Kevin’s Portal: Overhaul Completed – Normal Blogging to Continue

The overhaul of Kevin’s Portal is now complete and it has been a massive work. The site has increased in size tenfold plus – and that’s a big plus! I hope the site is even more useful to visitors and a help to those interested in my online activities.

What’s to come now that I have this overhaul in the bag? Well, I will continue to add new social networks and web applications to Kevin’s Portal as I discover and begin to use them. I don’t expect there to be any major changes to the site now for the the foreseeable future – phew!!! I am thinking about some additional content at some point – being mainly a page about the software I use to create my online presence, such as Internet browsers, HTML editor, etc. That is down the track however.

Visit the new look site at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

 

Kevin’s Portal: Site Overhaul Aready Appearing Live

The site overhaul is progressing well – so well in fact that some of it is already live. The amount of time that I have already spent on it I would have thought I’d have made more progress, but the progress made I think is good and so the time well spent. There is so much more to do though – but it is looking good.

Not all of the links in the directory in the left column are working yet. Some are and you’ll be able to get a feel for how the site will look when the overhaul is completed.

Not only is the content that was there before being placed back onto the site, but there is a massive amount of new content being added as well.

Visit the site at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

 

Kevin’s Portal: BookYap

I am about to start using a new web application called BookYap. Put simply, BookYap is an application that recommends books based on criteria you enter. There are over 650 000 books in its database, so chances are it will find a book for you.

You can search for a book by using keywords or the filters it has available (based on personality types). By becoming a registered user, the application learns more and more about you and your reading habits, improving the recommendations it makes for you.

Books appear with thumbnails of their covers and book ratings. A brief description appears by hovering over the thumbnail. You are able to interact with the application and associated community by sharing books you have read and your reviews of them. There is connectivity with both Facebook and Twitter also.

You are also able to add books to a reading wishlist if you like. Books can be purchased from Amazon when you choose a book to read.

There is now a link to my BookYap profile in the directory at the left of the page.

Check out Kevin’s Portal at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

 

Kevin’s Portal: Latest Updates

I have been adding new content and links to the Portal. These include the following:

• A new Doo.gl commenting tab at the left of the site. Simply click on the tab to bring up the commenting wall.

• I have added several new links including links to Receivd (for file sharing), Doo.gl (see above), Topickr (for discussions), Open Zine (online magazines), Skype, Tiny Letter (Newsletters), WordPress.com (My preferred Blogging platform), Tumblr (Blogging platform), Posterous (Blogging platform), Plinky (Blogging aid and platform), Survey Legend (surveys) and Splitweet (Multiple Twitter platform).

Check out Kevin’s Portal at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/

 

Kevin’s Portal: New Widget

I have just added a new widget to Kevin’s Portal. It is a widget from http://skinnyo.com . The widget shows my progress in weight loss.

Check out Kevin’s Portal at:
http://kevinmatthews.zxq.net/