And now for something completely different

I’m going to start to use this blog to post about my attempt to use WordPress to run my college’s newspaper. I hope to attract other college newspaper webmasters who can share their experiences.

First, a few questions and answers:

1. Why WordPress? Why not Drupal?

I know WP pretty well. I like it. I know there’s a huge community for support and it’s always being updated and worked on. I was on the verge of using Drupal but I decided I would at least try and make WordPress work.

2. Why not just use CollegePublisher, like most college papers?

Because I don’t want to. College Publisher is easy. It’s free- they simply require that you have their advertisements on your site, so they make money. So really, it’s not free: it costs space. I don’t like that. And I think I can do a better job with WordPress than I would with College Publisher.

3. Technical Details and such…

I’m using WordPress 2.5, and I’ll update as new versions come out. I’m using DreamHost as my host right now, on a current client’s website in a secret sub-directory. I plan on switching the already registered domain and hosting to site5 when needed, as I think they will be a much better host than dreamhost (but that’s a whole ‘nother story).

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New page added

I’ve added a new page called Weather Center with links to all the weather sites I typically use.  Check it out! If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know by commenting on this post. Thanks!

Jan 13/14 storm

Nothing has changed. Everything has changed. I’ve seen model runs with a nice nor’easter with a good amount of snow for Millersville, and the latest with a possible shower (of rain). I have no idea. Models have no idea. Oh well. I’ll be making my official forecast sometime Saturday, most likely in the evening and will publish it after I verify with the 0z run around midnight. As of now, my call is: I don’t know.

In other news, I’m declaring right now that there will not be any election coverage on my blog whatsoever since I’m already sick of it. I’m all for politics- but enough is enough with the coverage. So there you have it: Marking Time ii is politics-free.