Embed RSS Feed Into Webpage / Embed anything

https://www.michaelhartzell.com/marketing-insights-ezine/how-to-embed-rss-feed-into-website-for-diy-entrepreneurs


Boiled down to this:
http://feed.informer.com/ - trying first... cuz it's free..
NEGATIVE... turned out not to work, plus it was like ANCIENT html code lol

https://feed.mikle.com/ - legit, cheap, and easy - works great, looks like it can be made to be sexy... basic is $9 / year... yeah, we got a winner

And here's how to embed anything else, lol:

https://www.labnol.org/internet/how-to-embed-in-html-webpages/6365/

Creating a more permanent webserver

Started w/ research...

What is the best EC2 instance to use with a WordPress website?

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Jon Green, AWS consultant; Cambridge AWS User Group organiser

Answered Mar 14, 2019

Here’s the Big Secret:

It doesn’t matter!

Crazy, right? Well, not so much.

Start with your database. This is the powerhouse for your WordPress site. You don’t need a massive store, so use RDS. The next question is which database to provision. Your best choices here for WordPress are MariaDB, MySQL or Aurora (in MySQL mode). Aurora will cost you about 2.5 times the other two, but is seriously robust and performant. Which you choose will depend on how business-critical your site is.

Create a new VPC subnet for your Wordpress stuff, and launch your database instance into that subnet, with no public IP address. Think of a name for this database instance, and set up a DNS name to point to its private IP address. Configure the database and tables you’ll need. You may need to attach an Elastic IP temporarily, but remember to remove it when you’ve finished: you don’t want your DB world-visible.

Next, start any old EBS-backed EC2 instance type within your WP subnet, and set up WordPress on it. This one will have a public IP address. Whether you use a pre-cooked Marketplace AMI or start with a basic Amazon AMI and add your own packages is up to you. Configure your WP instance’s WordPress setup to connect to your database instance using the DNS name, rather than using a local database.

Set up the rest of your WordPress installation. Put your fixed assets into S3, not locally, and reference them using their S3 URIs.

Test it all works, and that you can use your site from the outside world.

Now save your WP instance as a private AMI.

From now on, you can launch a new instance from this AMI, and point your website domain name to it. If the instance is too small, use the AMI to template a bigger one, point the website domain name to that, and terminate the smaller one. (Your assets are in S3, and your database isn’t on that instance, so you’re safe to do this!)

If you find you need a more flexible approach, create an Elastic Load Balancer that can launch more instances at need, shut them down when loads dwindle, and distribute the workload amongst them, and point your website domain name at the ELB instead.

Finally, if you find you need to do updates (security, etc.) on your WP installation or its operating system, create a new instance from the AMI, make the changes, save a new AMI, and tell your load balancer or DNS configuration to use this instead. Keep the old AMI around for a while in case the new config breaks things.

Oh, and do back up your database from time to time, but that’s a different answer entirely.

OMG - it can't be this hard...

Followed by Cloudways!  It set it all up, free, no hassle, and works with AWS.  So, that's awesome - they do all the work for me!

...and then I found out I can't edit my own .php files properly in SSH.  Fuck.

Enter, top 14 list!  https://www.whatsthehost.com/best-cloud-hosting/

...yeah, fuck that.  going back to Cloudways.

Figured it out!  VARNISH feature is what was fucking it up.  Turned that off and it works now.  Interesting.

DNS is setup.  @, www, and blog are all set.  DNS moved to GO DADDY.  AWS a

Now i have

Q4 2016 PTC Day 10

5:15p - 6:45p

515 - 530 -- packet review and 5 min meditation

aaand back to web editing.

There's gotta be some kind of troubleshoot guide for demo's not working.

Oh hey, it worked!

Watched the training on cornerstone today... pretty evident this is all I will ever need.

Honestly the most amazing web editor ever.  X was an amazingly rewarding investment.

Cornerstone Intro:
https://community.theme.co/kb/cornerstone-introduction/

Notable:
@ 34:00 he gets into the page-CSS editor and by highlighting text and pressing command + D (presumably, CTRL + D on a PC) he can select all occurrences of it and edit all at once (multiple cursors).  Super cool.

TEMPLATES -- there's predesigned pages AND ***BLOCKS***
and one blog is perfect for my next objective TIO: "MENU 2: COLUMNS"

So the time it took to watch all this just paid for itself!!!

Q4 2016 PTC Day 8

6p - 7p

X Theme Setup

So, install is more or less complete, now to the elements:

-Cornerstone -- how it customizes pages

-Customizer -- essentially all the customized work I do.  Make sure these are backed up.

