Posts Tagged ‘Currency’

Buying Domain Names for your Audience

For those of you who are in the United States, the .com, .net and .org domain are pretty well standard but of course there’s also .us and a whole host of other domains extensions on the market these days but have you ever wondered about using a domain name for your specific market?

Take me for example, while I work throughout the US on websites I actually live in Canada so a lot of companies who market specifically to Canadians use the .ca extension instead. In German, the .de and in the UK it’s a .co.uk.

This is a powerful yet often overlooked marketing tool for companies who sell product or services into a variety of markets, by using a domain name specific to the county, you’re not only pre-qualifying leads to that web property but you’re also customizing content for the specific customer.

Take for example a website which sells cooking DVD’s which wants to sell into multiple markets. Yes, it’s possible to sell into multiple markets based on a single domain name but why not also run the .ca version and adjust pricing throughout the website to reflect the shipping costs in local currency? This allows you to make special offers to each market as well as test new products you’d previously not considered.

Fundraising Thermometer Plugin for Wordpress

The plugin interface, for WordPress

Features

Example of a fund raising image from the new plugin

The fund raising tool is a true WordPress plug-in, testing with WordPress 2.7 and fully functional. It features:

  • W3C compliant Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Dynamically updated text including target and current fund status
  • Money formating options for use internationally
  • Theme options, allowing designers to customize the look of the thermometer
  • Call either the graphic or a formated number to display in text.

Admin Features

The new interface allows uses to set both the current amount (what has been raised) as well as the target amount (what you want to raise). The script automatically generates the ten steps in between and displays them for the user.


The plugin auto detects if the money_format() function is present and will use it automatically if found, otherwise it will display the currency using the number format function automatically.

How It Works

To display the current amount of money raised (in currently format) place the following code in your theme:

<?php echo show_ourprogress();?>

For a graphical version (by default the thermometer), include the following code:

<?php show_ourprogress_graphic();?>

Where to Get It

The plugin can be downloaded from the official WordPress repository: 

download file Fundraising Thermometer Plugin for Wordpress image

How You Can Help

I love developing plugins for WordPress and do my best to always keep them free but of course it take a lot of time and effort to build these plugins so if you’d like to say thanks, the best way is to take a few moments and write about the plugin on your own website, include a link to my website from your posts or download and rate the plugin on the official plugin directory. 

Support forums are now online! If you have any questions, please visit http://forums.thisismyurl.com.