Drupal

I've dropped the SMF forum and added phpBB forum to discuss those hot topic issues.  This is only a test for now and is open to anyone who wants to post a topic they feel is important. 

The forum capability here will remain to discuss issues I post on my blog, but Bob's Forum  is available to anyone to strike up a discussion on those hot topics.   I'll add a few topics over the next few days to see how it does.  In addition, I have it set up so guests can comment and add topics without registering.  Let me know what you think.

I just upgraded my blog to Drupal 6.0 and everything went fine.  A few changes can be noticed, like no Google AdSense and the Weather blocks are gone.  The were not yet compatible with 6.0.  The new "Drag-n-Drop" feature for menus and blocks is great.  If you're looking for an easy, yet powerful CMS, I suggest you check out Drupal.

Well after a long trip out to Ridgecrest, California (for my job) and few hours reconfiguring my site, I'm glad to announce Bob's Daily Blog is back up and working. I still have some more work to bring it back to pre-crash function, but it appears to be stable and working now. Thanks to paulnem and quint over at the drupal.org forum.

While trying to upgrade my site, I ran into a critical error which crashed the site. The good thing about it, was I did not have a lot of content. The bad thing, was I had spent a lot of time developing what little content & comments that were posted. Things I learned: 1. BACK-UP, BACK-UP, and oh, BACK-UP your site. Although, I'm not sure how to do this, I'm going to figure it out. 2. If possible, you should build a test site where you can test patches & upgrades to make sure they work, prior to loading them on your production site. Although most of the seasoned bloggers probably know this, I suspect its easier said than done... Hence why I didn't do it. I have a hard enough time keeping one up and running. 3. I think I'll start writing my comments & post in a word document first and then cut & past into the site. That way, worst case scenario, I still have the content to re-post. If you have suggestions or best practices you use, please let me know.