Josh Young

I’ve been trying to get some things better organized for the church on the web front, and the master plan I put together was approved, so now I’ve got some work to do. :-)

First, our host has been super horrible with speed and reliability over the past months, so we’re finally making a switch. I signed up with lunarpages.com, and we’ll be moving everything over this week. Everyone should notice a significant boost in performance once that happens. I’ve tried my hardest to make the site optimized as far as speed goes, so the new host should complete the package.

Second, we’ve moved Mike’s blog. He now has his own domain name (www.mikeedmisten.com), and he’s on WordPress instead of Blogger (which was a huge sigh of relief). As soon as I show him the ropes on WordPress, he’ll be back in full force with that. And his blog is on a new server as well. I went with cleverdot.com for his site. I’ve used them on almost all of the sites I’ve been involved in, and they’re great. They’re a smaller operation, but their service and support are some of the best that I’ve dealt with.

Next comes the youth site. I think we’ve just decided on a domain name, so I’ll be getting the ball rolling on that very soon. I’m hoping to finish it over the next few weeks. Look for more news on that soon.

On a non-ACC note, I also set my brother, Joel, up with a WordPress blog. He’s using our old band website, www.joelyoungmusic.com, since it was pretty much in hibernation for a year or so after we all moved and had to quit playing together due to geographical differences.

I think that covers it all. I can’t wait to get all of this finished so that I have 5 minutes to switch my blog over to WordPress from Blogger. I’m getting really frustrated with this setup. Publishing has become a royal nightmare. I initially set it up on Blogger just to see if I would even like blogging (or do it consistently). Now that I’m in the habit, I’m tired of doing this dance just to make a simple post. The switch should happen before too much longer, and I can’t wait.