Changes, Opportunities & New Features Coming to Blogussion + A Farewell to Janith
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Changes, Opportunities & New Features Coming to Blogussion + A Farewell to Janith

by Alex · 26 comments

Things have been crazy for me over the last week. It was my birth­day, I was mak­ing the tran­si­tion from New Jer­sey to Florida for a month and a half, I was hav­ing issues find­ing a com­puter to con­tinue my work, and Janith has told me he resigned from Blo­gus­sion. I’ve been busy.

What I’ve Been Up To

Every year for the sec­ond half of July and all of August, I go down to Florida and visit my other fam­ily there. Now that I have respon­si­bil­i­ties like man­ag­ing two grow­ing blogs and a free­lance busi­ness I have to do what I can to man­age that and the transition.

Unfor­tu­nately, the work I do requires me to be on a pow­er­ful com­puter such as a Mac. All of my blogging/freelancing tools are only for Mac, and I could not bring my Mac with me as it’s a desk­top. So for the first 2 days I was here, I was with­out a lap­top, which explains my absence from my work.

Thank­fully, my free­lance busi­ness has gen­er­ated enough income for me to buy a Mac lap­top and still have enough to func­tion my web stuff. So now that I have access to a com­puter, every­thing on both of my blogs will be back to normal!

Janith Has Resigned

Unfor­tu­nately, the other admin here, Janith has resigned from Blo­gus­sion. I can tell you that his rea­son for leav­ing was due to his school work, and that’s all I’ll say. I don’t want to go into detail as I don’t know if he would appre­ci­ate me talk­ing about his life like that.

I per­son­ally will miss work­ing with Janith here a lot. I have been work­ing with him on this blog since late Decem­ber 2008, and his absence here will def­i­nitely have an impact on how Blo­gus­sion func­tions. But, that doesn’t mean things will turn for the worst.

Upcom­ing Changes

With me being the only active admin here, I have real­ized that I need to step up to the plate and make sure I keep Blo­gus­sion afloat by myself. I don’t think this will be too big of a chal­lenge on my part as I have been man­ag­ing Blo­gus­sion for weeks at a time by myself while Janith was wrapped up with his school work.

While I was with­out a com­puter, I was still work­ing for Blo­gus­sion. Indi­rectly of course, but I brain­stormed many things I want to do now that will help not only mar­ket this blog, but expand the com­mu­nity here.

Post­ing Schedule

Prob­a­bly the most sig­nif­i­cant change here will be the post­ing fre­quency here. It has been a cus­tom to post once a day onto Blo­gus­sion, but I have decided that it would be in our best inter­est (as well as make a good exper­i­ment) to update this blog once every sec­ond day (or every other day). There are many rea­sons why I want to do this:

  • It will lighten up my sched­ule to focus on my sec­ond blog and free­lance business.
  • New read­ers will be able to catch up with past con­tent and not be overwhelmed.
  • It will give me more time to work on devel­op­ing ad mar­ket­ing Blogussion
  • It will give me more time to write bet­ter arti­cles. I will have much more time and tol­er­ance to write great arti­cles, so the qual­ity of con­tent here should be even bet­ter than normal.
  • It will cre­ate longer, more in-depth dis­cus­sions within each post which helps with the com­ment ratio here.

I think this will be the best for not only myself, but for you guys as well. This will also be some­thing I will be keep­ing tab on, so expect to see a post reflect­ing on how this tran­si­tion on the post sched­ule effects Blogussion.

New Writ­ers

I have decided that it would be bet­ter to get more writ­ers here for dif­fer­ent per­spec­tives to be posted onto this blog. It’s great that I am will­ing to share my opin­ion with you, but it’s always great to have oth­ers share their opin­ions on other top­ics, or even the same one.

So, I will be on the look for more guest writ­ers here and even some authors who will be will­ing to write for Blo­gus­sion con­sis­tently. If you want to become a writer here, we can talk about it. Just visit the con­tact page and we can chat.

So far I have already have found one author who posted on the 11th, and hope to find more!

