How to Install Themes for Your Wordpress Blog

How to Install Themes for Your Wordpress Blog
1. This article is going to assume you have a self-hosted WordPress blog. You cannot upload themes to a free WordPress.com hosted blog.
2. First you should find several themes that you like. Download them and unzip them. You can fnd WordPress blog themes in several places, as well as searching 'free WordPress Themes'.

Here are a few sites to start with:
The Official Wordpress Theme Viewer
XHTML Valid
WP Templates (my personal favorite)

3. Once your themes are downloaded and unzipped open your FTP Client and connect to your site. You will need to open the directory usually titled 'www'. Then you need to find where you have installed your WordPress Blog. Once you have located and opened that folder, you need to open the folder titled 'wp-content'. Then you must open the folder labeled 'themes'. Now you can upload your unzipped theme folders into the WordPress theme folder.
4. Once that is finished, open your web browser and log into your WordPress account. Under the Design tab you should see screenshots of all your uploaded WordPress Themes. Just click on the one that you like the most and WordPress will apply that theme to your blog.
5. That's about it. It's really quite simple. Of course you will want to click on the Design/Widgets tabs and add widgets to your theme to make your blog more interactive. Have fun with it!!!

How to Make Money With Banner Advertising on Your Website

1. Define the subject and objectives of your website to determine the types of businesses you would like to advertise on your website. Banner ads perform best on websites that display content related to the product or service being advertised. Review your content and create a specific statement of what your website is about, what its objectives are and what businesses are related to the content displayed.
2. Find affiliate programs to join either by contacting individual companies or by joining a website such as Commission Junction, Clickbank or Google Adsense. Normally, if a website offers an affiliate program there is a link for more information in the footer of its website. Apply through the affiliate website to join an affiliate program. While some programs automatically approve all who apply, there are some that manually review applications and approve only those with websites that offer content related to their products or services.

3. Determine where the best positions are on your website for the banner advertisements. Banner advertisements generally get more clicks if they are placed above the fold. The fold is the portion of the website that appears without scrolling. This includes within the header, left and right sides and between paragraphs within the content.
4. Avoid cluttering your page by displaying too many advertisements. While it can be tempting to display as many advertisements to increase chances that visitors will click on one, displaying too many can be overwhelming so visitors either will skip that section or page altogether. Visitors must be able to read the content easily and clearly, without too many distractions from advertisements or they will quickly move off your website before having the chance to click on your advertisements.
5. Ensure that your webpage loads quickly and that visitors see the banners immediately when the page loads. Placing too many banner ads can result in the webpage loading slowly, causing a delay in visitors seeing the advertisements or even the page's content, especially if the site's content includes images and videos. If you decide to have several banners on your webpage, select static banners instead of ones with dynamic codes, or that use Flash technology. Visitors that reach a webpage that takes too long to load are more likely to exit rather than wait, or will read the entire webpage content before ads are finished loading.

How to Create a Survey on Your Google Web Site

Create Survey
1. Navigate to docs.google.com. Log in using the same account as your Google web site.
2. Click 'Create new' and select 'Form' from the menu that appears.

3. Type in a name for your survey in the first text field. Type any instructional or informational text into the second text field.
4. Type your question into the 'Question Title' text field. Type helpful instructions, if needed, into the 'Help Text' text field. Select a question type from the 'Question Type' drop-down menu. Click 'Done' when you have entered all of your relevant data.
5. Repeat Step 4 for all of your survey questions. Click 'Save' at the top of the screen when done.
Add Survey
6. Navigate to the page on which you wish to add the survey.
7. Click 'Edit page.'
8. Click on 'Insert' located on the upper-left side of your screen. Select 'Spreadsheet form' from the menu that appears. Select the survey you created. Click 'Save.'
9. Click on the 'Save' button near the upper-right side of the screen to view your survey.