Librarian Way

I am quickly getting tired of waiting for site5.com to finish what I asked so that I can get my Web site set up. I have waited over a 36 hours so far for a response. I am a patient type. [ 9 p.m. PST: I just received email telling me that the changes have been made, so I guess I will stick with site5.com at least for a few weeks to see if things get better.]

In the meantime, I am taking another look at micfo.com. I am also looking at textdrive.com, which might be more my speed. A lot of geeks over there. I even looked at linode.com, but I don’t have time to run my own Virtual Server until I finish this MLIS program.

I haven’t been posting anything because I have been spending countless hours looking at hosting services—in addition to a full-time job, a current SJSU SLIS class in PHP/MySQL, and redesigning/replanting my garden. I just signed up with site5.com (micfo.com, dreamhost.com and bluehost.com were in the running) and now need to move this Web log and everything else (a lot of invisable stuff on this Web site).

Target date for the DNS name changes to my new host is Saturday, June 18, 2005. This Web site directory will then be at librarianway.com.

I am still not totally sold on site5.com, but what they offer for the price is excellent.
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This posting on Drupal.org, Major review of group blogging software including Drupal, has a link to the PDF report. Robin Good published this 92-page PDF titled Comparative Report: Group and Multi-user Blogs Compared. It covers Drupal, Wordpress MU, Silkblogs, 21Publish, Manilla, and Typepad. The report covers ease of use, installation, blog portal management, pricing, strengths, weaknesses and other issues for each package reviewed. Good says that he will be reviewing more group blogging software packages in the future. The direct link to Robin Good’s posting is Group And Multi-User Blog Platforms Compared.

Speaking of Robin Good, he posted a list of tips on How To Write Great Titles And Headlines For The Web.