9. April 2009 by admin.

Here are the results from the 2009 Ozark Regional Convention held in Springfield March 24-27, 2009. We will have pictures later. Thanks for your patience!

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1. April 2009 by admin.

As the title says, welcome to the Grace & Glory blog. For those who don’t know what a blog is, it simply is a commonly used slang word for “web log”.

We have used blogs for when the students go to Regionals or ISC, but this has been a very manual process. The webmaster had to create the page, add text, format it, add images, format the images, and then upload everything to the webserver. While enjoyable, it is also very cumbersome and it took a lot of time, and a considerable amount of work to maintain.

Our hosting company, 1&1, made a deal with Wordpress, a widely used company that makes publishing software that many other well-known blogs use, that allows its customers to use Wordpress to create a blog. Right now, since the blog process is manual, the webmaster has to create a separate page for each blog topic (think each year of Regional and ISC competition as a separate blog page) and there is not an easy way to categorize and archive posts. The advantage for the new blog is that the webmaster now gets to use powerful tools to create a very nice blog page and has to do very little work to maintain it. It also gives the website the ability to archive posts.

This is a very good thing!

It also gives others the ability make posts or comments on blog entries. This makes the website more interactive. This is also a very good thing!

The biggest limitation of the website is that currently everything must go through the webmaster.  Understand this is not The webmasters‘ website! It belongs to the staff, students, and their parents. It also belongs to the sponsor of the school, the Bible Baptist Church of New Franklin. There is no reason why the stakeholders of this ministry should not be allowed to make comments about the school or the activities that occur there, or add content to the website. In fact, it should be encouraged. The blog will help others to contribute to the website.

It will also allow others outside of the school to make comments and ask questions as well. There are many in the local area who may want to ask about the school. There are other Christian schools we have met at competitions or activities that we have developed relationships with who may want to communicate with the school. The blog will allow this to happen.

It goes without saying that the blog will be moderated, but for the most part content will not be edited unless it is offensive, or it needs editing due to really bad grammar or spelling. Just remember this is not MySpace or Facebook.  Blog entries are usually made by an approved contributor and represent that person’s opinion, or may even reflect the view of the ministry’s leadership. However, the comments to each entry will belong to any who wish to make a contribution.

The webmaster sincerely hopes you enjoy the blog, and that you feel free to make a contribution. If you are from another Christian school that we have had dealings with please feel free to say something. We would love to hear from you!

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