BOOM! Yes, SmartBloggerz is back again…And for next few months its all going to be AWESOME on this blog. I will tell you all that thing later in the post.
First of all, Do you see something new this time?
Right! We did a complete makeover of this blog and what you see right now is all new SmartBloggerz which now runs on thesis framework using a kolakube skin with custom modification. I have not yet completed the work on this skin completely. About 30-40% work is still remaining and I am working with my programmer/designer for the rest of the thing to be completed as soon as possible.
Yeah, that’s great but where have you been these days?
Many of you must be asking this question and many of you already know where I was, but let me start the story for those who don’t know what I was doing in past one month. Plus I will also tell you what’s coming new this time and why I went for a makeover for this blog (the whole process) etc. So let’s start…
“Blog Not Updated From February 12th” – What I was doing?
As I said some of you already know this i.e my newsletter subscribers and friends on social media sites (facebook and twitter). You probably know that I am a high school student and the reason that I was not able to update the blog neither with guest post nor with my own content were my final school exams. I went for a break from blogging and spent that time in the preparation of exam. My main subject exams got over on 22nd march and immediately after coming from the examination center, I pulled my blog down for the makeover.
Makeover? But WHY? – The Whole Process
Previously, SmartBloggerz was using the ultimate blogging theme but later I realized that SmartBloggerz needs a little change in the design considering the immense competition gathering in this niche. Also, on little research, I noticed that sites having better design were really appealing to the commentators thus increasing the community participation.
Though the ultimate blogging theme was having the ability to act like a framework and a skin could be built around it but while everyone was praising thesis framework and it’s advantages; I couldn’t resist myself from using it on my main blog. I was already using thesis on some of my niche sites so there wasn’t a problem in understanding it.
One more thing I did – Reinstalled WordPress COMPLETELY. Previously, smartbloggerz was having many issues with its mysql database, feed and the wordpress installation was like crap. It would be surprising for you to know that when I upgraded my previous wordpress version to 3.1, no changes came into effect! That was really annoying to me and hence I finally decided to reinstall wordpress.
And man! This re-installation work was really time consuming. I thought I just had to take the backup, delete wordpress, re-install it and upload the backup. But that f8c0k*ng backup file was also corrupted, bringing me to a very strange situation. I tried installing wordpress with that backup file many times and if you are following me on twitter, you may have noticed a couple of “hello world” articles being tweeted (thanks to Google’s feedburner social promoter feature).
Then by changing the way I was doing the re-installation; I was able to successfully get the blog again with almost all the required database files. Then I installed thesis framework and uploaded the kolakube skin for further modification.
After two days of tweaking, I opened my blog again for public viewing yesterday evening. There are still many designing work pending mostly in post footer and blog footer. I hope that will be completed in next 2-3 days.
Thanks To Guest Authors + Advertisers
I would like to thank the guest authors who even in my absence, submitted their guest post. And right now there is big backlog of guest post which I will try to publish one by one on this blog.
Also thanks to my advertisers, they DIDN’T thought of dropping their ads from this blog probably because the traffic remained almost the same (ahh..suprising to me also..) throughout this time. Surprisingly, two new advertisers joined this blog as an advertiser even when there was no new content being published.
So thank you again my guest authors and advertisers.
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Earlier, I used to provide ‘newsletter subscribers only’ content directly in the mail..But I will now be providing it on the blog giving the subscribers a access code for it. I think this is a much better way because I don’t like typing long-long emails and then change its formatting accordingly. Now it will be easy for me to write the content directly on blog and give the access in a password protected manner.
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That’s It In This Update
I hope you will be happy to see SmartBloggerz back again and what’s coming new for the newsletter subscribers. Not just newsletter subscribers, but also normal readers will be getting good value in coming days from this blog.
I will also be trying to become a little active guest author. So if you want to guest post on SmartBloggerz, it’s the right time to take the benefits of my guest posting efforts which will bring traffic to this blog by submitting a guest post for this blog.
Do let us know your opinions about the new look of SmartBloggerz. Did you noticed the boost in speed also? And what you have been doing all these days? Use the NEW COMMENT FORM below to tell me that 😉
Congrats on the comeback and hopefully you did well on your exams.
I visited this blog for a few times and I thought you abandoned this blog. Btw, the thesis theme looks nice. 🙂
Nice to know that tuan..I think because of readers like you who kept coming to this blog for updates; the blog traffic remained almost the same throughout my absence.
Ya, same here. I have been visiting this blog frequently but didn’t see any updates. Anyway, congrats on the new design, I am sure Thesis is a really good theme and suits your blog well.
Thanks jasmine. Great having you as a reader and appreciate your thoughts.
Many many congratulations on the redesign…. Awaiting some killer articles from your side
Thanks salman..Sure there will be killer articles coming on this blog. Also make sure you are subscribed to my newsletter so that you can get access to highly killer articles.
Hi, Mate!
I think I must welcome you back, because I’ve been coming to your blog and not seeing any update since last month and seems boring as one of my favorite blog is not getting updated.
But before that I am not regular reader of your blog. So I didn’t know that you are having a exam, but good to know that you’re back.
Hope you’ve done good in exams, and waiting for your exciting articles. 🙂
Thanks usman..Even I did noticed your comments in past one month on already published articles on this blog and after some time saw that since there are no new articles, people like you are not having anything to comment on and participate in any conversation.But there will be new articles coming up on which you can surely submit your comments.
that seems interesting for me (regarding new updates)
and I am loving the new layout.
awesome theme deisgn. i have seen this type of design somewhere familiar , canr recall where 🙁 . but change is really welcome .
it’s a kolakube thesis theme by the way..so you may have seen something like this..but I am customizing it uniquely for this blog..
see the footer of this blog to know what is kolakube.
oh i remember , blogussion is the site that looks like this .. its also using kolakube .. great …
yeah, but alex is not ‘using kolakube’..he has made his own skin..kolakube is his business venture for selling thesis skins..great to know you like it..
Hy typhoon
nice to see you back, bcoz i read most of your previous posts they are really very useful for me …needing some more articles like that and your new design is awesome
thanks reeha…sure there will be new articles coming now on this blog. Stay tuned by subscribing to our rss feed.
Great news. I love the new design . My blog is also on thesis so welcome to the thesis family and welcome back.
Thanks alexis. Just saw your blog..I wanted to know, what’s the name of the plugin you are using on your blog that pops out a slider from the bottom of the blog? Is it ultimate footer ad or something else?
I like the work on your blog and the main appreciable entity for me is the interest of a high school student in blogging.
Congrats – your new site design looks great. And hopefully, you will get all A’s in your exams!
Young bloggers like you are an inspiration and it’s really good to see the younger generation catching up with all the advance developments. I’ve also noticed the changes and it’s looking great, I should say an even more greater comeback! After looking at the new face lift you just gave to your blog I’m also thinking about giving more importance to this new thesis formula.
I’m sure you did well in your exams as well and hoping to come across more articles as mentioned.
Good to see you back. I’m a regular reader of your blog and was hoping you would return soon. 🙂 I like the new design, I think it will look even better when you have finished. 🙂