I have ((p)re-)launched 6 sites within the past week or two:
mindbox.ca
computers101.ca
sports-cards.ca (needs touching up)
therecipecards.com
steaming-coffee.com
my personal blog
Now I feel like I can actually focus on writing some content! I think the main reason for getting these launched quickly was consolidating the maintenance interfaces into one screen.
Today is the first time since being in college that I recall actually validating my HTML and *fixing* the problems from the results!
I used the W3C Markup Validation Service to validate my code and fix what was not validating against my declared DOCTYPE. I have one outstanding which is the deprecated _target attribute of the Anchor element which I will look into whether or not JavaScript is now the only way to achieve opening a link in a new browser window. I have validated two sites today and will do it to a third later.
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This is great! I can now manage three blogs from one interface!
I have a place where I switch which blogs domain and it gives me the CMS for those blogs. The interface is the same and I manage them all from one domains password protected directory. It will make implementations easy for me going forward. I need to refactor some more code and delete whatever files are not needed. Ah yes, and create an installation script for the database. I want to get this script to the point that I can sell it for what price, I have not yet decided.
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