The past year has been one of the most rewarding periods in my (yet short) life so far. With a chance to try out full-time blogging, I got a chance to build up a range of blogs, forge relationships with tons of bloggers (and PR staff, unfortunately ), and of course, generate a (relatively) large and passive income source. But a new stage in my life has arrived, and unfortunately, blogging will now have to play second fiddle.

Over the past few weeks, university life at the London School of Economics has pretty much taken up the time I used to spend researching, crafting and publishing articles. Yep, I’m sure you’ve noticed… A big thank you to the well-wishers who’ve emailed and IMed me during this break, and for RSS readers who’ve not unsubscribed just yet.

But this sort of mushy stuff just isn’t my forte. So, let’s move away from it, and instead, look at some of things I’ve noticed while transitioning from a highly consistent ~8-hours a day of blogging to my currently erratic blogging schedule:

• Lack of Drive to Post
  Perhaps the most often complaint of bloggers doing it part-time is the lack of drive to post regularly. I’ve never truly understood it before, but it has now become a disease that I’m trying to find an effective solution for. Coming back after classes and events may not be as mind-numbing as a boring 9 to 5 job, but it certainly kills the blogging “mood” as effectively – at least for me.

• More Incentive to Blog Faster
  Considering the severe decrease in the amount of time I actually have to touch a computer, there’s a very strong incentive to get each post done in the least amount of time possible. Admittedly, even when I was doing this full-time, I was always trying to streamline my blogging process, and getting it done as fast as I could without sacrificing quality. But when you know for sure that you only have one or two hours to get all your blogging done (over 15+ blogs, urghh…), the words flow much easier than usual. However, I’m still not completely sure whether this is a result of sacrificing quality, or unconsciously tackling inefficiencies I’ve never noticed before (such as pressing the WordPress’ Save and Continue button twenty times before completing a post!).

• Less Worries + Easily Satisified
  I used to look at my stats, e.g. traffic, RSS subscribers, advertising revenue, every 10 hours or so. Moreover, a drop from their usual values would often be a cause of worry, with thoughts of increasing my post frequency or trying out that new ad positioning technique coming to mind almost immediately. And to think that was already an amazing show of restraint then. These days, I check stats at most once a day, if not once every few days. If there’s a drop in some indicator, I find myself brushing it off easily – assigning a relevant, yet not necessarily satisfactory reason (by past standards) to it.

  Clearly, this is highly related to the lack of drive I’ve been experiencing, but unlike that, this new behavior might very well be a positive change rather than negative. What’s the point in worrying about a dip in today’s or this week’s AdSense figures or traffic anyway? (I admit there is definitely a point in finding out why though, but no point worrying about it)

• Increase in E-mail Response Speed at the Expense of Comment Replies
  It’s quite natural that my e-mail reply rate has not decreased since I have to login to my e-mail account and reply to non-blogging-related e-mails anyway. But I’m sure you’d be surprised to know that I actually replied to blogging-related e-mails faster than I’ve ever done last few weeks. One reason for this could be my desire to “get it done with” as fast as possible rather than dump it in my backlog. But unfortunately, this desire doesn’t carry over to blog comment replying. While I used to reply to almost every comment made on over half of my blogs, I’m barely replying to five or six comments a day now (none on blogHelper in fact, sorry).

These are just a few of the more obvious ones I’ve noticed. I’m sure some of you guys can easily triple the size of this list, but I’ll leave that for you.

In any case, I would certainly say that what I’ve experienced the past year has been a stroke of sheer luck. Few would have had the chance to try out full-time blogging before transitioning to the part-time version. Heck, 95% of the time, it’s the other way around.

That said, I have no regrets. Even part-time, I’ll still be able to produce articles people will want to read. I’ll still be able to learn and practice the skills web publishers today absolutely require. And hopefully, I’ll still be part of this unique “Web 2.0-ish” revolution that is involving more and more people daily.

P.S.: I feel like killing myself for putting “web” and “2.0″ next to each other. But bear with me.

It’s been around 10 hours since arriving in London for three years of university, an hour of that time spent looking for the cheapest bed-and-breakfast (a hostel of sorts) to plonk my stuff while waiting for my university accomodation to be ready. Moving from hostel to hostel asking for prices and room details reminded me of the hours I used to spend looking for the cheapest and best deals for my blogging necessities.

Yes, we’re talking stuff like domain names, hosting plans, blog software, desktop blogging software, and for some, even quality inbound links, quality blog design, paid e-mail address/management and misc. tools.

