On Updates & Progress

Spent this morning updating WordPress on a bunch of sites, making sure I don’t break anything. All seems fine and blogs are functioning as normal. I’ve been working towards launching a new version of the site since January when I’d realised that I’m using far too many plugin’s and tweaks to run my last template. Updating WordPress back then kept breaking features I’d coded.

This version is very streamlined, built on top of the rather spiffy PocketT theme. Most of my tweaks are ‘behind the scenes’ coding to accommodate the way I wanted to display my blog posts and image updates. Mostly PHP/CSS bits and bobs. I’m happy to say that this site appears to be a much more solid build, thanks to a good foundation. On a related side note, many thanks to Faye and Joanna for their help with the logo :) The avatar was part of my Birthday present from Faye haha but had to go on hold till she finished her Merchant of Venice commission (that should be out sometime in the next few months, by the way).

I had to put off posting on the old site as I knew I’d have to edit every single old post to work with the new theme. Primarily, I needed to resize images and thumbs.

On a more creative note, still writing, still pushing ahead. Lots of bumps in the road, but there’s always bumps in long-term projects. You just have to keep going till you get it done. That’s what separates you from the crowd. However, I always find that the longer something takes, the more time you have to look over it and reflect. I’ve often gone back to stories to rewrite scenes, cut scenes out, sometimes even went as far as cutting characters out and starting again.

Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

# Robert McKee

You’ll see me quote this man often. A brilliant lecturer who has a far more poetic way of saying the things that I want to say. Hopefully, I’ll have a more revealing update in a month’s time.