Pictures to come in the next few weeks so keep watching the Flickr feed!

So, whats been going on? Well the first thing, WebmasterStash had a refurb, and merged with another webmaster community, giving us a much larger array of content in the forums. I decided to close the main site as we simply didn’t have time to add new tutorials, templates and scripts due to work and life commitments. I think we tried biting off more than we could chew with WebmasterStash. Anyway, take a look at the new site (well, forums) and feel free to provide some feedback!

Next up, CLUBdb. This is still a fairly secretive project so I cant go into much detail at the moment. All I can say is that its being backed by a large club in the UK. CLUBdb is to fill a huge void in the market and provide some fantastic features. This probably makes no sense at all due to its secrecy…but don’t worry. It will make plenty of sense soon!

Mike has been working hard at a new Rike script. He started off working on a download manager, much like FMDeluxe (if anyone reading this can remember that far back! :p). However decided that his time would be better spent on a non open-source script, that way it could be marketed and licensed out to other companies. Mike is now working on an e-commerce based script with some fantastic new features that rival some of the best shopping carts out there!

The RikeMedia website will also be making a return soon with a new design and company blog. We will be issuning press releases and updates on projects, plus have sections showing what services and products are offered by the company.

Well I think thats about it for now. I’ll be launching the WSDReg Christmas promotion in the next few days and will be offering some fantastic offers! Be sure to keep your eyes on WSDReg.com for the full details!

I’ve now started the mammoth task of moving from one room, to another…why you ask? To fit in 2 brand new desks! I was all prepared to put them in the current room, just about to go and buy them and did a final measurement of where they were going to go….only to find they weren’t going to fit! So I’m now moving to a MUCH bigger room, with lots of space for the desks. I decided whilst I was at it I may as well go all out and get wooden/laminate flooring put in too. So today I’ve gotta get everything out of my room (which is currently pretty cluttered with total crap so its gotta be a good thing!)

So, once I’ve moved in to my new room, I’ll post some pics of the workspace. I know members over at the MacRumors forums love seeing other peoples work spaces (and I have to say, so do I) for inspiration, so that should make a few people happy!

So yeah, that’s about it…I know this post probably wont interest many people, but I’m excited and had to air that excitement somewhere! (Yes, I can be sad :p)

Wont happen again!

1Password on the iPhone

I’ve been using an application called 1Password for about 5 months now. I purchased it through the MacHeist Bundle for a really low price. I wanted to share a bit about this app, as they have just announced that they are releasing an iPhone version that will allow you to sync all stored passwords from your mac! Not only that, but the iPhone native application is set to be FREE for a limited time!

These guys have provided me with free updates and are now providing an entire application, free! The new application will allow pushing of passwords to an from the iPhone. It will fill out all saved forms, and submit them without you needing to touch anything!

This post is really just to thank Agile Web Solutions for their fantastic work and updates to 1Password. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone with a mac. It uses browser plugins to work with all major Mac browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Camino and Opera, plus it can be used across more than one mac at a time!

Take a look at the link below for some great screenshots and details about the upcoming iPhone App!

Switchers’ Blog » 1Password Coming Soon to an App Store Near You.

(NOTE: None of the links in this post are affiliate links. I simply want to thank the developers for their fantastic work!)

We decided the best thing to do would be to flip sites. Make em’, sell em’ or buy em’, fix em’, sell em’! I’ve been watching the videos at SiteFlipAcademy and Justin has done a great job! He’s got some great information on his site, and in his videos. Anyone looking to become a ‘flipper’ should take a look at his site.

Currently I’m working on getting our new RikeMedia site done, which will run on WordPress, but not be an actual blog. I like wordpress and the way it deals with content…there’s no reason why it cant be used purely as a content manager!

I’m currently integrating the design. After that I will re-write all the content and such as well as insert a portfolio for all the sites we make/sell.

Mikes working on a custom CMS which we will use on some of the sites we make to sell. I’ve not seen it yet but it sounds pretty fancy….custom licensing system, modules, template engine, all the cool little features you’ll ever need. Oh, and complete integration with vB 3.7.

We are thinking about licensing it out (I.E selling licenses) as it will match if not beat the features and functionality of many premium scripts out there.

For the sites that don’t need a CMS we’ll probably just hand code them. There will be a few as not all site needs/wants a complex system.

Our first site up for sale is WebmasterStash. We simply lost the will to keep this going. Its a lot harder than you think, especially when you don’t get a return. It took us over 6 months to make WebmasterStash, before opening in December. Its gotten us nowhere!

Anyway, I’ll post another update about Rike once its up and running.

