Well, that’s the good news.

The bad news — as you can see if you’ve been a visitor here in the past — is that RAMH now looks… different. (And some familiar features may not work at all.)

As it happens, the broken commenting system (which I described in the preceding post) came about thanks to an outdated WordPress theme. (A theme is sort of a design template, although there’s usually more to it than just the look and layout.) The old theme worked fine until the WordPress software itself was automatically updated to a new version at the beginning of May.

Note that the problem was not in WordPress, but in the theme (which I’d acquired from a professional and had tweaked, slightly, over the years). Every other theme I’ve experimented with in the last few days works just fine with the new WordPress.

I’ve been thinking about changing the theme anyhow, but I figured I’d postpone that until sometime over the summer. Looks like I’ll have to push that schedule up, though.

For what it’s worth, the developer of my old theme recommended one of his more recent ones. If I go that way, and you’re interested in a preview of what to expect, you can view the theme demo at the developer’s site. (And of course, I’d be tweaking that design, too.) One signal advantage of a theme like it — and a reason why I’d been thinking of changing themes sooner or later anyhow: like most recently built themes, that one adapts well to display on a smartphone or tablet screen.

Anyhow, I’m not changing themes (again!) right now; other fish to fry. Just really wanted to let you know comment submission was back on.