i needed a change of venue
Wow…what a difference, huh? Don’t worry…you are where you are supposed to be. After seeing how easy it has been to update my snappy chic designs blog I decided it was time to move this website out of the dark ages and over to Wordpress. I will no longer have to manually insert permalinks, archive each month, update/upload the rss feed, and so much more. Hopefully, with all this release of responsibility I will feel inclined to post more often.
One of the biggest problems with switching over is that it will be nearly impossible to get all the content from my original site over here. Hence, I’ve decided to only go back to the beginning of this year (thank goodness it’s only April) and move those posts over here. Anything before that will be linked back to my original website. Also the memories, pets, projects, and other original pages will remain on the old format. I suppose this is one way to hold onto my beloved design that has been with me since the beginning. I will, however, an archive page posted here for each month prior to 2008. Eventually.
You may notice little things change around here and there because I’m not completely done with all the tweaking to this design. Since I’m not completely familiar with Wordpress and its workings, I had to use a free template that someone else made. Of course, me being the control freak that I am could not leave it as is and had to make this new layout fit my style. So don’t scroll down to the bottom of the page and notice that the footer doesn’t match up with the rest of the page. And certainly don’t make note of the comments section not being formatted yet to match this color scheme.
The only thing I’m nervous about with the big switch is that I now have comments available on each post. With my original design I used to have a guestbook that visitors could sign, but I started getting a lot of wierdos posting there and even a few stalkerish folks who decided that I was their “friend” on a way too personal and creepy level. So I eventually disabled the guestbook. Fortunately, I have the option of moderating the comments here, and I intend to before they will be posted to my site. Sorry to be so paranoid, but my husband likes me that way (::wink::).
Keep in mind that with this switchover I don’t know how this will effect the RSS feed. I hope it won’t at all:/