We’re up and we’re live.
The Deus Absconditus site in all possible anti-glory is now up and running at long last. While there are a few things I’m still going to tinker with in my spare time - namely adding streaming audio to the blog, and trying to get my PHP to spit the gallery out in a more orderly fashion - I think it’s all come together fairly well. The gallery is automated, the PHP runs smooth, the formatting is tasty and good and doesn’t break in a stiff breeze. And I wonder to myself sometimes… ‘What took me so long?’
And then I remember. Oh yeah. Losing a whole site and 90% of the backend code because you get pissed off is a really bad thing, and will sour you to resurrecting that design down the line. Let this be a lesson to you.
With regards to the blog: the first time you post a comment, I screen it and approve you. I approve anyone who’s obviously not a robot spammer, so don’t be shy. It’s just a spam-proofing method, and it’s more foolproof than any automated system, because it uses my judgement.
Have fun with the site. Don’t take any wooden nickels. Pass out plenty of wolf tickets.
about damn time. maybe this’ll finally spur me into breathing some life back into my own site.
I wonder — is there any middleground between ‘letting all comments through automatically’ and ‘hand-screening all comments’? does wordpress have a blacklist of any sort?
Comment by kalimonster — April 3, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
Yes, there’s a blacklist. As I’m lazy and don’t feel like putting up with spam until I get a decent blacklist going, though, here’s how WordPress is handling things at the moment:
1) You start off ‘unapproved.’
2) The first time you post a comment, I have to moderate it.
3) Every subsequent time you post, you’re auto-approved by the system.
Comment by adarael — April 4, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
Very nicely done, sir. I really like the way it turned out. I also look forward to seeing how it grows.
Comment by Malkiyyah — April 4, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
Glad you finally got this beast up and running. I promise I’ll try to break it with as many browsers as I can.
I like the look of the site very much. It reminds me of Fallout which can’t be bad.
Comment by rand0mguy — April 5, 2007 @ 3:03 pm