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JHuskisson 2.5

Posted on April 25th, 2008 in general updates

It’s not exactly a version 2.5 but we may as well stick with whatever Wordpress version I’m using instead of counting the exact amount of times I’ve changed around this site. It just makes things easier. (Update: WP 2.5.1 released four seconds after making the site live, good timing).

I had David over at Rolled put together this design about a month ago based on one of Nofie Iman’s free Wordpress themes that I ran into when looking for a temporary refresh. The design will change over time, and it is planned that it will be added to as time progresses but for the moment this is the clean slate that I am to start again with.

Some interesting numbers that I’ve noticed whilst paying attention to the site properly over the past week or so. I’ve just hit 1,100 comments on posts from users and over 28,000 have been blocked via Akismet in comparison. I’ve also seen my subscribers number hit above 150, and hope to see this rise further the more I post up.

Things are moving forward on a significant amount of things in the background that I’ll be posting up about, but in short it mostly means I should be able to post much more freely in the future without worrying too much. I hope to be able to talk about the changes from freelancing to small business, how I coped with it and how I should have done it differently so that people doing the same may benefit.

I’m going to release this design as a free Wordpress theme in a few weeks, along with a Wordpress plug-in or two that I’ve put together. I also have some Code Igniter helpers/libraries and Expression Engine modules/plug-ins that I hope to be documenting online. So lots of releases all round.

For now, enjoy poking around the new layout and feel free to follow me to Twitter or any other social networking app you may be using. I’ve taken the time to list a few of my profiles I have around the net on my contact page.

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Enrique Ramirez wrote:

It was about time, boss! But it’s looking good! One personal goal crossed, a few zillions more to go. ;)

# April 25th, 2008 at 5:37pm
Luke wrote:

It’s nice and purdy mate, nice choice. And I’m one of those subscribers ;) I’m interested to see what you have to say about the whole small business thingy, I’ll be setting myself up once I hit Uni.

# April 25th, 2008 at 5:51pm
Mike Robinson wrote:

You know I think this design is great, about time it was live ;)

# April 25th, 2008 at 6:18pm
Ryan Christensen wrote:

Looks great! I’m always a fan of simplicity done right.

# April 25th, 2008 at 10:37pm
Jamie Huskisson wrote:

Note to self, force people to adopt Gravatars

# April 26th, 2008 at 11:03am
Ryan Williams wrote:

Nice. :) Much cleaner ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Â now you just need to post frequently so I get the opportunity to see it more often!

I did set up a Gravatar about 13.7 billion years ago, but a few spam incidents forced me to start using site-specific email addresses when commenting. At least I get a pretty cloud instead. ;

# April 26th, 2008 at 12:35pm
David Myers wrote:

Glad to see it up and about!

# April 26th, 2008 at 3:46pm

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