New Fea­tures

Many things have been planned for this blog, but have never been car­ried out. There’s just so many things to do, and I think that with the post­ing sched­ule reduced, and I am find­ing peo­ple will­ing to write here, I will have so much more time to roll out all of these kick ass things.

Really, I don’t want to say any­thing about the new fea­tures except there will be some. But, the pages I have in the nav­i­ga­tion menu will be revamped. That’s including:

  • About page
  • Con­tact page
  • Adver­tise page
  • Link Direc­tory
  • Blog­ging Resources page

I per­son­ally can­not wait to roll out these new things, and I am excited that I will have so much more time to work on them now.

I am still really bummed that Janith is out, but I can promise that Blo­gus­sion will only get better.

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Article by Alex

I'm the 17 year old blogger & designer behind Blogussion. I live in New Jersey (but root for the New England Patriots), and am a Junior in High School. You can check out my rarely updated personal(ish) blog, Asnio, or connect with me on Twitter.

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Matt Harris July 16, 2009 at 7:31 pm

Wow sounds like you have alot on your plate at the moment. Good luck with the transition.
Matt Harris´s last blog ..What It Means to be Internet Famous.

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:25 pm

Thanks Matt. It’s definitely been crazy trying to get everything done lately, and I really hope I can find people who are interested in helping me out here!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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Corey Freeman July 16, 2009 at 8:26 pm

Hit me up if you need any help dude. I’m sure Blogussion will only grow. It’s been amazing since the start so keep up the good work, yeah? You can never be “too successful.” ;)

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:27 pm

Thanks Corey, I really hope to turn Blogussion into something amazing – but right now my focus is trying to get back on track with all of my work!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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Nick Tart | JuniorBiz July 16, 2009 at 10:00 pm

Farewell, Janith! And good luck, Alex! I’d definitely be interested in contributing a few guest posts later this fall. I’ve already got a few ideas, but I’d like to get my site where I want it beforehand.
Nick Tart | JuniorBiz´s last blog ..How Entrepreneurship is Like Climbing Mountains – JJ Entry #21

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:27 pm

That would be awesome Nick! Looking forward to it!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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Tycoon Blogger July 16, 2009 at 11:50 pm

I wish you luck during the transition. It seems like you have a great vision and plan for your blog and that is half the battle.
Tycoon Blogger´s last blog ..Entrecard sells out – Literally!

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:28 pm

Thanks!

My interests here are all for the best, but I just hope that all of my readers can understand the troubles I am going through right now and can be a little patient with me!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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Dzinepress July 17, 2009 at 12:16 am

hope you offer more better stuff in coming era :)
Dzinepress´s last blog ..30+ Hi-Res Games Wallpapers for you Desktop

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Liane YoungBlogger July 17, 2009 at 5:04 am

Your birthday too?!? Belated happy birthday Alex!

About Janith, it’s sad he’s leaving Blogussion. I understand his side, school work is really a tough thing to balance with blogging. I’ve been running my blog all alone for two years and I’ll be lying if I tell that it didn’t do any damage to my grades. I’m trying to keep the balance though.

Looks like you’ll be so busy. My best of luck to you Alex. I know you can do it! You’re a strong Mac loving kid! I’m thinking about applying as guest blogger, but I can’t promise fully enough. I also got many thing under my hands right now.

But if there’s anything I could do to help, you know my blog. Just give me a message :D
Liane YoungBlogger´s last blog ..Let’s Just Say I’m Not 16 Anymore, That Means Liane is Growing Old! Noooo!

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Haha, thanks! I have many pages to update on my blogs to change my age from 15 to 16. I kind of liked being that “15 year old kid” though!

Yeah, Janith has been trying to get on this blog for months, but school has seriously slowed him down from doing it. It has only made me a better blogger though.

I appreciate the support Liane. :) I really hope I can do this too, and I am going to work so hard to make this blog amazing.

There actually is something I want you to do, but it’s not for Blogussion…I will email you now about it. ;)
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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Liane YoungBlogger July 18, 2009 at 12:48 am

Now I now what you meant ;) :D
Liane YoungBlogger´s last blog ..Let’s Just Say I’m Not 16 Anymore, That Means Liane is Growing Old! Noooo!

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Robert July 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Alex:

You have an attractive blog with good content.

