Mystique, the theme previously used on the site, pushed a new update that, although awesome, broke the majority of the customizations I’d made to the theme over the years.

Now don’t get me wrong, Mystique is a very powerful theme, and I would definitely suggest that anyone with a WordPress blog take a look at it.  The difference between the update and the previous version was so great, however, that I found myself having to rewrite the majority of my changes.

Add to this the fact that I could no longer edit or create new posts with the new theme, and I decided it was time for it to go.

I’ve therefore updated the site to use WordPress’ default “TwentyTen” theme which, as you can see, is a lot simpler and lean.  Its also easier on the eyes when it comes to reading, thanks to the serif font.

So, now that the site is back to its regular self, we can start the machine back up again.  Keep an eye open for some new Equanimity and Flash Imagination posts!

I hope we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled program shortly, in the meantime I apologize if the site changes looks while I complete the configuration.

UPDATE:
And there we go, I think we’re all back up. Let me know if you find something out of place.

Woa, what’s this? Where am I? Who am I?

If you’re asking yourself any of those questions – well, all except for the last one – don’t fret, you are most probably at the right place.

I’ve updated the site to WordPress 3.0 and am currently working on reactivating all the plugins on the site.  This means that for the next few hours, certain pages may look funny or be missing.

If you encounter such a page, don’t worry, I’m working on fixing it all up.  I’ll give a shout once everything is back to normal.

UPDATE 1: Well I’m done for the day.  Everything seems to be back up and running, we’ve got a new theme and some new functionality.  Check it out, and let me know what you think

UPDATE 2: I’ve had to dissable the contact page as it wasn’t working properly.  I’ll be looking for  areplacement, but in the meantime you need to reach me, you may do so by email (if you already have my address), or by commenting on a post.

So expect the site to change a bit as I test plugin and theme compatibility with this new version.

First, the WordPress engine has been upgraded to the latest version.  This upgrade has been a long time coming, but hadn’t been applied yet due to incompatibility with certain plugins.  If you’re interested in details of the upgrade, you can view a quick video in the link below.  Its mostly back end changes that make my life easier, but hey, who doesn’t want to make my life easier, right?

WordPress 2.9 Features

Next bit of news, the Forums have been retired/removed/not there anymore.  Now this shouldn’t be a surprise as I’d explained how I planned to remove them a couple of weeks back.  I just want to say that the people at SimplePress have made a wonderful forums plugin, but when it came down too it, however, the forums were simply no longer useful for this site.

But what happened to all the cool stuff we talked about?

I did make a backup before uninstalling the plugin, so everything is still somewhere.  Also, I’ve moved the RAWR update posts to the blog, and you can now find them under the DnD Weekly Updates category (there’s also a link on the RAWR page).

Oh, and one more thing: I have another blog hidden somewhere on the web that I’ll be incorporating with Folaji.com.  I’ve been thinking about it, and although the subject matter of the other blog is not really related to this site, there’s no real reason why I can’t merge the two together and just create a different category on this site.  So, expect some different and interesting content in the coming weeks.

The next step, which will probably happen within the next couple of weeks, will be to upgrade the forums to Version 4.0.0.  Unlike the upgrade of WordPress, you should see a significant change to the Forums Page once the upgrade is installed.

Edit: I changed the site’s theme on Friday, so yes, the site should look different now

As for the website upgrade and Herman and Dugar posts: I’m sorry.  I’ve learned a very important lesson and that is to never promise that you’ll upgrade a website engine during holiday vacation since you never know what’ll happen (like catching a cold, buying an electric guitar, watching a couple of movies like the Simpsons Movie and a remake of Halloween ).

So the WordPress 2.7 installation is pushed back, and will hopefully happen sometime in January 09.  As for the Dugar and Herman posts, they will be online this week.  Both Fyrewind and Alisttair had provided their final parts a while back, so its just a matter of me posting them on the site.

Anywho, there’ll be some DnD adventuring tonight for sure, so for everyone in the adventuring party, see you around 7pm.

Oh, and Happy 2009 to everyone!

Now, about three weeks ago a new version of WordPress was launched: WordPress 2.7.  This new version contains cool new functions and features that I honestly can’t wait to try out, and I’m hoping to be able to take advantage of my holiday vacations to install it before the end of the week.  This means that the site may be unavailable or broken for most of Thursday and Friday (I expect to be drunk Wednesday ). 

Although the initial installation should be a breeze, I have done many customizations to the site, updating plugins and reinstalling customizations should take up the bulk of the work.  Content shouldn’t be affected, which is good, although I’m not 100% of the availability of the forums plugin (the minimum requirements demand an update to the site’s database engine, although I’ll try to set it up without…!)

So, hopefully, by the end of the week we’ll have a fresh new WordPress engine running the site.  In the meantime, I apologize for any issues during the update!

I don’t need no thought control…

Apologies for the silence on the site, I’ve been on training for most of the past 10 days and now I’m finally done!  I’ve written all my tests (and am hoping that I pass them all…) and I’m slowly getting back into the boring cycle of normal everyday life.

I hope to dish out a few pages of content over the next week (Chapter 3 of the X-Syndicate and Chapter 1 of the Soulhers).  I also have to update some of the site plugins as well as WordPress, and I want to add Creative Commons Licensing to protect the works being published by users on this site.

I’ll also be adding a new Forum for Website Technical Issues, so if you find an error on the site, feel free to post your comments in that section and I should be able to fix it up.

Cheers!

Update…
Major updates (update of Simple:Press Forum and WordPress) are complete and everything seems to be working properly.  There should no longer be any website interruptions.

Edit: Alright, I’m done for the day.  If something seems wrong, it probably is, so please let me know…!