Last Friday I mentioned that there was some big news coming, and now I am delivering on that news. We are moving! Yes, we are moving to Wordpress.com. Blogspot was a great place to start, especially for someone like me who knew very little about blogging. As the blog grew and my desires to expand the blog were realized, I began to understand the limits of what blogspot could do for me.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend blogspot to anyone just starting out. But having investigated the capabilities and the customizations possible within wordpress they looked to be the best fit for the blog.
So what is changing? Well, two major things; the first is the web address, you can now find us at www.secretlyimportant.wordpress.com. The second major change is the general direction of the blog.
The old format was a Free-for-all of posts that could literally cover any topic that came to mind. As we added more contributors I narrowed the range of topics a bit. With the move comes a more specific topic range. Here is a listing of topics that will be listed on the new blog. Each section will have it’s own drop down menu a the top which you can navigate to and select from.
art: visual arts, music, dance, theater, books, movies, television, comedy, etc.
community: events, restaurants, shows, sights, gardening, shopping, politics, sports, etc.
callings: articles concerning the struggle to reach the point in life where you can earn a living doing what you’re passionate about.
interviews: interviews with secretly important people.
contributor secrets: these posts can cover a broader range of topics that couldn’t be categorized but still fit with the themes of secretly important.
garden project: readers will be familiar with my documentation of my first gardening experiment. all future posts on the topic will be found here.
We have a new mission statement as well:
Imagine there is a band you love, a book you read, a restaurant you frequent, or an opinion you have on a current event. You may not think of these as important but here, they are. They are secretly important.
What will set us apart from the vast number of blogs already out there that cover the same ground as us?
What makes us different from your standard blog that reviews and informs on community events, options, people, and the arts, is that each post is written from the contributors distinct point of view. How the topic effects the writer, how the writer relates to the topic, and what they mean to the writer are the most important factors to each post.
Even now as the new secretly important begins to take shape I am already looking ahead to the future and what we will be able to do. I have a laundry list of ideas but
first and foremost will be another eventual shift to our first self hosted blog.
So for now please check out the new blog and all the great contributors, myself, eric, jaime, and jeanne, and stay turned for our shift into the world of self hosting.
Lastly please tell your friends about us, like us on facebook, repost our links... we could really use the help... i don’t mean to sound desperate. I honestly appreciate all our readers.
5...4...3...2...1... ignition... blastoff!!!!!
posted by brian snider
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