Big Changes To The Site
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.
Yay for more updates! I can finally stop going to the movies again!
June 19th, 2007 at 6:55 pmAhoy. Just thought I’d stop by to point out that the new design looks quite pleasant, but doesn’t work so well in Safari. Extra content sounds awesome. Carry on!
June 20th, 2007 at 1:39 amActually I’m a bit glad the ratings are gone. It always bugged me that you wrote such a great critism of Star Wars Episode 3 but then rated it 5/5… even though it was awful. So I say just leave out the ratings! I’d rather believe you hate all movies in the universe than to see you appear positive about some in a highly hypocritical fashion. Anyway, glad to see you’re still keeping the site going - I’ve been checking it for a while now. Oh, and write a script for Pirates of the Caribbean 3!
June 20th, 2007 at 8:06 amNice re-vamp, am looking forward to more regular updates as I’ve been recommending this site to friends for about 5 years.
June 20th, 2007 at 8:26 amI for one won’t miss the film ratings, as hopefully it will let me forget how highly you rated the Star Wars prequels and hense I can stop thinking that you must be a complete bell-end.
Hey, the new design looks mostly good to me. One thing I’d love to see changed is that there’s a horizontal line inbetween the byline/commentlink and the actual article text, which IMO should be placed inbetween entries instead. With the line where it is, I tend to associate the comment links with the wrong article/script (it doesn’t help that I’m more used to seeing a “comment” link at the bottom of the article text instead of the top).
Anyway, I think it would make the article delineation more clear if that line were between articles instead of where it is now.
Oh, and don’t listen to That Other Stranger From A Few Comments Ago - I liked seeing your ratings. They helped put the review into a more personal context.
June 20th, 2007 at 2:46 pmI’m pretty neutral on the site changes, but wanted to pay compliments to your hilarious abridged scripts. Keep up the great work.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:02 pmLooks good, love the new comments system, hope you have the time to do a few more updates. It’d be good to get the ratings system back again also.
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:05 amI think you’re right in thinkin to give other ppl to post their abridged scripts. Of course you must read them first and give green light. But seriously d00d, you been slackin and many movies that were askin to be abridged, you missed. Not complaining, I know you’re busy, but I wanna read more scripts. Supply does not meets demand. :D Nice fency new look btw :)
June 24th, 2007 at 12:05 pmi really hope you do more scripts more frequently
June 24th, 2007 at 3:48 pmLooking good and I’ve loved the abridged scripts ever since I found the place, but please, add dates to the news posts.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:36 pm