I kept trying to keep my site simple and the code clean…but you know what? Sometimes that means keeping it from functioning to it’s greatest ability.

I evaluated the site and decided it was time to just give in and make it a Wordpress based site. Why would I do that? Well, I already created a custom Wordpress template that works just fine. Why waste time making something new? Wordpress allows you to designated a page other than the one with the blog loop on it to be your “front page”. I haven’t decided if I will make the portfolio the main page or just keep my loop in front. I think there are traffic benefits to having your blog loop on the index page. I am going to research that and let you know. If anyone else has any experience with testing traffic on such a setup (a page other than the blog loop on the front page) then please feel free to share your thoughts here.

I’m still adding portfolio items. That will be a never ending process I think. The old set up made it hard to add each item, but now I can just add it really quick and keep my site up to date. That is the most important thing to me right now, keeping it all up to date.

I’m not thrilled with the rotating thumbnails plugin (NextGEN widget) in the sidebar. I want to find out how to make the images link to the gallery they belong in. Linking to their full size image isn’t working for me. Suggestions would be more than welcome!

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