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Switching to Graffiti - Expect Some Bumps

I've been running this site on Community Server since mid-2006. It's good stuff, but it's time to move on to something else. I've made enough modifications to my CS setup that upgrading hasn't been an option. I've been using the same version since day one.

I just found out about Graffiti today [product site here]. Read the available docs, watched the videos, got a feeling for what it is, and decided it was what I needed. Far easier to customize without having to modify the source. I could use a bit of that. There are some data in CS 2.0.x that were cumbersome to bring to the surface. I've held off on making a lot of changes I've wanted to simply because I didn't want to have to make another change to the CS source.

I also tampered with the CS templates enough that even those couldn't have been easily moved to subsequent versions of CS.

It all seemed like a good idea at the time :)

Had a lot of fun late nights turned early mornings modifying CS to suit my needs, but I don't think I have that kind of patience anymore. I'd rather play guitar or go roller-skating. If I roller-skated. I don't. I only mean that I'd rather go roller-skating than modify CS. Even though I don't roller-skate. It's just an example. Don't read into it too much, and don't invite me out on big roller-skating events. As I'm trying to make clear, I don't roller-skate. Not with you - not with anybody. Period. Take your roller-skating and shove it.

Aside from expressing my anti-roller-skating sentiments, my reason for writing this is to let you peoples know that I'm going to busy for a few days here. I'll be somewhat truant, but not because I'm depressed. That seems to have passed. I feel really good right now. Probably just a chemical imbalance in the opposite direction. Give it a couple weeks, and I'll be questioning the pointlessness of everything again - roller-skating especially.

I'm going to have to write one of my fancy little migration tools. This'll be my fourth, I think. I have almost exactly twenty-thousand posts/comments to move to Graffiti. I'm also going to have to write another permalink-forwarding dealy.

From the look of Graffiti, it'll be worth it, though.

At least I don't have a full-time job to get in the way...

Published Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:40 PM by Rory

Filed Under: Enter the Nerd, General

Comments

	Scott Watermasysk said: There is a sample 301 redirect plugin you should be able to use: http://richmercer.com/graffiti-plugins/ Thanks, Scott February 17, 2008 8:01 PM
	Zack Owens said: Psh.. who needs community server anyways... besides C9... which feels empty without you. I kidd. I kidd. But really man, c9 isn't the same without Rory, the guy that gets excited when someone says something cool. Hope all is still well. I'm rambling. I'll stop. Zack February 17, 2008 10:06 PM
	Celes said: "At least I don't have a full-time job to get in the way..." It sounds like being Rory is enough of a full time job. Too bad nobody pays you for it, though. A donations link on the page that draws from people's Paypal accounts... February 17, 2008 11:07 PM
	Rich Mercer said: Hey Rory, the 301 redirector Scott mentioned will work with CS 2.0, and in fact, with any version of CS that supports post naming. However, it seems post naming isn't enabled on your CS site so it's not going to work. :( Either way, I'll zip up the code and fire you an email so you can see what it's doing. It still might give a starting point if you want to do something yourself. February 18, 2008 3:48 AM
	... said: Full time jobs are overrated. February 18, 2008 6:20 PM
	Rory said: Zack - "I kidd. I kidd. But really man, c9 isn't the same without Rory, the guy that gets excited when someone says something cool. Hope all is still well." I'm glad you appreciated the excitement. It was all genuine, which is why it confused me when I got crap for it. I can understand that some viewers tired of the constant, "WOOOOOAAAAAHHHHH!" but another guy called it a "shtick." It's weird when you're just being yourself an someone accused you of doing it for the attention. It might just be that one of the reasons I got that job in the first place was that I do get that excited about stuff :) Thank you, though, for missing me on 9. February 18, 2008 8:34 PM
	Rory said: Celes - "It sounds like being Rory is enough of a full time job." During the bad weeks, yeah. Right now it's dandy, though I expect I'll have to pay for the Good Stuff I'm getting right now somewhere down the road. Seems to work that way. "Too bad nobody pays you for it, though. A donations link on the page that draws from people's Paypal accounts..." I set a PayPal thing up as a joke once... couple years ago, I think. I just wanted to see if I got anything. I did get some dough, but it felt dirty. Dirty, dirty dough. I don't do it because, as Lawrence says in Lawrence of Arabia: "It's the servant who takes the money." February 18, 2008 8:39 PM
	Rory said: ... - "Full time jobs are overrated." I think so. I like work to be sporadic. 9-5 drives me insane with the constant... well, 9-5ness of it all. Even when there's nothing to do, you're expected to be there 9-5. Monday through Friday. Over and over. For years. And years. And decades. And the rest of your life. Not working at all is the other end of things, and I'm finding it boring as well. Currently doing a little contract work. Just got a call about some more. I know how this goes. Before long, I'll be working for myself again, and I'll have sold out to the worst boss in the universe (who just happens to be me). I'm terrible. I don't give myself days off, vacation, benefits... no sick days. Seems like I do a lot of things that way. All or nothing. February 18, 2008 8:44 PM
	Celes said: "During the bad weeks, yeah. Right now it's dandy" Always glad to hear. "I set a PayPal thing up as a joke once... couple years ago, I think. I just wanted to see if I got anything." I totally used past gogs for that one. ;) "I did get some dough," That is SO cool. "but it felt dirty. Dirty, dirty dough. I don't do it because, as Lawrence says in Lawrence of Arabia: "It's the servant who takes the money."" It's like the guitar case in front of the musician playing in the park or the basket in front of the fire juggler or the coin slot for the daily paper. If people feel like they are getting something from you and want to show their appreciation and support with their money, why not? I get what you're saying, you do this for you, but it doesn't mean you need to feel guilt if people want to give something back. But then, that's just my take. February 18, 2008 9:05 PM
	Jersey Girl said: "I expect I'll have to pay for the Good Stuff I'm getting right now somewhere down the road" Hey, Mr. Melancholy, where's your jolly spirit? I mean, I guess n-polarity makes you feel like your happiness dealer comes back to break your kneecaps when you've been enjoying yourself for too long, but that's a glass-is-half-empty kind of perspective, isn't it? Flipping the coin, you might see your current happiness as a reward for enduring your previous bout of misery. Like cleaning the house and decorating before throwing a party. February 19, 2008 8:05 AM
	SteveJ said: Yeah, I gots to have the job, and probably a full time one. Whenever people start talking about retirement I get itchy. What the hell do you do all day? Oh wait - luckily I live with a retired person. The answer is spider solitaire. I don't think my mind is strong enough for infinite spider solitaire playing time. I'm still amazed and dismayed that I can't stop playing it until I win once and then until I lose. If I ever get tired of the sweet, earthy smell of compiling code, I might look into corrupting young minds through teaching. I spent a lot of time in class wondering how you could make something so antagonizingly boring as computer science interesting enough to pay attention to. I'm thinking fire and clowns fit here somewhere. February 19, 2008 11:06 AM
	Celes said: "I'm thinking fire and clowns fit here somewhere." Where do I sign up? February 19, 2008 3:52 PM
	SteveJ said: www.doflameswhileclowns.com February 20, 2008 8:12 AM
	David said: Hey Rory, After almost three months, what are your thoughts about Graffiti? David May 4, 2008 2:59 PM

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