Pling.org.uk finally moved to WordPress

So, I’ve been mulling it over for quite some time, but I’ve finally moved the Pling website over to the WordPress platform. I’ve spent the last few hours hacking together a WP theme based on roughly what my old site used to look like. It’s not the prettiest thing in the world, but it’s functional, clean and what I want.

This also means I’ve finally abandoned my LiveJournal account. I reread my posts last night and most of them were the cringe-worthy whinging of a 14/15 year old so I’ve imported the posts to WordPress, completely cleared out my account, and made them private so I only I can read them.

I’ve done a little bit of .htaccess hacking to allow for some interesting tricks with WordPress, such as integrating old content with the new site (I’m unlikely to port my CS notes into WordPress) as well as the external apps (Fisheye, Buildbot, Figleaf, etc), so the entire site doesn’t meet the overall design or WordPress, but it does more or less work.

One final thing I should mention. I made a video for my parents’ farmhouse, which isn’t amazing, but I’m quite proud of