So as you can probably see, I’ve made some pretty huge changes to the site. Without going into too many details, basically I decided that the old system I wrote (designed around minimizing database use) had not aged well, and I wanted to switch to something more robust (specifically Wordpress). I’ve had to write a bunch of code, change a few things about wordpress, write my own wordpress plugin for the screenplay format, and create approximately 40 scripts to migrate data over. It’s been a fucking pain in the ass.

What does this mean for the site?

• Better RSS feeds
• More frequent updates, since it’s less of a pain to update the site now
• Comments can be left on posts
• Bloggy crap like polls and other things that I’ll have easier access to
• Seriously considering giving some people accounts that will let them post abridged scripts
• I can call myself a blogger and use phrases like “Blogosphere” while sucking my own dick.

The biggest change, however, is this: This site will no longer exclusively be abridged scripts. I plan to make posts about movie news, rumors, (occasionally) celebrities, box office numbers, etc. Essentially, The Editing Room is now a generic Movie-News Blog, but with Abridged Scripts every so often. For those who could care less about my opinions, don’t worry, you’ll eventually be able to subscribe to an RSS feed for just Abridged Scripts, and I’ll be making formatting changes to the site so abridged scripts stand out better.

There are also some cons. There are a lot of things that I don’t have working with the new site yet (categories are broken, contributed scripts don’t show up correctly, the archives are no longer sortable, the movie ratings are gone, blah blah blah). I have been working on improving this version of the site, but my old host started crapping out so I was kind of forced to direct the domain to the new location.

Hopefully these changes will piss of a very small number of you. If you hate me now, feel free to drop me an e-mail telling me so.