I’ve lately tried out several ClickBank storefronts – 1stpromotions, cbmall, cbdealer, cbproads and a couple others. The reason why I spent the time to try them out is because I’m going to convert one of my domain InfoProductsMart.com to the best ClickBank storefront. The verdict is out.

The winner – CBProAds! And here are the pointers that why CBProAds emerges to be the selected choice :-

• It has the best contextual ads formats.

• Other than contextual ads, it has block image ads, list image ads, slide show ads, scroll ads and banner ads. All are great alternatives to AdSense.
• It has the BEST storefront compared to the others and you can easily customize the storefront ie. http://InfoProductsMart.com.
• Beside earning as an affiliate via ClickBank, CBProAds has an attractive affiliate program itself which gives you a good extra earning opportunity.
• It has a vault of free bonuses (with MRR; master resell rights) which you can earn 100% of the profits selling them.

So what are the negatives? Well, you’ll have to upgrade to PRO account in order to have your ClickBank ID embedded 100% into the ads links and storefront. Else, as a free member, you only have 50% embedding of your ClickBank nickname.

To maximize the earning power of CBProAds, I’d strongly recommend to go for the Lifetime upgrade at $79.95. But wait! Don’t sign up immediately after you’ve joined. In another couple of days/week, you’ll receive email from them with a discount code which you can grab your Lifetime upgrade at a cheaper rate ~$55. The good thing about opting for Lifetime upgrade is that it is only a one-time purchase instead of recurring payments.

The next natural thing for you to do next is to copy-n-paste the ads to all your other blogs and websites to skyrocket your affiliate earnings.

Now, take note that ClickBank do offer contextual ads itself! But why do I still recommend CBProAds? The answer is simple. CBProAds has a much better ads formats and variety. Hence, it gives you an edge to display more attention-capturing ads on your websites which will entice higher CTR (click through rate). With a greater flexibility and a versatile storefront, I give CBProAds two thumbs up.

I recently purchased a report online and I got frustrated when my broadband somehow was unable to complete the downloads.

However, the main reason for my frustration and total waste of time is because the product owner actually zipped the small report (which is the main product) together with the bonuses (of no interest to me) into a huge >130MB file!

The owner claimed that I’m the only one with the download problem except for another buyer with dial-up. That’s not the point. You should never assume every one is on broadband; even so, it doesn’t imply download will be okay. It is webmastering best practice to always make download size small.

If you’re selling an ebook or report together with tons of bonuses, you should provide separates download links for your ebook (which is the main product) and link(s) for your bonuses. In this case, the buyers can simply download the report first and choose to decide whether to also download the bonuses or come back another time for the bonuses.

I’ve recently developed an e-learning portal for my institute. After an extensive online research and trial on several other e-learning platforms, I’ve settled down on MOODLE which stands for Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. MOODLE proves to be the best e-learning platforms which is also an opensource (I’m an avid opensource fan) – meaning, it’s free (under GPL).

The purpose of this post is to share with you a “horrifying” experience in the development of this portal. Now, the e-coursewares were developed using Powerpoints and I’ve bought a software PPT2Flash Pro to convert the Powerpoints to Flash .swf files for embedding into MOODLE. It works seamlessly when I use my primary browser, Firefox, to view the embedded Flash. To my horror, many of my colleagues are using Internet Explorer and they claimed they can’t view the content. I first disregard this as I thought it could be some settings in their IE that caused this “glitch”. But when 6 of my colleagues claimed they can’t view the Flash, that’s where the red flag was raised.

I combed through MOODLE forums and search all over Google to find out why IE can’t view those Flash in MOODLE. The horror kicks in when I saw some news online that due to the infamous Eolas lawsuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas) on IP regarding embedded thingy, IE was unable to autoplay/activate embedded object.

If you’re a webmaster and you’re facing the same dire situation of not seeing .swf in IE, fret not. I’ve spent hours to test out many ways to play, in this case, .swf in MOODLE and I’ve solved the issue. The answer is SWFObject found in code.google.com (http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/). Just go through the documentation (yes, I know it’s seems daunting) and follow the steps to make .swf viewable in IE. The good news is – it works!

So what is the essence of this post? As webmaster, you really got to do 100% UAT (user acceptance test) on both Firefox as well as IE (and possibly also Google Chrome).

Following the successful migration to new domain – DesigningWeb.org, it now got a face-lift with a nice header and blue-colored theme …designed by my favorite graphic expert :

If you’re looking for the best graphic designer who don’t cost a bomb, I’d highly recommend LogoNerds. Their pricing is simply unbeatable given the high quality of work that they deliver. Two thumbs up!

WebmasteringTips.com has now migrated to the new domain name – DesigningWeb.org.

Now, migrating WordPress blog from one server to another, with the same domain name, is rather common – all you need is to backup the Home directory and mySQL database in your old cPanel and restore them in your new server’s cPanel.

What I would like to cover here is how to migrate WordPress to new domain name, in this case, under the same server.

