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Updates to My Website

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I’ve made a number of updates to my website recently, including.

  1. Updated my logo for Pride Month.
  2. Moved & Reorganised the navigation menu – to hopefully make it easier for users.
  1. Added Book Stats tables for all of my books on their own pages.
  2. Created the following Topic pages, to make it easier for people to find content around their interests:
    – All Happiness Content
    – All Inspirational Content
    – All Love, Relationships & Gay Content
    – All Paganism, Witchcraft & Magic Content
    – All Books & Literature Content
    – All Societal Commentary Content
    – All Nursing & Healthcare Content
    – All Diabetes Type 1 Content
    – All Vasculitis Content
    – All Addiction & Recovery Content
  3. Created a Happiness Quiz.
  4. Created a Support page.
  5. Created a Flick Through Video for FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS.
  6. Completed a Author Interview post on my blog.
  7. Made short videos for three 5 star written reviews of FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS (the first is here, the second and third are here) into short videos to further promote the book.
  8. Added Related Videos and Related Images sections to all of my book’s pages.
  9. Created Quick/Short Flick Through Videos for: Funny Emails To My Friend, Z-VIRUS Monsters, Z-VIRUS Powers & Ways The Human Body Can Go Wrong.
  10. Updated the My Royal Navy Friend page to state that this book was rebranded to Funny Emails To My Friend in 2025.
  11. Created a banner to advertise The Alcohol Therapy Workbook on this site:
  1. Completely remade the Magical Properties page, as it wasn’t compliant with WordPress any more.
  2. Updated the Witchy Wares page.
  3. Updated the Press Kit and added a Press Releases page.
  4. Updated and improved the Become A Fanatic membership page.
  5. Created a banner to promote the Fanatic membership:
Learn more about lifetime Fanatic membership.
  1. Added a CAPTCHA to my newsletter form to prevent bots from signing up and updated some server settings so that the newsletter would continue to send to readers.
  2. Updated the contact form due to server security changes.
  3. Updated my books banner to reflect FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS:
  1. Made another short review video for a 5 star review on Amazon, which you can watch on Youtube here.
  2. Added Related Videos and Related Images sections to all of my topic content pages, where I have related videos and images.
  3. Created a Creative Works Timeline page.

Write soon,

Antony

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Minor Tweaks

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe internet giants like Amazon, ebay & Google only make small tweaks to their sites, rather than design overhauls. The reason for this, is that it gives visitors a sense of familiarity. Over the years my blog has had many designs (see Geeky Post: Website Development). I love the current site design of my blog, but like any design their are flaws and things that could be improved.

So here’s a list of minor tweaks I’ve recently made to the design and functioning of the blog:

  • WordPress Menu functionality added.
  • Booklist pages now have book image covers, along with a link to Buy The Book on Amazon. Pages include: Book List 2014 & Book Lists.
  • Older Book Review blog posts now all have had image book covers.
  • Rearranged layout of comment form, including: changing title to ‘Your Comment’ and adding ‘Name:,’ ‘Email:’ & ‘Website:’ labels before respective textfields rather than after.
  • Removed spam-stopper Plugin, which required an extra question on the comment form to confirm that you’re human. This was removed as already have Conditional CAPTCHA for WordPress which is sufficiently effective. This overall makes commenting/interacting on my blog easier.
  • On comments, Authors websites (appear as link on their name) open in new window/tab.
  • On sidebar, added an Amazon banner that isn’t java based. This increases compatibility with Apple devices, such as the iPad and the iPhone.
  • On sidebar, shorted About Me section to less than 50 words (46 words to be precise).
  • On sidebar, added Book Chic Club and Urbangay under Blogs of Interest.
  • On sidebar, removed several blogs that haven’t been updated in sometime under Blogs of Interest.

I’ve got more small tweaks planned over the coming months, along with the usual reviews and other great content.

Write soon,

Antony

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