Hi Everyone!

Wow, it's been a busy week this week. I did manage however to update a few things on the site.

Since I don't use Wordpress (I use Joomla) there are a few widgets that come with Wordpress that I really like. I have been wanting to get a Categories section for a while now. I finally did it this week! Joomla has 1000's of extensions to build any kind of site. I often visit the Extensions Directory and look for new and cool things to add to my site. I finally found an extension that allows me to make the categories section. You can see it at the bottom of my page. I called it 'Topics I like to Write About'. I don't know if I should move it to the sidebar though? I'll have to consider that!

It took me a little while to set up because all of my entries were only in one category. So I had to go through and categorize them all, but now it is working fine and I love it!

I want to bring the Work @ Home Club back, but I'm probably going to rename it to something that fits a broader audience. I'll get that up in the next couple of days.

As some of you may know if you have been reading other people's blogs is that Alexa recently changed their ranking system. It didn't really affect me at all, if anything it brought me down lower. Becslife.Biz is currently standing at 166,753 which is excellent. However since I run two versions of this site, both becslife.biz and becslife.com, the latter is only at 975,488. I have been struggling with which domain to promote! When I started I only promoted becslife.biz because I thought it sounded unique. Now I'm not so sure, the .com is very well known. Which do you think I should stick with?

I have to choose one really because otherwise it gets too confusing. I use dnscoop.com to check my pagerank and becslife.biz is a PR3 while becslife.com is a PR4.

On another note, I'm about to break the 150 subscribers mark for my RSS feed which will be nice! I've been sitting on 148 for a few days now. For some reason my feed doesn't have the images I post in it and I'm wondering why. Another thing I will have to investigate.

Also, nobody has bought my money magnet, I guess it's just too much of a pyramid scheme for most people. I still think it's pretty cool though. I'm just glad I didn't by the $100 one! I'm still hoping I'll sell some! According to the widget, heaps of people are selling them! It works with AlertPay which is similar to paypal but has a referral program where you can earn some extra cash. It's a program where you can send or receive money from anyone with an email address.

This week I also changed my commenting system, I think it looks better and is a bit more flexible than my old one. I like that fact that it shows hits and also leaves a commenter's URL. It also has Trackback so I'll be watching to see if that takes off.

Also, why not get in my 'Top Spots'? I've moved it to a prominent place on the site that everyone sees! It's a very good deal, cheap advertising. I've bought a few on other sites that I enjoy. If the site looks good, then I'll usually by a topspot. My stats show that I get quite a few hits from them. Even if someone doesn't visit, they see my name and may click next time! So go ahead, show me some love and buy one! :)

Well that's it for now. I'm feeling a bit slow today, I went to a wedding reception last night and I still have a headache! Oh well, it was a good night!

Speak soon.

-Bec

Hi Everyone!

Well I'm back now from an amazing holiday! We traveled to Singapore, Cape Town (South Africa) and Phuket (Thailand). We had an excellent time and the weather the whole time was beautiful and sunny everywhere we went.

I am posting a few pictures today of the trip from my first lot of photos. I haven't loaded them all onto the computer, but I'll make a gallery and put them all up soon.

This a photo of Glenn & I when we first arrived in Cape Town. The house we were staying at was near the beach and this is our view of Cape Town and Table Mountain. It was about a 20 minute drive into the city from there which was excellent. Cape Town is such a beautiful city and sure has a great landmark!

Click to enlarge all of the photos!

This photo is us standing on top of the mountain. We took a cable car up which you see in the next picture.


Quite a steep climb!

Such beautiful views of the city from up there!

This is a picture of us at the Victoria & Albert Waterfront which is a tourist destination. There are lots of shops and restaurants as well as markets. A very cool place! The cloud on the mountain they call the 'Table Cloth'.

Well that's all I've got for now! I will be sure to post pictures soon of us going diving with the great white sharks!! Now that's what I call a fun experience!

I've got to get back to catching up with all the Internet Marketing and blogs I've missed over the last month!

Speak soon!

-Bec

Hi Everyone!

Just a quick note to let you all know that tomorrow I am going on holiday for 3 weeks. Yes, 3 weeks of fun, sun and relaxing!

I'm off to Cape Town, South Africa for 2 weeks and also stopping in Singapore and Phuket, Thailand. Should be a good trip!

I will post some pictures when I get back to show my readers. I am not sure how often I will log online while I am away as I am not bringing my laptop!

Speak to you all when I get back in April.

Enjoy!

-Bec

Hi All,

Well you may have noticed some changes around here! I've got a new theme! This one is a bit more flexible than my old one. I've been spending the last couple of days organising it. I'll continue to make changes over the next little while as well until it's perfect!

This week and next week I'll be temping in an office trying to collect a bit of extra cash for the holiday I'm taking in 1.5 weeks! Should be exciting and I'll make sure to take photos and put them up here when I return.

You may have noticed I've had to temporarily disable the members section of this site. Apparently when people were trying to register it would not allow it. I am not sure what is wrong, but I'm looking to fix it. Stay tuned for that!

Also, my goal for the week is to separate all my entries so far into categories so that it is easier to find the information! Unfortunately I don't know how to do that unless I go back through each entry and sort them. Still need to figure out how to display it as well! A bit a of a challenge, I like that!

-Bec