Okay, the site upgrade (new version of Wordpress and new version of the Comicpress theme) basically meant that I build the site from the ground up - and in only about 5 hours, too!

Changes are largely back-end. Emphasis on the LARGE. The new versions are freaking incredible. There’s almost nothing hard-coded on the site now… just the avatar placement, banners on the header and footer and a couple strategically placed page breaks for spacing.

What IS new is that you, the users, can now more easily have an avatar on this site. And not just on this site - on EVERY site running Wordpress 2.5 or later with a theme supporting it. That’s right, Wordpress now has native support for Gravatars - Globally Recognized Avatars. Just surf on over to gravatar.com and make a free account, then upload an 80×80 avatar image, and you’re good to go!

Close to the Chest supports Gravatars based on the email address of the poster. You don’t even have to register.

More news as I add features.

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