May 05
New web server, new web theme
on May 5th, 2007 - UncategorizedAdd comments
I moved my blog to a newer, faster server that isn’t on my little cable modem :).
It should be faster (it is for me!). As you can see, I am also playing with a new theme, so things are in a bit of a flux as far as the layout of the home page goes.
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May 5th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
BTW - I don’t like this theme - but my old one wouldn’t work, and for now, I don’t have any more time to mess with this today
May 5th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
wow, the load speeds are GREAT!
May 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Ok Rob I have a question what ever happen to the Learning Locker? Dish man
May 5th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
@Katie: Well, that’s a long story, but I’ll keep it short. I needed to feed my kids, I found a guy that seemed passionate about it. I turned everything over to him.
He never did anything with it, so about two months ago I took the domain, etc back from him.
So now I am trying to figure out what to do next. Right now, I am too busy on a new business venture to give it proper time.
So it’s dormant now… but I am still hoping to revive it at some point. I’ve been working with a couple other education-oriented sites lately, and I hope to somehow roll The Learning Locker into those. But nothing to announce - not for some time.
BTW, Non-Profits are a HELL of a lot harder to do than FOR profits. Who would have thunk it?
Rob
May 5th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
@Deannie - yeah, I love the speed - especially when doing admin stuff (like backing up the database) - what used to take an hour takes minutes.
But I hate this theme - all the ads everywhere. I’ve made $28 off Google Ads in six months - hardly worth me having them here. But they are built into this theme. I’ll find a better theme in the coming days, time permitting.
Rob
May 5th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Can’t wait till Stuffleufagus.com goes live…love that theme a lot.
May 5th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Yeah - me too - but that domain and this one are both pointing to the same place right now. The theme I was tring to use before (when you previewed it) worked great - until I moved all my data to it… then it broke
At this point, I am just tempted to have someone build me a custom theme that does what I want, and looks how I want.
May 6th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Yup… a VERY noticable (positive) change in load speed.
May 6th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
so where is this being hosted?
May 6th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
1and1.com - Paul recommended it - and after we got some initial bugs worked out, I love it. Drop-dead easy to manage. I have 14 domains on my site now - I pay $14.95 a month ($19.95/month after the first six months) for it.
Hard to beat that.
Rob
May 7th, 2007 at 10:28 am
The comments view on the new theme look actually much better than on the old one though:)
I hate the widgets though
May 7th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Yuvi - I agree - I like the comments, hate the ugly widgets! This theme is make by this guy: http://www.sizlopedia.com/. It’s called Tigopedia Releaded v1.0.
Rob