WordPress CMS Update – Part 1

And so it began…

I forgot where that quote was from, but I remember the ominous voice that spoke it.

I started a project to convert my WordPress installation into a CMS by going through every single entry and reassigning the categories and tags associated with them. As a result, I cut out a lot of the fat and I’m now down to just three categories. Eventually, I’ll be consolidating my pages and categories together so that they will look seamless. This will involve some major hacking of my theme, which will become the basis for my theme templates and framework.

As a result of my site content, I decided to rename my NSFW content to Prawns (because prawns just sounds cooler and more inconspicuous), and then I excluded that content from the Loop of the frontpage and Archives. As a result, you actually have to filter the exact category if you want to view that content. Later on, I’ll be coding some AJAX dialogs to warn users of NSFW content. Also, each page and category will have a slightly different site design. Perhaps different color schemes? It might work if I carefully choose my color themes. Thank goodness for kuler.

As this project progresses, I should become more experienced with doing this kind of coding. Once that’s done, I’ll be working on the design portion, which will be the coup de grace. I can hardly wait!