From The November Portal, by Jay Nelson

The Internet has made it easier to communicate and find the information you need. When combined with the power of modern desktop computers, the Net provides a unparalleled bazaar for sharing, showing off, and even selling your creations. And more tools are being developed all the time to help plan and create projects.

To start with, the Internet has an amazing amount of teaching resources, for every level of interest and ability. Of course, DIY home improvement and repair are
wildly popular, and particularly useful during seasonal changes, too. Google lists over 3 million hits!

But there’s a cornucopia of other DIY topics covered online as well, especially with the holidays coming up.

Last month we announced several new blogs.

We've  added a new tool to set of content management systems available to our webapp installer, vlwcms, (Very light weight content management system). It's an easy way to get started with a content management system without lots of overhead. It doesn't need a database, or CGI access and it's got a very small footprint. It will allow you to have a consistant look and feel throughout your website, just pick a template. You can add as many pages of content as you'd like and have them referenced from a side or top navigation bar. Editing a page is as easy as using a word processor, no HTML, unless you'd like to get into the underlying HTML. There's a contact form builder that will allow you get collect information from people accessing your website and email it to you. 

Articles from previous months:

Josh starts a new blog about local shopping called Stimulate Your Neighbor.

Mark starts a blog for web developers hosting sites at SWCP: the webdev blog . This one is in the Members Only section of our site so you'll need to use your SWCP username/password.