In a previous article, I discussed the phishing “Tax Refund” email I received allegedly from the Internal Revenue Service. Despite the fact that it may have the IRS name, logo or website in an attempt to convince us as taxpayers that it really is from the IRS, those phishing emails are not from the Internal Revenue Service. But how can we tell?

Very basically, the IRS will not discuss tax account matters with taxpayers by e-mail. So if you receive an email allegedly from the IRS wanting information or to discuss any information about a tax matter with you, you can be sure that it is not from the IRS. If you have any questions at all, then take a moment and call the IRS yourself and ask whether they sent out an email. You can start with 1-800-829-1040, which is the basic IRS Tax Assistance line. But be careful of anyone who calls you (as opposed to you calling them) saying they are from the IRS as they most likely are scammers as well. Always initiate the call yourself.

Personal or financial information can be requested from within the email itself or the email may direct you to click on a link to the (fake) IRS to provide the information. Either way, it will not be the IRS. Here are some ways to spot an IRS scam no matter how sophisticated they may be:

• Emails that request detailed personal or financial information from you.

If you receive an email that asks for personal information such as your name or mother’s maiden name or financial information such as your bank or credit card account numbers and related passwords, watch out. The IRS never would send such an email.

• Emails that offer something to get you to do something.

The IRS is not going to offer you a refund in order for you to fill out or give them information. Nor is the IRS going to “reward” you with payment if you participate in an IRS survey. Anything like that, where the IRS is going to do something in return for information from you, is bogus.

• Emails that threaten you for not doing something.

In the same way that the IRS is not going to reward you if you provide information, they also will not threaten you if you do not give them information. If the email suggests that there will be additional taxes or they will keep your refund if you do not provide the information, be wary.

There are several other ways to tell that your email is not really from the IRS which I will discuss in another article. I will also talk about what to do if you receive such an email. But being aware is the best preventative medicine, so keep your eyes open and your finger off of the “provide information here” button!

My son comes from a long line of bedwetters. I can’t count the hours of lost sleep from waking him up to go potty. I can’t count the number of quarters I spent washing the sheets. The pediatrician told me not to worry because the bladder doesn’t mature until age 7. I would invite her to help me drag the sheets up and down four flights of stairs every time the bed was wet. I personally had better things to do with my time every night after work than wash sheets. I would rather be investing my time and my money in a home business and spending quality time with my son in the park so he could run off his energy.

I learned from a video called Fed Up with Children’s Behavior by Sue Dengate, that food dyes and other chemical additives irritate the bladder and cause hyperactivity and aggression. I learned from my preschool that there are simple exercises that integrate a primitive reflex called the Spinal Galant reflex. So, I put my whole family on an additive free diet and did the wiggle worm exercise with my son.

The bedwetting eventually stopped altogether.

Then, my son broke his arm. The bone punctured the skin, so the doctors put him on antibiotics while he was in the hospital. He got two iv’s full of antibiotics for a tiny puncture wound.

In the hospital, he woke up constantly to go to the bathroom because of being on iv’s after the surgery.

When we got home, he started wetting the bed again.

Even if I took him potty in the middle of the night, he still wet the bed.

Then, he spiked a high fever and got an ear infection and pink eye.

The doctors put him on more antibiotics.

(It took a room full of doctors and nurses almost an hour for to find an antibiotic without artificial colors.)

I knew from Dianne Craft’s cd The Biology of Behavior that antibiotics cause yeast overgrowth and bring down the body’s defenses and cause ADHD behavior such as hyperactivity and aggression. I had previouisly been giving my son acidophilus tablets because he was very hyperactive. But, since we started an additive free diet, I didn’t rely on the probiotics so much.

Finally, when he was too sick to go to his birthday party, I took him anyways and let the fresh air and sunshine and good old fashioned friends cure him of his misery. I decided from that point that I would not continue the antibiotics.

I doubled up on the acidophilus tablets and served him kefir smoothies to clear his system of the antibiotics and of the sicknesses. Acidophilus tablets contain a milk loving bacteria that break down the protein in milk and restore a healthy balance of flora in the intestine. Cultured milk products, like kefir, yogurt and cheese, contain lactobacillus acidophilus as well as other cultures that help the body control overgrowth of candida albicans and candidiasis.

A couple days later, the bedwetting stopped. He didn’t get sick again, either. I exposed him to as much fresh air and sunshine as possible to keep his spirits high and to keep him active.

Then, when he went in to get his splint changed to a cast, the doctors wanted to prescribe more antibiotics.

FOR WHAT?!! For the surgery, they said. I about fell out of my chair. Antibiotics for cutting off a splint and covering the arm with a cast?

