about 4 days ago - 6 comments
So the long-planned and consistently procrastinated SEB Podcast is going to happen this Saturday thanks to the very responsible ***Dave who’s been pestering me that we should actually do what we said we would do. This will be our first attempt and I fully expect it to be… interesting. Yeah, interesting is a good, positive More >
about 3 weeks ago - 7 comments
SEB’s migration is done and everything should be working properly though it may take some time for the IP address change to migrate it’s way through the net. Of course if you’re reading this then it’s made its way through your DNS servers.
We’re also trying out a slightly different theme to see if it works More >
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
There’s been a few WP modules that weren’t working quite right and the documentation said they needed PHP5 which I thought we had on this server, but apparently we don’t. When I inquired I learned that SEB is still on one of EngineHosting’s PHP4 clusters, but they’d be happy to move me to one of More >
about 1 month ago - 6 comments
I’ve had a lot of requests for a post on how I moved my ExpressionEngine blogs over to WordPress so here it, finally, is. And, no, it doesn’t really take 64 steps.
The problem with moving from EE to WordPress is that while WP has an impressive selection of importing tools for various platforms built into More >
about 1 month ago - 8 comments
Most of the changes are to the back end of the sight, there’s a new built-in image editor and deleted posts and comments go into a trash bin before being deleted, so if you only ever see the front end you shouldn’t notice much difference.
But, as always, there’s a chance for weirdness so let me More >
about 2 months ago - 7 comments
Holy crap! I’ve been so busy with life that I totally forgot that I started this little experiment in egocentric rambling back on December 2nd, 2001. Not that I did a lot with it that month, but that’s when it officially started which means Stupid Evil Bastard is now, officially, 8 years old.
Had you told me More >
about 2 months ago - 21 comments
As you can see, if you’ve stopped by the site instead of reading its RSS feed, I’ve got a half-assed port of the old SEB template moved over to WordPress. It’s missing a few things here and there, but it appears to be functional so I wanted to try it on the live site and More >
about 2 months ago - 10 comments
So we’ve been running WordPress for over a week now and I thought I’d take a moment to give my impressions. There is much to like about WordPress and much to dislike, but it’s certainly much better than it was the last time I checked it out over five years ago.
First, here’s what I love More >
about 3 months ago - 86 comments
After many hours of work and some 22 export files with an average of 300 entries per file (highest was 500, lowest was 150), I have successfully migrated SEB from ExpressionEngine to WordPress. I will be writing a post about how I did this which will include the templates a I used and details on More >
about 3 months ago - 11 comments
I’ve mentioned previously that I was thinking of moving SEB off of ExpressionEngine and onto some other platform, likely WordPress, and now I’ve finally made the decision to do so. Not everyone cares, but for those who are curious as to why I thought I should take a moment and explain.
We’ve been running on the More >
about 2 months ago
On the contrary, it already looks cleaner thanks to moving to a single sidebar. No more YouTube videos covering up the recent posts section! Yay!
about 2 months ago
My thoughts will be with you as you achieve success because I sure do miss my rocking chair and pillow.
about 2 months ago
I think it is fine like it is…But some of us know you will ” just not leave it alone “.
Anyways….I see momma posted, so I clicked on her name and was reading about all the Christmas stuff. I don’t have my reading glasses on…
I see this:
“The other bit of business was concluded at 4 am this morning and is tucked safely in my bedroom out of sight. I have seen enough of those lovely shades of blue to last me a long while”
I do kind of a double take, ” Why would she say that ? ” I get my glasses to read it again… Oh….tucked:)
about 2 months ago
There’s a bunch of features missing from the old site and the glaring white background isn’t fun at all. Other than that, I don’t care.
about 2 months ago
Haven’t figured out how to post, yet. Guess that will be coming round the mountain when she comes.
about 2 months ago
Leguru, you, and everyone else who has registered, should now be able to access the entry posting part of the dashboard. I’ve changed everyone’s role to contributor which allows you to submit new entries to a pending queue. I’ll still have to approve each entry, but this should make things somewhat similar to how they worked under EE. I’ve also changed the default role for new members to contributor.
about 2 months ago
Thanks, Les. Still fiddling with the HTML tags, like blockquote. Had to look it up in my textbook.
about 2 months ago
Hmm. The sidebar could be a tad wider.
about 2 months ago
It’s currently 200 pixels, you think I should make it a bit bigger?
about 2 months ago
What was the sidebar’s width on the EE site?
The thing with a two-column layout with a fixed sidebar and a fluid body on a wide screen is that sidebar seems all scrunched up, while the main body just keeps going off into the distance. Neither column is very readable, but for opposite reasons.
I’d be tempted to try a fixed layout; sidebar 250, body 775 or so. Or 25% and 75%.
about 2 months ago
Previously I had it set to 250px. I was thinking of changing it to match as well.