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	<title>A-Connect &#187; Open Source</title>
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		<title>A-Connect Website Rebuild</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rebuild of the new A-Connect website is almost complete &#8211; and it has taken less than 2 days! OK it&#8217;s not quite finished but it&#8217;s definitely an improvement and is very now!
Thanks to the fantastic Wordpress software we have been able to build a feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The rebuild of the new A-Connect website is almost complete &#8211; and it has taken less than 2 days! OK it&#8217;s not quite finished but it&#8217;s definitely an improvement and is very <em>now</em>!</p>
<p>Thanks to the fantastic <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/" target="_blank">Wordpress </a>software we have been able to build a feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and up to date website in no time at all.<span id="more-38"></span></p>
<p>Wordpress has come a long way since the last time I looked at it a few years ago. In those days it was pretty much exclusively a blogging tool. These days however, with so many additional add ons and settings, it is possible to create sites to fit a wide range of specifications.</p>
<p>The features I really like and have used on the new site include:</p>
<ul>
<li>SEO enhancements using <a href="http://semperfiwebdesign.com/" target="_blank">All in One SEO Pack</a></li>
<li>Auto XML sitemap generation using the highly configurable <a href="http://www.arnebrachhold.de/redir/sitemap-home/" target="_blank">Google XML sitemaps plugin</a></li>
<li>Super fast, configurable caching with <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/" target="_blank">WP Super Cache</a></li>
<li>And a neat little <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-portfolio/" target="_blank">portfolio plugin</a> which automatically generates thumbnails of the website</li>
</ul>
<p>Whilst I love Wordpress for my own personal use, I regard myself as being reasonably tech savvy. I still won&#8217;t be building all my future client&#8217;s websites with Wordpress as I think the admin side of things is just a little too bloated for basic websites. Yes, it is possible to lock down a lot of the functionallity and amke the back end more simple, but all the same most clients I deal with want something <em>really </em>simple!</p>
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		<title>PostNuke &#8211; The End</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PostNuke was one of the first open source content management systems out there dating back to 2001. Based on PHPNuke it offered a framework for publishing content and user management.
Over the years it did improve and provided inspiration for the next generation of open source CMSs and blogging platforms. However, at the end of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PostNuke was one of the first open source content management systems out there dating back to 2001. Based on PHPNuke it offered a framework for publishing content and user management.</p>
<p>Over the years it did improve and provided inspiration for the next generation of open source CMSs and blogging platforms. However, at the end of the day it just got a little long in the tooth and the legacy code and support became too much of a burden to compete with newer software.</p>
<p>So when I last checked to see how the development of PostNuke 0.8 was coming along I was completely surprised to find this message:</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.postnuke.com/module-Content-view-pid-6.html" target="_blank">The End</a></h2>
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