Getting down to the "nitty gritty" now, but I really think things are going well. As of today, I have COMPLETELY finished all posts that needed editing/fixing, with the exception of these Journal posts (which I will transfer over on Saturday evening in prep for launch on Sunday).
Beyond that, I have gotten a ton done this week. I'm still not confident that I'll have time to actually add any more links than the bare minimum I already have, but I do finally have the whole section working, including the form for people to submit links for consideration, and I elected to separate the links out by category on different pages to allow for better navigation, load times, and expandability of the link library. (Which took me extra time I probably didn't have to spare, but I wanted to make sure it was done correctly.)
As for my to-do list, I am both behind.. and ahead of the game. Technically I was supposed to finish the last of the post fixing tomorrow, and get some more writing and random fixing done today, but I was on a roll, so the posts got done today. Which, is a good thing - because part of tomorrow will be spent meeting one of my Twitch mods and friends. Super excited about it!
As for what I have left before launch? ... More than I'd like, but still not more than I think I can get done. I still have some writing to do on the "about me" section, although I have about half of that done, as well. Then, I need to set up some checking, error logs, privacy and cookie policy pages, and figure out how I want to work the "sitemap" page. Lastly, I have some final checks and fixes to do on the 200 plus pages, and I'd like to set up a table of contents on some of the longer pages to allow for easier reading. If, by some miracle, I get all of that done in time, then, and only then, will I work on the links section more. The very last thing to do Saturday night will be to post Journal #29 here, transfer over all the Journal posts and make sure they're linked properly on the new site.
Sunday morning will be a flurry of activity, as that's when I'll take down the "coming soon" page, set up the link redirect from this current site, enable forum user registration, and do my final back-up on the full site in a "finished" state. Finally, I'll be posting the 30th journal entry, and a "still coming" list (of anything that didn't get done, or is still in the works for later), as well as a welcome to everyone visiting the new site... and then I cross my fingers and "let her go".
Wishing you a successful launch! 🙂