Comments on: Building a N1WAY Guide Site in WordPress

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:12:38 +0000

@Janet Fernandez - Hey Janet, I hear ya for sure on the BANS loss. It was SUCH a GREAT product!! The only fix I know if is inside the forum... from Sonjay.

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By: Janet Fernandez

Janet Fernandez — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:52:18 +0000

@Mark - I tried the forgot password, forgot user name, none of them are recognized and there is no register link. this is why I opened a support ticket which has not been answered. On an ebay community forum, I read a suggestion to not cloak the links, so I went in and changed that. Now my ebay links go to ebay instead of to "this item is not active". But can't download the patch because I still can't get into the forums. Argh. I will read up on phpBay. I've been a BANS user for years, too bad about it. Thank you! Janet

Reply - @Mark<\/a> - I tried the forgot password, forgot user name, none of them are recognized and there is no register link. this is why I opened a support ticket which has not been answered.\r\n\r\nOn an ebay community forum, I read a suggestion to not cloak the links, so I went in and changed that. Now my ebay links go to ebay instead of to \"this item is not active\".\r\n\r\nBut can\'t download the patch because I still can\'t get into the forums. Argh.\r\n\r\nI will read up on phpBay. I\'ve been a BANS user for years, too bad about it.\r\n\r\nThank you!\r\nJanet'); return false;">Quote

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:43:47 +0000

@Janet Fernandez – Hey Janet, BANS sites still work for now, but it IS definitely just a matter of time.

There are some changes that MUST be made, but none are official or from the guys at BANS, they are user edits.

I have not made any of them, since I migrated away from BANS long ago, to phpbay or amazon. It is what it is…

Try this link for the new forums: http://www.nichesitebuilding.com/forum/index.php and the forgot password feature does for sure work, I just had to use it myself!

Mark

Reply – @Janet Fernandez<\/a> - Hey Janet, BANS sites still work for now, but it IS definitely just a matter of time.\r\n\r\nThere are some changes that MUST be made, but none are official or from the guys at BANS, they are user edits.\r\n\r\nI have not made any of them, since I migrated away from BANS long ago, to phpbay or amazon. It is what it is...\r\n\r\nTry this link for the new forums: http:\/\/www.nichesitebuilding.com\/forum\/index.php and the forgot password feature does for sure work, I just had to use it myself! :-)\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote

By: Janet Fernandez

Janet Fernandez — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:36:03 +0000

@Mark - My BANS stores are broken and I tried getting into the forum but my old username/password combos no longer work. No register button on the forum... no answer to my support ticket. Word is that BANS is dead and my years of building my stores is for naught. Say it ain't so!!! FYI: my eBay links all lead to "this item is no longer active". I've visited other BANS stores and some are saying this as well. Any help, encouragement would be so much appreciated. Thank you, Janet

Reply - @Mark<\/a> - My BANS stores are broken and I tried getting into the forum but my old username\/password combos no longer work. No register button on the forum... no answer to my support ticket. Word is that BANS is dead and my years of building my stores is for naught. Say it ain\'t so!!!\r\n\r\nFYI: my eBay links all lead to \"this item is no longer active\". I\'ve visited other BANS stores and some are saying this as well.\r\n\r\nAny help, encouragement would be so much appreciated.\r\n\r\nThank you,\r\nJanet'); return false;">Quote

By: CoolGames Guide

CoolGames Guide — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:03:58 +0000

What theme did you use for the golf putter guide website?

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:10:30 +0000

@Paul - NP at all Paul... I rarely blog at this site anymore... since A&K announced they are selling BANS and N1Way. Try visiting my other site, TheNicheStoreBuilder.com, for more info... Mark

Reply - @Paul<\/a> - NP at all Paul...\r\n\r\nI rarely blog at this site anymore... since A&K announced they are selling BANS and N1Way. Try visiting my other site, TheNicheStoreBuilder.com, for more info... \r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:00:14 +0000

Thankyou Mark Thats great, I'll carry on practising. Thanks very much for all your help and for responding so quickly. All the best.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:10 +0000

@Paul - It can be confusing for sure Paul... but give a few good attempts and before long, you will be building sites in no time at all! This post is a bit old... so I will update it with my current method. I use a category / post structure more than anything now. Depending on your site needs, will dictate how you form your categories. For review sites - that are focusing on different brands of products, I ALWAYS use 2 main categories: "Reviews" and "Guides". So... if it was a site about computers.. Reviews (Main cat) - Gateway (Sub) - Dell (Sub) - Hewlett Packard (Sub) - eMachines (Sub) Then... my product reviews would go into their respective brand categories. Mark

Reply - @Paul<\/a> - It can be confusing for sure Paul... but give a few good attempts and before long, you will be building sites in no time at all!\r\n\r\nThis post is a bit old... so I will update it with my current method.\r\n\r\nI use a category \/ post structure more than anything now. Depending on your site needs, will dictate how you form your categories.\r\n\r\nFor review sites - that are focusing on different brands of products, I ALWAYS use 2 main categories: \"Reviews\" and \"Guides\". So... if it was a site about computers..\r\n\r\nReviews (Main cat)\r\n- Gateway (Sub)\r\n- Dell (Sub)\r\n- Hewlett Packard (Sub)\r\n- eMachines (Sub)\r\n\r\nThen... my product reviews would go into their respective brand categories. \r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:14:02 +0000

Hiya Mark I am just starting to learn Wordpress after using BANS for a while as things dont look good for that platform in the long term. I am really struggling getting my head around this Pages and Posts business. At what point do you veer away from the N1Way guide and use posts instead of pages? I hope this question makes sense to you, I cant seem to figure it out. You say that the WP Categories are automatically generated pages of the review posts but when I try they dont seem to be generated automatically. I am obviously going wrong somewhere as others seem to have no problems. Should I set up my site using the default theme first? build the pages, then the categories of my brands and then post each review using the posts button? Its making my head hurt! lol I hope you can help, but a massive thanks for your site and articles anyway, its great. Thanks Paul

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By: Nadiya

Nadiya — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:40:53 +0000

I read thru the above which is great as I now have a clearer understanding . . . which then brings on more questions . . .lol

I do believe that posts are much better than pages for my purpose- I do have a site that I built with the pages version and it took me a while so I will continue with it in this manner and any others I will do it Marks way

Pages vs posts for rss inclusion – I understand that the rss feed only picks up posts and that you need a plugin for posting pages, now when I look for the plugin I search for RSS plugin for posting pages, and I get pages and pages of posts that tell me how to post Post pages but not posting WP pages . . .its like tongue twister in my head so hopefully it makes sense – is there a specific name for that plugin

For SEO purposes (Pages vs Posts)

For WP pages – there are no tags that we can use – I would use the all-in-one-seo plugin and use the keywords to promote

For WP posts – I would have the advantage of both the plugin as well as the tags

Does one have more power than the other (WP tags vs the SEO plugin keywords)

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