Spreading awareness about the dangers of SUVs.

I’ve spent the better part of today updating the blog. I’ve implemented a new theme that retains a similar look as the main site, yet provides a separate and unique experience… It also enables me to utilize many of the features I added with the other recent updates, but I can organize everything so it’s a little more user friendly.

Along with the new theme, I’ve also changed the standard feed over to a Feedburner one. One benefit of this change is that you can now subscribe to the feed and receive updates via email. Simply enter your email address in the form on the right, under the Search box, and click Submit.

So, again, thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy the changes!

There have been some fairly large changes, though you may not notice them right away. First, the blog was recently upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, which is pretty amazing! But that’s not all we’ve been up to…

The behind-the-scenes updates – Visitors can now post comments without having to register. Comments will continue to be moderated, however. Plus, those who wish to link to their sites via their username in their comments will have the added benefit of the DoFollow plugin. Normally, search engines are not able to follow links to other sites. We’ve taken care of that.

Along the lines of giving something back to the visitors who comment on the BanSUVs.com blog, come the next updates – If you have a blog, you can take advantage of the CommentLuv plugin, which will provide a secondary link to a recent post on your blog from your comment on ours. Additionally, those who comment the most will have their username and link added to the right sidebar of the blog. If you do comment, and wish to keep track of subsequent comments, you can opt into email notifications simply by checking a box.

Lastly, all of the posts on the blog have been retagged to help with the tag cloud on the right sidebar, as well as the new Related Posts feature. Below each post, on it’s full page, you will find a list of similar posts.

We hope to have the blog updated more and provide a more user-friendly experience to garner more interaction, good or bad. So, please, feel free to comment! We’d love to hear from you!

You may have noticed some changes around here. First, with a move over to another host, I tried to change the entire site over to WordPress, which would have worked out well enough, but just wasn’t necessary. So, I changed the site back over to the former and installed WordPress for just the blog. I just finished adding in all the posts from the other blog script and now we’re back in business, though you may notice some bugs here and there. Thank you for your patience.

The Discovery Channel contacted me earlier this month about possibly being interviewed for a new show… Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to happen. Apparently, because it’s TV, they need someone on camera to discuss the issue, which I’m not comfortable with. If they really want to address the issue and do something good, there is plenty of information here, but I don’t see a need to make my life any more public than it already is.

I get plenty of hate mail, and while I’d love the exposure for the site, there’s no need for people to put a face, name, etc. to the web site. Rather than draw unnecessary attention to my personal life and my family, I’ll be adding a FAQ section to the site that should cover most of what they wanted to discuss on air.

The least they could do is contact me back about my concerns w/ any alternatives or suggestions instead of ignoring my replies to their emails and voicemail response to their calls…

Whatever… If you want the truth about the dangers of SUVs, you’ve got it right here…

I just added a page offering automotive magazine subscriptions at greatly discounted rates! Be sure to take advantage of the offers here:

http://www.bansuvs.com/shop/magazines.html

enjoy!

This blog has just been created and will be used to share my thoughts, views, opinions, facts, news, announcements and whatever else comes to mind… Thank you for visiting and have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!