Just letting readers know that over the next couple (few?) months I’ll be transitioning over from the Blogware platform to WordPress. Tucows, the Toronto-based software company that owned Blogware, has decided to stop supporting it and is letting it die a slow death. To be fair, they’re not booting me off. I’ve been given fair warning that I need to find another host at some point, so I’m just assuming it should be sooner rather than later. I liked using Blogware, but like anything in life I’m comparing that against not using anything else. So I’m looking forward to trying out WordPress. Change is good.

Now, I’m told the transition will be relatively smooth. I can preserve all my past posts — more than three years worth — and comments, though all past comments will unfortunately be relabelled “anonymous.” All links will be preserved, though I’m getting the sense that I may loose some of the pictures associated with past posts — no biggy. I’m sure there will be some glitches and pain during the transition, but I’ll try to make it as smooth as possible.

The most important thing you can do right now is make sure your browser’s Favorites list or your blogroll goes to www.cleanbreak.ca, rather than the Blogware URL tyler.blogware.com. The www.cleanbreak.ca address will always been the same, regardless of what platform I use.

I’m toying with the idea of changing the logo, because I’m not sure the current colours match any of the WordPress themes. I’ll try to keep it simple. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers.

P.S. — the lack of support for Blogware explains why some of you have had problems with the captchas — i.e. the blurred characters you must enter to have your comments posted. This has been frustrating for many readers here, so the move to WordPress will eliminate this problem.

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