Well, between modifications to my templates and tinkering with various new WordPress addons, I’ve revamped the site’s back-end a fair amount, while providing a few neat new features. Many of these are purely for the sake of my own sanity or the site’s upkeep — things like more anti-spam measures, extra security, IP/referrer blocking, XML sitemap generation, etc. — but a few of these may be useful to my fine readers.
I’ve finally gotten around to fixing the HTML and CSS to be more or less standards-compliant; there’s still a few hiccups here and there, but it more or less validates, as do the various feeds. We’ve also got a better paging system for older/newer posts on the front page, and an automatically-generated “related posts” list that should keep track of similar topics (you have to actually go onto the post page itself, they won’t show on the main page). Best of all, we now have proper support for the iPhone, Blackberry, and other mobile devices — rather than struggling with the template which was clearly designed for modern computer resolutions, it offers a completely different interface for mobile users.
Pretty cool, no? :)
