There have been many discussions and comments about the use of WordPress, wrapped around a BANS store versus simply using the phpBay plugin and doing it all in one shot. I want to use this post as a way of explaining my current methodology and direction in the building process.
Please consider that when I develop a website, affiliate or otherwise, I want to do it for the long term. I am not going to spend the time and effort building a site that skirts guidelines and makes a few bucks, …

OK – so this post starts out a bit off-topic… but damn, My wife Kim is so accident prone, every time we go somewhere… she end up with scars!
I know… she looks like any other person you see on the street… with one great exception. She’s a tad accident prone and usually just ONE STEP away from an emergency room visit!
Just last week we were at the beach for a weekend away and in the short 4 days, she managed to hurt herself many times! The worst pain came when she opened the …

Many people have asked about converting a BANS Site to work within the WordPress platform. The biggest challenge, is not with the wordpress side, but with the BANS files.
I have been working on an e-Book and Video tutorial on how to convert almost ANY WordPress theme to work with your Build a Niche Store site! I would say this method works on ANY wordpress theme, but there is no way I could test them all to be sure!
The eBook covers the following topics:

Adding WordPress to an existing BANS site

Installing and Activating your WordPress …

As mentioned yesterday in my post about my Idea so Big, I cannot handle it Myself, it’s time for me to take a few small baby steps before I can even start talking about it.
Registering the Domain(s)
This sounds like such a simple thing… but you would be surprised how many people miss this step in big business. For me, registering the domain name(s) was actually the first thing I did on July 15th! Not only did I register the .com, but I also grabbed the .net and .org at the same …

At some point you are going to have to decide how you want your site to look to visitors. This is likely one of the most important choices you will make as it is the perverbial “First Impression” you can never get back! It is also one of the hardest choices, not for technical reasons, but the endless supply of templates you have to choose from.
Aside from some basic ideas you have for the colors you want, the images you wish to display etc, you should have a good idea on the …

Have you ever had one of those “What if” thoughts… you know the kind:

What if major media got ahold of it?

What if Bloggers found it interesting?

What if a big corporation wanted it?

What if I could talk to the right people about getting this off the ground?

What if… what if…

Guess what – I have an Idea so BIG, I am a bit Afraid of it!
Not only am I afraid of the idea itself, I am afraid to talk about it much! If I get the right people involved… it will be an …

There has been alot of questions from everyone in regard to WHY you would use BANSwith WordPress. Honestly, the choice is really your own as to whether it will be a benefit or not, but let me use this first post of the week to help you decide!
1 – Look and Feel – Widely Supported Templates
WordPress is likely the most widely used blogging platform out there, therefore you will find thousands of WordPress templates on the web that will give your site the exact look and feel you want to achieve without …

I wish working these templates into a BANS site were as simple as other things… but alas, there have been a couple small bugs found. This post will serve as the working bug list for the Chimera BANS theme…
Last Update: 07/28/08 : 5PM ET – ALL current issues resolved, updated files posted.

07/26/08 - Resolved: BANS Navigation is only working in CLOSED or OPEN view, Staggered is not working right.
I am working this issue now…
07/26/08 - Resolved: Pagination at bottom of listings posting back to self. Being worked.
07/26/08 - Resolved: Content not showing …

Another week and another new BANS Template for WordPress!
This template was widely requested by several readers who wanted the ability to use a commercial WordPress theme with Build a Niche Store. The most important aspect of this newest BANS template is the ease of installation!
I have stumbled on a way to take ANY WordPress theme and easily convert it to work with Build a Niche Store! While we still don’t have a plugin for BANS (and I doubt we ever will) the way I am now converting these templates could not …

In a followup to my earlier post about the Death of Thin Affiliate Sites, John took it a step further and outlined several steps you can get started with NOW, to avoid the deindexing problems every point & click BANS site will someday face!
Jump over and read it… Why BANS Niche Sites get Banned from Google
Mark