Week In Review (4/14 - 4/20)
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by GrandmasterB under Week in ReviewThis past week was a busy one for GrandmasterB. Between work and family life I didn’t have very much free time to come up with many killer posts for the week. I’ve been trying to find out what is going on with Cuzzy’s site that is causing his CPU load to skyrocket. Trying to narrow down an error between Wordpress 2.5 and one of his plugins has proved to be a daunting task, but one that I am focused on figuring out.
I have spent a good deal of time tidying up and rearranging the furniture in the joint and doing some local testing on new features that will be rolling out within the next week. The most noticeable new feature will be paid advertising on the site. I’ve thought long and hard about implementing ads on the site, and I feel that there is no time like the present to start bringing in a little extra scratch for operating costs. In order to streamline the process I have purchased OIOPublisher and highly recommend it if you’re looking to sell advertising on your own blog. If you’re interested in purchasing the OIOPublisher or have questions about it let me know.
The other additions will be fairly cosmetic and add functionality to the site. At this time the list of plugins includes: CommentLuv, Comment Relish, Twitter Tools and Clean Archives Reloaded (to clean up the sidebar). I should be done tonight or tomorrow with local testing and have them live no later than Wednesday. That’s about all for the “What I’m Up To” section…onto the review.
April 14: My New Favorite TV Show - A quick look into my new favorite TV show. The Showtime Original Series Dexter (also on CBS, but it stinks) is the story of Dexter Morgan a blood spatter technician turned murderous vigilante. If you haven’t seen this show and like CSI…you better run to your local Blockbuster now and rent it.
April 16: Vote for GrandmasterB! - I decided that my site was good enough to nominate myself for the Best Blog Design in the Blogger’s Choice Awards. Unfortunately, my vote count has been stuck at 4 votes for days. I need more votes people…c’mon!
April 17: One Month Already - GrandmasterB.com turned one month old last Thursday and received the awesome gift of 201 unique visits for the day before breaking the 200 visitors mark for the first time. Looking forward to the second month and all of the great moments to come.
April 18: What’s on Your Playlist? The Work Mix - What I thought would be a look into what music my readers listen to turned out to be the dud post of the week with only one response (Thank you Alex). I gotta come up with some better topics. 
Well, that is the week in review for April 14 thru April 20. I hope you all enjoyed the week as much as I did. I look forward to hearing what you all think about the new additions once they go live. As always I ask you if there’s anything you’d like me to discuss in relation to web design or other topics drop me a line, and if you like what I’m writing please subscribe to my feed. Take ‘er easy…
~ GrandmasterB
April 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
sounds like a lot of great features coming. Thanks again for all of the help. When it is all fixed and working smoothly again I will do my best to direct a nice flow of traffic your way.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Sounds like a plan man! I better work on some good content to take advantage of the traffic.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
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