December 14, 2005
We are off to a strong start
It really is hard to believe that in just a week’s time, we have gone from a simple idea, to a full fledged web site. From what Paul tells me, he should have recording equipment available within the next few days. This means we’ll be able to create our first Podcast, where we will be reviewing our first selection: Gordon Biersch (of course we still have to find it first).
We also have a new member to the staff. Another good friend of ours, Jason McArtor. Welcome aboard Jason!
A couple other items to note:
- The forum is now active. Please take a look at the categories available and post something relative. We really hope to use the forum to help facilitate a connection between our readers. If there is anything that seems to be missing, as far as categories go, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
- Design and functionality of the site is basically complete. After some struggles with CSS, I believe we really have something worthy to look at. We hope you agree.
- I have also implemented the structured blogging plug-in for Wordpress. Basically, through this nifty plug-in, we have the ability to quickly and easily write what is classified as microcontent. In a nutshell, it is very easy for us to write reviews, post about events, write audio/video posts, as well as showcase groups and people. It really is a cool thing, that anyone running a Wordpress blog should look in to.
We’re off to do a hops review! It is our namesake after all.
Filed by Kevin at 8:36 pm under Site Related

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The Structured Blogging plug-in looks very nice. Good find. I will have to build it into the blogs I currently manage.