Big update at Forgotten Trek: after using Wordpress for 10 years, I've converted the whole site back to HTML.
Wordpress has become too clunky, especially for a website that doesn’t require frequent updates. I never got used to the “Gutenberg” bloc editor and it inserts a lot of superfluous code, which slows the website down. Clean and simple HTML gets rid of everything I don’t need and should load much faster even on slow connections.
Writing about lost and forgotten Star Trek fansites also made think about the survivability of my own. HTML is easier to capture for the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. It doesn’t require regular software updates. A Worpress blog could become dangerously outdated if its owner ever disappeared. (No worries - I'm not planning to. But you never know.)
Speaking of lost and forgotten fansites, I added entries on several in the last month: Computer Core Dump, Copernicus Ship Yards, Spike’s Star Trek Site, Star Trek Nexus, Strange Fascination, Izan Home Page, LCARS Computer Network and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I'm hoping to be able to publish several new stories in the coming months, including about the creation of Data, the Klingons, the Romulans and Starfleet, as well an essay about the Federation.
If you spot any errors, typos, or find links that don't work, please let me know!
Wordpress has become too clunky, especially for a website that doesn’t require frequent updates. I never got used to the “Gutenberg” bloc editor and it inserts a lot of superfluous code, which slows the website down. Clean and simple HTML gets rid of everything I don’t need and should load much faster even on slow connections.
Writing about lost and forgotten Star Trek fansites also made think about the survivability of my own. HTML is easier to capture for the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. It doesn’t require regular software updates. A Worpress blog could become dangerously outdated if its owner ever disappeared. (No worries - I'm not planning to. But you never know.)
Speaking of lost and forgotten fansites, I added entries on several in the last month: Computer Core Dump, Copernicus Ship Yards, Spike’s Star Trek Site, Star Trek Nexus, Strange Fascination, Izan Home Page, LCARS Computer Network and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I'm hoping to be able to publish several new stories in the coming months, including about the creation of Data, the Klingons, the Romulans and Starfleet, as well an essay about the Federation.
If you spot any errors, typos, or find links that don't work, please let me know!