I planned on upgrading the visuals on the spinoff garden site with some fancy new graphics. But I also discovered that I could easily change the headline fonts by using Google web fonts. I also added a custom-colored dragonfly favicon to the site via an online editor.

I also integrated the Google Friend Connect system to the new site, but I’m still having a hard time comprehending all of its functions. It seems much of it is disconnected from Google itself, and I’m not sure how practical an addition it will be. The issue I’m experiencing relates to the commenting system, and so far all I’ve been getting is a message stating: “We’re sorry…We were unable to handle your request. Please try again or return a bit later.”

Last task related to the new site is opening comments/pingbacks/trackbacks. Putting the site up publicly risks spamming, but I think the experience will give me an opportunity to learn how to prevent attacks in the future.

Update: got some help from the GFC wiki installation document. Looks like the GFC comments works and has replaced the native WP commenting system.