A hearty welcome to the Mountain Xpress readers. I hope our local paper's focus on technology and blogging inspires Ashevillians to look into blogging as a hobby or career.  

You'll notice the screenshot featured in the paper doesn't match what you see here today. (See screetnshot on left) As part of this blog's plan to become a hub for Green Party activity, I switched the CMS from Drupal to Joomla - and in the process switched the color scheme from orange to "spearaminty green." (See image below.)

If that last sentance ost you - "CMS" is an aconym for a "Content Management Sysytem": A type of software most blogs use since they allow dynamic content ... such as user comments, and easily updated webpages.

It's usefull to think of a CMS like a car. Just like different types of vehicles handle different types of terrain - each CMS specializes in certain types of content.