Tag: Site News
Milestone Thing
Hurray for me.
It has been a fun side project. I am definitely diggin the This Day In block that I implemented after seeing something similar on coremans site. The biggest thing I want from this site is to make sure I don’t forget stuff. This allows me to quickly and easily see the things I recorded.
Drupal Upgrade
Upgrade Somehow
![look before you leap look before you leap](http://www.muddylaces.ca/albums/blog2005/IMG_1018.thumb.jpg)
I am just about to undergo an upgrade here on muddylaces. Drupal just release version 4.6. Their upgrade instructions are making me wonder if I really want to upgrade. It is not so much an upgrade of the software as it is a complete redo. Files have been replaced and moved, so many things won’t work properly. They recommend backing up (always a good idea), the completely removing the old code, replacing it with the new stuff. Gah. Lots of work. Will tackle later I think.
I did upgrade Gallery to version 1.5 yesterday. That one was super simple, except that somehow my css got lost. Fortunately that was easy enough to recover.
Block Efficient
![brick by brick I build this site brick by brick I build this site](http://www.muddylaces.ca/albums/blog2005/IMG_8323.thumb.jpg)
Tonight I implemented a new block of functionality for muddylaces. Much like coreman.com I now have a block that will provide a link to previous years posts for this day. This will only be shown when there is a post to be displayed. It was a fun little exercise. My implementation isn’t the most efficient, but it works for now. If I had a lot more traffic, I would have to change things a little.
Homegrown Navigation
Maintenance Output
![don't stop, nothing to see here construction markers](http://www.muddylaces.ca/albums/blog2005/IMG_2722.thumb.jpg)
More website maintenance this weekend. Another upgrade to Gallery was released recently. Turns out their last patch didn’t actually fix their problem.
I also found some code to implement a different version of the recent comments block. I took that code, and tweaked it a bit to suit my output, and blam, a nice new Latest Comments block, served up the way I like it.
Regular Upgrade
Commenting Approval
I may return to anonymous commenting in a week or so and see what happens, but for now you will have to login or register to leave a comment.
Hour Version
![tools for working tools for working](http://www.muddylaces.ca/albums/blog/IMG_1532.thumb.jpg)
Well, I just spent the last hour or so doing some site upgrades. First I upgraded my Gallery version to it’s latest.
Then I spent a lot more time upgrading my version of Drupal to 4.5.0 There are some cool things about this new version, but once again I need to redo my theme. That is alway a pain in the ass. I think I got everything else upgraded and working again though. If I missed something, just shoot me an email.