create a page on your website dedicated to events that are happening in a location of your choosing.
Users can browse events based on the parameters you choose in your settings. For example if you’re a tech blog, you can choose to display tech events. Restaurants and hotels can display events happening in their local area for tourists to discover.
You can also display your own events by adding it to your GetEvents login area. Your event will display alongside others in the area you select, helping to drive engagement and add variety to your listings.
Because GetEvents always has the latest content, it can provide great benefits for your website’s level of returning visitors. Your website will always have regular updates in the form of event listings, with content that people are looking for which ensures people will continue to come back to your website to check for updates and create a buzz around your site.
With this in mind, let’s take a look at GetEvents in more detail. I’ll walk you through creating an account, getting the plugin set up and creating your first GetEvents page for your WordPress website.
GetEvents Plugin Review
The GetEvents plugin is currently free to download and install. Head to the GetEvents plugin page which can be found in the WordPress.org plugin directory, and download the plugin to your hard drive.
From within your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Plugins and Add New. Browse your hard drive for the GetEvents .zip file and click Upload. Finally activate the plugin.
To view the GetEvents settings area, select GetEvents from the left navigation area of your WordPress Dashboard. At this stage you’ll be asked to either create an account or login with your existing details.
Creating an account is simple. Type in your Website, Email, Name and Password, then click Create Account. Be sure to check your emails for your confirmation message and to successfully activate your installation.
Once you’ve logged in, you should see a screen similar to the one above. This is your GetEvents plugin dashboard and it’s where you can set up your first events page. As you can see there’s a piece of example text to show you the type of thing you could add to your page. Go ahead and change this to a location of your choosing.
For this review I’ve chosen to set my location as Event In London. Once you’ve chosen your location, click the Add Page To WordPress button. The plugin will now automatically create a draft page where your events listing will appear when published.
In the screenshot above you can see there are further fields you can now fill in. These include:
- Sub-Title – here you can explain a little further about the types of events you’ll be listing on the page for example.
- Add Keyword – this field is self-explanatory and allows you add the main keywords associated with the events you’d like to list. Example keywords could be; ‘London Events’, ‘Days Out London’ or ‘Tech Events London’’.
With the GetEvents plugin you can further customize the look of your events page. Clicking either Background, Header or Link will bring up a color picker tool. Here you can change the colors of the respective elements, enabling you to match your page to your website’s branding.
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Are you using Jetpack’s publicize feature on your site?
Recently while browsing through Facebook, we found several folks sharing links where WordPress replaced the site domain. Along with that, the status also read like this: Michelle Schulp published an article in WordPress.
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25095″ title=”Facebook Status being hijacked by JetPack publicize” src=”http://cdn.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fbstatusjetpackpublicize.jpg” alt=”Facebook Status being hijacked by JetPack publicize” width=”520″ height=”479″ />
This was alarming, so we decided to investigate the issue.
When you click on the link, it takes you the website. However when you click on WordPress, it takes you to a WordPress.com signup page on Facebook.
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25087″ title=”Landing page for WordPress.com’s app” src=”http://cdn2.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wordpresscom-app.png” alt=”Landing page for WordPress.com’s app” width=”520″ height=”286″ />
We looked further to see if these sites were hosted on WordPress.com, a blog hosting service. Most of them weren’t. (see the <a title=”Self Hosted WordPress.org vs. Free WordPress.com [Infograph]” href=”http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/”>difference between free WordPress.com vs self-hosted WordPress.org</a>)
However, they all had one thing in common. All of them were using the Jetpack plugin which is created by the parent company of WordPress.com, Automattic.
In order to verify our findings, we decided to install Jetpack on a test site. We replicated the issue, and it is connected with the publicize feature of the plugin.
When setting up the publicize feature, you are asked to connect with Facebook and grant several permissions.
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25082″ title=”Facebook permissions for using Publicize feature in JetPack” src=”http://cdn.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/facebook-permissions.png” alt=”Facebook permissions for using Publicize feature in JetPack” width=”520″ height=”390″ />
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25083″ title=”Allowing WordPress.com to post on Facebook for you” src=”http://cdn2.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/post-to-fb.png” alt=”Allowing WordPress.com to post on Facebook for you” width=”520″ height=”367″ />
During the permission process, you see the blue W logo instead of the grey W logo. How is that different?
Well, one is for WordPress.com (the blog hosting service) and the other is for WordPress.org (the software that we all come to love and use).
Confusing isn’t it.
