From Pika to MicroBlog
I did it. After some contemplation, I have moved my blog from Pika back to MicroBlog. This is actually the first time I didn’t just nuke everything and start over, I moved all the posts over. I do have to redo the pages, but the posts were the really hard part.
The main thing that inspired the move is Matt Langford’s new theme Bayou. For years, I wanted to easily separate blog posts from microposts (or tweets). A couple times I have done it, but it needed a lot of jumping through hoops to make it halfway workable. This is now solved with Bayou. There are a few other tweaks I need to make, but I’m pretty much open for business here.
Note the RSS links on the homepage. You can choose to follow full blog posts, microposts, or both. I know I personally am not a fan of getting an active tweeters pile of posts in my RSS reader.
Either way, the move is complete. Catch you all later.
Cheers!
I’m fascinated to see how Bayou suits my new blog. It looks great.
Welcome back! 👋
@BenSouthwood I like it so far myself. I'm just trying to tweak a few things, hoping I don't break anything..lol
I, as a simpleton with these things, managed to follow the instructions for microhooks.
that new theme is very cool. I’m paying for Micro.blog premier, or whatever the more expensive version is called, so I can have up to five blogs here. I try to just post all of my little whippy things under one of them, which I don’t really publicize anywhere.That more or less solved the problem for me. But it is a little more expensive.
@bloftin2 I pay for premier also. In the past, I did it with separate blogs. I even once did it with separate, and then tried to match their themes and menus so you didn't notice you were switching between two different blogs. I like this solution so far, keeps my life simpler.
@BenSouthwood Yeah, I did ok with them. For some reason I couldn't get custom.css working with the dark mode.. still fiddling with that.
@prealpinux thanks... I get dizzy I come and go so often..lol
Your blog looks great! This Bayou theme from @Mtt is a game-changer for those on Micro.blog that want to have one clutter-free place for both short and long posts. Well done!
@robertbreen thanks! I'm enjoying it so far. I think Bayou is the final key to the MicroBlog puzzle..lol
@Mtt themes are a game changer. I held onto my micro.blog because I love the sumo theme. It works perfectly for doing long form essays. While I use Pika to do general posts. I kind of flipped the script here a little bit.