I spent some time this summer converting all my websites over to Wordpress. What's that mean? The old sites were the typical html pages that I had to update by editing files in Dreamweaver, uploading via FTP, forever fixing broken links, trying to remember the code for videos, etc. What a nightmare, and so I began experimenting with both Wordpress and Moveable Type this past spring. I actually ended up asking Mike Fry to install a server copy of Moveable Type for me to run the CETL website - so that's what's running this post you're reading. For my other stuff I decided on Wordpress, and I like it a lot. These are both blog-based
software systems, meaning they are designed to host web logs (blogs) for people who post updates and new articles on a regular basis. You've seen lots of them as you surf around. However, they make great platforms for posting anything, including course syllabi, links to podcasts and videos, photos, other sites, whatever. Adding information is cake, changing information is cake, and no worries with broken links - it takes care of all that automatically. Check out a few examples of mine to get some ideas:
- CETL website: http://cetl.lvc.edu/cetl_blog/
- Personal site: www.brhill.wordpress.com
- Class sites: www.brhill.wordpress.com/classes
- Mental Models: www.mentalmodelassessment.org
- Personal blogs at LVC: http://csunix1.lvc.edu/wordpress/
