The Republican Party of Virginia has set up a new website. It looks good — it’s quite an improvement over their old site. On the downside, it has no RSS, it doesn’t flex, the front page is a whopping 107k (a 21 second download on a 56k modem) and the code doesn’t even come close to validating (of course, they’re Republicans — they’re opposed to international standards ;). They’ve made a bunch of fundamental mistakes that should never be found in a newly-launched website, but it all amounts to a big step forward for the RPV’s web presence.
I won’t hold my breath waiting for them to start a blog, like the Democratic Party of Virginia.
Are you being unintentionally ironic in mentioning the DPVA’s blog? It currently has a “hacked by” notice on it. Last time I looked there was only one new post since Laura Bland left the DPVA.
Ooh, it must have just gotten cracked in the past day; all was fine when I wrote this blog entry. How embarrassing for them. (As if Brenner doesn’t have enough going on.)
It had been updated every few weeks since Laura left. A post had just been made saying “hey, we haven’t forgotten this, and we’re going to get back in the swing of things soon.” At least they get points for effort. :)
Any idea why Laura Bland left? As far as I know, she was doing a great job for DPVA and I hope whoever is filling her shoes can match her strong effort.