Want to Add Free Notification Bar at The Top Of Your Website For eMail Opt-Ins? Try ManyContacts

ManyContacts is a simple and efficient drop-down website notification bar that sits at the top of your website, making it easy for your site visitors to take action on your website. If you want to generate more leads or grow your email list, ManyContacts is what you need. It is a product of online marketing experts from Woorank.





By making use of ManyContacts bar, you can offer a giveaway - such as an ebook, coupon code, a test, a course - without creating extra landing pages as it allows you to add a link to a file or offer in your "Thank You" message.

People that have used your ManyContacts bar will be added to a list in your Contacts Manager for later reference. Leads generated are data enriched, qualified and displayed conveniently in the Contacts Manager. When you gain a new contact an email notification will also be sent to you to facilitate a prompt follow-up.



The form closes for everyone that previously filled the form and it can be closed manually by everyone.



Adding ManyContacts bar to your site is easy. First, create an account and start customizing your bar. When you are happy with your bar, you will get a piece of notification bar html code that you will need to paste in your web page’s source code just before the </body> tag.



It works on any CMS as long as you have access to your source code. There are also ManyContacts bar plugins for Wordpress and Joomla.



I've added it to one of my sites and integrated it with madmimi. So, if anyone fills the form on my site, such contact will be automatically added to an email list on my madmimi account. It also integrates with mailchimp.



It is FREE and you can create as many as you want and paste the code on each page that you want to see the bar appear.



Get it at : www.manycontacts.com



Do you know other tools for adding a notification bar for email opt-ins and promos ??

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Database Connection error (2) : Could not connect to MySQL - How I Solved It

Last week, a friend notified me that he couldn't access my bulk sms site powered by Joomla. I tried accessing it by myself and I was also unable access it. The site was only displaying a page that reads 'Database connection error (2): Could not connect to MySQL.'

I googled the problem and saw alot of recommendations including changing the database user and password and editing it in the configuration.php.



Instead, I decided to contact my host. They requested for my cPanel login details. After some minutes, the problem was resolved and my bulk sms site was restored. When I asked them what went wrong, I was told it was caused by a problem with the MySQL server. .



So, if you experience such problem, try to talk to your host before making changes to your config file.



Have you experienced same? How were you able to resolve it?

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Download Business Pro Responsive Joomla Template FREE

One of the Envato Free files for the month (February 2015) is the Business Pro Responsive Joomla Template. This means you can download it for free until the end of the month after which you will have to pay $43 to buy it at Themeforest.





Business PRO is a clean multipurpose and responsive Joomla template which you can use for sites powered by Joomla 2.5 or Joomla 3.0. The theme utilizes the latest features of the fast and slick Warp theme framework. It comes with a broad range of layout and module variations as well as a neat typography to style your content.

It features Revolution slider -a responsive, full-width slider, SP Simple Map – Free Google Map Module, Widgetkit Lite, Roksproket, Social Media Icons etc.



You can download Business Pro Joomla Template here.



Make sure you’re logged in with your Envato Account to get it for free. If you don't have one, sign up via the link  above.



NB: You can use the template for your bulk sms website. I can set it up for you if you don't know how to use it.



Have fun!

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Insert Codes (Php, HTML, Javascript) Anywhere In Joomla Site With Jumi Plugin

Jumi is a fantastic Joomla extension I discovered last week, while trying to find a way I can easily place Facebook conversion pixel and other conversion tracking codes on my bulk sms site powered by Joomla. No wonder it has has been downloaded over 200,000 times since 2006.





With Jumi you can add custom code to module positions, articles as well as create new pages with your Jumi custom codes. It includes custom code into Joomla! by many ways: directly, from a file or from a database record.Just put your script into a file and Jumi will reference it just like an article, and you aren’t limited to just one script.

You can use it to include text or banner ads in your site; insert HTML, JavaScript, or PHP scripts into your content; develop customized modules etc You can achieve so many things with it, if you are the creative type.



I've used it to create a page that contains all my conversion tracking codes, which I redirect users to after successful completion of the Joomla registration form on NairaForSMS.



The Jumi extension is available for free in the Joomla Extensions Directory here.



Once installed, Jumi component, System plugin, router and module will be added to your Joomla installation. You have to enable all to enjoy Jumi endlessly.

How To Use Jumi For Joomla

To use all these custom-code extensions properly, make sure you check the detailed Jumi usage guide available here.



You should also watch the video below to understand how to use Jumi.

I hope it helps. 

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Stop Joomla User Registration Spam Bots By Email, Username and Name

UPDATE:  StopRegBots block all emails if you block an email domain ! So, disable it if you notice same.



Last week, I noticed some fake registrations on my Nigeria bulk sms site powered by Joomla 2.5 and deleted them instantly. While checking through the list of users accounts yesterday, I noticed that fresh accounts have been created again with names similar to the ones deleted few days back but with different usernames.





After looking closely at the account details, I noticed that the email addresses used for the fake registrations end with the same "@domain.com". So, I decided to google how to prevent such annoying user registration bots on Joomla without using captcha. Fortunately, I stumbled on StopRegBots by zoomodsplus.com.



StopRegBots is a simple plugin for Joomla 2.5 and 3.x that allows you to target and prevent those annoying bots from registering on your site. This plugin will allow you simply type in the name the bot is using and then block it forever.

You can also prevent certain usernames and email addresses being used on your site. So, you can simply add an offending email domain i.e. "@gmail.com" and all users trying to us a gmail email will be blocked. There is also a setting to stop the same name being registered more than the set amount of times.



You can also set the maximum amount of 'dots' that an email is allowed to have - this prevents those nasty "hsd.ths.hello.anything.s.sd.f@gmail.com" style bots from registering.  The plugin also allows users to enter an error message to display to the troll after their failed registration.

You can download StopRegBots here.  It's free but requires registration to download.



When installed go to the plugin in the Plugin Manager and open the plugin. Enable it and configure it as desired. To confirm that it works, try register on your site with the username, name or email domain that you've blocked. It should show you the error message.



I hope this helps.



If you know other ways I can prevent Joomla user registration spam, kindly share via comments.



Please, share with friends!



UPDATE:  StopRegBots block all emails if you block an email domain ! So, disable it if you notice same.

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