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After just over a month I have finished all of the major updates I wanted to make to my new site. If you visited this past month, you'll notice the change from the dasBlog Tricoleur template to my own template. I have also tried to implement some accessibility in the site as well.

I plan on focusing this blog more towards my experiences in different areas of the IT field; web development, software architecture, various standards, development tools, and anything else that I feel is relevant to discuss.

So have fun and post many comments!

I have added a smattering of accessibility to this site to try and address the needs of multiple users. The accessibility standards are based on the guidelines listed below in the Accessibility References section.

I will continue to add information to this section on the different aspects of Accessibility. So please review this category when you have questions about the accessibility standards of this website.

Access Keys

• 0: Accessibility Statement
• 1: Home
• 2: Skip Navigation
• 9: Contact me at {blog} at the domain of this site.

Accessibility References

• Federal "Section 508"
• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• W3C Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• W3C Checklist for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• IITA Act (formerly IWAS Standards)

What to say about myself? Hmmm.

I'm a web developer, project manager, software architect, ... whatever I need to be at the time ... in the Chicago area. I have worked in the technology industry for over 10 years in different roles; primarily a web developer for the first half of my experience.

I am an active blogger who is finally converting my own site from a "resume" site. Two paths I want to take (in addition to what I'm doing now) is to do voice-over work and become a umpire for the USTA (United States Tennis Association). I would love to be a chair umpire during the finals of a U.S. Open Tennis Championship.

I'm using a modified version of dasBlog for this blog. I'm glad there's a .NET open-source blog system out there. "Open-source" and ".NET" in the same sentence is such an oxymoron isn't it? Well, at least not as much as it used to be.

When not working I try to spend as much time with my family as possible.

I hope you enjoy this site and find it useful. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions at {blog} at the domain of this site.

I am running dasBlog v.2.1.8102.813. I found when I tried to add comments that the Live Comment Preview didn't display the last allowable HTML comment tag. These tags are selected in the Configuration section under "HTML in Comments". With some help from the dasBlog forum on CodePlex it was determined that there was a bug in the LiveCommentPreview.js file.

In order to fix this bug, replace this line (line 60 in my file)...

if(tagNamesRegex.length > 0)
{
  tagNamesRegex
= tagNamesRegex.substring(0, tagNamesRegex.length - 2); } 

...with this line...

if(tagNamesRegex.length > 0)
{
   tagNamesRegex
= tagNamesRegex.substring(0, tagNamesRegex.length - 1); } 

Happy debugging!

That’s right…I finally updated my website after 7 years! As you can see I've converted it to a Blog site. I'm in the process of setting up the site fully and will post back very soon with updates.

I'm glad you stopped by and hope you enjoy what's to come!

Please visit often and feel free to participate.