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	<description>Louisville-based web programmer Steve Magruder expresses his views and welcomes feedback on web community building, contemporary web development practices and his web programming services business</description>
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		<title>WebCommons back from hiatus on June 15!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the move into a new house is finishing up, with most boxes opened, stuff placed and misplaced, and most of the house set up for living and business. Whew! This has been a lot of work &#8212; how come nobody warned me? But it has definitely been spiritually uplifting, even while physically depleting. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiatus in first half of June due to move</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2010/05/10/hiatus-in-first-half-of-june-due-to-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted everyone to know that because I will be moving in June, I will not be able to take on any significant project work in the first half of June. This is a major move that will be a major drain on my time, and thus I will not be able to concentrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What WebCommons :: Web Programming Services Can Do For You</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2010/04/28/what-webcommons-web-programming-services-can-do-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Information]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not easy being prolific.  WebCommons has worked on so many projects over the years that it&#8217;s difficult to distill what our best specialties are, and so on the Specialties page, it has ended up being a laundry list of most things WebCommons can do. So this is a post to talk about the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WebCommons logo remastered, and this site undergoing renovation</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2010/04/18/the-webcommons-logo-remastered-and-this-site-undergoing-renovation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2010/04/18/the-webcommons-logo-remastered-and-this-site-undergoing-renovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a sponsorship advertising request for my company&#8217;s logo to display against a black background, I re-rendered the WebCommons logo by using a fiery back-glow to help with antialiasing and generating cleaner text for the &#8220;programming services&#8221; part.  The result looked so good (to me, anyway) that I decided to use it on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want your static site to be dynamic?  (WebCommons does WordPress)</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/12/31/want-your-static-site-to-be-dynamic-webcommons-does-wordpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of the work WebCommons has taken on in 2009 has had to do with working on company/organization websites developed with WordPress.  One of these sites was even a complete conversion from an existing static site (a basic site with several pages of information) to a dynamic site using WordPress where it became a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WebCommons philosophy of web design, and a &#8220;formula for website health&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/12/04/the-webcommons-philosophy-of-web-design-and-a-formula-for-website-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Information]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While revamping the WebCommons About page recently, I realized that I hadn&#8217;t ever really expressed what my company&#8217;s web design philosophy was. So, I just took myself through a thought exercise, trying to drum up my guiding experiences and methodology for approaching my web work.  After 15 years of tinkering with websites, certainly I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Ways to Have Your Web Development Project Turned Down</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/11/27/top-ten-ways-to-have-your-web-development-project-turned-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development Practices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, hopefully for your edification, I am going offer a rare glimpse of extreme honesty on a matter that I as a freelance web programmer, and I&#8217;m sure most other freelance web developers, have to deal with.  I am very sure that what I am about to unveil may lose me some work, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A special deal for new web development clients &#8212; Now through December 31</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/11/11/a-special-deal-for-new-web-development-clients-now-through-december-31/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/11/11/a-special-deal-for-new-web-development-clients-now-through-december-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expired Offers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so here we are in the midst of the Great Recession.  My business, like many others, is tight these days.  And yours may be as well.  I need to make more money.  And if you have a business or organization website (or need a new one), you want to get a good deal for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent site makeover &#8212; Little Loomhouse</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/11/11/recent-site-makeover-little-loomhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/11/11/recent-site-makeover-little-loomhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Developments & Hype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for not posting very much in this blog so far, but I guess I&#8217;m the kind of web programmer who would rather do than blog about it.     But that&#8217;s no excuse of course.  So here goes&#8230; Recently I completed a site makeover for the Little Loomhouse in Louisville.  Check out the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So I used Google Analytics to analyze my community discussion board</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/08/28/so-i-used-google-analytics-to-analyze-my-community-discussion-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/08/28/so-i-used-google-analytics-to-analyze-my-community-discussion-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Communities & Discussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the results at this topic on Louisville History &#38; Issues. Seeing what visitors actually do on a discussion board not only triggers brainstorms for positive functional changes and a significant re-orientation of what content is developed. Analytics are also letting me know, brutally, of the limitations of the discussion board approach to creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome new visitors!</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/06/19/welcome-new-visitors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/06/19/welcome-new-visitors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to take a moment and welcome all the new visitors who may be coming here as a result of new advertising I have started as of this weekend. When you boil it all down, I am what&#8217;s commonly referred to as a &#8220;web geek&#8221;.  More specifically, if you need to have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pardon the dust &#8212; the database got screwed up yesterday evening</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/06/04/pardon-the-dust-the-database-got-screwed-up-yesterday-evening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/06/04/pardon-the-dust-the-database-got-screwed-up-yesterday-evening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to let everyone know that the WebCommons site crashed yesterday due to some MySQL tables getting inexplicably locked. The restoration of the data has left some things a bit messy. I will attempt to clean up most of it today.]]></description>
