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// $Id: README.txt,v 1.1 2007/10/30 05:09:25 sprydev Exp $ |
// $Id: README.txt,v 1.2 2007/10/31 04:25:24 sprydev Exp $ |
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"SEO" Checklist Module |
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**Description: |
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The "SEO" Checklist Module provides a list of good SEO actions that you should take to maximize the presence of your website in the major search engines. It provides little functionality itself but rather it helps you keep track of what needs to be done. |
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**Benefits: |
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Search Engines Drive 90% of the traffic on the web. The more "findable" you are, the easier it is for you to get customers. This module helps you with on-page SEO - a necessary component of a good online marketing campaign. |
* Description and Benefits |
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* Upgrading from 1.x |
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* Installation and Usage |
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* More Information |
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**To install: |
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1. Place the entire seo_checklist folder into your modules directory. |
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2. Go to administer -> site building -> modules and enable the 'SEO' Checklist module. |
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**To use this module: |
DESCRIPTION AND BENEFITS |
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1. Go to administer -> Site configuration -> "SEO" Checklist. |
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2. Start with the top item "Check for already installed modules." This will look for modules that are on the checklist that you have already installed on your site. |
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3. Now, go through each checkbox that is not checked and install that module or do the task. |
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**Optional: SpryDev spent about 80 hours in research and development on this module. We want to maintain it and keep good SEO advice available to the entire Drupal community. Instead of asking for donations or bounties for this module, we request that you include a simple link back to us somewhere on your website. When you're done (or before) go down to "Link to SpryDev" and check it off. That will automatically add a link on your website's footer to SpryDev. If you want to link to us but not in the footer, uncheck that box and put your link where you want it. Thanks for the link! If you will email us and tell us where the link is then we'll link back to you: seochecklist [at]sprydev.com. (Links help move your site up in the search engines.) |
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This module is potentially controversial as many people have ideas about good and bad SEO. If you have an idea of a module or task that should be included, please email us at seo_checklist [at] sprydev.com. |
The SEO Checklist module provides a list of good SEO actions that you should |
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take to maximize the presence of your website in the major search engines. It |
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provides little functionality itself but rather it helps you keep track of what |
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needs to be done and what has been completed already. |
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Search Engines Drive 90% of the traffic on the web. The more "findable" you are, |
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the easier it is for you to get customers. This module helps you with on-page |
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SEO - a necessary component of a good online marketing campaign. |
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UPGRADING FROM 1.x |
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If you are upgrading from the previous SEO Checklist 1.x versions, you will |
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need to follow a couple important steps: |
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1. Make sure you remove the entire SEO Checklist module's folder before copying |
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in the new files. |
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2. Execute the following SQL in your site's database, making sure to prefix |
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the 'system' table name if your site uses a table prefix: |
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UPDATE system SET name = 'seochecklist', filename = REPLACE(filename, 'SEOChecklist', 'seochecklist'), status = 1 WHERE type = 'module' AND name = 'SEOChecklist' |
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3. Make sure you run update.php immediately afterwards. |
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INSTALLATION AND USAGE |
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See http://drupal.org/getting-started/5/install-contrib for instructions on |
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how to install or update Drupal modules. |
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Summary: |
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1. Download and extract the module package into your sites/all/modules directory. |
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2. Go to admin/build/modules and enable the "SEO Checklist" module which should |
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be in the 'Other' category. |
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3. To start using the SEO Checklist, go to admin/settings/seochecklist. The |
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module should automatically check if you have already installed any of the |
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modules required for a task. |
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4. Start checking off some tasks! |
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MORE INFORMATION |
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- To issue any bug reports, feature or support requests, see the module issue |
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queue at http://drupal.org/project/issues/seo_checklist. |
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- This module is potentially controversial as many people have ideas about good |
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and bad SEO. If you have an idea of a module or task that should be included, |
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please file an issue with the above link to the module's issue queue. |
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- Volacci spent numerous hours in research and development on this module. We |
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want to maintain it and keep good SEO advice available to the entire |
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community. Instead of asking for donations or bounties for this module, we |
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request that you include a simple link back to us somewhere on your website. |
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When you're done (or before) go down to the "Link to Volacci" task and check |
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it! That will automatically add a link in your website's footer to Volacci. |
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If you want to link to use, but not in your footer, uncheck the box and put |
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the link to http://www.volacci.com/ where you want to. And thanks for the |
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link! If you e-mail us (seochecklist [at] volacci.com) and tell us where your |
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link is, then we'll link back to you! And as you may know, links help move |
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your site up in the search engines. |
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Enjoy! |
- Enjoy using the module! |