So is this really a blog if it has no comments, no trackbacks, no gravitars, no permalinks, no clouds? Well, I guess probably not. But hey, it's a start, right? :)

For this site, I'm using a content management system called Joomla, which was suggested to me by a friend over at one of my other sites www.rackcreations.com. (I have to say Joomla has a lot of cool features, and it's very easy to extend to meet some of my own specific needs.) But it's not your typical blog software like WordPress, and it doesn't have a lot of the blog-like functionality built in.

I can add some of those features, but there's a ripple effect I'd need to content with along the way. For example, to add commenting, I should really install (among other things) the yvComment module, but that requires MySQL 5, but I'm currently still running a slightly earlier version. An moving to a new version requires a bunch of work and testing, when what I really should be focusing on is getting my ordering system completely moved over from the Windows sever over at plans.theFrankes.com. 

So is it a real  blog? Maybe not. But is it a step in the right direction? I certainly hope so!