Website change coming soon

If you are reading this, that means that the change has already occurred. Here was my original post:

We interrupt this website’s regular broadcast schedule to alert you that this website is about to change. When I started this website in 2008, I used a website platform called TypePad. It was a good option at the time. But now, over 16 years later, it is no longer the best option for a website like this one. TypePad no longer keeps up with the latest website technology, and I’ve had many problems with things breaking behind the scenes. For example, have you ever noticed that a post seems to be missing a picture? Yeah, me too. Indeed, if you try to create a new website using TypePad, you are alerted that Typepad no longer accepts new customers. The service is simply servicing its existing customers until they move elsewhere.

So I am moving elsewhere. I’m changing to a web platform called WordPress. You may have heard of it before. WordPress is used to create almost half of the websites on the Internet. That’s a lot. WordPress offers numerous advantages over TypePad and is much more stable. However, it is also more complicated to use, and I’ve faced a steep learning curve over the last few months as I’ve been making the transition and getting all of the old posts moved over to the new digs.

If all goes well, once I make the move official, everything should be mostly the same for you as a reader. You will still be able to go to www.iPhoneJD.com to visit this website and see new posts. All of the old posts should still be there. And all of the old pictures in those old posts should still be there … with the exception of some that I’m sure I will need to fix, once I find them, which will take some time.

It will be obvious to you when the switch to WordPress takes place because instead of this being a website with a sidebar on both the left and the right, there will only be a single sidebar on the right. Here is a preview of what it will look like:

When you access this website from an iPad or iPhone, the page layout will be better than ever.

Many of you read iPhone J.D. when it shows up (at no charge to you) in your email Inbox thanks to a service I use called FeedBlitz. Others read iPhone J.D. using RSS and a newsreader. When the change occurs, it may take some time for those services to start working again. If you need to change anything on your end, I’ll let you know, and I appreciate your patience during the transition. You will always be able to visit the website in any browser, such as Safari, to see the new posts.

Once I move to the WordPress platform, I hope to never have to make a move like this again. At the very least, I hope this new platform will take us through the next sixteen years. Will we still even be using iPhones at that point? Will “iPhone J.D.” sound as antiquated as “Telegraph J.D.” or “Atari 2600 J.D.”? Let’s all plan to trade notes in the year 2041 and see where we are.

Thanks in advance for your understanding during the upcoming transition. Unless I encounter an unanticipated stumbling block, the change will happen soon.