I hacked together a StoryToolz WordPress theme so that the blog appears to be more integrated with the site.  And then I pulled the last three posts (the first couple hundred characters of the post, anyway) and put them on the sidebar of the home page.

I looks, well, okay.  Just okay, not great.  I think it looks better than just using a generic theme, but site design isn’t really my forte.  Maybe in a few months I’ll hire somebody to redesign the StoryToolz site.  Until then I’ll live with the current look and feel.

One thing I don’t like though, if somebody signs up with WordPress for the blog portion of the site, the person signing up may think they have a StoryToolz account, but they don’t.  Or, another variation of the problem, someone may sign up for one thing (blog or StoryToolz membership) and then try logging on in the other.   Hmmm, not sure what to do there.  I’ll have to think about it.

Today I installed WordPress to use as the development blog.

I’ll integrate it a bit more tightly into the StoryToolz site tomorrow. But now that I have the blogging portion working then I’ll be able to explain better what’s going on. Plus it gives people a place to comment if they so wish.

And … I can write lengthier notes instead of my little, one-sentence blurbs I’ve used up to this point.

Yeah!

After a long, mostly sleep-deprived weekend, StoryToolz is live. Everything should work. Signup and have fun!

Major development on the affiliate system has occurred. The site is almost ready for PayPal integration.

You can now “Add Entries” to your progress meter. You can also send comments.