Working on all my sites again. I LOVE a good overhaul to make things work better and that's what I'm doing now. For some stupid reason I've become complacent in manually adding variables to my config files for a long time. I finally decided that this is really stupid since all that data is already in my database. I feel like maybe once upon a time I had access to those variables from the database, but then lost it for whatever reason, and I just got lazy and added what I wanted to the config files instead of fixing the problem. Anyway, now the problem is fixed and I'm working on streamlining my config files. And of course I couldn't just have 1 project, so I'm also updating my affiliates and my disclaimer scripts. When I've wanted individuality, I've just been creating an additional version of it. So I'm happy to have finally consolidated these versions and currently updating things. I will have a bigger project to look forward when I finally streamline my join form - but for now, this is enough. I still have 2 listings to build to get caught up, and am still waiting for 5 listings that I've recently built to linked to TFL. Be on the lookout for my new listings.

I just spent a stupid amount of time updating my multiple versions of my join & update pages as well as troubleshooting an issue with country overrides. I remember this from Enth ... when I would edit a link, the user's country would disappear and immediately be changed to the United States. I found that this also happens if someone updates their info - they automatically become from the states. This should now be completely fixed. I have to admit, there is a fair bit of time when I'm twiddling my thumbs looking for something to do, and then get totally bombarded with stuff. I recently had 7 fanlistings that I was trying to build with minimal inspiration. I got through those thankfully and am quite happy with the results of those layouts. Now, it's mostly scriptwork. And stupid stuff like when I built my layouts I used <h3> for page titles and <h6> for subs (I guess thinking that I was reserving the other headings in case I needed them). Well now, using these heading tags is giving me css warnings. So, I am trying to meticulously fix every fanlisting 70+ to correct the warnings. But as you do, I have also been getting sidetracked by other things and am worried that I am losing focus. Pray for me. 🤪

I've been hard at work on some new listings. Just waiting on moved forms to be submitted. Sometimes when creating fanlistings I don't have a whole lot of inspiration tbh. But my last few have pushed my boundaries a bit and have learned some new techniques, which is always a plus. I really do try to make every listing different in some way that is unique to me. I know when I look at other creators' work, I often can tell who made the layout by the style. Although I definitely reuse portions of my fanlistings, I sometimes wonder if I have a "style". I mean especially when I try to make every listing different than the last. If you're reading this, drop me a note in my guestbook (top right) and let me know if you can tell that the same creator has made all my listings. Just curious. 🤔

I have opened quite a number of my favourite topic fanlistings since my last post. In fact there have been 22 new fanlistings since July, with 16 of them being brand new to me. I am also in the process of adopting 5 new fls from the super talented Emily of thislove.nu. Super excited about that. Hope my new layouts do the subjects justice. Stay tuned for 5 more fls in the days to come.

🍁 HAPPY CANADA DAY!! 🍁
I've got quite a few fanlistings that are on the upcoming list. Hope to keep my creative juices flowing. Some of them are brand spanking new, while others are from a while back that I'm finally bringing back online. I've been tweaking some stuff behind the scenes, which, while I love adding a simple tweak to make each fanlisting have more individuality going forward, it's still a giant pain in my butt to implement across so many sites. Then there's the forgetting what I've implemented and where. But I just can't keep my hands off. 🫨

So much work completed, I was apparently so bored (not really), that I needed to make an excel tracker to track the status of all of my listings. My memory is shit, so this is seriously necessary. 😁 I love a good project, and this was it. I still haven't done my mass joining spree yet. I think I still have a few more affiliates to add to listings and some things on my wishlist that I need to check on. 🤞 Other than that, I'm not sure what to do with myself.

Today is finally the day! I am pulling the trigger today to get everything completely updated to php8.3. If things look wonky around here, just know that I'm working on it. I had really expected this to be a somewhat easy transition, but what fun would that be?? I am looking forward to an affiliate and fl join spree once the dust settles. 🤪

I still have a couple of listings left, but am dragging my feet because even though I made them, they never got opened. Just learned that my webhost has a cap on subdomains. WFT?! I've never heard of such a thing, but here we are. So I will probably use folders for my older listings. Just annoying really. I am SOOOO worried that all the work I've done will explode in my face when I attempt to move my domain name from my old 5.3 environment to this one, that I find myself wasting time tweaking miniscule things around here. I mean, I've gone so far as to change the look of Enth for php8+. 🤭

I am up to 25 fanlistings php8.1 ready. Ultimately I think I will be trying to bring every fanlisting I've ever made back online - even if I never link it through TFL. Some of my fls are so old that no one would even remember what they are, but for me, it's like a time capsule of my work. Time will tell. This is a huge job and I may not bother at the end of uploading all my current fls.

I am working so hard to update my fanlistings from Angela's original Enthusiast script (yes, my server is still running php5.3)! I am running into so many issues as I push to get things at least up to php8.1. I wish this was a faster process.