Updating the Site

I finally got around to upgrading my WordPress installation, the dashboard had been nagging me for a few weeks. I also finally got wp-cache working after following the directions for getting it to work on IIS. It is not like I get a server crushing level of traffic here (though it still is fun to watch my traffic steadily climb), but it feels nice to be prepared.

I think the next step is to update the theme. Cutline has served me well, but quite frankly it seems a little played out lately. Everywhere you turn online you seem to run into it. As much as I’d love to roll my own, I think I’ll probably go with another pre-built theme. I just don’t have the time (if any of you reader out there have the inkling, send me an email on the about page. I’m not looking for anything fancy, just something clean.)

I’m also kicking around the idea of moving my photography site to WordPress. It currently is a simple static site I threw together fairly quickly, but I’m thinking WP will allow me to update it faster and keep it fresh. There, I might actually invest in a real theme, since its a business site. My budget isn’t huge, (we’re talking double-digits here), but again if your interested, drop me a line.

[Update: I'm seeing weird behavior in the Dashboard with wp-cache enable, namely it is caching dashboard pages, even though the plugin isn't supposed to. I'll have to look into that. Since I mainly post with Windows Live Writer, it should affect me too much.]

[Update #2:I stayed up way too late tweaking the site and settled on yet another Chris Pearson template, though I tweaked his 3 column design down to two. I'm pretty happy with it and will probably stick with it.]