Gregology.net was launched the same year as Facebook. In the last 11 years, both sites have risen in popularity. In some ways, Facebook has seen more success than Gregology. Even though Facebook never gained the top spot on Google for “penis euphemism” searches, it gained popularity for archiving Reddit posts. At the time of writing this, Facebook actually has more page hits per day than Gregology.
Today Gregology migrated from Wordpress to Jekyll hosted on Github Pages. In a similar way to the original version of Gregology, Jekyll generates static html files. The new site uses disqus for comments, youtube for videos, and flickr for image galleries.
The new design is minimalist and designed to be both responsive and touch friendly. Let me know what you think.
Initially static html files.
Static php files with centrally included header and footer. Using text pattern for separate blog.
Custom content management built with PHP and MySQL. Blog hosted on Textpattern.
Migrated to Wordpress using embedded php for anything fancy.
Theme change
Current iteration just prior to the latest migration, including live cat chat.
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title: Migrating Gregology to Jekyll on Github Pages
description: "Gregology.net launched the same year as Facebook. Here's what it looked like from 2004 to 2015, and why I moved from WordPress to Jekyll."
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Gregology.net was launched the same year as Facebook. In the last 11 years, both sites have risen in popularity. In some ways, Facebook has seen more success than Gregology. Even though Facebook never gained the top spot on Google for "<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=penis%20euphemism">penis euphemism</a>" searches, it gained popularity for archiving Reddit posts. At the time of writing this, Facebook actually has more page hits per day than Gregology.<br>
Today Gregology migrated from Wordpress to <a href="http://jekyllrb.com/">Jekyll</a> hosted on <a href="https://pages.github.com/">Github Pages</a>. In a similar way to the original version of Gregology, Jekyll generates static html files. The new site uses <a href="http://disqus.com">disqus</a> for comments, <a href="http://youtube.com">youtube</a> for videos, and <a href="http://flickr.com">flickr</a> for image galleries.<br>
The new design is minimalist and designed to be both responsive and touch friendly. Let me know what you think.<br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823041730/http://www.gregology.net/retro/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2004_gregology_site.png" alt="Gregology.net 2004 version" width="100%"></a><br>
Initially static html files.
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050526125220/http://www.gregology.net/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2005_gregology_site.png" alt="Gregology.net 2005 version" width="100%"></a><br>
Static php files with centrally included header and footer. Using text pattern for separate blog.
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100907085432/http://www.gregology.net/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2010_gregology_site.png" alt="Gregology.net 2010 version" width="100%"></a><br>
Custom content management built with PHP and MySQL. Blog hosted on Textpattern.
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110828134102/http://gregology.net/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2011_gregology_site.png" alt="Gregology.net 2011 version" width="100%"></a><br>
Migrated to Wordpress using embedded php for anything fancy.
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121017233726/http://gregology.net/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2012_gregology_site.png" alt="Gregology.net 2012 version" width="100%"></a><br>
Theme change
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150801170413/http://gregology.net/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015_gregology_site.png" alt="Gregology.net 2015 version" width="100%"></a><br>
Current iteration just prior to the latest migration, including live cat chat.
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