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MSC Humanities Upgraded

Gerald Lucas — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:34:21 +0000

Yes, it’s finally finished. The migration from Drupal to WordPress on the MSC Humanities site is complete. Yes, the Leopard Server upgrade gave me some issues, but I think the result is worth it. Let’s just hope the next system update from Apple doesn’t break anything. It shouldn’t.

I still have some work to do to this site, the HumX, and to Big Jelly, but I’m pretty pleased with my migrations. Drupal served me well for a long time, but WordPress seems to be much more advanced — at least for my purposes. Yes, WP has its quirks, but in the big picture, it is just a better platform. Besides, it seems to have many more professional designers working for it.

I’m Addicted

Gerald Lucas — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:03:57 +0000

I seem to be, anyway. When I found Elegant Themes, I had to change the look of my photography web site. And this site with the Quadro theme. (I’m resisting the urge to move install one of these themes on HumX. No, I won’t.) Yes, for $20 a year, you too can have some pretty nice themes for your WordPress site.

So, I spent all day uploading some of my 2008 photography. Check it out. And leave a comment, especially if you got your gravatar on.

I’m planning on upgrading our departmental Xserve tomorrow with Leopard Server. With that will be a new Humanities web site, run on WordPress and Elegant Themes’ Who’s Who theme. Drupal just seems sluggish compared to the WordPress, so there’s nothing like a vacation to move everything.

I just hope the addiction will continue.

Humanities 2.0

Gerald Lucas — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:16:00 +0000

I’m very proud of my recent work on the Humanities web site. I designed it a couple of years ago, and since the college just updated their site, I figured ours needed to be better.

I updated the software to Drupal, ditching the difficult-to-use GeekLog. The new 4.7.2 version of Drupal adds some excellent features, like the ability to name URLs. The design is based on Ken Collins’ Meta Theme; I changed the masthead images, but it is essentially just as he made it. This theme is so well done, that it alone might convince all CMS users to switch to Drupal.

I plan to devote some more time to finishing the site this summer, and some time in the fall to train the faculty on how to use it. I’m happy to be excited about our web site again.