I declined the prescription. My son has been waking up dry and healthy ever since.

So, think twice before giving your child antibiotics. Consult with your pediatrician. If you decide to use anitbiotics, consider the use of acidophilus and cultured milk products, such as kefir, yogurt and cheese in conjunction with antibiotics. Be sure to ask for a variety of antibiotics without food dyes. There is a generic version of Amoxycillin that comes in a white chewable tablet that tastes like sweet tarts.

Traditional societies have used cultured milk products for centuries for health and vitality. So, it makes sense that we should, too. Continue the use of acidophilus, especially after finishing a prescription of antibiotics to restore the balance of healthy flora in the intestine. Make cultured milk products a part of your family’s daily diet.

Stop wasting time and hard earned money washing sheets. You could be working from home and investing in your future with all the time you waste changing the bedding and washing sheets. You could be enjoying quality time with your peaceful child who used to be an ADHD child.

WordPress has evolved as the undisputed pioneer CMS in the recent past. WordPress has a rich interface and provides a great user experience to millions around the world. If you want to own a feature-rich and dynamic website for your business then WordPress is the best choice for you.

WordPress development may be easy to use but still it requires experts to develop an efficient website. You need to choose the perfect WordPress CMS development company for your development needs to ensure you get what you want. For this there are certain things you must take care of while choosing the development partner for you, here is a list of those:

Experience:

Experience matters a lot be it a web development field or any other field. This must be the first thing you should look for in your WordPress development company. Try to find a company which has demonstrated skill in the field of WordPress development for its previous projects. An experienced company will come up with the best ideas and practical approach to developing your platform and deliver a successful project. You have a better idea of your needs so ask the company if they have done that kind of work in the past or not. If they have done it then it will help you in getting an efficient product in lesser time.

Reputation:

This is undoubtedly one of the most important things to check for while choosing any service provider for you and there is no exception in the case of choosing a custom WordPress development company. Company’s results and actions in the past will tell you about the kind of services they offer. While choosing the company try to find out about the reputation of the organization in the industry. Check what is being said about the company by its clients and partners. It will help you in getting an idea of how good or bad they were with their clients.

Technology:

This is also an important aspect to look for while choosing the right development partner for you. Check if they are using the latest technology and following the latest trends running in the market.

Ask about their proficiency in basic languages like PHP, XML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5 and MY-SQL which are important in a WordPress Development. Make sure the company you choose, have a group of people who are expert in related technologies and efficient in delivering any kind of project without any flaws. You can ask the company if it has the required qualifications to deliver a product according to your needs.

Cost Comparison:

Breaking down the cost parameter is again an important aspect. Try to conduct a thorough examination of the cost required in WordPress CMS development by the company you are choosing and in contrast the expense of other organizations. This will help you in getting a sensible plan and your chances of bringing down the expenses will increase extensively. Similarly, check whether they have included the maintenance part of the development cost or not. There are times when organizations do not include maintenance services and charge you for them later when you need them. To ensure that you are not over-charged, discuss all the cost parameters before finalising the company.

Support:

This is something people tend to ignore while it has a vital role to play in the successful partnership with your service provider. Just have the idea of what type of post-project support the company provides and what will be time period covering the free support. This is important to make sure how reliable is the company you are going to choose. One more thing you can do is that make sure everything is in writing before you give the contract to the WordPress CMS development company. It will help you to avoid any undesirable consequences and leaves no scope for a surprise at the end.

Ask for References:

Never hesitate to ask the company about their previous projects. You can ask for the client references and see how they worked with them. Sometimes a company behaves differently before getting the project and immediately changes the behaviour after getting or completing the project. SO you can talk to their previous clients as well about their work ethics. Moreover, you can check what kind of projects they have done in the past and how successful were they. This will give you a better idea of the efficiency of the organization.

The relentless competition in the field of business sector leaves no space to make any mistakes. Whether it is your website or any product or service you are offering. The same goes when you are hoping to make a WordPress website. Taking this into account you have to take care of the above-given factors before making a final call for your WordPress CMS development company.

If, for some reason, you want to move your WordPress blogs to Tumblr, there are several ways you can apply. There are even procedures that allow you to migrate everything, including your photos/images and comments. Although there is no process that’s as easy as 1-2-3, there are steps that are quite simple to follow; steps that you can do on your own.

There are a lot of guides you can use for transferring your WordPress blog to Tumblr. What follows, however, is a slightly simple version that almost anybody can perform.

Step Number One

Of course, the first thing that you need to do is create your own Tumblr account (if you do not have one yet). It’s easy to make one; you’ll only need to sign up and then provide some basic personal information and you’ll be able to create your account.

