Good news! (Friday, October 22, 2004)
The beta phase may be nearing an end! There were three major concerns with this blog (which is why it was in a beta phase). They were:
1) Bandwidth. It would appear, however, after an initial investigation, that the blog doesn't use any more bandwidth (per "hit") than a regular page. Most of the bandwidth "hogging" would take place when I change the template, in which case I have to republish the entire blog. But I think I have worked out most of the bugs, so I shouldn't have to be doing much more of that. Problem solved (for now).
2) Integration. I wasn't sure how hard (or easy) it would be to host a blog on my site instead of blogspot.com. As it turns out, the process is relatively easy. Problem solved.
3) Unnecessary. I do have the forums set up, and I even have a topic called "rants and raves", which was basically intended to be something similar to this. However, I have determined that the blog is more or less a "diary" and the forums are good for "discussions". So they don't cancel each other out, and one is just as important as the other. Problem solved.
So keep looking for the unveiling of the blog, done AaronandSarah.net style!
-Aaron
posted by Aaron and Sarah at 11:17 AM
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