Another blog, different server.

Well, I’ve decided to install wordpress again, this time on my test Windows 2003 VPS. Sadly it hasn’t lived up to it’s fabulous 5 minute install claim, but I eventually got it running thanks to this useful site: http://www.iisadmin.co.uk/ which contains some useful tips for php and wordpress installation.

What I will say is that attempting to customise wordpress is a breeze, that is if you want to use the already built solutions! Creating your own custom wordpress theme is a complete pain in the backside. So far I’ve managed to rip up the default theme and whip in some css and re arrange some PHP to create what is seen here. At least it now validates against the W3C validators.

Now to see if this VPS if up to the task and finish off my MVC site revamp. It’s nothing exciting, very similar to the theme here with a slightly better cms for me to update the site more often. Hopefully this blog will force me to keep publishing more white noise on to the internet. The only thing now is to see if I can replicate SSH, SFTP and possibly scrreen with irssi. A tall order, but I need something to keep me out of trouble! :)