Migratory Times
Just finished a weekend-long WordPress migration, and boy are my arms tired!
As such, this post will be very short.
But (I think) that everything is working — RSS feeds, old TypePad link structures, search referring links, my own links to myself…
I am still having some DNS rendering issues though…I’m hoping that will resolve itself over the next day or so…
Please let me know if you find ANYTHING broken via by commenting below.
For now, the site’s hanging in there in the default WP Theme. I’ll slowly add some design elements to it. I wanted to send out a note to (1) apologize to anyone who has had difficulty reading my blog this weekend during the migration and (2) let you know that a new design is on its way…but I’ve got to get away from the computer for a little while!
And to my friends and acquaintences at SixApart…please forgive me for the migration. But as I’ve set up a number of WordPress blogs recently for friends and family members, I’ve fallen in love with the interface and ease-of-use of wordpress.
Cheers! And stay tuned for many more updates to come…
-c
26. February 2007 at 09:41
UPDATE: I’ve moved to a K2 theme but still have things pretty basic for now other than having loaded a new (still very simple) header. I think I may leave it simple like this, though I’d like to get rid of some of the icons associated with the theme. The only glitch I’ve found is that for some reason the “livesearch” searchbox built in with the K2 theme doesn’t seem to be working. I have a ticket in with the new wordpress bug tracking system.
26. February 2007 at 11:13
I like the new theme - clean a simple!
Not clear on how the “Folksonomy” archives work (are you supposed to be able to add your own tags?) and it would be better if the Date Archive was in reverse chron order.
Great start though - tinker away!
26. February 2007 at 15:03
Thanks Ian. It was quite a weekend…
Yeah, I need to look into the Folksonomy feature a bit more too. I’m not exactly certain which plugin that came with! I think it will ultimately allow other people to tag my articles if I get it working properly.
26. February 2007 at 15:08
Ah, I figured it out. It isn’t a true “folksonomy” at all. It simply let’s people easily find articles by the tags I use (as opposed to the categories). The problem is, none of my historical tags made it in the migration…so I either need to go back and add tags to old articles (not fun) or just use it going forward. We’ll see if I get any time on my hands to add a tag or two per historical article…