Change is good … I think

If you checked in this weekend, you probably noticed more than a bit of turbulence here. My Movable Type blog got bunked up, mostly through my own doing, and rather than try to unravel it I decided to make a fresh start. I was a full release behind on Movable Type, so first I tried upgrading. Bad idea. I had multiple issues, most of which focused on the admin. The javascript in there wasn’t working right and I just wasn’t willing to try to figure out what was wrong. The new templating system in MT 4.23 also left me completely befuddled. So I took the fresh start to another level.

When I set up a Word Press blog for Maroon Ventures, I was incredibly impressed with how easy it was to install, modify and manage. So I switched to Word Press and so far I have no regrets.

A few things to be aware of:

• I’ve turned the main page of Opposable-Thumbs into the main page of my blog. So now going to http://www.opposable-thumbs.com/ takes you straight to the blog instead of the static HTML page/links that used to be there.
• I redirected everything from the old blog to the opposable-thumbs.com page. I didn’t bother to try to connect the old URLs to the new ones. I don’t think enough people read or bookmark items in this blog to make that worthwhile. If you’re looking for something specific, give me a shout and I’ll help you track it down. I did import all the entries from the MT blog into this one (612 of them dating back to 2002), so everything should be here, albeit with new URLs.
• I’ve reversed the redirect. It was having some unintended effects since I have image links and other stuff in there. I’ll need to create a more surgical redirect when I get time …
• I haven’t settled for sure on a theme yet, so the look and feel might change as my whims change.
• Still a lot of nits to pick. If you spot one, please shoot me a note. I’ll link all the static stuff from the old site in here somewhere, but I doubt I’ll bother with switching the design to whatever theme I settle on …