Andrew L. Van Slaars

With the move to vanslaars.net, I am starting over. I will be pulling worthwhile posts from the old vanslaars.com blog and posting them, in one way or another, here on vanslaars.net.

So why have I made this change? I’m glad you asked. I have decided to change the focus of my blog as well as the platform that I use to manage the blog.

Let’s start with the technology decision. I used a couple of different blogging engines for vanslaars.com over the years and most recently, I was using Subtext. Subtext is an excellent platform with a bright future and my choice was not based on any shortcomings of Subtext. This choice is based on cheaper hosting. Hosting with a windows account is more expensive than a server running *nix. I know I could get a free blog hosted on blogger or wordpress.com, but I still like the option of controlling my installation and being able to host other sites. So, I am now using wordpress, hosted on bluehost.

The second, more interesting, reason for making the change is focus. I am changing the focus of my blog. I am not abandoning posts about technology, but I am expanding my focus. I am going to write about a broader range of technology, marketing, teaching/learning and anything else that I feel I have something to say about. My next post will explain this in more detail.

While I write this post, I have a list of things I need to do, such as pick a WP Theme, install some plug-ins that I plan to use, copy important posts from vanslaars.com, etc. So the full transition from vanslaars.com to vanslaars.net will take a few days (maybe longer) but it will happen soon.

Hopefully you will find some of my new topics interesting and continue to read. If you do not like this direction and choose not to read, I apologize and will miss you as a reader, but this is something that I feel strongly about.

Andrew Uncategorized change, new blog