After over more then a year of switching CMS from a Ruby on Rails system back to PHP, back and forth, I hope I have finally settled down. While working Froggy Studio I choose Wordpress for the backend moving away from Textpattern. Since Wordpress overhauled their back-end I have come to like it better then before. The automatic updates makes it so much easier then manually updating each time.
So once I got started with Wordpress I decided to take all my old weblog content from 2003 till now and arrange them in Wordpress format and import then in Wordpress. After some PHP coding due that my oldest content had different date/time. After some code hacking I managed to get 5 years of content in Wordpress. Only the category assignment is a pain. I used a batch plugin but it’s not working good.
So most content is uncategorized till I figure out a easy way. Meanwhile the other ones are categorized under “Oldies”. And off course internal links in those old post are broken. Images are still there, so it’s word browsing the old content. It felt weird reading stuff from 2003, so much has happened and changed.
Finally I have yet to import my latest weblog design into Wordpress template, so meanwhile the universal Kubrick theme will have to do. My current design is back on the Photoshop board to expand it a bit to accomodate categories, comments, etc. I hope to have it done soon.
So there you go, darice.org content is available form the beginnings till present!
Again it’s already November, time sure does go by fast. This year I’v been working at my job every work day, 20 hours a week. In December I’ll be taking my first vacation till January. Not going anywhere as I’m on the kidney transplant waiting list. Going two and half years already on dialyse. This month I’ll have to intensify my dialyse more for the second time. The effectiveness of Perionteal Dialyses reduces the more you use it. Not fun but it’s the only way for now.
I have inspiration again last few days, I’m working on my portfolio site that will go under Froggy Studio. I created a simple design to show my websites work, PHP coding style and photos. I also have an idea for a basic PHP app that will keep track of projects I do and amount of hours spend on it. I know there are several apps that do that but they are all to bloated for my needs. I just need something simple that records each day, work done and amount of hours, that’s it.
Further on at work it has been stressful lately. Lots of deadlines and work at times. There isn’t a steady flow, it’s stress out one day and too slow the next one. I don’t know if it’s like that everywhere but around here it is. For the latest series of websites we use one Joomla setup to manage 3 sites and still more to come. I’m hoping in doing an extensive review on multiple sites Joomla setup. I have been working steady for 10 months now since leaving college, I’m pretty though on myself, I never think I’m good enough. I should really cut myself some slack. I mean not everyone is a PHP guru. As long as I can get done what needs to be done and doing it right. My XHTML/CSS skills are getting better, I may start hoping to become an expert(just not a guru). I can code much faster now, solving problems faster, etc. Hopefully my skills will keep improving.
With Christmas approaching it’s time to get into the holiday mood, start some gift shopping and update my Amazon wish list 
And last, today it’s do or stay behind for the United States, I’m already holding in my breath hoping that Obama will win. No vote count issues, nothing, a clear victorious win. Because damn those where an agonizing 8 years that affected the whole world. So here is hoping to change!