I was going to write today about how I’ve improved on my previous solution for manipulating the category URIs in WordPress, but then I came across the Top Level Categories plugin that does exactly what I’ve been trying to accomplish without all of my half-assed hackery. Moreover, it’s compatible with the Permalink Redirect plugin, which my approaches weren’t. A big thanks to the authors of these two plugins for making my life that much easier.
I’m planning some changes for my website for the upcoming release of WordPress 2.1. Basically, I want to start using WordPress as a content management system instead of a plain old blogging tool, and the new version can handle that a bit better than the current one, 2.0.5. But I also want to do some tricky things with where different types fo contrent are stored, and that means delving into WordPress’s internals, including its mod_rewrite rules. It took a lot of trial and error, but I finally managed to get it working.
I’ve completed the transition to the new blog, meaning I’ve imported all the old entries, comments, and categories. Everything is now more or less like it was. The only catch is that if you were registered on the old blog, that info has not been brought over, so you will need to register again before you can comment. But you’ll do it because you love me. 
I still need to customize the look and layout, but other than the cosmetic stuff, everything is done.
I’m in the process of migrating from my old blog to this new one. I’m doing this mainly because the software that the old one used is no longer supported. I’ve imported all the posts from the old blog, but not comments or users yet. So bear with me while I make this transition.
I guess March and April have been really busy. There was Spring Break, which was followed by three very busy weeks. I guess I’ve been recuperating since then. But have no fear, there’s a deluge of posts coming. Until then, I must quote Dave Chappel: “I’m back, bitches!”
