Blog reboot done

Well, almost.

Dreamhost's one-click install was pretty straightforward. Backing up and restoring the WP database went smoothly as well. (Thanks to my regular backup strategy.) Replacing the theme and the plugins are still in process. I've managed to put back the site's look to its former layout, with not-quite-a-few tweaks in the CSS and theme files. I haven't installed all plugins yet, but the more important ones (like Akismet) are in place.

A few minor hiccups: the flickrRSS plugin would have to be suspended for now as I have yet to tweak the CSS that places my Flickr thumbnails neatly in the sidebar. I'm still trying to understand this new widget functionality. I can't seem to add custom sidebar entries using K2, because manually editing sidebar.php apparently doesn't work. My hosted images (I failed to note that I also have Gallery installed!) are nowhere to be found. Good thing I also created backups for that.

The more important blog features:

1. The RSS feed pointed back to Feedburner, along with the alternate tag in the header for autodiscovery. Check.


2. Google Sitemap. In place.


3. Google Analytics code in the header. Back in place.


4. Various sponsor links (part of my feeble attempt at monetization). Done.

Lot of work to be done, but so far, so good. I can sleep now.