You may have begun noticing a few changes around here over the past couple weeks. But, in
case you hadn't noticed the changes, or you only check us out through an RSS reader, I thought I'd take a few minutes to point out the updates we've been making.
We made a decision to remove the ad blocks that were located in the right sidebar, for now. The blog is still powered by Citrix Online and managed by myself and my team at New Marketing Labs. But, we thought the ad blocks were getting boring and taking up precious sidebar space that we could use to add some more engaging content to.
To make up for the empty space left by the removal of the ad blocks, we have added a tabbed content widget at the top. The content widget features the newest posts, favorites, our favorites and the top posts tagged "workshifting". If you haven't done so already, take a few minutes to check out of a couple of the posts that are being featured there such as:
We have cleaned up the About page and added photos and bios for all of our phenomenal contributors. Many of them have been with the team since the May 2009 launch however the About page was never fully updated. Now you can learn more about your favorite workshifting.com contributor.
Probably the most requested feature update from the community was for us to create a mobile version of the website. After all, if you're workshifting then you're probably reading this from a mobile device. Well, we're proud to announce a mobile optimized version of the blog section of the website. For this round of updates we have created a mobile optimized version only for the blog. However, over time we do plan on adding other sections of the website.
To check it out, you can go to workshifting.com/m/ or just head over to the blog from your mobile device and the redirect should forward you to the mobile version immediately.
A frequent request we received was to open up the Comments section so that you didn't have to log-in. Initially we required you to log-in to leave a comment to help control spam on a fast growing website. However, we have decided to deal with the spam where it pops up and open up comments. Now you no longer need to log-in. Since this update we have already seen a 2x increase in commenting and hope that you will add to that by leaving a comment on a post from time to time.
We have several other updates planned over the next coming weeks and months including several back-end improvements. Our goal is to continue to be the single resource for all of your workshifting needs. Therefore, what would YOU like to see updated, improved or created that would be useful to you? Let us known in the comment section below. We'll keep track of all requests and try to implement as many as possible especially those that will be helpful to the overall community.
As always, thank you for the continued support of workshifting.com!
case you hadn't noticed the changes, or you only check us out through an RSS reader, I thought I'd take a few minutes to point out the updates we've been making.Removal of Ad Blocks
We made a decision to remove the ad blocks that were located in the right sidebar, for now. The blog is still powered by Citrix Online and managed by myself and my team at New Marketing Labs. But, we thought the ad blocks were getting boring and taking up precious sidebar space that we could use to add some more engaging content to.
Content Widget
To make up for the empty space left by the removal of the ad blocks, we have added a tabbed content widget at the top. The content widget features the newest posts, favorites, our favorites and the top posts tagged "workshifting". If you haven't done so already, take a few minutes to check out of a couple of the posts that are being featured there such as:
Streamlined About Page
We have cleaned up the About page and added photos and bios for all of our phenomenal contributors. Many of them have been with the team since the May 2009 launch however the About page was never fully updated. Now you can learn more about your favorite workshifting.com contributor.
Workshifting.com Goes Mobile
Probably the most requested feature update from the community was for us to create a mobile version of the website. After all, if you're workshifting then you're probably reading this from a mobile device. Well, we're proud to announce a mobile optimized version of the blog section of the website. For this round of updates we have created a mobile optimized version only for the blog. However, over time we do plan on adding other sections of the website.
To check it out, you can go to workshifting.com/m/ or just head over to the blog from your mobile device and the redirect should forward you to the mobile version immediately.
Opened Comments
A frequent request we received was to open up the Comments section so that you didn't have to log-in. Initially we required you to log-in to leave a comment to help control spam on a fast growing website. However, we have decided to deal with the spam where it pops up and open up comments. Now you no longer need to log-in. Since this update we have already seen a 2x increase in commenting and hope that you will add to that by leaving a comment on a post from time to time.
We have several other updates planned over the next coming weeks and months including several back-end improvements. Our goal is to continue to be the single resource for all of your workshifting needs. Therefore, what would YOU like to see updated, improved or created that would be useful to you? Let us known in the comment section below. We'll keep track of all requests and try to implement as many as possible especially those that will be helpful to the overall community.
As always, thank you for the continued support of workshifting.com!
