So right now I'm still in the state of gutting the old iStrip system from Lunar Diaries and replacing the backend. Unfortunately, iStrip didn't come with an uninstall script, so I just trashed the files and directories and the mySQL container probably doesn't have alot of data anyhow, so I'll leave those alone for now and just add new tables for my new system.

By the weekend I'll have the new system in place and then start working on some new graphics plus the next pages. First part though is that the site was badly in need of a overhaul in terms of design and tech. Now that I'm paying attention to my own traffic, SEO, current design rules, and advertising, I realize that I could turn LD into more han just a place to read the comic and grow it into a larger avenue as a portfolio and art experience for visitors as well.

I'm also starting to transition to WordPress to leverage its powerful blogging tools as well. I'm not giving up on LJ for while, so for now Wordpress will mirror this blog and connect directly into my new site structure. Keeping up one blog is hard enough! And I'll probably kick Blogger to the curb now too (I made a blog on there years ago, just nerdy rantings).

Anyways, back to work!

So time is flying and I have somehow managed not to do a single new page in almost 8 months?!?! Well this won't stand. This weekend I plan to put up a curtain to do some tweaks on the site and hopefully install a new gallery system to handle images. I'm still probably going to stick with iStrip for serving up the pages as its served me pretty well and I don't see a need for a new system unless someone know of something cooler.

I'll have to peruse the web comics domain and see what's going on. Also in terms of other things going on in my online life. I'm pulling my Blogger account out of mothballs to use to discuss non comic-related material and general stuff. Plus there is updating my deviantart site as well.

Somehow I'll have to find a way to link between everything. My deviantart page is here Lunar Diaries deviantArt page.

Anyways once I get some tweaks and re-skinning done I will have a couple of pages to go with it and jump the story to a more interesting point that I think everyone has had enough of staring at that alleyway now.

Sorry guys, will keep everyone posted on timetables.