First of all, I’m aware that I’ve not been updating at all this month!  I’ve been a bit busy at some times and other times I just haven’t been in the right mood to write!  Anyway, given the new WordPress 3.0 is out (and most likely has been for some time now), I will be upgrading the site to the new software (which also means I can implement a multi-site system).  In addition, after looking at the way a friend of mine has done his sites, I have decided to keep Stormkeeper dot Net where it is, and put all the additional blogs off here instead, leaving my other personal site to be me playing with HTML and having it be pretty basic overall.  I realised that in some ways, I was just complicating my setup.  This site will not be using any subdomains, for the simple fact that it requires a complete redevelopment ad honestly I’m not willing to do that for here as subdomains here, as there really is little point, as although this is listed as a prime domain to me, it’s all me, so there’s little need for a separate identity on any of the blogs at present.  I’m gonna be setting up a projects blog and also a reviews blog off here.  It’s important to mention at this point that the project blog is for my own personal projects.  While the On Yer Bike and Hop On Hop Off projects are indeed spearheaded by me, they aren’t personal, as they’re a collaborative effort, plus my personal projects do not have anything to do with the Xeno Storm topic of travelling, which was always going to be a team effort.

I’ve been busy implementing Google Analytics into all my websites, as unfortunately, my site statistics are broken, meaning I have no indication of search statistics at present, but I intend to rectify this soon.  Additionally, as of the start of August, I hope to have Google Analytics running on many of my websites so I can better analyse the website statistics.  Anyway,  all that aside, there are other features in WP3 that I like the look of, and I’ll be putting them to good use in the Stormhaven Radio and Gamed Up (games website I have been planning for years) blogs at least.  Additionally, after much rummaging around, I also managed to find my uni (PSD) files for the original Gamed Up website I planned, which was strongly based upon vBulletin and Invision Power Board.  Well, one of my friends did say there’s no original ideas any more!  I do beg to differ somewhat though as although ideas may not be completely original, there are at least a few concepts that may be original, eithe rin their use or the way they were designed, but I digress.  I plan to have most of my websites up over the next few months in at least a basic framework, if nothing else.  The more developed sites will of course see a much more mature progression, although admittedly, you could argue that this site is pretty much complete, apart from needing software upgrades.  The reviews and project blogs are essentially the icing on the cake to make things look better.

I should also mention as well that the reviews blog will not be covering games except for a very special occasion, as that what the Gamed Up site is designed for.  I also plan on using YouTube to post up reviews, videocasts and other stuff later, but that’s some time off yet.  I have Flickr groups for projects as well, but again, that’s some time off yet.  Eventually, everything will have a proper place, meaning there will be a lot of organisation sorted.  I may even consider making my personal website a sub-site of the new multi-site system here instead, which I suppose is an inversion, but that remains to be seen, as it may be that I might just use the site as a practice run for HTML.  There’s loads of directions I could take, but I’m more concerned with stabilising foundations first… especially if I can make things simpler for me later on.  Don’t expect to see too many visible changes to my sites, although you may find things work a bit better than they used to!

I’ll post again soon.

Oh, before I forget… I’ll also be using AdSense in many of my blogs as well, so you will notice that.  Also, I’ll be giving this site a lick of Analytics paint before the end of the month, while trying to see if I can analyse my site logs.  I really ought to sort out my desktop though…