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It’s been a long couple of months but I think I have now found my footing. Let me give you a very short background story on this blog.

Wordpress: June/July 2008- I started off with this blog but didn’t ever get any traffic or anyone really reading it so I tried and I gave up.

Tumblr: August 2008- I gave Tumblr a try as I had paid hard earned money for this domain and I didn’t really want it to go to waste. What I liked about Tumblr was the ability to not have to create long posts, as I could simply post a picture or a video. However I really missed a self hosted blog platform as there were little customization options for Tumblr.

Wordpress: September 2008- I missed Wordpress. I missed the huge customization options, the themes, the plugins, the self hostedness.

So i’m back, and really am better than ever! The initial problems I had with Wordpress are now gone, I now have reliable webhosting thanks to Arkhalon and to match I have a great new theme and now a huge drive for writing which I am sure won’t be going any where anytime soon.

So let me fill you in on the changes you will be seeing on my blog:

• Header: Now I have a much more appealing header that clearly tells you what this blog is about: “Ant”, short for Anthony, the creator of this blog. I now have a Social Media tab and a contact tab. We can now connect in more ways than before and if you want to contact me I now have a neat little PHP contact form.

• Sidebar: Pretty much the same as before but firstly much more simple and stylish. Also for my Twitter sidebar widget I now have a small Twitter web 2.0 icon.

• Body: This is the part of my blog thats ultimate focus is content. The font changes and colours are now much nicer so while your reading great content you can look at a great design.

• Footer: I’m a strong believer in an informational footer. There are three elements in my footer. The About Me page is for the reader to get to know the writer, which is me, it’s just a short snippet and there is always more information on my About page. Second is my Recent Posts section where you can find great content written by me and third is my Flickr feed, I love photography so hopefully this will integrate a link between my Flickr page and blog.

There we go! I’m really happy with my new updated blog and am looking forward to updating it with awesome content often! What I really want from you guys is feedback. I want to know EVERYTHING, what you think of my posts, the redesign etc. So please comment, discuss and enjoy!

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