Monday, July 9, 2007

The BradLands version 6.0

I'm bringing sexy Helvetica back! Yep, The BradLands were closed over the weekend ("Moose out front should'a told ya") while I ported the site over to run on Expression Engine (EE) and gave the place a new coat of pixels. Not everything is back in place yet—this here weblog and The Daily Brad are good to go—but I'll be adding content and tweaking things on a continuing basis. The oldest content that hasn't made the transition during the past two redesigns will eventually make it here as well.

This is the third site—after SXSW Baby! and the site for The Rep—that I've built with Expression Engine and it just continues to impress (and, occasionally, frustrate) the hell out of me. It has given me the opportunity to learn quite a few new things, though, and developing all of the sites I work with regularly on the same platform certainly has its advantages. I'll have some more to say about EE in a while, including some tips and tricks I've picked up along the ascent of its learning curve.

I'd decided to port The BradLands to EE a while ago, but I was still a bit reluctant to move away from Movable Type, particularly after having the opportunity to beta test their awfully slick new 4.0 version. I still have a few small projects running MT, and when the new version is finished, I'll give it a good look before making any other transitions.

One final bit of housekeeping: If you're subscribed to the old site RSS or Atom feeds, the redirects I put in place should flip your feed reader over to the Feedburner versions. Just to be sure, though, you might want to check your subscriptions. This weblog is now feeding http://feeds.feedburner.com/MustSeeHttp and The Daily Brad is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDailyBrad (and yes, I am planning to resume writing over there, thanksforasking).

Let me know if you find anything terribly wrong with the site, won't you?

Friday, July 6, 2007

Dig we must…

Thank you for visiting The BradLands. We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer our customary hospitality at this time, as we are closed for summer cleaning and renovations. We encourage you to come again, and we look forward to serving you in the future. Please watch for an announcement of our reopening in all of the most fashionable weblogging magazines and color Sunday newspaper supplements.

Again, thank you for visiting and have a flawless day.