This blog needs some serious sprucing up. There are dead links all around, I need to update the software, and there is so much I want to do. Below is my rough to-do list for the blog over the next couple of months (basically, this post is serving as my back-up brain because I may not remember it all with everything else that needs remembering).

  • Fix the dead links. Prior to using the link manager software, I was manually creating the PHP redirect files for links. When I moved hosting, those files were all lost and now I need to work on getting them all set up in the link manager and updating the links throughout the blog.
  • Install some helpful plugins. The net has been chugging along just fine without me, and some of the plugins I’m using are simply outdated or not in use at all. The main plugin I want to get set up here is the SimpleTags plugin so I can tag my posts and the WP-Shortstat plugin so I can get quick overviews of my stats.
  • Move the newsletter. I’ve been handling the newsletter/site updates in house and frankly, I don’t need yet another thing to manage by myself, so I’ll be moving the system over to the Aweber service.
  • Reorganize, restructure, and redesign. Personally, I enjoy the design here, but it’s dated. I want to make the site more user friendly, easy to navigate, and easy on the eyes while still expressing my personal style.
  • Upgrade (and get back the missing comments). I need to upgrade WordPress to the latest version because it has some awesome feature improvements that I can’t want to test drive. Also, I need to dig out my own back up so I can get back, at least some, of the comments I accidentally deleted.

There’s probably more I need to add to the list, but the above is all I can think of at the moment.