For the visitor navigation through the content would be greatly facilitated by
a “Categories” listing in your sidebar where particular themes could be quickly located.

I noticed you have categories listed on your “Archives” page, but some of the categories return an error message.

The time visitors stay on your blog will be enhanced by easier access to categories.

By the way, when I click the “Directory” link from the top menu, this is the result:

Fatal error: Call to a member function FetchRow() on a non-object in /home/blogussi/public_html/dofollow/index.php on line 131

You are off to a strong start with your blog.

Best of success,

Robert A. Kearse
Robert´s last blog ..How To Build A Membership Site In 12 Minutes Or Less

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:38 pm

Thanks Rob. When I first redesigned this site, I had a categories bar at the bottom of the site, but it didn’t work out. I am thinking of re-adding it somewhere though.

What kind of error do you get on the archives page by the way?

And yes, I know about the directory error. Like I said in the post, I am just going to redo it!

Thanks a ton for the feedback, I will do my best to carry them out.
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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Seth W July 17, 2009 at 5:40 pm

Wow!! Some pretty incredible changes are taking place here on Blogussion… Let me know if I can help with anything. I am pretty interested in contributing to your blog and think you and janith so far have done a stand-up job! Good Luck to the future and I am excited for the changes.
Seth W´s last blog ..By: Seth

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Alex July 17, 2009 at 11:39 pm

Thanks Seth! I look forward to seeing your contributions here. :)
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #1: Simon Rogers of Teenius.com

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The Bad Blogger July 18, 2009 at 8:28 am

I was out for 2 weeks as I was in the army, and now I’m back to read more of your content, I do really want to contribute to this blog, hook me up if you need help, but I can’t promise I’m able to really help you out, the best I can do is write a few interesting content article for this blog, if only my time spare me.
But anyway, looking forward to read more of your content !
The Bad Blogger´s last blog ..The Bad Blogger Is Back ! (A New Revolution Changes)

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Alex July 18, 2009 at 9:02 pm

I’d love to have you over here and write man.

Glad you will stick around and read the blog, I appreciate it!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #2: Liane from Better Blogging for Bloggers

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Dean Saliba July 18, 2009 at 4:56 pm

It is always sad to see someone go but on the bright side this kind of thing is perfect for seeing through a change in how things are going.
Dean Saliba´s last blog ..IND Official Sponsor Of Bethnal Green Celtic

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Alex July 18, 2009 at 9:02 pm

With Janith gone, I really have to step up to the plate here, so you’re right – there is a bright side!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #2: Liane from Better Blogging for Bloggers

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HAVOC MARKETING July 18, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Its definitely sad to lose Janith. We will miss him. But I’m sure you’ll do great even in his absence. As they say, the show must go on.
HAVOC MARKETING´s last blog ..Social Media Marketing on 2 Sheets of Paper

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Alex July 18, 2009 at 9:03 pm

Yeah, it’s sad as he was like my best friend online for these months. But, this blog will still flourish even after he’s gone.
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #2: Liane from Better Blogging for Bloggers

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Ugo.jar July 19, 2009 at 5:25 am

Much luck and grease to your elbow dawg! I know it’s gonna be quite tough, but I trust ya!

Nice seeing that you’ve got lots of readers here willing to contribute; goes a long way to show how much you’re loved by your readership. I’ll always be around dude.

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Alex July 19, 2009 at 10:46 am

Thanks for the support bro.

I was surprised at how many people wanted to help out. I’m flattered really, and now I truly see how great of a blog I actually have.
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #2: Liane from Better Blogging for Bloggers

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Release Candidate July 19, 2009 at 11:22 am

I will miss Janith! He had been real fun and was writing brilliant articles. I hope he will make guest posts whenever he finds time or just for Blogussion’s sake! Miss you Janith!
Release Candidate´s last blog ..Software Release Life-Cycle (Different stages of Software Development)

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Alex July 22, 2009 at 11:10 pm

Yeah, he was a great writer. He will certainly do his best to drop by here I’m sure!
Alex´s last blog ..Young Blogger Interviews #2: Liane from Better Blogging for Bloggers

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