Often beginners do not know the difference, so they think they’re really authorizing their WordPress site, not a third-party WordPress.com platform (see <a title=”How are WordPress.com and WordPress.org Related?” href=”http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-are-wordpress-com-and-wordpress-org-related/”>the relations and differences</a>)
Furthermore, the wording through out the process does not make it clear that you’re authorizing WordPress.com rather than your actual site. See the confirmation screenshot below:
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25084″ title=”Connected to Facebook” src=”http://cdn.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/connected-to-fb.png” alt=”Connected to Facebook” width=”520″ height=”293″ />
Now if you want publicize to do what it’s suppose to (automatically share your post when its published), this is what your users will see.
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25089″ title=”A Post shared on Facebook using JetPack’s publicize module” src=”http://cdn2.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/shared-post-fb1.png” alt=”A Post shared on Facebook using JetPack’s publicize module” width=”520″ height=”307″ />
We did some further research to find that it’s not a new problem. It has been<a title=”Support thread about Publicize” href=”http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-does-my-custom-publicize-message-say-published-an-article-on-facebook#post-1571896″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>reported</a> <a title=”Published an article on WordPres, why not my website name ?” href=”http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/published-an-article-on-wordpress-why-not-my-website-name” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>several</a> <a title=”Vikas published an article on WordPress, but I published on waystoworld.com” href=”http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/vikas-published-an-article-on-wordpress-but-i-published-on-waystoworldcom” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>times</a> since 2013.
Considering Jetpack is auto-installed and auto-activated on several major<a title=”WordPress Hosting Providers” href=”http://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-hosting/”>WordPress hosting providers</a> by default, this should be corrected to decrease the confusion between <a title=”Self Hosted WordPress.org vs. Free WordPress.com – Infographic” href=”http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/” target=”_blank”>WordPress.com vs self-hosted WordPress.org</a>.
While we understand that Facebook has it’s limitation, there are certain things that can and should be corrected to better inform users.
<del datetime=”2015-01-05T16:31:36+00:00″>First, in the link data below post title, it should actually show the user’s domain to promote their brand instead of showing WordPress.</del> As Jeremy from the Jetpack team pointed out in the comments below, this is not possible due to Facebook restrictions.
Second, the wording that says Syed Balkhi published an article on WordPress should be rephrased to clear confusion.
One of the user who reported the issue, offered a suggestion on wording: Vikas shared a link via Publicize instead of saying Vikas published an article on WordPress.
Another alternative could be: … shared a link via JetPack because that’s what is really going on.
Lastly, in the confirmation dialog, it should say “you have successfully connected Jetpack with Facebook” or “you have successfully connected your Facebook account with Jetpack”. [Update: <a title=”Jetpack Github ticket” href=”https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/pull/1476″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Ticket #1476</a> created by Jeremy]
We hope these suggestions help improve the Jetpack Publicize experience for users.
<a title=”JetPack for WordPress” href=”http://jetpack.me/” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”><img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-25174″ title=”Jetpack Image” src=”http://cdn.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jetpack1.jpg” alt=”Jetpack Image” width=”520″ height=”252″ /></a>
Jetpack is a great plugin for beginners who <a title=”How to Properly Move Your Blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org” href=”http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-move-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/”>move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org</a> because it allows you to retain a lot of cool features of WordPress.com while giving you the power and freedom of WordPress.org.
Note: The goal of this post is not to start a flame war rather it is to encourage discussion and share our opinion with the community. We have tremendous respect and appreciation for Automattic and the work they’ve done.
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Many site owners prefer to add a nofollow tag to all external links. Adding a nofollow attribute to links in WordPress is extremely simple. However, it is not as clear for navigation menus. In this article, we will show you how to add nofollow links in WordPress navigation menus.
First start by adding the external link to your WordPress navigation menu just like you would add any custom link.
Simply visit Appearance » Menus and click on the link tab. Enter the URL and link text and then click on add to menu button.
The external link you added will now appear in the Menu Structure column. You need to click on the downward arrow to expand the menu item. Like this:
Next, click on the Screen Options button at the top right corner of the screen and check the boxes next to Link Relationship (XFN) and Link Target options.
Now scroll back down to your expanded menu item, and you will notice two new options. Link Relationship and Open link in a new window/tab. You need to enternofollow in the link relationship option. You can also check the open link in new window/tab option if you want.
Lastly, click on the Save Menu button to store your changes.
That’s all, you can now preview your site.
To make sure that a nofollow attribute is added to your link, you can take the mouse to the external link, right click and select inspect element. Your browser window will split into two. In the bottom window you will be able to see the HTML source for your link. It will display the nofollow attribute with your link.
We hope this article helped you learn how to add nofollow links in WordPress navigation menus. You may also like our tutorial on how to add image icons to navigation menus in WordPress.
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