"Moving" to Blogger

We have been using Blogger to host our updates section of our website since 2013. Blogger makes a great platform for allowing multiple individuals to submit content and gives us the ability to post relevant news and notes without writing code. In short, it's a pretty slick way to manage a section of your website. Until now we have not leveraged the true power of Blogger and that is set to change.

Starting today when you clicked on this post you are taken to our blog's homepage on Blogger.com. The first thing you likely noticed is that the page looks much different from the WFM RD&A homepage. This is a small tradeoff and we hope you enjoy the layout of the blog. The advantage of using the Blogger homepage are many and I want to take some time and outline some of the key features...

"New" Functionality included with the move to Blogger:

• Comments - We see this as one of the main advantages to using the blogger homepage. We want to hear from you and hope that our subscribers will take the time to share their thoughts by submitting comments to our posts. By default the comment section is somewhat hidden but if you click on the "No comments" link at the bottom of each post you will jump into the actual post where you can leave a comment.
• Sharing - At the bottom of each post you will see icons (see image below) that allow you to share the post via social media and email. Please feel free to share!
  
• Subscribe via email - Using the "Follow by email" box in the left menu allows you to sign up for email notifications whenever a new blog post is ready to read
• Subscribe via RSS - If you use an RSS reader you can also subscribe and be notified of new posts. You'll find this option in the left menu also.
• Mobile friendly - Blogger automatically detects your device type and will display the best version of the site for your device. 
• Link back to WFM RD&A Homepage - We placed a permanent link in the left menu (Just click on our logo) to bring you back to the Wildland Fire Management RD&A homepage. If you find yourself wanting to be back on our website, it's just a click away!

We think this "move" to Blogger gives us greater flexibility and increases the functionality and accessibility and hope you feel the same. We plan on using the blog more and are working on new, exciting stories to post there. Thank you for taking the time to read through the changes we are making and for your interest in the work that we do. As with everything we do, our goal is to find the best way to help and we hope this is a step in the right direction.

~Ben