QBKL Media website goes live

Hello friends! This is one of those posts that keeps you updated with my activity (and prevents people to think that Blogsessive is gone). Again, it was a busy period of time, but one that has produced something that I’ve been waiting for while to happen: me and my associate, Adrian, have launched the website of our design studio: QBKL Media.

Between writing on Blogsessive and working on client projects I’ve hardly found the time to get the website together, but now it happened and I’m really happy. We went for a simple, minimal, one-page website that focuses on what we want to share with those that access it: Who we are, what we do and how to get in touch. It has already been featured on CSS Mania and Abduzeedo’s “Sites of the week #49″, and this makes me even happier.

Now, all that remains is to push hard to get the alpha version of DNPicker.com up and running. DNPicker is side project meant to take the place of the old “Domain names for bloggers” series on Blogsessive. Things have progressed well in the last week and if you wish to stay updated with what’s going on, follow DNPicker on Twitter. As soon as the alpha version will be ready, I will make available a few alpha-testing account that will be reserved only to those following DNPicker on Twitter to help the conversation, feature suggestion and bug reporting process.

This latest activity has influenced the posting flow on Blogsessive, but unfortunately, once in a while I have to make time for other projects too. Rest assured that Blogsessive lives on.

Thanks for being here!

The New BuySellAds Website Rocks!

Oh yeah! I’ve been waiting for the new version to come out ever since the first announcement back in January. Now, BuySellAds is finally out of the private beta with such a huge list of new features that just made my life as an ads publisher a whole lot easier!

The new search filters for ad space buyers is much easier to use and definitely more precise. Ad publishers now have more control over their ad spaces and the statistics are definitely the best improvement here, giving publishers (and buyers) information on the number of impressions, estimated CPM, traffic ranking, number of clicks (publisher only).

Also, cashouts have been automated and you can now use you BSA funds to purchase advertising on other BSA member websites. There are a whole lot more new features available, and the new design is also really good and well structured.

I’ve been using BSA for Blogsessive’s Ad Zones and I was happy with it. Now I’m more than happy. The new BuySellAds website really rocks!

Updates to Blogsessive’s Scripts and Design

Today I’ve done a couple of updates to the blog which include:

• Updated to WP 2.7.1 after adjusting a couple of scripts;
• Added links for “Subscribe to the comment feed” and “Jump to comment form” above the comment list;
• Separated comments from trackbacks to make it easier to follow the conversation;
• Added gravatar support and display to comments.

I would love to hear what you think about the changes and also if you have other suggestions as well.

In anticipation of a possible question, the “Respond to comment” feature has not been implemented because with the current theme, I believe that it will break the clean/clear flow of comments. Maybe at a later time.

Stepping into Blogsessive’s Second Year

With ups and downs, with periods of abundance of content and publishing breaks too, but most important, with many new friends each day, this March, Blogsessive has stepped into its second year of existence.

It so happened that March was also the busiest month we’ve had with QBKL Media’s projects, launching two projects and getting ready for 2 more and our own website. This frenzy was reflected in the publishing rhythm on Blogsessive. But, as I’ve always said either in interviews or here, I hate sacrificing the writing quality if my time does not allow me to dedicate myself as much as I feel fit.

Still, you have remained loyal to the this blog, waiting for new content to make its way to you through your feed readers. Friends, I can assure you the time is well worth it, and to prove it I’ll take you on a quick trip thought what’s coming from Blogsessive in the next few weeks.

One Year Celebration Contest

An event like this cannot pass uncelebrated. At the beginning of April I’ll launch a new contest to reward those of you who are loyal to this blog. As you’ve seen in my previous contests, I love to reward those who contribute valuable content to the blogosphere, and so, it will again be a group writing project. With this contest, one winner will get a nice “blogging package” which will consist in:
Click here to read the full blog post!

Simple Balance WP Theme in German

Thanks to the amazing involvement of Florian from Floeschen.ch, the Simple Balance theme has been translated to German, from front-end to the extensive control panel.

As Florian and I have agreed, the translated version will only be available from his blog and is to be considered the only official German release. Otherwise we could not guarantee for the safety of the scripts.

All future updates of Simple Balance will also be translated by Florian and released by him on the same page that the current version is available from.

Here’s the link: Simple Balance WP Theme auf Deutsch

Thank you Florian for the hard work!