As you may have noticed, eKstreme.com now sports a brand new design. Not only that, it's also been ported to a new backend, namely WordPress. On top of that, it's on a new host now that promises to be be more reliable and a whole lot faster.

Yep, a hat-trick of news that's been 3 months in the making. If you ever wondered why I haven't been replying to emails much, or why I haven't been blogging much lately, this is why. A lot of effort went into this, and I'm sooooo relieved it's over... almost.

Things will be broken! I know that. Firstly, the tools are complex beasts to run completely in WP. Yet they do, for the most part. Two tools are broken at the moment: the spell checker and the Backlink Social Celebrity tool. The first one is waiting on some software to be installed on the server, so it might take a few days. The latter is just sub-par coding on my part and I decided that instead of trying to fix it, I'd re-write the thing. Rest assured I'm on the case and I'll have them up ASAP.

Having said this, please file bug reports and feedback using the contact form.

Speaking of which, there are two people I'd like to thank wholeheartedly:

• Joe Dolson who patiently gave constant feedback on the design as it was evolving (slowly) and helped troubleshoot some DNS issues.
• Mike Cherim because eKstreme.com now uses the WP port of his contact form. It was very easy to add it in and it works a treat.

So, thanks to all the readers and users of eKstreme.com. This redesign was done with you in mind. As always, feedback welcome, and there is a LOT more to come now!