Now that I have our weblog software humming along, I�m starting to look at making a few changes in the way things work around here. If it ain�t broke, always try to fix it, I say.

The first thing I�ve done is change the way our URLs work, to make them clearer and more concise. For example, the �permalink� URL for an individual entry page used to look like:

Wow. That’s a mouthful. Had to break it into two lines so it didn’t cause the page to expand. I’ve wanted to fix that for a long time, but couldn’t—because Greymatter crashed when I tried to rebuild all files. My new PHP code not only completes the rebuild, it does the job in a fraction of the time. So the new URL for the entry above looks like:

Isn’t that nicer? Doesn’t it just make you want to wiggle in delight?

Being the gentleman I am, I implemented these changes in a way that is backward-compatible with the old URL style, so any existing links to individual entry pages will still work.