When I started this blog/site I did it from scratch using my somewhat limited knowledge of HTML/CSS. As I’ve mentioned before my wife has been a “blogger” for some time and has used almost every conceivable blogging tool/site out there from Yahoo360, Blogger, MySpace; you name it, she’s probably been there and done that. While I was not unhappy with the layout/look of my new site, it lacked some functionality like comments, tagging, archiving, etc. These are things I probably could have figured out with enough research and time, but they were beyond my current abilities. Also, things like RSS feeds that I did have were functional, but not up to par with today’s standards. So, at my wife’s suggestion we both looked into WordPress (amazingly one of the few blog tools she hadn’t yet tried). So, I did a little research, found my web host had Fantastico and installed WordPress onto my server. As with any new “software” there has been a learning curve. All in all I’m pretty happy with WordPress. It’s has forced me to learn more about CSS, but that’s probably not a bad thing. After a day and a half of pulling my hair out trying to modify things so they look the way I want, Reef-a-holic.com has some new functionality more in line with what is expected by today’s savvy blog readers. So go ahead and leave me a comment, you know you’ve been wanting to!

Happy Reefing!