I continue the Python 2.7 Tutorial by explaining a couple new things. I first go over how to turn your Python code into an executable application.
I then cover Python Conditionals. Conditionals are used to perform certain actions under one condition and other actions based on other conditions. In Python you can do this either with an IF Statement, or with something called a Conditional Expression.
Like always, the code follows the video. If you have any questions or comments leave them below. And, if you missed my other Python Tutorials they are available here:
I continue with my Python 2.7 tutorial here. If you missed part one (How Dare You) you must watch it first at Python 2.7 Tutorial. Otherwise you’ll be confused. I specifically explain how to use Python Lists, Tuples and Dictionaries. These work very similar to arrays in other languages.
An array is a variable that contains multiple values. Think of an array as a box that contains many other boxes, that all contain values. These values can be a mixture of different data types (ints, floats, strings). Here is how Python Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries differ:
I asked you guys what video I should do next, and based on your votes you wanted a Python 2.7 Tutorial! Because of the tremendous interest, I will be rolling out a Massive tutorial for Python. I actually did one on Python 3.0 if you want that instead though. Here it is Python How to Video Part 1.
The tools I use in this tutorial include the Eclipse IDE and Pydev. I document how to install them in the video below, but also in this article Free IDE.
Now on with the video. All of this code will work with Python 2.5 thru 2.7. The code will follow the video. If you have any questions or comments leave them below. Here is all the code from the entire tutorial in a zip archive.
In the previous article I answered many of the WordPress How To Questions that I’ve been getting. Many of you also requested that I create a video based on that article, so here you are.
In this video I’ll cover the following topics:
Quick ways to post content to your site
How to Upgrade WordPress
3 different ways to install themes
How to backup WordPress
And, a couple of WordPress tips
Here is the video and after it I provided links to a bunch more WordPress How To Videos and articles.
I’ve received tons of emails from you all, asking questions about WordPress. In this article I’ll answer every single WordPress How To Question you’ve sent in. Here is the complete list of questions I’ll be covering. If I’ve missed something, leave a comment below and I’ll cover it next.
I was helping people create WordPress websites and everyone wanted to know what the best WordPress Calendar Plugin was. I’ve tested 12 since I got the request and in this article I’ll go over Calendar Press. I’ll cover how to install it and how to use it to create a nice event calendar as well.
Why is Calendar Press the Best WordPress Calendar Plugin?
Most importantly it isn’t buggy. (Many of the Calendar Plugins I tested were) Also it provides these core capabilities:
This is the first article I got a cease and desist order for writing. I actually named Internet Gurus that are ripping people off in it originally. I had to remove their names, but the rest of the content is intact.
This might be the most important article you ever read, so I’ll jump right to the point. Stop giving your money to Internet Guru’s!!!
Every day I hear about how people have gotten ripped off by these supposed experts. So, today I’ll show you how successful they really are. On top of that I’ll show you exactly what they teach you, when you hand over a couple grand. Except I’ll teach you it for free and you won’t have to give me your email address.
Do They Really Make Money on Their Sites?
There are a bunch of ways to measure how much traffic a website gets and why, but I’ll focus on 2. Alexa.com is considered the number one way of measuring traffic online. Websitegrader.com is one of the best ways to analyze why a site is getting its traffic.
My site currently ranks in the top .4% of all sites on Earth. That is point 4 %. I’m not bragging. I’m definitely not happy with that rank and that is why I work so hard to improve the content on this site everyday. I’m just supplying you with that number for comparison reasons. I get about 1,000 hits per day. Some times more and sometimes less.
The point I’m making is if I’m not making a ton of money. And, if these guys are getting less traffic than me, they are also not getting rich from their traffic.
I am as of this article ranked as getting more traffic than every website except the top 145,032. I’m running stats on a random number of supposed experts. They actually have the major advantage of spending money for Google Ads, which I do not!
Here is How Much Traffic They Get
Web Site Address
Alexa Traffic Rank
newthinktank.com
145,032
Internet Guru
239,383
Internet Guru
748,896
Internet Guru
2,454,564
Internet Guru
239,383
Internet Guru
4,023,405
Internet Guru
524,354
Internet Guru
271,461
Note: I was forced to remove the above names, but these are some of the people that claim they are the experts
What if They Have a High Alexa Rank?
That doesn’t guarantee they got it honestly. There are ways to trick Google. However these tricks only work temporarily. And, once Google discovers those sites that try to trick them, they are soon blacklisted.
If your site is blacklisted, it is almost impossible to ever rank well again. So, don’t try these tricks with your site!
Overloading your keywords with high ranking site names
Creating long lists of keywords that are the same color as your websites background
Creating many duplicate pages that are overloaded with keywords
Stealing other high ranking pages and putting them on your site
Displaying a different page to search engines than you do to regular people
Creating a large number of sites that just link to your main site
There are many more, but the most common trick is to share links through Link Farms. These are just worthless sites that have to soul purpose of creating incoming links. Google hates Link Farms and you should never participate in them.
What Do the Gurus Teach You?
