Mobile Phone Deals is replacing our own test site Google Phone Deals and will showcase the latest mobiles module functionality as well as being the place to visit if you want to keep up to date with the latest mobile phone news.

ComparePress Version 1.0 is due to be released within the next 2 weeks but we have detailed some of the new features below and which you will see on mobile phone deals a few days before launch:

1. All the mobile module widgets are now multiple widgets meaning you can have the best selling, latest and deal search widgets on your blog as many times as your widgetised theme allows!
2. Geo Targeting / IP Filtering – There are now 2 tick boxes to allow you to show Mobile Widgets to UK Visitors only and / or display ComparePress mobile shortcode output to UK Visitors. In simpler terms this means if your site or blog is primarily targeting a non UK market BUT you have a lot of UK traffic hitting your site the you can show the deal search, top and best selling widgets to UK users only who are the users who are likely to buy. Anyone outside the UK will simply not see these widgets and therefore no know you even have UK mobile phone comparisons on your site.
3. Separate mobile phone deals template – We have now added a hook that will look in your current WordPress theme directory for a compare-press-fake-page.php file which if present ComparePress will use to display your deals instead of the standard single.php file. This means you can now display the deals on a special page maybe that is full width, has special sidebars set up to show deals related widgets – the possibilities are endless!
4. Fake mobile phone deals category for breadcrumb navigation – This means if your site has a breadcrumb navigation (great for SEO / users) then instead of the following appearing as it would do now:  Home > HTC Desire HD Deals you can create a page with all the phones on or a page explaining the deal system and have the following breadcrumb navigation: Home > Deals > HTC Desire HD Deals where the Deals breadcrumb link is your chosen fake Mobile Deals url. You can see this in action now here: HTC Desire HD Deals
5. Ajax deals filtering – This is the biggest change to the mobiles module as each individual handset deal pages will now allow users to filter deals on each handset by moving sliders, clicking on a network name / logo etc without having to reload the page or use the Deal search widget!
6. Much more which we will details upon launch!

Finally the theme used on mobile phone deals is custom theme developed by our parent company The Blog House LTD and is not for sale however we would be more than happy to talk to you about any WordPress Theme Design work you might want.

• Add a Best Selling Video Games widget to show the best selling games of the past months
• Add a Latest Video Games widget to show the best latest games that have just been released or are about to be released
• Add a video games price comparison search widget allowing you to search for games on all or specific platforms
• Overwrite EVERY single game description e.g. Max Payne 3 on Xbox 360 from your native ComparePress admin area WITHIN WordPress
• Show the best selling games on every single games platform via the addition of simple ComparePress shortcodes e.g to get a page such as Xbox 360 Games you just need to add a page or post and add the following to it: [showgames platform='Xbox360' ]
• Show an inline price comparison for ANY game in the ComparePress games database on any blog page or post via the ComparePress shortcode: [showgames id='B002BSA388' type='prices']
• Show X number of Games with “Something” in the title on ANY page or post e.g. See Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 which is a blog news post with the following ComparePress code added [showgames title='Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11' number=3] allowing you to even limit the number of results returned!
• Show a particular genre of racing games on ALL platforms e.g. To create this page Racing Games simply add the following ComparePress shortcode: [showgames platform='all' category='Racing']
• Show a particular genre of RPG games on the PS3 e.g. To create this page PS3 RPG Games simply add the following ComparePress shortcode: [showgames platform='ps3' category='Role Playing']

As you can hopefully see the ComparePress video games module will add a whole new content area and income stream to your games based site or blog in a quick and easy manner.

Currently this module is still undergoing testing but why not sign up to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter @ComparePress to find out when this becomes live or maybe even be one of the first lucky testers to get access to this.

Check out the new site here:

Games Prices

However if you spot something that is not here please report it at the following URL and we will get onto it ASAP.

