2010-05-30 Next-Generation Blogs: The Story So Far

[2010-07-04T20:58Z cross-posted from Spanner Wingnut as part of capturing a coherent history on nfoCentrale Status.  This also provides more Windows Live Writer cross-posting confirmation.]

Spanner Wingnut is now fully functional.  Format customization and authoring/maintenance improvements can now begin.  This is the foundation for all next-generation nfoCentrale blogs.

At this point,

• Spanner Wingnut is operating as the second Movable Type blog implemented on nfoCentrale.
    
• Comments and Trackbacks are fully functional
     
• A stock Movable Type template is in place with no customization beyond basic layout choice and identification of some categories.
    
• The previous, Blogger-generated Spanner Wingnut posts and archives are preserved in their entirety:
  • the last main page 
  • the last blog feed
  • the one category (label) archive for blog development
  • the full set of posts and their archive pages back to the 2004-06-17 initial post 

There is more to do.

Spanner Wingnut now becomes the laboratory for further customization of blogs, including

1. Setup of Windows Live Writer for authoring
      
2. Customization of Templates and use of plug-ins as a basis for cloning further blogs that are currently dormant
     
3. Confirmation that a second blog under the same domain (e.g., orcmid.com) can be created and operated successfully, now that multiple domains are working.

This update supercedes the fledgling status and the progression of difficulites that are now resolved.