I’ve decided to rebuild my blog. I’ve also decided to document it as I go. Whenever I do a site rebuild from scratch I learn some cool stuff as I try to make it do stuff that I haven’t done before. Sometimes I’ll still be using a technique a year later. Other times I’ll look at my code and think ‘What the hell was i thinking?’

The process will take an unknown amount of time, but I’d like to have it done before I get back to work after Christmas. I’ve decided to stick with WordPress as my publishing tool. Normally I would recommend not choosing a specific piece of software until after the requirements are documented, but I just like WordPress. However, it will be modified, both with plugins and my own hacks. The project is going to follow this process:

  1. Requirements / Specification
  2. Information Architecture
  3. Design
  4. Build
  5. Launch

I’ll post what I’m doing and how it proceeds as it happens. Any feedback is appreciated at any stage