Guess I shouldn’t have been so worried about updating the software that is the primary backbone of the website. It took a while, but everything went off without a hitch.
I may end up tweaking the forum skin, but for now, it’s close enough.
As soon as I updated, I noticed that there’s another update, so I’m most likely going to go ahead and apply that today as well. Seems like a good time, since most in the U.S. aren’t likely to be on an adult website with family looking over their shoulder *laugh*
The most important thing about this update is that it paves the way to begin coding the backend of the website again. That’s the first step into adding new content ( and restoring a lot of what used to be here )
I’ll keep everyone up to date as things move forward. My first order of business after all updates are applied and working properly is to move to a sidebar. What it will be is the current floating menu ( if you have it turned on ) locked to the sidebar of the page. If you leave the default, the menu will scroll with the page. If you select the floating menu, then the menu will remain conveniently at the top left of the page for quick navigation.
The reason I make it optional is that some older browsers may have problems with the floating menu. If it works for you, you’ll certainly want to turn it on!
Once that’s done, I have the missing element of navigation that I felt I need to proceed. After that, it’s straight content addtions. Character profiles. Maps. Information on how the various forms of magic work. Gods and religions. All that jazz.
Okay, off to apply the next update. If it keeps going this well, I may just get some writing done today as a bonus 🙂
EDIT: The second upgrade went through as smoothly as the first. Updated a few peripheral bits of software as well. Still a couple more I’m going to check for updates on while I’m having such good luck, but those are entirely behind-the-scenes things, and so should be completely invisible to you even if they do go haywire *laugh*
All in all, a welcome relief.
