We're making a move!
Sometime in the next week, the Oshblog will be moving to a new software platform, which we think will bring added functionality to the site. The new platform, known as Movable Type, includes a search capability and a greater degree of customization. For example, it will be possible to post messages in specific categories and for users to keep track of just those topic areas that they are interested in.
Because Movable Type will be running on a server at the Oshkosh Public Library, we expect to see higher reliability and fewer of the snags that we have sometimes seen with our current software platform.
When the transition is complete, current members will receive e-mail invitations to move over to the new platform. And those of you who have asked to join the Oshblog in recent weeks will also get invitations.
It's possible that we will encounter some disruptions as we make the transition, but we are working to keep those to a minimum.
This may also be the time for us to revisit some of our standards for posting. While we would like to keep the Oshblog as open as possible and allow for anonymity in cases where it can help generate useful discussion, we may institute a two-tier system in which postings must be signed while comments can still be made anonymously. (Postings are the messages, like this one, that come with headlines, while comments are appended beneath postings.)
Your input is welcome on this potential policy change. In addition we are always open to your suggestions for new projects that we might undertake.
Because Movable Type will be running on a server at the Oshkosh Public Library, we expect to see higher reliability and fewer of the snags that we have sometimes seen with our current software platform.
When the transition is complete, current members will receive e-mail invitations to move over to the new platform. And those of you who have asked to join the Oshblog in recent weeks will also get invitations.
It's possible that we will encounter some disruptions as we make the transition, but we are working to keep those to a minimum.
This may also be the time for us to revisit some of our standards for posting. While we would like to keep the Oshblog as open as possible and allow for anonymity in cases where it can help generate useful discussion, we may institute a two-tier system in which postings must be signed while comments can still be made anonymously. (Postings are the messages, like this one, that come with headlines, while comments are appended beneath postings.)
Your input is welcome on this potential policy change. In addition we are always open to your suggestions for new projects that we might undertake.
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