I have received alot of really positive comments on my various Blog posts (Thank you all) and as a result I feel the need to explain certain things to everyone else. I will try to answer the most common questions
This is a little bit of fun, do not take it seriously.
I have no idea what the theme is, if it has an RSS feed or not does not interest me, as I cannot do anything about it anyway. 
If my Blog does not open on certain computers then that is tough but there is nothing I can do about it.
If anyone wishes to use parts of the Blog in their homework or their own site - please feel completely free.
The only comments that will be approved will be relative to the subject matter. All the praise in the world will not get you approved.
Yes I do have a face book page, and a website, and twitter and linked in. If you can't find them through the information already within this Blog site, then it will make no difference anyway as you will not be able to use them either. 
I don't really care what Obamba does or thinks about.
If someone broke into Paris Hilton Hotel - then best of luck to them - Why? I have no idea nor do I care.

The above answers may not make alot of sense to everyone but they will answer alot of questions that I have received on the Blog. The whole Bogging thing must be big in the USA as 99% of my comments are from the States. Hello USA. I think its great and if anyone out there wants to chat about Ireland etc let me know and I will try to oblige. Now to leave some IT hints and Links --

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http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Wicklow/Project-Design-Architects/119556234762924

RIAI question need for Grandfather C.pdf (18.66 kb)

As this is my first Blog, I will not bore anyone that might read it. I spent the last half hour writing my opinion on the Grandfather Clause being proposed as an Building Control Amendment Bill 2010 by John O Donoghue TD. I then tried to save it and lost the entire text, so not so successful to date on the IT front. I can't bring myself to try again so the best I can comment is this - The only good clause I have ever heard off was the small print 'Santa clause' in a film. This proposal to introduce light hand regulation to water down the current 2007 act is unbelievable in this climate where the industry needs good consumer confidence and protection. Our political leaders all around the country should be up in arms against this kind of undermining tactic for political gain by members. Have we not all paid, paying, and will be paying for this kind of thinking already? For all our sakes I hope that after their nice, although short break, the politicians of this country will come back awake.

If you would like more information on this subject please visit the RIAI website.

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If you see this post it means that BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 is running and the hard part of creating your own blog is done. There is only a few things left to do.

Write Permissions

To be able to log in to the blog and writing posts, you need to enable write permissions on the App_Data folder. If you’re blog is hosted at a hosting provider, you can either log into your account’s admin page or call the support. You need write permissions on the App_Data folder because all posts, comments, and blog attachments are saved as XML files and placed in the App_Data folder. 

If you wish to use a database to to store your blog data, we still encourage you to enable this write access for an images you may wish to store for your blog posts.  If you are interested in using Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, VistaDB, or other databases, please see the BlogEngine wiki to get started.

Security

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Configuration and Profile

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Themes and Widgets

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On the web

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Good luck and happy writing.

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