I have added a new feature to the site which provides links to related topics under each post, along with a thumbnail picture. A quick look down the posts on the home page should clarify what I mean better than I can explain.

The thumbnail requires an image associated with each post, and not all past posts have one, so you may occasionally see a link without an image. I’ll try to fix any broken ones that I see over time.

I’ve tried to go back and add images to most of those posts that didn’t have one – so this means that you will see some posts showing as having been recently updated even though they’re old.

Yes, I’ve spotted that – I think it’s a bug in the plugin that displays the list of most recent posts. AFAIK there is no fix (but I think the plugin is so useful that I don’t want to lose it).

I’ve added a note to this affect above the list.

Today I’ve done a chunk of work on the website. In particular I’ve upgraded from WordPress 3.5.2 to 3.8.1.

Highlights, from the WP website:

• Introduces a new, modern admin design
  • A fresh, uncluttered design
  • Clean typography with Open Sans
  • Superior contrast and large, comfortable type
  • Responsive interfaces throughout
  • Refined, theme management
  • Smoother, click-to-add widget management

• New Default Theme – Twenty Fourteen
  • Easily create a responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern design.
  • Feature your favorite homepage content in either a grid or a slider.
  • Use the three widget areas to customize your website, and change your content’s layout with a full-width page template and a contributor page to show off your authors.

I have the new 2014 theme up and running – that’s what gives the site its new look. One nice feature is the ability to highlight particular posts on the front page so I’ve started to use that. I’ll try out some other features and settings over the next few days, so you might find the look changes a bit.

I’m conscious of that too – I’ll do some experimenting.