I was getting slightly irritated with the old layout of myScoop and decided enough was enough. After a few hours of messing around and some help from Bonita, I managed to come up with the current “cleaner” look and feel. I’m sure you will agree , it looks a hell of a lot more professional.
On another note, myScoop.co.za has reached a PageRank™ of 3, which means that if you’re article is mentioned on the front page, that link juice is sent directly to your blog.
Change log:
- Fresher cleaner look.
- Added the Latest and Popular articles to the front page.
- Auto correct functionality for incorrectly inputted RSS feed locations when adding a new blog.
- Blog address validation when adding a new blog.
- Increased security measures.
- Increased speed of all functionality.
- Overall better functionality for posting articles to twitter. The current most non-tweeted popular article gets tweeted, this is an ongoing function that loops every 30 minutes.
- Popular article tag cloud installed. This is a global representation of the most popular unique tags from every article fetched.
- Top30 (month & day) blogs on front page for better exposure.
- “More” link on each article to provide the shortened URI for that article as well as let the user have the ability to share the article on Twitter of Facebook.
- “Monthly Reach” and “Todays Reach” added to the blog page. This is a percentage of tracked unique visitors your blog is receiving compared to the overall number of unique visitors myScoop is recording for all registered blogs.
Until the next update, I hope you are enjoying the functionality that myScoop offers and as always, if you have any comments and/or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to send and email (nickduncan.sa @ gmail.com ) or simply leave a comment below.
About the Author:
Nick is the owner of Code Cabin, founder of PingPong and co-founder of AirWeddings. He has an extensive history in programming and digital marketing and has worked on some of the largest online websites in South Africa. Nick shares his knowledge and insight on his personal blog, nickduncan.co.za.
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Nice one Nick! It does look a lot cleaner and is more functional than before. Keep up the good work