Similarly, you backup the Home directory and mySQL in your old cPanel and restore them in your new server cPanel. No big fuss here.

But wait, check out those permalinks and link reference – they are still with the old domain name. These are the extra steps to ensure a full migration :

1. Edit your wp-config.php to include :

define(‘WP_SITEURL’,'http://newdomain.com’);

definte(‘WP_HOME’,'http://newdomain.com’);

2. Install and activate Search and Replace plugin to replace the old domain with the new domain name.

3. Check and confirm your new blog is now all okay … permalinks work?

4. Redirect (301) your old domain to the new one in the old cPanel.

That’s it! Piece of cake

From time to time, there will be a mega ClickBank product launch. This time round, it’s the Google Sniper.

I’ve checked it out and the very reason you’re reading this now on my blog is that I think (I can’t confirm because it will be launched only on 15th October) it will work!

If you’re like me who have bought and tried so many programs, memberships and info-products, you’ll somehow develop a foresight to judge whether the next new product will work or not.

Again, I couldn’t 100% confirm Google Sniper will really be the “holy grail” (reminder : it is not launched yet). But from the hints given by the owner himself in the free training videos, I know (and is already using) the methods are fail-proof!

My view? This is one product you cannot afford to miss (powered by 6th sense). Stay tuned till 15th Oct.

I’d used RoboForm before. Very convenient. I like it. But because of computer changes, clashes, format harddisk and with multiple computers in different locations etc. I’ve got lazy to install it on all PCs/laptops and have forsaken to use it entirely for almost a year!

That was a very dumb thing for me to do! For almost a year, I’d tried alternatives ie. PDA, Excel, mobile phone, online etc. to remember hundreds of my online usernames and passwords. Come to think of it, I’ve wasted precious (hundreds of) minutes just to recall the login details to enter them. Worst of all, I couldn’t access the website because I can’t remember the login details at all.

I turned myself in to Roboform again. This time round, I bought the RoboForm2Go PRO. I know it right in the heart that this would be one of my best buys online. In fact, I know a lot of people who have bought RoboForm will have a quick relief – “ahhhh, finally I’ve solved all my password hassles”.

RoboForm simply make your online life better. If you’re like me with hundreds of login details at hand (trust me, if you’re online for long than enough), you’ll need this powerful piece of software. And if you’re like me who carry a thumbdrive around (I’ve a 16GB SanDisk U3 Flash), I’d strongly recommend the mobile version of RoboForm – RoboForm2Go.

I couldn’t be a more happier man knowing that I’ll save many minutes daily … why? Because I log in to many websites everyday. Time is money. Get your RoboForm2Go now! This is guaranteed to be one of your best buys online!

For those who want to own high quality, visually appealing and profit-ready niche blogs, there is nothing easier than getting your own Managed Blog.

The concept is simple. I’ll help you to create, design, customize, maintain and webmaster the blog for you without you having to do anything. You don’t even have to rack your brain to think of a niche. I’ll research and propose profitable hot niches for your choosing. Of course, if you have a particular niche in mind already, I can accommodate that too.

Let me cover a little why I come up with this innovative Managed Blog. You see, I’ve been giving workshops, lectures and seminars in Internet Marketing and Webmastering and I realized that it is not exactly easy for anyone, especially newbies, to create and deploy website or blog at ease. You’d need to know Photoshop a little, Dreamweaver here, HTML coding there, mySQL, WP plugins, SEO, article submission, social bookmarking, linking, affiliate marketing, traffic generation …. that is why while you’re learning all those skills, there is no reason at all that you shouldn’t own a profit-ready and well-crafted niche blog to start earning money online straight away.

Introducing … Managed Blogging. You simply leverage on my years of experience and expertise to fully manage the blog for you. Now, making money online couldn’t be easier than this! Read more details …

WebmasteringTips.com has just had a face-lift to the powerful FlexSqueeze theme.

FlexSqueeze is indeed the most easily customizable WordPress theme. I’ve basically spent only 1 day to customize this blog and now it looks great

I really like the Featured boxes both on the top and bottom. As you can see, beside offering my PLR membership site at $1 trial and free Webmaster Resource Kit, I’ve featured my upcoming Managed Blogging – this gotta be the easiest way for anyone who want to make money online without all the technical hassles … I’ll announce more on this Managed Blogging once it’s ready. Stay tuned.

Checkout these 2 free banner makers :

Animated GIF banner – http://addesigner.com
Remarks : Designing a simple animated banner couldn’t be easier. Best of all, this is FREE. You’d need to register a free account with your email – not to worry, no spam. Many banner templates in there to choose and customize. My only little complain is the small little text ad at the bottom right corner which the owner has included for that powerful viral marketing effect. Well, it’s free anyway.

Static GIF banner – http://www.bannercreator.nu/banner-maker.html
Remarks : This is one of the best resources to come up with a simple static banner fast. No (viral) ad added for this free tool. With more time, I’d use Photoshop. But if you’d like to save time, do not have Photoshop or not sure how to use Photoshop, then this banner maker is for you.