A modern website can no longer be imagined without interactive content, personalization tools, RSS, and integration with social services. Many convenient and useful features allow resources to attract and retain users. Therefore, every novice web-master asks how to equip his site in accordance with the latest trends in the field of web technologies.
It is necessary
- - browser;
- - Internet connection;
- - access to the administrative panel of the CMS site;
- - possibly access to the site server via FTP.
Instructions
Step 1
Add a news feed to your site. Use CMS capabilities, CMS add-on module or a separate script. Publish news concerning both the site and events from the spheres of life, thematically close to the resource.
Step 2
Add custom comment feeds to site content. In most CMS this feature is either built into the core, or there are corresponding modules and plugins. Turn on the ability to comment. This will allow you to more firmly retain the audience, as well as make the content "alive", which will lead to more frequent re-indexing by search engines.
Step 3
Create a forum on the site. Invite users to discuss materials and site news on the forum. The forum itself can attract users from search engines, which is good to use to increase traffic to the main resource. Therefore, it is better to create a forum on a separate subdomain and closely link it with the main site.
Step 4
Create a blog site. A resource blog is not uncommon these days. A blog can partially duplicate the functionality of the site's subsystems (for example, a news feed with comments), so you should think about the appropriateness of its use. However, a blog, like a forum, can be structurally a separate resource and serve as a source of traffic.
Step 5
Add a custom blogging service to your site. If it becomes popular enough among users of the resource, you will receive an additional amount of free content on the site. However, the user blog service, like any additional service, will require additional server hardware capacity.
Step 6
Supplement your site with an image gallery. Allow resource users to create their own photo albums. Enable the ability to comment on users' photo albums by other users. This will help retain your audience and increase its loyalty.
Step 7
Export RSS. Enable export of news and announcements of site materials in RSS format. Submit your site's RSS feeds to RSS directories. This will help drive additional traffic.
Step 8
Provide the ability to search through the materials on the site. Add search forms to your site. Use your own search engine (popular CMS usually have a corresponding module), or use the services of search engines (site search from Yandex or Google).
Step 9
Integrate the site with social services. Set up automatic posting of site news announcements to Facebook, Twitter. Place on the site forms with buttons of popular social services.
