{"id":4,"date":"2011-02-07T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2011-02-07T14:01:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T14:01:52","slug":"blogging-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/blogging-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The old blog was a set of Python scripts cobbled together with more expedience than elegance. I had a look, and frankly that stuff scares me. Rather than patch it up again, I’ve stuffed a WordPress install on here. Pros: One-click install! Easy! No Stress!. Cons: PHP. I mean, really. Also, there’s a database under the covers somewhere. I refuse to look. The old Python stuff was at least devoid of such nonsense.<\/p>\n

I’m doing this because we had an awesome weekend, and I wanted to write about it. Facebook doesn’t work for longer-form things, and I don’t trust them. Since I have a perfectly good domain, I decided to use it.<\/p>\n

Installing WordPress was wonderfully simple – one click, done. Changing the header image to one of mine was a little harder:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create Subversion repository on server<\/li>\n
  2. Import all WordPress stuff into repository<\/li>\n
  3. Sluck the code over the wire to a local copy<\/li>\n
  4. Find an image I liked<\/li>\n
  5. Edit and crop image<\/li>\n
  6. Add image to SVN, commit<\/li>\n
  7. Update server-side from SVN<\/li>\n
  8. Remember that it’s Just Not That Easy, check code out, move directories around, update with new file. Success. Yay.<\/li>\n
  9. Rootle around in guts of WordPress Theme to find out how to change header image<\/li>\n
  10. PHP. Damn.<\/li>\n
  11. Find relevant bit. Yes, it’s configured in the database.<\/li>\n
  12. Carefully bolt the code back together. Close lid. Discard parts left over.<\/li>\n
  13. Log in to admin\u00c2\u00a0 site and change header.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So. Yes. 1-click, if you can keep your fingers out of the workings. *Sigh*.<\/p>\n

    On the plus side, I have the whole thing under version control, so I should be able to recover from the inevitable screw-ups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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