{"id":12,"date":"2006-11-13T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/wp\/2006\/11\/the_way-behind_blogger\/"},"modified":"2006-11-13T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2006-11-13T09:46:11","slug":"the_way-behind_blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2006\/11\/the_way-behind_blogger.html","title":{"rendered":"The Way-Behind Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As my post below says, right after I started this blog I embarked on a major overhaul of ArtsJournal. The site hasn&#8217;t been upgraded in about four years, and it was time. Of course it&#8217;s taken much longer than I ever expected. The first version of AJ took about a week. I got the idea to do the site on a Tuesday, the next day I registered the name, got a web host and bought some books on html. By Sunday night I was ready and the site launched that Monday morning.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve redesigned the site three times since then, the most significant redo four years ago when Xanga&#8217;s John Hiler put WebCrimson under the hood to manage the content.<br \/>\nBy contrast, the current redesign has now taken more than six weeks and my sitting at at the computer for 14 hours a day. It&#8217;s almost done, and I hope to launch it sometime in the next week (but then, I&#8217;ve been saying that for about five weeks now). Last week the system powering our classified ads got overhauled. Yesterday, a new design for our newsletters launched.<br \/>\nOne of the things I&#8217;m happiest about in the new design is the incorporation of video. Every day there will be a new video posted. To get a bit of a taste, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crucible.ca\/ghc\/mozart.wmv \"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> for an unusual take on Mozart. I&#8217;ll be back to posting on the blog after the new site launches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my post below says, right after I started this blog I embarked on a major overhaul of ArtsJournal. The site hasn&#8217;t been upgraded in about four years, and it was time. Of course it&#8217;s taken much longer than I ever expected. The first version of AJ took about a week. 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