Starting Over
I have upgraded to Joomla 1.7. It seems to have a big improvement in usability. But it is very different from version 1.5 and will take some learning.
The biggest downside to upgrading is that the conversion routines just don't seem to work very well. I've tried a couple of times, but always had problems afterwards.
So I've decided to start over.
UPDATE: I found a utility that will export the contents of the old (v1.5) site as an XML file. That file can then be imported into the new (v1.7) site. So I won't be starting over after all. Yahoo!!!!
NOTE: The photos are uploading (all 6500 2500+ of them). It's going to take a while. If you see a gallery tag, it means the photos haven't uploaded yet.
OOPS: After uploading for about 8 hours I realized that I was uploading the fair photos rather than the brianwilliams.com photos. I had to delete and start over.
UPDATE: Software for comments has been added. The old software was not compatible with the new version of Joomla. You will notice a LOGIN box to the left. Logging in will be required in order to post comments. To create an account, click on the "Create an account" link. Your account will not become active until I activate it. So you won't be able to comment immediately.
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