New Support Ticket

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ComparePress Support

New version 0.6.9 to add nework filter

Added ability to filter deals via networks available. So can now just show deals on 3, orange, o2, vodafone, t-mobile, virgin
e.g. [showphones handsetid =’Sony Ericsson Satio Black’ network=’orange’] will show all Satio black deals on Orange
e.g. [showphones handsetid =’Sony Ericsson Satio Black’ network=’o2′ number =’5′] will show top 5 cheapest deals on O2

New version 0.6.5 to add number of results filter

Added ability to control number of results shown when using shortcodes. To restrict the number of results for ANY of the shortcode results simply add number=’x’ to the end:

• e.g. [showphones handsetid=’sony ericsson satio black’ number=’5′]

New version 0.6.4 to fix deal search bug

Tonight we came across a bug that affected some sites that don’t use the nicest .htaccess url structures and as a result we have patched this (within 30 minutes!) and you should see an option to upgrade ComparePress later this evening automatically to 0.6.4.

If this doesn’t happen I would suggest disabling ComparePress, deleting it and adding it again (0.6.4).

Thanks

Their ComparePress install is based on a standalone WordPress install in the sub folder http://www.coolsmartphone.com/mobile-phones/ and as such the mobile phone comparison system is completely self contained, only pulling in content from their existing  ‘main’ site where we tell it too. Gears or Leigh as he is also known offline had this to say about ComparePress:

I would recommend ComparePress to anyone who is sick of losing out on the true worth of their site or blog. By using ComparePress we have created a whole new revenue stream that can be invested back into the site to ensure that it continues to grow and keeps our users happy.
Leigh, Coolsmartphone

If you are a WordPress virgin and would like to talk to us about setting up a self containes sub domain style ComparePress system get in touch.

How easy is it to install?

If you can install a WordPress Plugin you can have ComparePress up and running within 5 minutes – it really is that easy. Apart from the initial ComparePress widgets, if you want to add deals for a specific handset right in the middle of your review of that handset then just need drop in one of the ComparePress shortcodes to add inline deals comparisons to a page or post.

E.g. ComparePress shortcode  [showphones handsetid=’Apple iPhone 4 16GB black’ number=’1′]

Apple iPhone 4 16GB black Deals

How do you get your commissions?

ComparePress will ask for your PayPal email address during sign up and as long as you don’t misTpye this you will automatically be paid any commissions that you have generated from the previous month by the end of the following month. No invoices to send, no personal bank details to provide and you are free to turn off ComparePress at any time if it doesn’t work for you.

Why use ComparePress?

ComparePress…

• Puts YOU back in control of how you make money on YOUR blog or site
• Keeps your users engaged and on your site for longer compared to text ads
• Makes YOUR site stand out amongst your competitors
• Attracts new users to your site – 100s of pages of new SEO price comparison data can only increase your site’s visibility
• Creates a whole new revenue stream – mobile commissions starting at £20 / $30 per sale

Whose using ComparePress?

Sites using ComparePress can be seen within our showcase area but here are some direct links for you to click too:

• Coolsmartphone.com – We set up a whole new sub domain for Gears and the guys at the popular Coolsmartphone site to run a standalone ComparePress powered mobile phone comparison site. As well as installing & configuring WordPress we also created a custom WordPress theme and optimised the ComparePress UK Mobile Phones Module for them. Read more…
• Mobile Phone Deals – A WordPress site set up and using the ComparePress UK Mobile Phones Module. The site uses a custom free WordPress Theme. Read more…

Currently this module is still undergoing internal testing but why not sign up to our newsletter, RSS feed or follow us on Twitter @ComparePress to find out when this becomes live or maybe even be one of the first lucky testers to get access to this.

• Puts YOU back in control of how you make money on YOUR WordPress blog or site
• Keeps your users engaged and on your site for longer compared to text ads
• Makes YOUR site stand out amongst your competitors
• Attracts new users to your site – 100s of pages of new SEO price comparison data can only increase your site’s visibility
• Creates a whole new revenue stream – mobile commissions starting at £20 / $30 per sale

E.g. ComparePress shortcode [showphones handsetid=’HTC Desire HD’ number=’1′]

HTC Desire HD Deals

Prefer videos?

ComparePress Installation

Watch our installation video which shows you how to install ComparePress and get all 3 of the mobile phone widgets working:

ComparePress Validation and Shortcodes

The following video shows you what happens when you have a full affiliate account with ComparePress and how to use the ComparePress shortcode system.

Worried about conflicts etc?

ComparePress does not touch your existing theme’s files or CSS and is completely self contained plugin – it adds it’s price comparison magic via some clever virtual coding techniques we have developed and has been extensively tested on many WordPress blogs and sites around the World.