Webzine Project

The feedback has been very positive of the webzine project. I do believe I will go forward with the idea and at the least develop a name and an format and online presence for future content (any good name suggestions out there). While doing that I will be talking with other appraisers and gauging their interest in participating in the project as contributors or being part of an advisory board for the site. I mentioned the Huffington Post as a comparison site for mixing blogging, opinions and news, but there is also another site, called the Cagle Post, at www.caglepost.com, the site is busier than I would like to see, but I think you can get the idea about posting to the site. One good comment was on the creditability and correctness of the content and comment sections which on the web can get rather unruly. All ideas are up for consideration and I am really just at the brainstorming and conceptualizing stage right now. As the idea and concept develops I will keep AW Blog readers informed. And, if you have any ideas to ad, it would be greatly appreciated.

One other housekeeping item, I am growing tired of the current blogger template and its restrictions. I want something with a wider column for the posts and not so long and narrow overall, and a bit more of a web 2.0 look (whatever that means). I also wanted a blog that easily handled expandable post summaries (for a long post, only a certain part shows in the main blog posting area, then you click a link to expand the post and read the balance). I think I found a good template, but I need to make some changes, replace the existing template and do all of this without deleting the past years worth of posts. I am doing some testing now, and it appears to work but when the switch is thrown you never know what might happen. But in the event the site goes down or a few posts are not made, or it looks different you now know what the cause might be.

Wish me luck.

Todd