Step Number Two

Open your WordPress account and navigate to the Dashboard. Find the TOOLS command and choose EXPORT.

Then choose POSTS. Look for the tab that says DOWNLOAD EXPORT FILE and click on it. This will export all your WordPress posts.

Step Number Three

Your export file will appear as an XML file. You need to make sure, though, that every content you export has an actual data, as well as a content encoded section.

Step Number Four

Consider the fact that there is a limit to how many posts you can migrate to Tumblr every day. The safest number is 70. What you can do, though, is to create separate files for your XML file so you can be sure that each will have only 70 items. Remember that you need to keep the items encoded, i.e. – or s.

Step Number Five

You will then need to find a good PHP script. This link will provide you with one.

Then you’ll have to insert or change some of the details with your information. Here are some specifics that you should follow:

For $xmlFile = ‘MYEXPORTFILE.xml’; – indicate the XML file that you are importing.

For $tumblr_email = ‘EMAIL’; and $tumblr_password = ‘PASSWORD’ – indicate your Tumblr username and password.

For $tumblrUrl = “http://YourTUMBLRID.tumblr.com”; – indicate your Tumblr URL.

Step Number Six

Identify the web location that you can use to access your XML file and tumblr_import.php. Upload both to that location. Run the PHP script.

Where you put the PHP file should be indicated in “mysite”.

If you do this right, you’ll be able to successfully move all XML file to Tumblr.

As mentioned in the early part of this guide, you can only import around 70 items to Tumblr in a day. So if you have to transfer more than the said amount, what you can do is skip one day before performing the import procedure again. You will only need to upload the XML file and then do this:

$xmlFile = ‘MYEXPORTFILE.xml’; – change to the filename that you used before running the PHP.

These steps are meant only for WordPress sites that contain basic stuff like simple blog posts. Heavier content may not be supported by this procedure. Also, this migration alternative does not support the transfer of the images on your WP blog to Tumblr.

This is just one of the many ways you can migrate your posts from WordPress to Tumblr. There are many more options online. One involves the use of the Customize link on your Tumblr account and another uses the Export>Tools option of your WordPress blog.

Most bloggers, internet marketers and individuals use the web to publish content. They usually don’t care about HTML, CSS, JavaScript or PHP. Web content management system (CMS) is a complete platform to create a website from scratch. It provides the framework needed to communicate with the database, to store and retrieve data, to dynamically create pages, to deal with authentication and to do other tasks needed for any website. The main advantage of using CMS is that you can focus on content. You install the system, select template and few plugins and you are ready to go. One of the very popular web systems is Joomla.

Joomla is a universal free open-source content management system. Universality means that you can adapt it for almost any purpose. Bloggers usually choose WordPress for the blogging platform. This is a natural choice, but you can also make blog with Joomla. The basic installation provides the backbone for a working website. The page layout can be set by installing appropriate template. You can choose among thousands of free templates or pay small fee for a professional customizable design. Additional features and functionality can be added with various extensions. Depending on the extension function they are available as components, modules or plugins. Extensions make Joomla extremely universal.

The beauty of extensions is that there is one for every imaginable function or feature. Whenever you need some functionality for the website you can go to the Joomla extensions page and search for the right module. Some extensions are available free of charge, for some you will have to pay. And if for some reason you can not find a suitable extension you can modify an existing one or you can create a new one from scratch according to your needs. For this you will need to know a little about HTML and PHP but this is not a problem since both languages can easily be learned from the existing code examples.

Another nice feature of Joomla is customization of the core system. With code overrides you can change default layout of most page types. If this is not enough you can modify any Joomla file to achieve the desired functionality. For this kind of customization you need to take into account that any upgrade may overwrite modified files. But if you are a skilled web programmer this will not be a problem. Since Joomla is an open-source platform you can modify it any way you like. Most customizations can be done without knowing any of the web languages, but if you know them you will have a very easy and pleasant task.

Recently, people are using WordPress as the platform for their website design and development. Many individuals think that by using this platform they can build websites rapidly since it’s a user-friendly open source CMS that is very ideal for their online business. They also claim that its’ hard to switch to other platforms right after using WordPress for their websites.

Originally, WordPress was created for the purposes of common blogging. Later, the popularity of this platform has grown so much and the corporate find it very practical for their business. The availability of various plug-ins and themes will be the main factors why people choose WordPress for building their websites. As a matter of fact, many people who already own websites are switching to WordPress due to its user-friendliness and great management system. The following are 4 main reasons why people choose WordPress for the website design and development.