-Demos -- the literal "plug and play" feature -- you load a demo and BAM.  Whole new design setup instantly

"It is very important to note that while the importer will not overwrite or alter any of your posts, pages, or portfolio items,your Customizer settings will be altered upon setting up a demo (this is necessary so that we can setup your installation similar to the demo). If you already have your website setup but are still curious to try out this feature, please make sure that you first backup your Customizer settings by going to the Customizer Manager page under Addons."

Okay, so, snag #1 -- it can't install a demo.  Presumably, because it doesn't have permission...

So I am attempting to give it perms by going 777 on wp-content.  May need to also do the main wp config file thingy too... dont forget that.

Hope this works.  It'll be running all night.  Welp, that's my hour folks.

Q2 PTC Day 78

6-7p problem solving.

Nearing the end here now yall.

Since it is too hot to turn off the AC to record audio, I decided to start working on the webpage and getting the website back online.

Help on "Error Establishing Database"
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-error-establishing-a-database-connection-in-wordpress/

Also, how I setup my database:
http://entrepreneurisback.blogspot.com/2015/10/day-28.html

Checked:
ALL WP SITES ARE DOWN -- so it's a database problem, not a single site permission or username / pass setup.

BOTH SITE AND WP-ADMIN ARE DOWN -- again, database at large problem, not some corruption.

THE URL AND THE IP BOTH SHOW THE SAME PROBLEM -- it's not a domain name problem.

Let's look at the facts: I haven't used the site in 6 months.

MOST LIKELY IT'S AN AWS PROBLEM.

It COULD be the wordpress unique key is broken, but probably not.  Updating wordpress is always optional, for the most part.  And some of my sites dont have shit for plugins so that not it.

MOST LIKELY:
1. The aws security key is out-dated or not working or the "key-pair" isn't working (likely).
2. I setup a db with aws that I forgot about and is not running (unlikely).
3. Some other aws connectivity problem (IP inactive, some routing thing, etc)

Day 43

Log: 4:30p - 7:15p -- 2.75 hours -- too much...

HowToCureInsomnia.com installed on server.

Wordpress plugins installed:

-Aki one installed (anti-spam)
-not installed: membership site ability "BuddyPress" makes social network on your blog.  SUPER cool. #membership
-Yoast SEO installed -- warning -- do not update when available, brand new updates are known to break functionality.
-not installed: Yoast Google Analytics -- prob the way to go on this?  Maybe just input into Salient, dunno.
-not activated (but is installed) TablePress -- makes tables!


Goals Achieved:

-Create wordpress on site (on actual URL, not IP) & install SEO plugin RIGHT AWAY before salient.

The URL is done, so I can actually do this now, this can get done this week.  This can all be done in 15 minutes or less.  Installing Salient will be done immediately after, again, this will only take a few minutes

-Get the main salient blog established and get the video and opt-in on the front page.

This is where the goals change...

Also I did a little work on implementing the core design and changing some things.  For the final video I'm going to want to use a custom player with a thumbnail image that interfaces nicely with the header background -- otherwise having a floating video on the page looks super awkward.  Hence Ed Dale using a simple white page on his stuff.

I'd love to keep it youtube for the views but that just doesn't work, it's not professional and will hurt conversion, it'll redirect people, and it won't interface with the "solution" 20 minute video -- That one can't be youtube, after all, or it'll piss people off that they gave their email just to get access to a free youtube video.

The next step options are:

-Get a video player

or

-Port over aweber forms and etc

or

-Find old video editing files, folders, raw video-editing-format files from Magix, etc.

-Install Magix Video editor

-Remake the video to say "fill in your information on the opt-in box you see on this page"

Show/Hide Content

How to SHOW / HIDE text on a page using javascript and CSS.  Taken from here:

http://www.cssnewbie.com/example/showhide-content/

See le code by going into edit or source on this blog post... or just goto that link above :).

See more.

Congratulations! You've found the magic hidden text! Clicking the link below will hide this content again.
Hide this content.

Day 10

Implement and test salient today... and the weeks goals will be complete.

Just starting to do this is the completion of the goals I believe... double check...

Okay, 2 extra things:

1. -Do I still need the links, data, etc?  How does Google Analytics play into all this?"

So there is data that should be saved, affiliate links to retrace, and content to recover.  This is definitely going to take a while and may be the big focus of next week.

Analytics runs separate and all that data is saved.  I just need to begin a new analytics project for the new site, and that can be on the same account.

2. What else, if anything, do I need to do to get everything operating on AWS?

Biggest missing piece is the advanced AWS stuff -- how to install PHP, SQL, and other required features into my AWS site so it's configured properly to run wordpress, my theme, etc.  As I have just discovered.

And I am starting right now by starting a new post that defines all the technical terms I am coming across... since I clearly don't understand basic shit like:

-"WTF is SDK?" (It's software developer's kit.  See definition I found.  Thank you, Google.)

