Arnel C.

Hello McCloud94,

I looked into this and there are several solutions out there that may or may not be a fit for you. First there are services such as Geolify or Maxmind’s GeoIP, but they may affect how you host your websites. Check out this forum post where several users have asked the same question and suggest possible solutions. CloudFlare also has a Geo IP service that can return a country code that you can use to re-direct visitors to specific locations using your .htaccess file.

I hope that helps give you some possible solutions!

Regards,
Arnel C.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Arnel C..

Hello Santosluiz,

Thanks for the question about making above the fold optimization WITHOUT plugins. Make no mistake, this is definitely an advanced subject and you MUST be familiar with everything loading with your WordPress site. My answer to you is based on a post by a web developer named Mr. Stefan Ledin (The WordPress Performance Challenge, part 7: Success is found above the fold).

His premise is that you can’t make a WordPress website perform quickly without these three things:

• Load stylesheets asynchronously
• Insert critical, above the fold CSS into < head >
• Move scripts to the bottom and load them asynchronously

His article details his research into the issue and how he used plugins to resolve the problem resulting in a lighting fast page. As per your request, your are looking for optimization above the fold without plugins. So, I looked for coding solutions for these 3 basic steps. Believe it or not many people have looked at this issue and a few have published their findings.

The first option was to load stylesheets asynchronously. This link goes to a Github page which provides code for modification of the functions.php and loadcss.js that enable you to load the stylesheets in the order to that you specify. You will need to determine what you are loading and how to add them into the code to load asynchronously.

The second step deals with the CSS. This post by Joe Watkins details his approach in determining the critical CSS that needs to be loaded above the fold. His goal is also geared towards creating a high-performance WordPress site. He uses a tool called gruntcriticalcss in order to pick out the styles needed to be loaded in the above the fold optimization. Note that he also uses plugins in his efforts towards a solution for speeding up WordPress.

Finally, the last step has to do with moving scripts that do not need to be loaded in the above the fold optimization. You would need to move them so that they load AFTER everything has been loaded with your above the fold optimization.

You mentioned that the above the fold optimization solutions need to apply to multiple pages. If you are trying to apply the optimizations with different pages, then you would need to identify the different page “heads” that you want to optimize. In general, the optimization for “above the fold” applies to the central page loaded on a website and that “head” may stay with most pages. However, depending on your theme, you may see a different header and you would need to apply your optimization according to what is loaded in those pages. You should be able to identify these different headers in the theme used with your WordPress site. If you require further help with the theme code, I highly recommend speaking with the theme developer(s).

I know I speak very vaguely in some instances regarding what has to be moved, but it will all depend on your WordPress installation and what you are loading. As I’m sure you know, the complexity of all these tasks may be better resolved with plugins, but that will be a decision you will need to make. I hope that this summary from several different sources provides the information you seek. If anything, it provides you with other resources in optimizing your WordPress site.

Regards,

Arnel C.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Arnel C.. Reason: added thoughts on multiple page optimization
• This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Arnel C..

Hello Unicornbacon,

Sorry for the problem with the picture orientation. I’m a photography enthusiast and work with the web hosting support team at my company, so your problem piqued my interest. I looked into the EXIF data that comes with pictures. If you’re looking at it with your Windows Explorer properties, it only shows a summary of all of the EXIF data – there’s a bunch more. I saved one of the pictures that had the orientation incorrect and looked for the EXIF orientation data. What I found was that the EXIF data (at least in this picture by your PENTAX) was not included in the picture. I found TIFF orientation data, but not EXIF orientation data. This flag is set in the newer cameras on the market, at least per this post. I reviewed your image’s entire EXIF data file using Affinity Photo on a Mac. Basically, without this flag, the software you’re using to display the image doesn’t know what’s up or down on your picture. So, irritatingly, you would have to manually adjust these pictures. I would double-check to see if there is an update to your Pentax camera firmware that adds the orientation if it’s available. I didn’t search around your gallery for an Android photo, but that’s what I would check for as well. The EXIF orientation data is set based on a sensor in your camera when you’re taking the picture. So, if you take one with the camera held vertically, then the EXIF data is flagged with that information when the picture is saved.

I hope that explains the issue. Orientation of photos in a gallery will be determined by the EXIF data. There are also programs that can set the orientation flag. Note that image software in Windows prior to Windows 8 can not read the orientation flag. I often share photos through Google photos these days. It lets me set the orientation there if it’s wrong. The same can be said of Amazon. I use Amazon to save backups of my photos.

I hope this information is of some use to you. I know it doesn’t immediately solve your problem, but it may explain WHY it’s happening.

Kindest regards,
Arnel C.

Hello Arthur589,

I’ve been looking into this issue concerning your posts list. The problem is that it’s difficult to tell which plugin you’re using. There are a bunch of them out there for Post lists. Also, your problem may simply be related to caching. Either caching from WordPress plugins or from caching in the internet browser. Make sure you have cleared your browser so that the page is generated with the latest posts list. If you continue to have the problem even after you clear caching, please let us know which plugin you’re using so that we can look into it further.

Regards,
Arnel C.

Hello umerhammaz,

As a support person in a web hosting company I can tell you that we see this question all the time. The problem is that there is the assumption that we can improve SERP (Search Engine Results Pages) by simply following the rules. That isn’t always the case. If your subject matter is something well covered on the net, you may never crack the top 10 results. There are many factors involved in calculating SERP and Google continually updates their algorithms used in providing these results. The best you can do (in addition to providing relevant information) is to continually update, become an authority on your subject matter, and build relationships with your target audience. Check out Matt Cutts blog on SEO for really good information about improving your SEO.

Regards,
Arnel C.

Hello Twincitiespitbull,

Apparently, this is a common error per moderator Mark Ratledge. Check out his post for the resolution of the issue. Basically, it involves updating Genesis. He also suggests going to the support forum provided by Genesis since it is a premium/paid theme.

Kindest regards,
Arnel C.

Hello Kimberly,

Yes it is possible to design a website without hosting. If you’re using WordPress, you will need the prerequisite of a web server and a database server. You can do this using WAMP or MAMP (for an Apple computer). This software creates a local server environment. There are guides in the WordPress Codex for both:

Windows: https://make.ww.wp.xz.cn/core/handbook/tutorials/installing-a-local-server/wampserver/
Mac: https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP

Once you have one of these environments setup and configure you can install WordPress and design to your heart’s content. Hope that helps!

Regards,
Arnel C.