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Slight Site Changes

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 1st of February 2014 05:01:30 PM Filed under
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Yesterday, following a mostly successful migration (there are still some impending fixes to .htaccess), slight changes were applied. For regular readers of the site, here they are summarised:

  • The menu bar (horizontal) has been augmented somewhat
  • Some site pages (static) were improved
  • Some sidebar contents were abbreviated, RSS feeds made easier to find
  • Twitter account tidied up a bit
  • Linux Monthly Screenshots updated
  • The new Web host is endorsed

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