-"WTF is this Composer Amazon is talking about?"

-"WTF are dependencies?"

...etc

http://entrepreneurisback.blogspot.com/2015/01/developer-terminology.html

Final Goal: Begin Implementation

I am going to do a compromise here since there's like... an hour's worth of training and making accounts JUST TO START installing the codes I need on my AWS.

The compromise is this: A list of what needs to be done to finish implementation next week.

And here it is:

Salient REQUIRES WORDPRESS.

WORDPRESS REQUIRES:

• PHP 5.2.4 or greater
• MySQL 5.0 or greater
• The mod_rewrite Apache module

HOW TO:

^ includes wordpress

ALL SDKs: Basically, the software developer kits for ANY platform that can work with AWS... kind of the "go to" page for "How to install X on AWS"

http://aws.amazon.com/tools/


PHP:
(recommended: install composer: https://getcomposer.org/)

Amazon SDK for PHP: http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/sdk-for-php/


SQL: See video above first.

This may help or may be completely unnessary / do nothing: http://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/


MOD REWRITE APACHE MODUAL

see video above... so tired... all I see is "apache helicopter model" right now.

:)

Good week.  All objectives complete.

Day 9

Man, I have a hard time NOT putting 2 hours into ROARS every day.

Today...

Got Back Into TheVault.bz

Enough said here.

Found out TheVault.bz Offers Web Themes

Biggest one catching my eye is Salient -- "SEO Optimized" and the exact theme I was looking for:

http://themenectar.com/demo/salient-one-page/

http://themenectar.com/demo/salient-frostwave/features/elements/

All Demos -- http://themeforest.net/item/salient-responsive-multipurpose-theme/4363266?ref=nfo23
(Edit: just noticed on this page, you scroll down far enough you'll see what they have to say about their SEO... fucking perfection.  Salient is the winner I believe.)

Next is "super SEO" Strategy.. still good but has the sidebar, it's down the page a little which is good, but not sure if it's what I want.  Admittedly, much better if I still want the blog on my page... but less sexy and I'm unsure (especially because most of the super SEO stuff seems completely unnecessary for me and redunant.)

http://strategy.yoastdemo.com/

I've downloaded both and moved them into the web folder.

Probably the best approach is get it installed (I noticed Salient came with excellent instructions) and test it, if you get it working and like it, probably best to buy the liscense.

There's a lot more themes where those came from... but seems like biting the bullet and using Salient is a great way to go here,

Browsed a little

Obviously, the vault is loaded and takes a while.  Best thing to do seems to be to sort by date, so I start with the most relevant stuff.

TOP 10 OPT-IN

2 ideas for Top 10 Insomnia Remedies

Traditional -- the top 10 I have now (or had... worth noting IT IS NOT UP!), modelled after the top 10 web providers sites

Opt-in -- top 10 offered as a trade for their email.  Should say things like

"Tired of searching through a million "best" remedies that don't work?  Search no more -- see what the experts have to say and get your free copy of the true top 10 here"

(challenge.co for example)

Going to admit... I am pretty sure I tested this in the past and found that it didn't get the opt in #s I wanted... so maybe this isn't the best way to do it... it's just the free, easy, upfront value that gets me.  But this isn't the best "kiss test."  It doesn't shock and awe my market.  I'd need to really sell it and that's just not something I can do in 3 seconds for this content.

Day 8

DAY START:

So, not going to worry about "porting" or "how to wordpress" right now:

"

• Understand what will be needed to port over:
  -Domain redirecting?
  -Wordpress / Site code setup on new server?  Is it just copy and paste?
  -What else, if anything, do I need to do to get everything operating on AWS?
• Answer these questions:
  -Port... or reinvent?

"
Because I wrote this before I knew if I was going to port... or reinvent.

I am going to reinvent.

First thing I want to do is get a better SEO site / blog style.  Today is about:
-Finding the best SEO premade site designs
-Choosing the design that best fits my vision for the reinvention.

((I shall start by taking a peak at Ed Dale's "the challenge".  If I am unimpressed I will have a look at STOMPERNET

Okay so those are both dead lol))

Read the "Top 18 SEO Myths of 2015" off of hubspot

Looks like now-a-days SEO has had several super updates to elimitate the old keyword optimization ways of the past, instead focusing on the intention behind the keyword and the quality of the site and it's content...

Great news, really, for someone who developed a top notch, market leading product like me... I can provide value for days, and now they are saying:

-No multi-site tactics -- stack all your quality on your home site.
-No doing TONS of pages on the site -- make only super high quality pages, the more of THOSE the better.
-No more spamming links or using keywords repetitively -- think linking from related pages, not anchor text (authority sites linking to you are still key, so this opens up the opportunity to spend more time developing campaigns to guest blog and add value to the big guns in exchange for a link to your website.)
-No more keyword spamming the H1 tags, no multi-H1s and etc -- keep word choice tightly related, but as human as possible.
-Think value and building the best, simplest, most satisfying web experience possible.

