All Webbed Out

I’ve spent the last couple of afternoons trying to make WordPress work as a CMS for the Oakleaf Circle site but the instructions for creating separate category pages that would work as directory lists don’t seem to work for me. So I’ve spent all this afternoon looking at free CMSs. Gahhhhhh…. PostNuke, Drupel, e107, Etomise….. There’s just too many out there, and none of them seem both simple to use and capable of creating a directory site with an events calender.
And I’ve got loads of work to be getting on with – astro reports and Transit. Finally heard from the printers – their deadline is 10 working days before publication date, which in practice puts it at around the 15th of the month. So I have three weeks to get a magazine together.
Another thing that’s been bothering me is that the Oakleaf Site hosting and domain name are both up for renewal in a few weeks. We have the money (just) but Supanames will only accept plastic – which of course we don’t have. I want to transfer the site to 34sp, which will save at least £20 and which I can pay with a cheque, but I first have to get something called an EPP authorisation code out of my registrant. I emailed them two days ago, but they haven’t deigned to reply yet. The domain name doesn’t need renewing until May; the hosting runs out next month. I suppose I could just wait until the Supanames hosting runs out, then get both hosting and renewal with 34sp. It will mean having the site offline for a while, but it would solve a few problems.

I seem to be adjusting to my new pills – I was very tired and breathless for the first few days, so much so that I almost decided to chuck the whole lot in the fire (I get so bloody angry with having to swallow pills all the time 🙁 ). But things appear to be sorting themselves out now.
And it wasn’t all slaving over a hot computer. I made a terrific loaf of bread this afternoon; thick slices spread with margerine and pickle and served with cheese – mmmmm…..