The Rabapab Blog

Been working on some site upgrades over the past few days.  Mostly just cosmetic updates, stuff to make the site look better, but I am liking how it going so far.  New theme and some new plug-ins really helps to give the site a better feel.  I am going to be working on getting the site more connected thru social networks like Twitter, Facebook and digg.  I have really been getting into the different social networks that are out there here recently, definitely got hooked on Twitter.  I am not crazy with it like some people, but I do make use of it from time to time, doesn’t even matter at this point if they listen.  If I find something I would like to share then I share it, that is what Twitter is for me, a way to share certain things with.  Anyway, there will be changes taking place to the look and feel of the site over the coming days and perhaps even weeks, as I work on getting the site the way I would like it to be. 

I am looking to add some additional types of content such as images and video, mostly to compliment the articles, but they will certainly help with the looks as well.  I have already removed the existing gallery from the site, it will be replaced with a plug-in that should provide similar features, and go better with the site look and feel. 

More to come as changes are made.

Well before I call it a night, I decided I would go ahead and add a new entry to the blog.  I am not 100% sure if this is how a blog is supposed to work, but then again it is mine, so I guess I can post to it however I want to.  The blog is most certainly still under construction, but it is starting to come together.  I wanted to have a photo gallery, and the ability to be able to easily integrate images into the blog.  So I decided to go with an installation of Gallery2.  Much like WordPress I am in no way shape or form familiar with how Gallery2 works, so please bear with me if it does not work exactly how it is supposed to. 

The installations seemed to go rather well, most of these web apps come with very detailed installation routines that make setup a snap.  Once it was all installed I had to grab a few modules which are required to integrate G2 into WordPress, and those installed without a hitch either.  From what I can tell I have now gotten G2 integrated into the main WordPress site. 

Currently there is only 1 album within the Gallery and it is basically there to test.  Once I have a chance this weekend to work some more on the site I will try to get a few more albums added.  The Gallery allows for user and group level permissions, so once I get everything the way I want it the gallery will allow me to share personal photos with my family and friends.  Much like my previous sites www.rabapab.com will primarily be for my family and friends to be able to stay up to date with what is happening in my neck of the woods.  My sites have always been focused on giving them ways to access my photo albums and keep each others contact information updated.

I must say that working on this blog so far today has certainly given me something to do.  Normally I would have been sitting here all night playing World of Warcraft, but tonight I was able to take a break from that addiction and begin laying the ground work for this site.  I do hope that once everything falls into place and is working the way I feel it should be that I can steer this blog down a definate path.  As I said in my previous post, I do not currently have a direction in terms of the types of posts and topics that will be available on this blog, although I am working on a few ideas. 

As for me I do believe I am going to call it a night.  I do want to wish everyone out there a very Happy & Safe New Year. 

Thanks again for visiting

Scott