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		<title>The all-in-one WebCommons site has finally arrived. What do you think?</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/03/20/the-all-in-one-webcommons-site-has-finally-arrived-what-do-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/03/20/the-all-in-one-webcommons-site-has-finally-arrived-what-do-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, I don&#8217;t want anyone to think this is the final incarnation of the WebCommons site. It is really just a start of a new approach. In reality, all websites stay in flux, and what is here now is just the culmination of moving much of the old content from other WebCommons locations to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new WebCommons contact form</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/02/17/the-new-webcommons-contact-form/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/02/17/the-new-webcommons-contact-form/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the ongoing WebCommons site merger, I developed a new contact form.   I realize that this kind of development naturally doesn&#8217;t create a lot of excitement, but I think a lot of the power of the WordPress platform shines through with this example. A contact form is one of those common things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Registration no longer required before commenting</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/01/13/registration-no-longer-required-before-commenting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/01/13/registration-no-longer-required-before-commenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just changed the WordPress setting that required registration here before commenting on a blog post or page.   However, entry of your name and e-mail address is required, and the first post by an individual will always be moderated. I made this change because most blogs don&#8217;t seem to require registration before commenting, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under Reconstruction: Moving all WebCommons business website pages into WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/01/13/under-reconstruction-moving-all-webcommons-business-website-pages-into-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2009/01/13/under-reconstruction-moving-all-webcommons-business-website-pages-into-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that this blog/site has been undergoing some structural changes, and you would be correct. What&#8217;s going on is fairly straightforward &#8212; I am simply moving most of my content from my old WebCommons site as well as my resume into this WordPress-based blog, and scrapping the rest.   I am doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hubbub about &#8220;Community Managers&#8221; &#8212; What&#8217;s Missing</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/11/23/the-hubbub-about-community-managers-whats-missing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/11/23/the-hubbub-about-community-managers-whats-missing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Communities & Discussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ReadWriteWeb recently has been talking up the new role of community managers in companies, especially start-ups, here lately.   See their posts &#8220;Do Startup Companies Need Community Managers?&#8221; and &#8220;Community Manager Jobs Are Hot&#8221;. The term community manager has traditionally had this definition, but that&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m talking about.   Well, hopefully, we don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisville History &amp; Issues &#8212; Soon to be &#8220;Discussion on Steroids&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/11/18/louisville-history-issues-soon-to-be-discussion-on-steroids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/11/18/louisville-history-issues-soon-to-be-discussion-on-steroids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen Assembly Board Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Communities & Discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Developments & Hype]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of WebCommons&#8217; non-profit pet projects, the local discussion board Louisville History &#38; Issues, is becoming increasingly prominent in Louisville political and history circles, but even more interesting for discussion here, it is also becoming a highly functional (master?)piece of web software. Louisville History &#38; Issues (LouHI for short) is based on WebCommons&#8217; fork of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarification: I am a full-time freelance programmer</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/11/13/clarification-i-am-a-full-time-freelance-programmer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/11/13/clarification-i-am-a-full-time-freelance-programmer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have noted some misunderstanding from clients and potential clients in recent months about my status as a freelance programmer.   My web programming work is indeed on a full-time basis and I am thus available continuously to look at and work on various projects.   The WebCommons website and my resume have been updated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This should be a lot of fun &#8211; Welcome to the new WebCommons blog/site</title>
		<link>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/09/04/this-should-be-a-lot-of-fun-welcome-to-the-new-webcommons-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webcommons.biz/2008/09/04/this-should-be-a-lot-of-fun-welcome-to-the-new-webcommons-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Magruder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WebCommons Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, September 4, 2008 I am embarking on two changes for my web programming services company named WebCommons, one somewhat dramatic, and the other, rather mundane. The first change is this blog. Surprise! This is now the &#8220;front page&#8221; for the WebCommons site. Originally, I was wanting a front page that worked like a [...]]]></description>
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