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So, I fixed the place up a bit… whaddya think?

Posted on Wednesday 22 February 2006

I got tired of wondering who was trying to comment and was getting batted down by the MT blacklist. I know that The Fixer was having trouble, and I always deeply value his input, so I made the change to WordPress. I kinda dig it. Some of the controls are very different from MT, so I am feeling my way through it.

Other reasons for the migration:

  • People were telling me that white text on a black background was hard to read for very long.
  • I was getting kind of bored with the name Yelladog and the same old look.
  • Spam comments were still getting through and legitimate comments weren’t. That’s no good.

    The migration was a snap, thanks to Dreamhost’s One-Click Wordpress Installer. So far, so good. I have been doing the blog equivalent of walking through the house flicking lights on and off, so if something was one way ten minutes ago and now isn’t right, just give it a minute. I am sure I broke it or something.

    Let me know what you think!

    1.  
      eponymous
      February 22, 2006 | 8:23 pm
       

      Very nice. I dig the graphic on the top. The only thing I can see right now is that the link-rollover on the ‘comments’ is a little wonky. Other than that it’s top-notch.

    2.  
      ang
      February 22, 2006 | 8:36 pm
       

      Love it! Can’t speak too much to the computer aspects of the change but it looks nice. I also like the name change. Is that you in the picture? It looks like your hand…ang

    3.  
      patrick
      February 22, 2006 | 8:46 pm
       

      Yep, that’s me behind the wheel of the Dart. That’s one of the body tags that fell off. When I get the dents pulled and the paint touched up, I will probably reattach it.

    4.  
      eponymous
      February 22, 2006 | 9:08 pm
       

      commenty-linky thingy working good now.

      I, too, dig the picture in the dart.

    5.  
      hope
      February 22, 2006 | 10:38 pm
       

      MUCH easier on the eyes. I have trouble with white on black.

    6.  
      Wren
      February 22, 2006 | 11:59 pm
       

      It’s a real nice-looking site, easy to read and the photo at the top is colorful and creative. But you know, I liked the way it was before, and I’ll miss it. I liked “Yelladog.” I liked the musing tone of your posts, everything from the current political situation to picking blackberries to talking about your dog. I’m a dog-fan, not a Dart-fan, but I suppose I’ll get used to it.
      White-on-black never bothered me at all.
      You’re a good heart, Patrick. I’ll be back, whatever your site looks like or wwhatever you choose to call it.
      And good luck in insurance hell.

    7.  
      Fixer
      February 23, 2006 | 5:45 am
       

      Can I comment now? I like the place by the way. A lot.

    8.  
      Fixer
      February 23, 2006 | 5:45 am
       

      Yay, it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    9.  
      Amber
      February 23, 2006 | 11:44 am
       

      Looks great! And if I had known you were moving to Dreamhost, I’d have told you to put me as a referrer! Damn!

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