In other news, next week is my FINAL week of college…it feels really weird, and will feel even more weird when we go downstairs in the lift for the final time. We decided that we would all go to the pub on Tuesday, along with all our tutors (which could be interesting!). A final laugh all together, before we all bugger off to Uni’s all over the country!

Right….thats all for now folks!

I’ve been doing college work, and having to revise for a last-minute maths exam which I had yesterday. No idea if I passed it yet, however I *should* find out on Monday! I need to pass to get into Uni so I’m pretty much relying on the results.

Work wise, I’ve continued to work on WSDReg, however not as fast as I would like (due to college). I’ve got about 2-4 weeks left until I finish so after that I’ll whiz through it.

WSDReg seems to have had a huge increase in activity last month, and this month. We’ve had almost triple the usual amount of monthly sales in the space of about 2 weeks! Considering our entire operation has never had any major paid advertising, we’re doing really well.

Once the move to AWBS is completed, we’re also looking at expanding to have a UK site, and a Euro site. We recently also managed to secure a great partnership with BurstNET which will allow us to offer some of their services, including the services from Nocster at reduced rates. We’re looking at offering dedicated servers, as well as several other packages. We’re also looking at offering servers in alternate locations.

Burst has a datacentre located in Pennsylvania, which is great for US based customers, however we want the option of offering customers servers that are better for Euro use…we’ve not decided how we will approach this yet however my feeling is that we should use a UK dc and our own servers, which would allow us to also offer co-location.

Now, I know WSDReg is primarally a domain registrar, however we are looking at going furthur into the hosting industry. This will allow us to expand our great low prices that our customers have come to expect from our domain registrations.

Here’s a lineup of what we will be offering once the new site launches:

• US Based Dedicated Servers
• US Based Linux and Windows VPS Hosting
• US cPanel Shared Hosting
• US cPanel Reseller Hosting
• Improved SSL Certs
• Backup Services

We’ve already secured all of the above, and are hoping to get some contracts with data centres to offer co-location.

Anyway, this post has turned into more of a WSDReg promotion! I’ll stop talking now.

I will endeavor to update over the weekend as I’ve got more to write…but I’ve also got college work to do so may not get time. I’ll do my best!

Have a nice weekend all!

So far I’ve spoken with .NET, Web Designer and Linux User however will be speaking with several others soon. I want WSDReg to expand into the UK market, mainly because most current UK registrars really do rip people off, they have stupidly high prices (2-400% higher than the rrp!) and people buy at these prices!

I also (finally) updated my “About Me” page. Its basically the same as the one on the old site, but just slightly updated to reflect recent events.

I decided not to post a “Look back at April” as I’ve not had time to work on much recently due to college work (and GTA IV coming out!) however I am going to revise my goals for 2008 once I’ve finished college, and will start expanding my portfolio of websites. I’m still confident that by the end of the year, I will own websites taking in $500+ a month.

Anyway….thats it for now. Cya later!

It then dawned on me. I’ve got less than 6 months until I (hopefully) go to Uni. That sounds like quite a bit….until you look back 6 months and see it was only 6 months ago that I got my iPod Touch! I’m now in “Oh Shit” mode as I also realized that my college have yet to book some tests, and some work that we finished a year ago has STILL not been submitted!

On a plus note, I also found out that I can get a DDD grade, which is 360 UCAS points…the highest you can get! IF (and thats a BIG IF) I can get all this work done this week, and the 3 units this term all to Distinctions (which is easy, just time consuming), then I’ll end up being granted £2,500 towards Uni fees as a Scholarship! Me like that! Me like that veeery much! (*Cough* MacBookPro *Cough*). But seriously, that will be a great weight off my (and my parents) sholders…£3150 a year for Uni fees is a lot of money to pay. £650 is a much easier sum to pay, dont you think?

I’ll still get a student loan to help pay for books. In year 2 myself and a friend are gunnu see if we can get some people together and rent a house, so it can help pay my share of that too!

Anyway. I know this post has bugger all to do with web development and such, however I’m in a wierd mood…its crossed between excited, and shit scared. Oh, and tiredness….again :p

So far I’ve only finished the header and navigation bar as I was also taking the opportunity to put my new application, CSSEdit to use and I found it to be a great CSS editor. I’ve found quite a new CSS bits that I didn’t even know existed! Hats off to the CSSEdit Developers. I got the app as part of the great MacHeist bundle which came to a close in January.

Anyway, the point of this post. I today replaced the skin used on this site as you can probably see. I got a bit board of the last one! I’ve got a good 3 or 4 topics that I can think of to write about so I may just go ahead and do that! I am really starting to like blogging. I’m going to start expanding this blog to include additional subjects. Reading a blog about just me and my life could end up getting very boring, very quickly!

Anyway, expect some more regular posting from now, and feel free to comment on the new theme!