To a certain extent, this does not surprise me. Most projects of this nature need at least one good rewrite to truly get the project running on all cylinders. In addition, the look of the site just did not quite hit the mark after what has proven to be almost 9 solid months of close scrutiny. Sometimes things seem to look great in a test-tube, but when they get out in the wild, they just do not have the same vibe. So, I am rewriting a large portion of the theme which is moving along smoothly. However, this time around, I am building the theme for public use first when I will then implement/tweak that theme for this site. I feel if I build it first with public use in mind, it will keep all of those nasty little hacks and hard-coded items out of the system. With any luck, the theme will be completed in a month.

The theme is coming along nicely, although I will need to develop a plugin specifically for this theme to make it truly usable without excessive code-editing. If anyone with some WordPress theme/plugin development experience is interested in giving me a hand, give me a shout. I could definitely use the help.