This doesn't impact the forum, but the website will be getting an overhaul in the coming weeks. I have to confess that long ago I threw in the towel on certain aspects of it. Namely, I had built several key parts of the site with a piece of software that turned out to be inferior. It has a habit of (1)breaking frequently when the developer makes an update, (2) is very resource intensive and weighs down the site, and (3) doesn't like to get along with other software...but, as I mentioned, it was too late. I'd built integral parts of the backend with it, so I just lived with its problems and kept polishing the turd to make it work every time it broke.
It recently broke one of the more important areas (the entire archive of shows is broken for the past 2 weeks). The developer is absolutely worthless to help with it; the same functionality works in other parts of the site, but for whatever reason it doesn't like the custom taxonomy I created to manage the archive posts. Since I can't seem to polish the turd this time, it has motivated me to get back into the investigation for a replacement. I found something much better and better-supported, so I've invested in the software. I have rebuilt most of the behind-the-scenes associated functionality and information that was reliant on the old software, but there are 9 more pages I have to build - which are the trickiest of them all (that's why they're the last to get replacements made). The archive, being laden with a custom post-type, custom taxonomy, and numerous custom fields, will be the last thing fixed. Once I get the functionality all fixed up, I'm going to add in a couple things I've dreamt of for a long time, give the superficie a reboot and "purty" it up, and maybe even get back into some written reviews. Who knows, maybe I'll bring back regular content. Buying new software tends to energize me for at least a few months
I also have to confess I have been more than a little lackadaisical with the site for over 2 years - for the above reason, as well as a general lack of time. Strangely, pipes and pipe tobacco have awakened the desire to get back into the groove. This fall, we aren't planning on adding any more major projects with the mission work (outside of adding an advanced class for the kids in Palo Alto), so I don't have to invent/reinvent any wheels. There's still a very full schedule for 5 days and 2 nights each week, but I should have much more time for tobacciana, as all the time spent with my cohorts devising the projects we have now will hopefully pay off this Fall. We'll see....