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At least seven Nepali players including an official were injured in a hotel lift collapse in Dhaka where they recently arrived to participate in the 11th South Asian Games (SAG) on Friday.
They were injured after the elevator they had taken suddenly broke down and fell rapidly from the fourth floor of the Imperial Hotel which is located nearby the Bangabandhu National Stadium where the grand ceremony to officially kick off the eight nations sport extravaganza is taking place today.
The injured players are Gyan Bahadur Shrestha and Gopal Bahadur Shrestha of weight-lifting and Radha Devi Rai, Kalu Man Tamang, Ramesh Magar, Prasuram Chaudhary and Debu Thapa of Judo including official Dhyan Basnet.
They have been taken to the nearby local hospital for treatment. The players are said to be in serious condition.
The chances of medals from Judo has been slimmed by this incident, as there were high hopes of medals from the Nepali Judo players.
Details of the incident is yet to come…!!
Got this on a forwarded email……!! really nice and funny….!!
Friendship is not about “I m sorry “ its about “saale ! terai galti thiyo“
Friendship is not about “I missed u “ it’s about “kahan mareko this, saale”
Friendship is not about “I understand “ its about “sabai taile garda bhayeko ho.. mula“
Friendship is not about “I care for u “ its about “saale talai chodera kaha janchhu ra “
Friendship is not about “I m happy for ur success “its about “la party de ta“
Friendship is not about “I love that girl“ its about “saala izzat gar terai bhauju ho“
Friendship is not about “R u coming for outing tomorrow “ its about “ natak garne haina bholi ghumna jane khurukka“
Friendship is not about “Get well soon “ its about “ yeti raksi dhoke pachi yestai ta hunchha“
Friendship is not about “All the best for ur exam“ its about “ dherai bhayo, switch off garera sut ta malai disturb bhayo“
You must have come across such situations in your website, where google has crawled some pages of your website, but later you moved that page somewhere. You might fear that u’re loosing the leads to your website. You must have seen your website showing 404 (”Page Not Found”) messages.
Well there are some simple things you can do in your Joomla website. You can either create a custom error page(404 page) and then redirect the 404 messages to the custom page or simply redirect it to the homepage.
1. htaccess redirection : You can simply add this code to your .htaccess file
ErrorDocument 404 index.php [to redirect it to your homepage]ErrorDocument 404 /404.php [to redirect it to your custom error page named 404.php]
<meta HTTP-EQUIV=”REFRESH” content=”5; url=/”> [the number 5 is the delay, u can change it]
defined( ‘_JEXEC’ ) or die( ‘Restricted access’ );
header (”Location: /”); exit(); // add this line
Creating a great and targeted PPC (Pay per Click) campaign is only the beginning towards driving traffic, generating leads and increasing conversions. The initial seconds after someone has clicked your ad are the most important towards convincing the visitor that they should stay on your page and navigate through your site. Optimizing a landing page is not just about aesthetics; it also is about understanding the user, his reason for clicking your ad and, of course, relevance and functionality.
1- Identify Visitors:
Before deciding how to optimize your page you must consider what kind of people will be clicking on your page. Start with analyzing who will search for your product or service. Is it something geared towards a younger crowd or older crowd? Are you selling graphic tees or selling life insurance?
Other than a generational demographic consider decision-making styles. When selling fun items people might be more spontaneous in making choices; they don’t want to read a long description. If you’re selling life insurance, the person considering the plan will be more methodical in their choice; in this case, there should be a lot of good information displayed.
2- Create Conversion Paths:
Choosing keywords for a PPC campaign can be a challenge, but always choose keywords a potential customer will use to search for your product and not descriptive words.
Even if the keyword is targeted, it is hard to assume that everyone who typed in the same keyword in the search query want the same results. For example, if you sell mobile phones on your site, consider the common reasons why someone would search for this term. It could be because they want to purchase a phone or maybe they want information and later on wish to consider buying a new phone. If your main objective is to sell a phone, the main call-to-action should be directing the user to purchase a new phone; however, you should also add a secondary call to action that will let the visitor know where they can find more information about phones.
3- Page Functionality
Making visitors jump through hoops to reach the product is not a good idea when trying to optimize a page for functionality. The most ideal and successful option is showing the user what they were searching for on the actual landing page. This technique will increase conversion and reduce bounce rate.
White space and clear call-to-actions work well with most people. The use of white space is a more calming design that is simplified and allows the user to concentrate solely on the call-to-action or product.
To use up less space on the page, consider removing the navigation bar all together. This keeps the visitor focused on the targeted product. Offer the visitor a choice by adding one clean link to the rest of your site where they can see more products or choices.
