Adventures in Content Management Systems

Having set up the Students for Creative Anachronism web site for the group last year, we suffered for a while with the performance problems of the old old server UVa hosted it on.

In a brilliant bit of timing, they finally migrated to the new server--right at exams last semester. So all the students were far too busy to notice the changes, and just to make it more fun, they moved to a very efficient new way of managing admin access. One that made it impossible for me to log in to the site any more!

Which was bad, because the site broke big time with the move, and I had no access all summer to fix it.

In any case, the site is now accessible again, though it still doesn't have the old custom orange color scheme. Take a look! If you see any out of date info, let me know, or if you have an account, fix it your own self.

I'd post a mention of tonight's New Student Dance and Dessert revel, but there is some concern that the Michelle Obama rally may interfere with it and I don't know details. There's some concern the massive enthusiastic crowds might make it hard to get to our ballroom.

I'll be updating this site and several others over the next few days. I'm keen to get some of the newest Drupal features online.