Right on schedule, the design is a go! I’ve combed it for bugs and have made some changes to the blog page set up after deciding that I will not be going to Russia. That being said, if you see anything, please let me know either by commenting or using the contact page.

I’m quite happy with how it turned out — almost exactly like my prototype, which hasn’t happened in a long, long time. I usually have to sacrifice a lot in the coding process, but this time I managed. Maybe I’ve improved or something after such a long drought. haha. That makes no sense, but I guess you never know.

New-fangled things of note in this design (as far as the blog is concerned):

• Popular Articles; based on how many times an article has been viewed. Seen on the main blog page.
• Recommended Articles; articles I select every so often (and sift through to delete as well) to be featured. These are also seen on the main blog page.
• Related/Random Articles; on each post’s page, after the article’s text you will see a list of related posts based on the tags and categories for it. If there are no related posts, you’ll see a list of random ones.

Those are the main changes. When I was going to Russia, recent posts were split into three groups, “personal,” “Russia” and “the rest,” but now everything’s all lumped together. If you think it’d be worthwhile to separate out a couple of categories, let me know!

Otherwise, enjoy and let me know if there’s anything that needs to be fixed!