Many Thanks to My Customers

I want to thank all of my incredible customers for making August 2009 the best month in the history of Organized Themes. The two for the price of one birthday special was such a great success, that you can expect to see it around for some time to come.

Here is what is coming up:

Very soon you can expect my “Company Store” theme to be released. This will be an e-commerce theme built off of the theme I use for Organized Themes. It will be compatible with wp-ecommerce and will be of particular interest to people selling digital products.
I also have a video centric theme in the works in partnership with a new church in Nashville, TN. It will be great for anyone who needs to showcase a lot of media–church or otherwise.
I am adding localization to the themes which will allow for easier translation of them. Approximately 50% of the visitors to Organized Themes are from outside the US, and many of them are from non-English speaking areas. This will help you use these great themes locally where ever you are.

Thanks again for making this such an incredible month.

Add Google Analytics to WordPress

Ever wondered how many people visited your site last week? Would you believe you can find out information like that for absolutely free? Google offers a tremendous product called Analytics that you can use to keep track of visitors. You simply sign up at analytics.google.com and they will provide you with some code for your site and you’re ready to get started.

First you will need to get the code onto your site. Joost de Valk has created a simple plugin that does just that called Google Analytics for WordPress. Simply install the plugin and enter your id number into the field and Google will begin tracking information about all your visitors.

When I first began using WordPress, this was one of the first things I did for my sites and those of my clients, but there was always a big drawback–you couldn’t find out about your visitors without going to Google. I did everything else inside of WordPress, but I couldn’t find out my stats without leaving my site altogether. Thankfully that has changed.

Now the online newsletter company, Mail Chimp, has commissioned a great plugin called analytics 360 that brings the best of Google’s details right into my WordPress admin. Now you can see from right inside WordPress how many visitors you’ve had, where they came from, what they looked at, how long they stayed and so on. If you are a Mail Chimp user, they also plot the growth of your subscription list.

One unique feature analytics 360 adds by integrating into WordPress is showing the relationship between your posts and your visitors. Of course you could figure out that inside of Google, but they won’t plot it for you.

So if you haven’t tried Google Analytics, sign up for a free account today and then install analytics 360. Your blog will thank you.