Because I decided to use a new layout again, but I think it is unlikely I’ll go for yet another layout. I’m pretty satisfied with this one so far. Good news is, the backend is a lot more user-friendly now (WordPress 2.7 beta 1ftw!) so it’s easier to update and that means more updates! Yay! And Livejournal crossposting is back and working fine (after some tweaking)! To be honest, this one can be a Lunadream v.7 but I’m too lazy to redo the banner graphic. There are some functions that I haven’t added back yet, like the post user avatar/icon thingy, but I’ll see about getting them back. =)

I’m doing NaNoWriMo now so most likely I won’t be able to write fanfics, even though I have enough ideas to fuel a year’s worth of fanfic writing. *wibbles* But I want to win this time, so yeahhhhhhh! Ganbatte!!

The wordpress engine, I mean, which I use to run this site. The new version, 2.3 series, has tags in addition to categories and I knew that would be one hell lot helpful. But there were also some major changes to the work categories work, so some things broke and I have to fix them and the site may be all out of sorts while I do so. But the good news is, I’ve began to realize the convenience of converting code hacks into plugins, so things aren’t all bad.

But first, before that, I changed the layout yet again. This time, I’m trying to customize it nearer to the LJ style that I prefer. It feels less rigid to me for some reason.

If you’re asking me, I believe so.

Cross-posting to LJ (my account@LJ) now works great as long as I don’t touch the plugin’s codes anymore. Or delete any of the journal entries over at that side. I heard it’ll potentially screw things up and I’m not going to even try. I’ve been looking and editing the codes all day to debug and customize it and I’m a bit sick of it.

Thank the developers of WordPress for the new list category functions, because it save me a lot of trouble on the side-bar. Now I don’t have to manually edit it all the time, and neither do I have to code it like hell. How nice. If I can find the plugin I saw that makes the categories do something like what the my LJ account’s sidebar is doing, then that would be perfect.

Now to tackle the way the Fictions Details sub-categories look in the post. I’m also thinking of adding more into the Genre sub-category and making Reference page more dynamic. But that’s all for later, as in hours later, since I’m going to sleep before I have to edit off anymore typos. Yup.

I’ve more or less settled the way I want the site to look, and now is content addition and later, more tweeking with navigation and the theme. Oh yes. I do like the look (as in colors, fonts, all), but I also like that it seems easy to customize. I want to make it more… uniquely my site. Mhmm. About the LJ thingy, right now it’s a bit buggy since I deleted posts in LJ and the plugin can’t quite cope with the fact that I did. But what I’m actually doing is to duplicate the posts here onto my LiveJournal account, since it’s sitting there, completely empty and all. I found a really pretty theme for it, so yeah, it’s possible that I’ll become more active in LJ? Lol.

Decided to start twiddling with the site again after upgrading the WordPress version being used, and ended up using a shiny new layout that’s easier to customize. And it’s blue, which I like a lot, so yeah. More to come, development or content wise.

*Edit* I found yet another layout that doesn’t blind me as much and is even easier to modify. So now it’s a warm comfortable brown.

I’ve been entertaining this idea for some time now, and I’m finally going to act on it. I’m going to using a heavily modified WordPress engine, which is normally used for blogging, for maintaining and updating the site. It’s going to make things more convenient for me and Yume-chan.

For now, as it is the development stage, this will be kept private first until I can manage to implement it seamlessly, without too many changes to the current version. There’s a slight chance that it may end up being LunaDream v.6 instead though, lol. And will probably end up being more than just a fanfic site. My ambition is to combine the static monotonous fanfic site with the easier to update ficlog, and I’ve seen it being done with Livejournal so yeah. That’s the goal I’m working towards. Ganbatte ne.