Never the most exciting thing to talk about, some major bug fixes and errors have been fixed. First up is the page loading time, which has been considered a major problem. According to a web tool the average homepage load time was about 14 seconds, which is ridiculous. With taking out the ads on the right and a few other minor things, the speed has increased by at least 2 times!
Now over 4 months after the launch of Political Yard v2.0, it has worked out well, especially on the side of stability and security. The error_log, which I check every few weeks, is at least 90% smaller compared to before. Aside from the very rare mysql downtime, the only errors are from the forums. (which will be upgraded in the coming few months) AdaptCMS has run very well on Political Yard.
Yeah, I know going from adding an entirely new section on the website to maintenance is a let down but it's something that has to be done!
Good news with the site is that the alexa rank has gone up, to 196k which is great. Activity is still low however I am looking for staff and link exchanges, might be posting at craigslist and get out a few bulletins and ask for link exchanges with myspace groups, etc. Traffic this month was also up although the buying traffic experiment influenced that number, will have a better idea for January.