Here is a master list of everything wrong with the site update, and then some - I didn't create this, but I agree with is 100%. If things on Smackjeeves get worse, I'll see if I can move the existing comics to a site like ComicFury that has similar features to the original SJ site.
Everything has been going wrong in my life for the past three weeks, and this problem with the comics is just one more brick in the wall.