Site progress

As some of you may have noticed, there are a couple of changes that have taken place to the site. First and foremost is the addition of the twitter widget at the bottom right of the page. This is something that has been long missed and I frequently get asked if and when it is coming back. So finally I’ve found an interim solution.

Next update, is the fact that, thelongmile.net is now just “thelongmile”. You knew about this in the last site update post, but I’ve finally updated the logo to include the .com and .net domains to reflect the new site structure.

August also saw the creation of another site Cardiff Tweetups.
Cardiff Tweetups follows on from a twitter meet that happened last Saturday at Y Fwch Goch in Cardiff. I’ve simply created the website so people can post meet ideas. I’m not arranging them all the time, but I’ll post ideas that people have.

This is of course the very first additional site I have made, and now am the proud owner and administrator of two websites, and of course with that, “thelongmile” has now become a part of what I’m calling “thelongmile group”.

Any website that I set up and administer myself, will be part of “thelongmile group” until such time as I choose ether a more appropriate name, or create a parent site. So say hi to “thelongmile group”.

The final update for you all is of course the sites backend and core. The stuff you don’t see.

As of August the 2nd we are now running on the latest version of WordPress 2.8.3 allowing greater security and hopefully improved speed. I’m already seeing reports of increased user performance and the overall statistics appear to be good, and certainly improved.

Similarly the security updates that come with 2.8.3 plus the additional security software installed on the site and recoded, allow for a more secure, and far more reliable system.

The site is now largely being limited by it’s own popularity and growth. In fact a large percentage of the sites loading time is coming from BuyHTTP’s servers simply trying to respond to an incoming query and load the databases. Whilst BuyHTTP have given me excellent service over the past few years, I am now actively looking to expand and that means a move.

That’s it for now everyone. I felt it best to keep you up to date with the website itself and make sure you’re checking out the new features and new sites. Also don’t forget that I’m also on Flickr and will be adding a flickr sidebar link in the coming days.