4- Test, Test, Test:
Successful websites come in different styles, even if they sell the same products. There is no one solid winning formula; two websites can do very well even if they use two different approaches. To come up with your winning formula you must use analytics and testing. Analytics will help give you answers to what needs more adjustment and what already works. You can test everything on the landing page, but testing the call-to-action is a key starting point. Monitoring analytics and testing results closely is an essential ongoing element in any optimization process.
Source : Optimum7
I was looking for a good website that provides good website analysis. Then, as I was going through Daniweb for help, I came across a link that said “Free Website Analysis”. I entered the details of the website I wanted to analyse – www.bestnepalpackage.com
These are the results, I recieved.
SCORE 81 OUT OF 100.
A website grade of 81/100 for bestnepalpackage.com means that of the hundreds of thousands of websites that have previously been evaluated, our algorithm has calculated that this site scores higher than 81% of them in terms of its marketing effectiveness. The algorithm uses a proprietary blend of over 50 different variables, including search engine data , website structure, approximate traffic, site performance, and others.
The website bestnepalpackage.com ranks 340,748 of the 1,830,985 websites that have been
ranked so far.
The software gets constantly upgraded and the algorithm enhanced. The number of potential recommendations provided by the tool also increases frequently.
Now let me go through the criteria based on which it analyses the websites.
Optimum7 uses these techniques to analyse the websites. The free analysis is available now….!! You can get it from here
Google maps is a free tool that can have a number of uses for your Joomla website, perhaps most importantly to show your site visitors where you business is located or where local sites of interest might be. Thanks to the developer Mike Reumer….!!
This tutorial goes through the installation of the “Plugin Googlemaps” extension for Joomla 1.5.
Googlemap Plugin is a free extension available for Joomla (1.0 and 1.5) which makes it really easy to add in a Google Map to your Joomla website. Installation only takes a few minutes and the maps can be easily customised to suit your needs. Here is an example of a typical simple map you can add (here I have shown the Royal Palace Museum of Nepal in Kathmandu).
The first step in the installation process is to enable Legacy Mode in Joomla (you only need to do this is you are using Joomla 1.5, if you are running an older version you can skip to the next step). This can be accessed by going to the ‘Plugin Manager’ under ‘Extensions’ in the top navigation bar once you have logged into the backend.
It’s as simple as clicking on ‘enable’ next to ‘System – Legacy’. Once this is done you should see ‘Legacy 1.0′ appear in the top right of your screen.
After downloading Plugin Googlemaps from here, go to ‘Extensions’ then ‘Install/Uninstall’. In the ‘Upload Package File’ select the zip file you have just downloaded and then click on ‘Upload File and Install’.
Once this is done, return to the ‘Plugin Manager’, and you need to enable the ‘Google Maps’ plugin.
In order to use Google Maps, you need an API key for each website you intend to publish the map upon. The API key can be obtained from this page once you agree to the terms and conditions and enter the URL of your website. You then need to copy the long string of numbers and paste them into the ‘Google API Key’ section of the parameters of the plugin. Click on apply and ensure the plugin is enabled. You are now ready to add a map to your site!
The first step to customising your map is of course to set the geographical location that the map shows. This is done by setting the latitude and longitude coordinates within the code that you paste into your content. This can be obtained through Google Earth, however the quickest way to do this is to visit Google Maps and enter the location you want, through an address, postcode or place name. Once the page has finished loading and the correct location is shown, copy and paste the following into your navigation bar of your menu and press enter.
javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));
A window will pop up giving you the latitude and longitude of your desired location. These are the coordinates you need to place into the code.
The map at the top of the page was created by adding in the following code, using the coordinates for Times Square. I have removed the {…} which need to surround the entire section otherwise it would post a map. The paragraphs I have added for formatting reasons also need to be removed. The code can be posted anywhere in the body of your html and once inserted will show up as a map on your page. The whole process is very simple.
mosmap width='500'|height='400'|lat='40.75671'|lon='-73.98646'|zoom='3' | zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='3'|mapType='map'| showMaptype='1'| overview='1'|text='Good web practices'|lang=''
The code is fairly self explanatory in terms of customisation, but a full breakdown of the different parameters can be found here. The best idea is to play with each of the values and reload the map to see how they effect it. There is alot of detailed information on how to add more features to your map, such as directions and route plans on the developer’s site which can be found here.
Having generic directions for your customers is great, but it is a lot more useful for them to be able to plan their route door to door. Using the following code, the plugin will enable users to put in their postcode or address and a new page will load up with full directions on Google Map (remember to add in {…} again!
mosmap address='street, zipcode place,country'|dir='1|lat='40.75671'| lon='-73.98646'|zoom='14'
Please check out the official Google Pluginmaps Website for more examples of the plugin’s use, demos and documentation!
Have fun with Google Maps……..!!
testing the new look of my blog…………..!!
i’m gonna miss u dude……………!!
going home after the busiest day of my work life…………!! phew……….!!
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