Welcome Aboard
02/19/2006 11:31 Filed in: PolicePro
So here we go again with the weblog idea. I had one
of these going last year, the Steamblog, attached
loosely to the Steamboat Data website. It was done in
Six Apart's Typepad product, which was excellent to
work with; but I let it lapse as pressures to get
other things done slowly pushed it further off my
radar.
This new site is a move back to our original PolicePro roots. For several years PolicePro.com was its own entity, and quite successfully. When we incorporated in 2003 as Steamboat Data Systems, I had the bright idea of consolidating everything under one site umbrella. I can't say it was the best idea I ever had, and so this site is the result of recognizing that fact and putting PP (as we call it) back in its own house. The Steamboat Data site persists as well, and will start heading in its own independent direction shortly.
PolicePro.com for the cops and our (favorite) police business, SteamboatData.com for other programming endeavors.
The new site is being done completely in RapidWeaver, just an outstanding web creation product. It ain't the most sophisticated product in the world, but we're not the most sophisticated people either, so it's alright. It is some solid, practical stuff for people who want to get a site up and out there. It is also a Macintosh only product, so Windows users either need to find something else, or buy a Mac mini to use for web creation along with your other computers. Try it, you'll like it!
What Rapidweaver does better than anyone is let me create, manage and update this site by myself without requiring all sorts of technical assistance from anyone else. Since our message is pretty straightforward and our corporate culture is about Relaxed Excellence, it's a great match for what I want to do.
Rapidweaver also lets me run this weblog as an integral part of the site, again a great timesaver and ease of use tool.
So the weblog will (slowly) evolve into the usual self-absorbed ramblings that they all do, but hey - there are people out there who are interested in this stuff! I intend to pontificate occasionally on what is going on with PolicePro, what we see for its future, and how we're going about it all.
With maybe just a little tech talk sort of content in there as well as things appear that impress me - like Rapidweaver.
This new site is a move back to our original PolicePro roots. For several years PolicePro.com was its own entity, and quite successfully. When we incorporated in 2003 as Steamboat Data Systems, I had the bright idea of consolidating everything under one site umbrella. I can't say it was the best idea I ever had, and so this site is the result of recognizing that fact and putting PP (as we call it) back in its own house. The Steamboat Data site persists as well, and will start heading in its own independent direction shortly.
PolicePro.com for the cops and our (favorite) police business, SteamboatData.com for other programming endeavors.
The new site is being done completely in RapidWeaver, just an outstanding web creation product. It ain't the most sophisticated product in the world, but we're not the most sophisticated people either, so it's alright. It is some solid, practical stuff for people who want to get a site up and out there. It is also a Macintosh only product, so Windows users either need to find something else, or buy a Mac mini to use for web creation along with your other computers. Try it, you'll like it!
What Rapidweaver does better than anyone is let me create, manage and update this site by myself without requiring all sorts of technical assistance from anyone else. Since our message is pretty straightforward and our corporate culture is about Relaxed Excellence, it's a great match for what I want to do.
Rapidweaver also lets me run this weblog as an integral part of the site, again a great timesaver and ease of use tool.
So the weblog will (slowly) evolve into the usual self-absorbed ramblings that they all do, but hey - there are people out there who are interested in this stuff! I intend to pontificate occasionally on what is going on with PolicePro, what we see for its future, and how we're going about it all.
With maybe just a little tech talk sort of content in there as well as things appear that impress me - like Rapidweaver.
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