Wordpress Newsletter Widget

Wordpress Newsletter Widget
WordPress blog to function as CMS?

I need a WordPress blog, to function as CMS.

You aren’t going to find a theme that has these features. You can, however, create a theme of your own easily if you know css and can play with javascript a little (you will need this for onClick changes to your menus).

Take a look here for some instructions on creating a theme http://jonathanwold.com/tutorials/wordpress_theme/

Once you are up and running, you can find plugins for your photogallery etc.

Wordpress Newsletter Widget

How to add functionality to your Joomla website

A website is one of the foremost requirements for all small and medium businesses today. Business owners look at having their own website to increase their sales revenue, for marketing and promotion or to communicate with clients and associates. From brand building to establishing their online store several website owners have charted success stories from their online ventures.

With the advent of open source technologies like Joomla and WordPress it has even become possible to have your own website complete with the latest features without shelling out a fortune. Open source platforms are those wherein the source code used by programmers is freely available to be used in building websites. A website built using this code is often more flexible and can be easily customized with add-on components to provide more functionality.

Here are some of the components that can be added to a Joomla website to add value to the user experience.

VirtueMart: A complete shopping cart solution for online retailers, VirtueMart is easy to setup and widget friendly. VirtueMart has made it possible for all small businesses to have their own Ecommerce site with multiple features and that too without breaking the bank.

JoomlaPack: A versatile tool used for backup management as well as site migration, JoomlaPack ensures you don’t lose any of your precious data. A welcome alternative for Joomla! website owners considering the limited backup options offered by hosting websites its extremely easy to use.

CommunityBuilder: A popular component with most popular community sites. CommunityBuilder is a great profile management system for websites with several custom features to add like avatars, user lists and much more.

Kunena: Kunena makes it possible to add forums to your website. It has various features to enable easy interaction, a good way to get feedback on various issues.

Ninja RSS Syndicator: A great way to get fresh and keyword rich content on your site without any technical hassles. Ninja RSS Syndicator comes with in-depth options like adding multiple feeds with or without categories, images and choosing the refresh interval and much more.

Artio JoomSEF: A well-designed website should also be SEO friendly. That’s why Artio JoomSEF is here to make sure your site brings in visitors. The component converts your website URLs into search engine friendly formats.

JoomlaXplorer: Managing your files has never been so easy. JoomlaXplorer enables you to upload and download files on your server without having to bother with external FTP programs. Security features like user permission administration, ease of use and smooth integration with Joomla! makes it a top component.

Smoothgallery + Lightbox: This component enables you to add visual elements to your website like picture galleries and slideshows. Looks great and is customizable to be added in all websites.

MiniFrontPage: A great news module to have on the home page. MiniFrontPage makes it possible to display content in different styles like a snippet of content and image with a “Read More” link or options to add related information links. It’s best suited for websites with multiple pages of content.

JoomlaStats: Track website traffic, monitor visitors and referrals, analyze demographics and much more with JoomlaStats. It’s easy to install and integrates smoothly with add-on modules for increased features.

Extended Menu: Extended Menu is a robust module that enables CSS menus to be added to websites making them more user-friendly.

JoomFish: A multi-lingual website with translation options is now possible thanks to JoomFish. This component lets you set the default website language and add additional languages as and when needed.

FlexBanner: This component is truly indispensable for Joomla websites with multiple banners and images. Flexbanner lets you specify pages on which the banners would appear, assign more than one banner to a single location as well as including a rotation system.

JCE: JCE is a content editor with text-formatting options with a spellchecker. Although the default one is only in English, you can add additional languages.

Letterman: Letterman enables sending newsletters with ability to add subscribers. Letterman modules can also be integrated with websites to permit visitor subscription.

AdsManager: A great component to manage ads on your website with features to specify required fields, categories, ad duration and much more.

About the Author

Peter Willis writes about different open source platforms like Joomla and WordPress and how they can be customized to suit website requirements. Dharne & Co is a premium web design firm that offers open source website design services for small and medium businesses across industry verticals.

looking for a wordpress widget that fits in the sidebar?

I have a wordpress site. I would like to have users sign up for my newsletter right in the side bar. I would like it to have an autoresponder and send the registration over to my email. Any ideas?
I also would like to have a survey widget in my sidebar that collects the users email at the end of the survey. I have played with some survey widgets, but none that fit in the sidebar. thanks for your help

WordPress has numerous plugins to handle such things as newsletters. Here’s a link to a newsletter plugin

HOW TO Add an Email Subscription Widget to Your WordPress.com Site