The new blog site is close to complete
I know, I know; you’ve heard it before. But now it really is getting near the point at which the transfer to the new blog site will be made. After that, the neoneocon.com URL will have a redirect that will lead you automatically to the new site.
Many (not all) of the old posts and comments have now been transferred to the new site, and so if you go to thenewneo.com and look around, you’ll find them.
I’d like you to do that on as many of your devices as possible, and tell me what you think. Let me know if you have any suggestions for further improvement. You can comment at that blog, too, and see how that works. So far, the preview plugin doesn’t seem to work there, and I can’t find a good substitute, but the edit function is working nicely and that should probably be adequate.
When I got the idea to make the switch to a new URL and a new and more updated format, it seemed as though that would be a relatively simple task. I was quickly disabused of that notion when I was told I needed a web developer (not a web designer) to do it, and had a very difficult time finding a web developer to take on the job. Either they didn’t reply at all, or had various reasons they wouldn’t do it—too small a task, too big a task, uninteresting, beyond their skills, impossible…
I was almost about to give up on the idea and stick with the old blog site, although the old design of this blog has many drawbacks and makes it hard to add things or change them, or make it more responsive to cell phones and the like. I was complaining to a relative about the whole thing when she said that she has a relative who’s a web developer. Maybe he would do it. And so the relative route was the charm, although this kind young man has a full-time job and various other pressing responsibilities, and so it’s understandably taken a while to get going.
Anyway, that’s probably more than you wanted to know about the whole process and my travails. Just go to the new site and take a look around, and let me know what you think so far.
Malformed link at the end.
It reads
http://www.neoneocon.com/2018/07/10/the-new-blog-site-is-close-to-complete/thenewneo.com
which 404s.
But once you get to
thenewneo.com
it’s looking good.
vanderleun:
Thanks. Fixed.
vanderleun:
Did you try to comment there?
It looks great. I can relate to the demands of a change like this. I’ve been working on an accounting software switch (19 years with my current program) for the last 4 months. I thought it was going to be involved, but even more than I imagined. “Going live” as of 7/1/18–via “catch-up” mode. I can’t wait to be on just the one program.
There’s a bit of a Lucy with the football thing going on here. 😉
Neo:
If not all of the old posts and comments have been transferred, does that mean that a complete transfer is in the offing?
Or, does it mean that the transfer will always be incomplete?
Or, does it mean something else?
Can’t help but be curious.
Neo-
New site looks like it will be nice to visit. it’s clean and crisp.
While we’re catching up on things, how is the new frig doing? (May not be considered new anymore).
Richard
Thanks for the persistent hard work Boss.
You’re making this an even better place to visit.
Cornflour:
The plan is to transfer them all.
Richard Stockinger:
Every day I love the new fridge more and more. It holds so much, considering it’s really not that big. You can see everything clearly. I don’t hurt my back bending over to get fruits and vegetables. And it keeps things fresh longer. Very attractive, too.
I started writing about the SSP, secret space program, and suddenly Trum starts making a Space Force…. talk about congruities.
Of course, it is not a new Space Force. Just an old one rebranded for disclosure.
It’s easy to ignore Ymar, I’m just one digital avatar. Try ignoring Trum however.
Crisp it is! I like it.