Easy to Use

The conventional methods of web design and development may take lots of time to create a website. In the past, anyone should have the adequate knowledge of programming languages in order to build the great websites. But since the WordPress has been unveiled, even a first-timer will be able to build and design a good-looking website. The basic steps in applying this platform are simply by selecting desired themes among available templates, applying some plug-ins and then choosing the color scheme. Amazingly, there are lots of themes available and you can change the look of website as many times you want. By clicking some easy-to-navigate buttons your website will be ready in a short period of time.

Built-in Support

Another advantage of using this open source platform is definitely the contribution of people around the world. They create tutorials, themes, and plug-ins and update them periodically so you will always have the information about this platform. In addition, WordPress has support community where web developers can work together and discuss some issues.

SEO Friendly

WordPress has been widely known as the SEO friendly platform and it has the great page indexing on Google, Yahoo, Bing and so forth. For instance, anybody can install the All in One SEO Pack plug-in which is designed specially for WordPress and it will provide the best result on search engines.

Easy to Manage

To manage a website that has been developed on WP, you may easily go to the dashboard of your theme and maintain it as you wish. You can make any changes to the theme or add some contents or plug-ins to the website without having difficulties.

Content management is very important for a website. In the market today, the award winning CMS is none other than Drupal. To have an idea on how good it is, the current website using these open-source content management systems includes Yahoo, The New York Observer and Discovery Channel.

The reason behind the success of Drupal is because of its many benefits. First, it is search engine friendly. It provides better control to you URL structure. It gives your website better ranking in the search engines because it can customize your content with clean URL. Besides that, it has something called CCK (Content Construction Kit) that acts as a tool that let you creates different types of content with ease. You can create new stories, blog post, tutorials and these are just to name a few. This is something that other CMS cannot provide you. In addition, you do not need to be an expert to be able to use this. Any newcomer or newbie will be able to use this.

With Drupal, you will have revision control that lets you save a new version when you make any changes. So, if you do not like the new version, you can revert to the old version any time. Another added value of Drupal is its advanced categorization that easily organizes contents depending on its type. This is done by tagging contents based on categories. This feature makes keyword targeting an easier task when it is combined with CCK and view Modules feature.

For community-based websites, users can benefit from its user management systems. Users will have no limits regarding their access levelling controlling the websites functionality. Users can disabled the advanced management system in the beginning and only activate it once the website has reach a certain size.

Another added feature that has made Drupal so fantastic is because it is PHP based. With it, presentations on your website can get better enhancements. It is also easier to use because everything id scripted. Therefore, you do not need to have knowledge about PHP when using it.

The good thing is, even if you face some difficulties when using it, you can get answers very quickly because Drupal has got superb community support. You can get answers by asking questions in forums. You can even get video tutorials or even podcast. This is due to the popularity and the massive community using it.

WordPress started out as a very basic open source tool, but has evolved into a very high-end CMS (content management system) and blogging platform. The possibilities that WordPress offers are potentially limitless, however, when employing a company to build a WordPress Website, you need to be aware of few factors.

Read below to know more:

Content

First of all, companies that offer WordPress developing services are hired to build your website and offer an easy to work with platform. These companies are not tasked with or employed for providing content. This is up to you. The entire purpose of WordPress is to express ideas (in other words, blog), and add content that makes users coming back.

This means that you must undertake the responsibility of providing constant, grammatically correct content that stays relevant in time. Usually, WordPress content remains unchanged, so the initial quality must be impeccable and have a long-lasting appeal. If you don’t plan on modifying the uploaded content, ask your designer company to build your website using HTML or CSS, as these tend to load faster on slow connections and are generally more stable and secure.

If, however, you plan on editing content a lot and relying on user interaction, you should instruct the WordPress Designer to rely more heavily on PHP or MySQL.

Responsive Design

Professional WordPress web-developers will design a website using responsive design, but smaller companies or freelancers might omit this fact, so you need to make sure your website is developed and design in a way that works on any operating system and device. Users react negatively if they can’t easily access information and content on their tablets or mobile phones, so emphasize the need for responsive design to the contracted company or individual.

Moderation

WordPress is about sharing ideas. And when people share ideas, disagreements often arise and can get out of hand. It’s imperative to moderate comments and posts and keep your website as clean as possible.

If you don’t do this from the very beginning and constantly, you’ll soon have a website filled with spam and negative comments and language on your hands, and that can be very hard to fix. Users that find spam or negative attitudes in comments will quickly migrate towards better moderated blogs or websites.

To avoid this, ask your WordPress designer to build an easy to moderate website so you can be as effective as possible at moderating.

