Hmmmmm. There's more people reading these blog pages than I thought and some of 'em sniff something more than what's showing.

John; I see you've done away with the WordPress blog, kept the Grey Matter and have something entirely different here. What have you got up your sleeve?

Hey! I like the new blog but what happened to the WordPress themes and blog? You had it fixed so nice. This one's nice too though.

I know you are doing something. When's it going to be ready? What is it? A new CMS? Just News?

OK! I reckon I'm Busted. Here's the deal.

Yep, it's pretty obvious the WordPress blog has been dismantled and the free theme downloads... Well, they're gone too. I appreciate the accolades but, there's plenty of themes available. And, yes, I've kept the GreyMatter News for now but it too will be dismantled in time.

This particular "News" is powered by a $40.00 third party script. It's incredibly powerful but, relies on flat-files to warehouse the news articles and isn't quite as powerful as WordPres. I've used this particular script as somewhat of an "experiment" but have ended up hacking the script so much that it barely resembles the original. You folks are going to have to live with this for the time being.

Now to answer, "What's Up My Sleeve". Yes, there is a completly new CMS system in the works. One that will combine some of the features of GreyMatter and a few features of WordPress. In a nutshell my goal is to produce a CMS/News system that will produce the static pages as GreyMatter and yet will rely on MySql to keep track of articles and comments plus of course, offer RSS feeds.

Yeah, I know, I could cobble together some PERL and some PHP and make GreyMatter work or I could continue to use WordPress along with some of the great plug-ins to cache pages and .htaccess to make "pretty URLS". The Key Word in that last sentence is Cobble. I don't LIKE cobble.

Rarely a week goes by that I don't receive correspondence asking about (complaining) .htaccess mod_rewrite stuff or some host is imposing some kind of limit on their MySql database or they just can't make something work in their current CMS/News scripting. I just don't have the time to fix each individual's problem: Without it turning into a cobbled mess. I don't like cobble.

So.... The solution seems to be a fresh start with a combination of the "best features" all in a nice, seamless, neat package. Will it work for everyone or suit every need. Hell NO! However, if most folks will be honest with themselves and take a real look at what they're posting: It'll be "Jussss' Right".

Now this endeavor isn't going to come to fruition in a week or two. I reckon it's going to take at least several months. You've got to remember... I'm a committee of one and I've got to eek out a living doing the regular stuff.