CosmoBC.com Official Blog

Introduction of CAPTCHAs for Commenting on Blogs

Paul — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:34:44 +0000

Due to the astronomical amounts of comment spam that we were receiving on our blogs, we decided to implement a CAPTCHA system. We are sorry for the mild inconvenience, but it was a necessary evil. Thanks for your understanding. On … Continue reading →

Comment Subscription Feature

Paul — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:13:42 +0000

If you recently commented on any CosmoBC blog, then you probably have seen the new comment subscription feature. It basically allows you to subscribe to receive email notifications each time someone has posted a reply to your comment. If you … Continue reading →

New Site Design and Beta v0.3!

Paul — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:25:54 +0000

As you may have noticed, we have completely redesigned the whole site. With this new design it is easier to navigate as it is much more intuitive than the previous one. It also loads faster and has a bigger font … Continue reading →

Happy Fourth of July!

Paul — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:00:06 +0000

To all our American readers and supporters, we would like to wish you a great and memorable Independence Day celebration! And enjoy (safely) the amazing fireworks shows! Signed: the CosmoBC.com Team Images Credits: Flag by Elaron and fireworks by Puliarf.

Happy Canada Day!

Paul — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:00:11 +0000

To all our Canadian readers and supporters, we would like to wish you a great Canada Day! Signed: the CosmoBC.com Team

Blog Updates & Site Announcements

Paul — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:32:10 +0000

Work on the CosmoBC Community has been delayed because we have focused more on our blogs instead. Aside from posting content more often, we also made some improvements in their design. We made them more user friendly and less cluttered. … Continue reading →

Recent Changes

Paul — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:46:16 +0000

As you may have seen, CosmoBC.com has recently undergone a few changes. The most visible one is our new header. It is now much simpler and takes less space. Another change is a much faster page load time due to … Continue reading →

New Footer & Toolbar

Paul — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:40:49 +0000

As you may have noticed, we have recently released our new footer design, followed by a new toolbar on our blogs. The footer allows for better navigation between all our blogs, sections and features. The toolbar enables users to interact … Continue reading →

Two New Blogs: TechBlog and CuteAnimals

Paul — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:50:01 +0000

We recently released two new blogs: TechBlog and CuteAnimals. CosmoBC.com TechBlog is the blog for everything technology: computers, gadgets, internet, etc. while CosmoBC.com CuteAnimals is the blog for extremely cute animals and pets.

A New Redesigned Flash Games Section

Paul — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:15:58 +0000

As you may have noticed, we have recently completely redesigned our flash games section. We have also added a lot of new games. So enjoy!

New Facebook Fan Boxes

Paul — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:45:52 +0000

We have recently added Facebook Fan Boxes on the sidebar of all our blogs. You can now become fan of CosmoBC.com with only one click, without leaving the site! So click! And become fans!

New CosmoBC Blog – AstroBlog

Paul — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:37:56 +0000

We recently started a new blog: CosmoBC.com AstroBlog – The Astronomy & Space Exploration Blog. If you love astronomy and space exploration then this blog is for you! The Orion Nebula – Credit: NASA

Beta v0.2!

Paul — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:29:14 +0000

CosmoBC.com Beta v0.2 is finally out! As announced earlier with the completion of each milestone, with Beta v0.2 the blogs and the community are totally redesigned. They are now much more user-friendly and easier to read & navigate. Also a … Continue reading →

New plugin: WP Greet Box

Paul — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:14:45 +0000

We just finished installing a new plugin on all our blogs: the WP Greet Box. This plugin is a great tool for both bloggers and blog readers. Bloggers get more readers, while the readers can easily get back to the … Continue reading →

CosmoBC Community Upgraded

Paul — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:59:52 +0000

We have finished upgrading the software behind the CosmoBC community. We decided to put the community at the site’s homepage, replacing the old static page. The community, by it’s nature is dynamic, so the new homepage will be updated very … Continue reading →

New design on CosmoBC blogs

Paul — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:41:12 +0000

The new design is finally out on all CosmoBC blogs! It has been made to be more user-friendly and easier to read. It also includes a lot of new features. For example it has widgets that list the most popular … Continue reading →

Tweet Buttons & What’s Next

Paul — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:40:56 +0000

As you may have noticed we added “Tweet Buttons” to all our blogs. That way you can ReTweet any article from our blogs with one click! What’s Next? First of all, we are completely redesigning our blogs’ appearance. We are … Continue reading →

Cool New Sharing Icons

Paul — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:31:29 +0000

We just added new sharing icons at the end of each post on our blogs, with cool messages such as “Share the love!”, “Sharing is caring!” or “Sharing is sexy!”. It is now much easier to share our posts on … Continue reading →

Threaded comments and more

Paul — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:32:48 +0000

We have recently added a few new features on our blogs. One of them is threaded comments which enables you to reply to individual comments, not only comment on the blog post. You can also tweet your comment (send to … Continue reading →

New Blog!

Paul — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:33:19 +0000

We decided to start another blog to keep you informed about what’s new at CosmoBC.com as well as on our sister sites. More to come.