mamamusings.net has been sporting the same template for a very long time now. Longer than I'd really like to admit, in fact. I've upgraded the underlying Movable Type engine multiple times, but haven't tweaked the templates in forever.
However, the old templates were showing their age. Commenting was basically non-functional, and even when it worked, the typepad registration requirement I'd implemented to cut back on spam meant very few people bothered to post comments.
This weekend I finally upgraded my MovableType to 4.x, which (as I suspected) broke some of the custom elements of my templates. Rather than trying to fix them, I ditched them entirely, and started from scratch with one of the default template sets included. I haven't modified the graphic design aspects of the template yet, but I have tweaked the sidebars a bit to provide the drop-down menu functionality, flickr widget, and "about" information that I had before.
Functionally, the most important part is that you can now comment without registering! Yay! I've used MT's built-in captcha technology to help in reducing spam, and if you don't want to deal with the captcha you can also log in using OpenID, Google, or Yahoo! credentials.
If you read this via an aggregator, you shouldn't see any changes whatsoever; it should all be the same as it was.
Let me know if something isn't working for you.
Yay! Looks nice.
I do get a bit nostalgic with that photo of you though. Reminds me of when you commented on my blog way back when...
Thanks!
Yeah, I kept the old photo even though it doesn't really match the new decor. Wasn't ready to give up all the traces of my early blogging days :)
Very slick Liz.
I agree with Joi that retaining the original photo offers me a nostalgic moment.