New Web Design for a Conversion-Effective Site that's SEO Friendly and Incredibly Satifying to Users (low bounce rate is a goal!)

So now I'm looking at Templates that reflect this.  I want one like yourleafnow.com ... that's the 2015 way to stand out and impress IMO.

http://www.templatemonster.com/ (I looked at the more modern "Cherry" designs... see timeline at bottom) to buy.  Definitely considering it.  Want to shop a little and make sure the deal is good and get some reviews on them first, but I like the idea a lot.  Video at the top and scroll down to be guided through all the other content and solutions.

ex. http://www.templatemonster.com/demo/52603.html

Like:

FIX INSOMNIA
-video-  ("cure insomnia" opt-in on the right)
\/
\/
TOP 10 REMEMDIES FOR SLEEP NOW
\/
\/
BLOG CONTENT SNAPSHOT LINKING TO BLOG STUFF, maybe featured article snip
\/
\/
(Some content here that basically re-interates solving the insomnia problem, basically another hook that is designed to leading them back to the main idea at the top, probably more text-oriented than video oriented, maybe leading them to an article that sums up the video in text and has an opt-in page on it)
\/
\/
INSOMNIA NEWSLETTER (so they can opt-in)
\/
\/
SLEEP TRACKS
\/
\/
ABOUT US
\/
\/
FOOTER (w/ links)

TheVault.bz

As I did all this today, I have put requests on thevault's IRC to get back in, since I have been (fairly) removed from their site.  Looks like my account was shut down, as I have no automated way to re-activate.

Keep in mind, you are a trained account executive.  You can, and will, get back in.  This is the place to start for all Internet Marketing 2015 resources.  Just like you can get the attention of the big guns on the web in the insomnia field.

In Conclusion

Another big day for the renaissance and "doing both".  

I found out today I can't be too rigid with my goal of having wordpress done on AWS -- I need to select a SEO friendly website style/template first and then figure out how to implement it.

On the other hand, I've got a design in mind, and I have a source for templates, so now it's just about exploring that.

My goal for the rest of the week is:

1. Select a website template / code.

2. Begin implementing it.

By the end of next week, I want howtofixinsomnia.com to have all the framework complete, just waiting for me to color in the content.

Fuck this is fun!!  :)

Day 7

Daily Review:
-Got www.howtofixinsomnia.com purchased and working as an AWS hosted, static website, with a charming little "Coming Soon" page.

-www.howtocureinsomnia.com was not taken but starting bid was over $100 per month for the first year... and I actually think "how to FIX insomnia" is a better brand, I can literally have a sleeping wrench as a logo or something.

Couple other things "How to Fix Insomnia" had going for it in the KEYWORD data:
1. Key adwords phrase, but easier keyword to win SEO on.
2. VERY related to how to cure insomnia.
3. Bounce rate for "How to Fix Insomnia" keyword traffic to naturalcuresforinsomnia.org was very HIGH.  Which is a good thing -- it goes to show, the people who type that aren't interesting in reading about a list of cures... they wanted to fix it... hopefully.

Good 2+ hour chunk spent on this today.  Feels nice.  Not sure what to count from yesterday... maybe 2 hours as well?  I am exceeding the guidelines for the week, now to exceed the goals...

TOMORROW:
"

• Understand what will be needed to port over:
  -Domain redirecting?
  -Wordpress / Site code setup on new server?  Is it just copy and paste?
  -What else, if anything, do I need to do to get everything operating on AWS?
• Answer these questions:
  -Port... or reinvent?

"

-Domain redirecting -- No.  We will be starting over with a new domain and new brand.
-Wordpress -- The main focus of tomorrow, and possibly Wednesday -- get this up and running.
-What else?  Combine that with the next question, "Port... or reinvent?".  We need to think it through.  I have a vision of a simple, bold top page and you can scroll down to the blog or watch the intro video.


ROARS LOG 1/12/15:

Today I am doing the AWS training.

Made a big mistake today at work that costs me $2,500.  Working hard here will allow me to progress on both fronts.  DO BOTH.  BECOME A 6.  BECOME MILLIONAIRE MATERIAL.  GET THIS SITE UP, RUNNING, MAKING MONEY, AND THEN DWARFING LEAF AND IT'S COMMISSIONS.

Fuck being dependant on single deals, single sales.

I want automatic streams of income so I can be making my second million while I'm relaxing at a lodge in Mammoth and planning my summer in New Zealand.