A website by Richard Feich

Seems obvious doesn’t it? Well, it’s branded with my name; that’s a clue.  All of the opinions, thoughts, photography, artwork, and code presented on this website are solely mine [unless otherwise stated].  I do not represent any businesses, organizations, or my employer in this regard. I do not to make money  and have no commercial interests with this website. This website is simply a platform for self expression.

If you have issues with the content of this website, feel free to log-in and post comments (be polite) or send me an email; there is a contact form on the “About” page. Please do not contact my family, friends, or my employer with issues regarding this website – that’s not cool.

 The information on this website is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I reserve the right to publish or delete [for any reason] comments posted on this website. All comments will be approved before publication.

All original content is copyrighted. All content is subject to change without notice.

You should not drive or operate machinery while reading this blog. Your actual mileage may vary.

[I'll write a better disclaimer later; but this gets to the main point for now]

Welcome to a new development phase of my website at feich.com.  I decided to retire the old website and install a personal publishing system to allow me to maintain and update this website in a more timely fashion. I’m using a customized version of the very popular Wordpress…which I like very much. What is Wordpress? Here is a good description taken from the official Wordpress website:

Wordpress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

 I like Wordpress because it’s easy to use and customize, there are tons of themes and plugins available, and it has good support. Wordpress is really a Content Management System (CMS) geared towards blogging, however it can easily be configured for other purposes. In the last two years or so I have evaluated dozens of Content Management Systems…probably more then 35. I have used and extended many systems, and built a few as well. With this experience behind me, I selected Wordpress as my personal publishing platform.

I will continue to discuss the merits of Wordpress, as well as other CMS’s in later posts.

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