Trying to get the site going again
Having neglected the site for quite some time, I`ve decided to try to rip out a lot of the stuff I hacked together, in the name of using some standard tools and keeping the site updated with minimal fuss. The first part of this involves removing my little blog and replacing with WordPress. One thing writing the original code taught me was that it`s fine if you have time to hack code, but when you have a job, a commute, and a life – it`s just not worth the hassle to re-invent the wheel. Also, having played with WordPress a little, it seems pretty good – if I was sad enough, I could update from my phone.
So I`ve just spent around 3 hours tonight doing a tearjerking copy and paste of the old blog into WordPress format. Hopefully that`s all the grunt work done and dusted, apart from putting the database live. It`s also given me the chance to play with Fedora (I`m not a huge fan yet, to be honest), and brush up on Apache and Subversion set up. I`d toyed with the idea of just ditching the old blog, or maybe having a link to “archive”, but it didn`t “feel” right – one for all you Myers-Briggs fetishists.
So that`s the blog done – will be tweaking the template no doubt as it doesn`t really fit into the Smarty way of doing things on the site, and I don`t want to move the lot to a 100% WordPress site. I also want to get the newer Morrissey albums onto the Illustrated Smiths page, tidy up the gallery, and then think about making some new shite… it`s been way too long. Probably JIm`s fault for having a stroke in real life – poor chap. Funny how as you get older you start .. “thinking” I guess is the best word .. about the bigger picture.
I also need to sort out a garden, repaint the place, get the car fixed, do a job, keep the girlfriend happy… It never ends! How did my parents cope with a million kids running around and all this stuff to do?
Man that was deep.
Anyway – the site has changed colour, and some stuff has moved a bit. This won`t be the final layout – I`ve got a webby with an eye (two in fact) coming up with some ideas on how to make the site a little more spangly – expect that to spring on you like a spring chicken. Anyway – feel free to call the layout “shitter than before” – it`ll all be nice soon-ish.. probably 2011.
