It appears that the developers of RapidWeaver have fixed an issue, referenced in this previous post, with links and photos not displaying correctly in the generated RSS feed when using a .mac personal domain account. Now let’s just hope Apple doesn’t break anything when they flip the switch for MobileMe (rumored to happen on July 9).

As long as you are subscribed to the new RSS feed address (http://feeds.feedburner.com/nateut), you’re all set!

A couple of months ago when RapidWeaver 4.0 was released, I made some configuration changes that made allaboutnate.com point directly to the site instead of using a redirect link. When I first setup the site, this was the only way to point a domain name to a website hosted on Apple’s .mac (soon to be MobileMe) service. However, last year they added the ability to use domain names natively, and the RapidWeaver developers included support for this in the latest version.

Earlier today, someone (thanks Jon!) pointed out the fact that my RSS feed wasn’t working. I guess I hadn’t thought about the fact that the XML file for the RSS feed would be in a different location once the above changes were made. I corrected the problem, but it will require anyone who subscribed to the old feed (is there anybody out there?) to resubscribe to the new feed address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/nateut. If you don’t know what RSS is, checkout Wikipedia.

There is still a problem with the story links and inline pictures not loading; this is a bug within the RapidWeaver software and should be fixed in the next version.

Lots of new happenings here... first and most obvious, I've decided to change the theme of the website to something a little simpler. I really hated having the two sidebars on the previous site, so I found this one on my lunch break and thought it was time for a change. I'm still tweaking some things, but so far I'm pretty happy with the decision. I also made use of a new widget recently released by Apple called My iTunes that allows users to post their most recent purchases, iTunes Store reviews, and iTunes favorites. You'll find it in the sidebar on the right side of the page.

Second, and more importantly, I have accepted a new position with a company this week, ending my three year stint with my current employer. Since finishing my MBA this past semester, I knew it was time to try and find something that would let me better utilize the skills and education that I have gained over the years. I also wanted to find a place that allowed me to grow within the company, and hopefully find myself in a project management position in the future. Starting August 27th, I'll be a Security Analyst at the Dana Corporation data center in Maumee. The office is about five minutes away from my current apartment, which is also a nice bonus.

Tomorrow is the Northwest Ohio Rib-Off at the Lucas County Fairgrounds. I think Kelly and Jared will be joining Cheryl and I and it should be a pretty good time. I'll definitely be saving room to stuff myself on ribs and deep fried goodness for dinner.

Instead of making two seperate sites, I've decided to make the Mad River Brews page a section off of this main site. While you can still visit madriverbrews.com and see all of my brewing information, you can also click the Mad River Brews button in the menu of the left side of this page. I'm still working on it and will be posting more info as I have time. It even has its own RSS feed, so you can subscribe to that if you like!

Also, Realmac Software has released the highly-anticipated update to its RapidWeaver software. This is the program that I use to design and maintain this website. I've included a portion of the announcement below:

Realmac Software today has released the much-anticipated new version of RapidWeaver, their powerful WYSIWYG software that does a great job of filling the gap between iWeb and Dreamweaver. This new v3.6 ushers in a significant list of new features, such as:

• Themes Styles - no more digging in HTML and CSS to customize your theme (unless you really want to)
• 6 completely new themes
• Snippets - manage chunks of frequently used code instead of copy/pasting or constantly re-typing
• New Flash Slideshow - completely rewritten and can now pull images from a Flickr feed
• Improved blog, including tags and inline comment support
• Easy creation of Lists
• Detailed Publishing
• And much, much more

You might have noticed that I added a News Headline section in the left menu bar. This will let you see the latest news from a variety of websites that I check regularly, just in case you were curious as to what news I try and keep up on.

This page is generated using RSS (really simple syndication) feeds and a service named NewsGator Online. I recently received a free subscription to this with the purchase of NetNewsWire, a popular RSS reader for Mac OSX. The nicest part about the whole thing is that it is updated regularly and automatically, with no intervention from me. So, check it out if you have some free time, and/or just want to stay up on the latest news.

As many people who visit this site probably already know, I bought my first new Macintosh back in January when Apple released the Intel-based Macbook Pro. Shortly thereafter, I moved this website over to iWeb, the website creation program Apple introduced as part of the iLife '06 suite. While it created a great-looking site, it could sometimes take awhile to load, especially when using Internet Explorer and/or slow internet connections. While it didn't bother me very much, I recently decided that I'd check out some of the other products available on the Mac platform.

RapidWeaver is a program that has been the benchmark that iWeb has been compared to since its release. It offers the ease of basic website creation with the ability to incorporate advanced features and interoperatibilty with other Web 2.0 services. Since the included themes are not as graphically-intense, the site should load much quicker than before as well. The software is free to try, but costs $39.95 to purchase so I will likely be testing the software before making any purchases. If you have any comments on the layout or how the site operates, get ahold of me and let me know. I will be importing at least some of the postings from the previous site in the next day or two.