Security

Many people use WordPress to build their websites because it seems easy to use. However, WordPress is vulnerable to hacking and spam just like any other platform out there. This is why you should employ a serious WordPress specialized web designer. A specialist in the field will be able to implement security measures to keep the spam, malware and hackers at bay. Nothing is worse than working weeks or months on setting up a WordPress Website and filling it with quality content, only to see it die away to an abundance of malicious attacks and spam-bots.

All in all, while WordPress may seem like an newbie-friendly tool to build websites, it is still highly recommended to invest into a Professional WordPress Website Design Company, in order to avoid many of the complications that can and most likely will arise otherwise.

The term Premium has many times been used by marketers to refer to something that has a price value attached to it. What is not ‘revealed’ much to the blame of marketers is that the term Premium can refer to both free and paid commodity. For example in this topic of discussion there are Premium WordPress themes available in the market both as free downloads and as paid versions. However since most Premium WordPress themes are made available for commercial purposes it is only natural for them to be assumed as themes for sale.

While choice can be influenced by many factors including budget and time, a decision should be made based upon a basic understanding of both categories of themes. But as research has proven those who choose to buy Premium WordPress themes have a certain level of guarantee that they will get value for their money.

Here are the five potent reasons why this is the case.

• Unlike the free WordPress themes, Premium themes already have the necessary plugins and widgets installed such as Social Media plugins, RSS feed for optimization and multimedia functionality to embed video and audio which saves resources to buy or build from scratch some of these features not available for sale.
• As characteristic of the business world, developers who build Premium themes code them with such superiority in terms of the aesthetic features and back-end functionality so that they can have an edge over their competition.
• Most WordPress premium developers also have in place a 24 hour support system where they offer an email/ticketing system to customers. On the other hand free WordPress themes don’t offer such a personalized support system and instead buyers have to look out for forums discussing topics aligned to their choice of theme where they can interact or ask questions.
• Free WordPress themes are very common compared to their premium counterparts hence that unique look will barely be seen unless with the adopting of extensive customization which would require a lot of time and may not be available especially with most clients.
• And last but not the least Premium WordPress theme buyers have the opportunity to select themes according to their specific need or type of industry unlike free themes which are built with a more generalized approach to the design work.

To have a fully customized website with all the necessary features in place a client has to bring on board a web developer and pull in a budget that will fund the process. In most cases, clients or business owners are not ready to put in a big budget for a website project hence buying a premium WordPress theme gives a plausible solution with a professional product still guaranteed.

Investing in a Premium WordPress theme may relieve website developers a bucket load of time building websites along with other merits but purchasing of these themes should be done with caution.

Not all Theme market places have reputable vendors who are available to provide support, updates or whose products have followed the WordPress Themes guidelines.

The only way to guarantee a sure purchase is to research and find reputed Theme market places such as envatomarket with a standard support platform and markets for industry reputed providers such as theme forest who by no debate sell the most popular WordPress themes.

WordPress is a very popular platform among bloggers and other website owners because it offers a free version. It also comes with lots of benefits including easy learning, management and customization. The fact is that you can actually choose from dozens of free themes to make your blog or site have the appearance that you find most suitable. Most of the developers come up with free WordPress themes for fun which is why they find it possible to offer them for no charge. There are however other premium templates too available on the platform. If you are interested in using free themes, here are some of the benefits that you stand to enjoy.

Cost cutting –

This is for the simple reason that they are offered at no charge and you therefore are saved from the hustle of having a theme designed specifically for your website or blog. You also don’t have to pay to use the premium themes available since the free ones are just as good. You simply need to download to start enjoying and using your selected theme.

Customer support –

The theme developers are always willing and open to answer all queries regarding their product. You therefore don’t have to worry about issues that you face when using them since you can easily be guided by the professionals to make it easier for you to use the themes effectively and smoothly. There are also official forums that offer the much needed support.

Plug-in support –

The free themes also support lots of configuration settings and plug-ins. This makes it possible for you to enjoy everything that you wish to with the theme you have selected. You won’t be faced with too many limits just because you choose to go with the unpaid option.

Experimental option –

As you do not pay for them, you enjoy the benefit of trying out as many themes as possible until you have found the most suitable for your blog. If you choose one and it does not impress you much then you get the freedom to change to a better looking one until your site achieves the look that you have in mind. This is something that you cannot enjoy with premium themes since it can be very expensive to move from one theme to another.

In as much as free WordPress themes come with their own advantages to you, you should ensure that you select the best for your needs. Some of the things that should be in your mind when going for themes include the features and their functionality in relation to your needs, ease of use and modification possibilities, your website genre and how updated the free theme you are about to settle for is. When you make all these important considerations, then you will increase your chances of ending up with a theme that you love and find easy to enjoy and work with on your site or blog.