Technical Information
Note: This page will contain technical information about the LBCC site for those geeks interested in such trivialities.
This site is powered by Wordpress blogging software. We are currently using Pages format to generate our pages rather than Posts. Rather than employing a full-blown CMS system that adds functions we don’t need, we use this system to allow multiple authors to write content for the pages. Additionally, the authoring system is intuitive and simple enough that neophye web authors are able to immediately start contributing content with only a minimal introduction.
The theme providing the look of the page is a heavily modified version of Cutline by Chris Pearson. It provides a clean look while allowing us to customize the interface to suit our needs
Hosting for this site is provided by Joyent on a Solaris 11 Shared Accelerator. Bruce chose Joyent for our hosting needs primarily because they support Open Source software and the support threads in the forums show that Joyent support clearly knows what they are doing and care about providing great support. Bruce works as a Unix System Administrator and in the past has had to deal with support staff that clearly were just following a script or had no clue what he was talking about (He generally only asks very esoteric questions for esoteric problems). Subsequent to signing up with Joyent hosting, his experiences with Joyent support have usually been with the admin that will handle the problem personally and who clearly knows what he or she is doing and understands what Bruce is asking about. Service has always been prompt, professional, and accurate. Additionally, Joyent user forums and the knowledge base are able to answer many of the easier problems without having to resort to Joyent support. I strongly recommend Joyent for your hosting needs.
The Web administrator is Bruce Takenaka.
