Renovations completed

Sometimes I can’t even believe it myself, but this website has been around for over 5 years. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean new content was added on a regular basis. In fact, long periods of radio silence were sometimes only interrupted for a plugin update message.

But not anymore!  You see, even though I haven’t been busy writing about programming doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy doing it all this time. This means I have a few interesting projects and ideas in the works, or in other words, more material to publish on this site and blog about.

WordPress is not what it used to be

After blowing the dust off the dashboard, I realized how outdated my website had become. My theme and set of plugins for WordPress were no longer compatible or didn’t take advantage of the cool new features. It was time for a makeover! Having made some themes for newer versions of WordPress recently, I decided to put that experience to good use and start working on a new theme. It got my approval yesterday after which I locked down the site for “renovations”.

What you are currently looking at is the result of an afternoon squashing bugs and editing content. The new look is more minimalistic than any of my previous designs. There is more emphasis on typography and the presentation of content. The simplicity of the templates also made it much easier for me to integrate new WordPress features (such as threaded comments, you should give them a try!).

What’s next?

I have noticed a lot of visitors come here looking for my WordPress plugin(s). For them I have good news: I am still actively maintaining the plugin. As a matter of fact, there will be an update soon that should improve the speed and stability of the text filter. I will also start working on a new (commissioned) plugin soon, which will likely be released here as well.

Other things that I will be posting about are Syme (my attempt to write an IRC client) and a backup utility for Windows I wrote in C#.