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May 9, 2007

Without getting too redundant with the temporary welcome message I posted on top of this page, welcome to the first entry of the Editorial in it's new blog format.

I was content with the old format, where I simply modified a web page with my thoughts... but I decided to go this route to allow for an XML feed and a little more interactivity with you, the readers.

I will admit, I'm not a web design expert. I know enough to set up a general site and load it up with stuff to look at. But getting into more technical stuff like database management and script editing is just a little beyond my grasp.

And not that I didn't try. I read a few web sites with their recommendations, and went about installing WordPress onto my site. Things were going well until I royally screwed something up that required editing the database. WordPress' support forums tell me I had to install phpMyAdmin to fix my mistake. My patience ran thin with trying to set that program up, so I decided to scrap the whole WordPress experiment and look for something a little more idiot-proof.

The blogger.com service, owned by Google, turned out to be my choice. Flexible enough to give things my own look, but easy enough to do much of the hard stuff for me. The 'Power Blogger' icon at the bottom of the page has to stay, per terms of using the blog. I don't like nuisances like that on my site, but I'll try my best to not let it get under my skin.

By all means, let me know if something here just doesn't work.

And for those who read my last entry... two weeks is still not quite long enough, but as you can see, I'm ready to start getting my head back into 'hockey mode' and do the necessary updates that I've let slide. And yes, that means a few batches of pictures... just give me time to finish setting up this new editorial.

posted by Todd # 8:08 PM

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