The majority of them take your money and maybe put you on a link farm, from what I’ve seen. Many others have systems that are legitimate, but only generate half decent levels of traffic. These automated websites normally are sold for thousands of dollars and generate only a few hundred per year.
Here is a video in which I teach you how to set them up for free, just like the guru’s.
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If you insist on spending money for an automated system check out AutoBlogged. It is just $60 and as high quality as the $5,000 packages.
Free Advice on Making Money on the Internet
I wrote extensively on how I drive traffic to my website in the article Internet Promotion. In that article I explain what works for me after having tested pretty much every trick out there. Here is a video on driving traffic to your site as well, if you’d rather watch a video.
What if They Show Me Proof
It is very easy in this day in age to create forged bank statements. It is also very easy to fake Google Analytics charts. Don’t believe it.
Other Ways SEO Experts Scam People
Remember when I described how these guys sometimes drive traffic by tricking Google with link farms? Well, many then take those sites and sell them on website auction sites. Then an unsuspecting customer pays thousands for a high traffic site that is then blacklisted by Google!
Please Don’t Believe the Hype
I have talked to many successful people on the internet and they all agree that there is no quick way to succeed online. You need good content and need to make it easy for search engines to find you. That is basically it. There are other ways to draw additional interest to your site (as described above), but without good content your site will never make you money.
If you have any questions or comments leave them in the comment section below.
I while back I showed you how to Make Money Blogging by setting up a simple automated WordPress blog using WP-O-Matic. I was then asked for an automated site that allowed for more robust article grabbing.
In the video below I show you how to grab content from any website and then send that to the Postie WordPress Plugin, that will post it to your site automatically. Here is an article on How to Use Postie.
Tracie wrote in and asked me to provide a brief overview on how I drive traffic to websites. Every site I have is ranked in the top 1% in the world and many in the top .2%. So, I think I have pretty good information to give.
While I’ve covered many of these topics in other articles, I’ve never put it in just one place. For that reason I’ll provide links for further reading for many of the topics covered here.
In this video, I provide a bunch of examples on how to use Regular Expressions in Python. I show you how to search for numerous different types of data and output and manipulate that data.
I’ve provided all of the code after the video and if you have any questions, leave them in the comment section below.
In the next article, I’ll show you how to grab information from any web page and do what ever you want with that information.
Special Note: Click the HD and Full Screen buttons for the best view of the video.
In this tutorial, I continue teaching you how to use Regular Expressions. I specifically go over the numerous functions available in the Python programming language that you can use for searches.
Here is a Regex Tutorial Video that will get you Regular Expression Matching like a pro. You can think of this as a Regular Expression Reference that you can come back to whenever you need to brush up.
I cover all of the codes used in Regex and give ever more complex examples until you understand.
This is just Regex Tutorial video 1 in a long series of video’s. I’ll specifically cover how to use Regular Expressions in Python, in the next video. And, if you prefer reading this information, refer to this article Regular Expressions.
My goal in this article is to teach you everything you ever wanted to know about Regular Expressions. Regular Expressions are used to decide if a set of characters match what you are searching for. You use a series of codes to define what you are looking for.
Because these codes are so simple and look confusing when they are crammed together, people think Regular Expressions are too hard to use. My mission is to make them easy to use in this article and the next. Promise!
This article and video was created because of the requests from Gent2910 and others. You guys have been having problems understanding a few concepts with Python. Specifically you’ve asked for:
More examples on unconventional uses for functions
In this video, I completely cover how Object Oriented Programming (OOP) works in Python. This is also how it works in other OOP languages though.
Inheritance, Polymorphism, Classes and Objects are jargon terms specific to the concept of programming in OOP. These concepts do not change based off of the language you use.
All of the code from the video, follows after the video below. If you haven’t watched the other video’s, watch them first or you will be confused.
Like always, if you have any questions or comments, leave them in the comment section below.
In this video, I also use the Eclipse IDE for coding, instead of IDLE. If you want to know how to install it (It’s Free), watch this tutorial Eclipse The Free IDE.
If you have any questions leave them in the comment section below.
The code from the video tutorial can be found on this page, after the video.
In this video I cover how to use the list data types in Python (tuples, lists, dictionary’s).
I also review and introduce the While Loop, If then Elif, and a bunch of tricks with Python. All of the code from the video follows the video on this page. If you didn’t watch part 1 of this tutorial watch it here: Python How To Program
If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the comment section below.
NOTE: At the end of the video, I say I don’t know the topic of the next video. It will be on Object Oriented Programming with Python.
Here I continue my Python How to Program Tutorials. If you missed part 1, go watch Python How to Program Pt 1.
In this video tutorial, I’ll cover the integer and string variable types. I’ll also go over all of the different functions available to you for manipulating integers and strings in Python.
All of the code used, can be found after the video. If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the comment section below.
If you have ever wanted to learn how to program a computer, this is the tutorial for you. I walk you step-by-step through how to do anything with Python.
Everything you can do with Python will be covered. You can watch over my shoulder as I teach programming, based off of your requests. I asked you guys what you wanted and you said:
I continue the Python 2.7 Tutorial by explaining a couple new things. I first go over how to turn your Python code into an executable application.