I’m sure many of you have gone through this process and may continue to spend that sort of time every few months refreshing your personal “top choices”. So, I thought I’d share my “top choices” – all of which I have been using for months now (at the very least), and am most satisfied with so far:

• Domain Names: GoDaddy with US$8.95/annum non-WHOIS-protected domain names (add US$0.25 for ICANN fee, but they give bulk and multi-year discounts), Dreamhost with US$9.95/annum WHOIS-protected domain names. Edit: Two different providers here because WHOIS protection on GoDaddy now requires you to sign up for their US$8.99/annum Deluxe Registration package.
• Shared Hosting: Dreamhost with US$7.95/month “almost unlimited” hosting (plus a US$97 rebate for your first year if you use the “MAXIMUM” promo code). Edit: I’ll concede this is an extremely arguable choice. I’ve had problems of my own with DH after all. But unless you’re one of the really unlucky ones, DH really provides a dreamy deal (pun intended).
• Blog Software: WordPress for the low, low price of $0.00.
• Desktop Blogging Software: non-WYSIWYG w.bloggar and/or WYSIWYG Windows Live Writer – both for the uber-low price of $0.00. Edit: Paul Stamatiou has a review of Windows Live Writer you might be interested in reading before downloading it.
• E-mail Address/Management: Gmail Google Apps for Your Domain for free (not all applications accepted though). Edit: Here’s a balanced review of Gmail for Your Domain.

I’ve decided to post only services/software I’m really confident of, so there are a few categories missing from this list (e.g. quality inbound links, VPS/dedicated hosting). But then, this is almost all you’ll need for your blog empire anyway, so nothing to worry about there.

Now, your turn! I’d love any help in finding even better (and cheaper) products/services – though I’m sure you’d have noticed my biasness towards anything free-of-charge.

P.S.: To ensure the full force of my credibility (as little as that amounts to…) is placed into this post, I’ve made sure that none of the links I place were affiliate links. Really. And to my knowledge, the “MAXIMUM” promo code shown is the highest possible rebate you can get for Dreamhost.

One of the most popular questions I’m e-mailed with is usually along the lines of: How do I integrate a forum with my WordPress (WP) blog?. Often, this is with reference to using WP as a more web site-ish CMS, e.g. a community site. So, I thought I’d kill three birds with this post. One: Write a (hopefully) brief guide answering the abovementioned question. Two: Before writing a how-to on using WP for a community site, prepare for it by tackling the forum integration issue first. Three: Participate in ProBlogger’s latest group writing project (which will be my first ever participation BTW).

Now, let’s get to work. I’ll list each option I know of, along with instructions or more likely, links to those elsewhere on how to integrate it with WordPress – both backend, e.g. user accounts, and layout/design-wise. But if you prefer to jump to my preferred choice right away, then read the conclusion of this post first.

• Integrating External Forum Software:
  Want a full featured open source forum software to accompany your WordPress blog? Here’s how you integrate some of the more popular ones I know of with WP:

  1. Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
     As one of the more popular forum software available today, SMF would be a good choice if you have no particular preference towards any forum solution. It’s still pretty bloated/bulky and can be difficult at times to customise (though less than many alternatives really), so I can’t say it’s my first choice solution at the moment. And while its backend integration with WordPress just requires the installation of a single WP plugin, I can’t seem to find a proper guide on layout integration yet.

     Here’s how you do it:

     1. Install either one of two “bridge” plugins, i.e. WP SMF Bridge Plugin 1.0 or the CMS & SMF Plugin. While both provide user account integration (log into/register via WP = log into SMF/register into SMF), listing recent forum topics/messages on your blog, and etc., the latter plugin hooks WP to SMF via a portal CMS known as Enigma. This results in a more powerful setup, but also a more complicated one. So, for those who just want a forum to use with WP, I suggest using the former plugin.
     2. Now that we have our backends integrated, layout is next. It’s a pity, however, that there doesn’t seem to be a step-by-step guide on how to do this. So, for now, you’re on your own on this. SMF does have documentation on how to create/edit its themes though.

  2. Vanilla
     I dislike hyping things up too much, but Vanilla is one slim (no bloatedness here, file size or speed-wise) and sexy (clean and refreshing CSS-based layout) piece of software. It’s basic install is filled with only what most of us need, but if you need to, it’s as extensible as any other forum software (and easier to extend too). Just one note before we proceed: Vanilla takes getting used to and may not be for everyone. It’s unique in its sheer simplicity, and thus, I do suggest you at the very least check out this thread comparing Vanilla with SMF (and others) before deciding to go with it.

     Anyway, here’s how to integrate it with WordPress:

     1. Backend-wise, detailed documentation has been written on integrating WP and Vanilla’s files, databases, users, and authentication. A great step-by-step guide by the Vanilla team there. And if you want to list recent forum topics on your WP blog, refer to this forum thread.
     2. But the guides above doesn’t cover how to use WP’s functions in Vanilla. So, you’ll have to refer to one at Il Filosofo for that.
     3. Now for layout integration, refer to this detailed guide by Devlounge.

  3. bbPress
     A lightweight forum software (more so than Vanilla I think) by the creators of WordPress themselves. But it’s still in development, so there doesn’t seem to be any plugins or add-ons for it yet (correct me if I’m wrong here since I don’t follow the bbPress mailing list!). As such, I cannot recommend using it unless you’re damn sure you’re just looking for a super-skinny forum software (e.g. one exactly like the WP Support Forum).

     Anyway, here’s how to get it integrated with WP:

     1. To get the backend integrated, follow these instructions over at the WP Codex. It also has instructions on using WP functions in bbPress.
     2. Want to show the latest forum topics on your WP blog, check out this brief guide from the mailing list.
     3. There aren’t any detailed guides on integrating its layout with WP (or creating a bbPress theme!) yet, so again, I’m afraid you’re on your own. However, there is some commented code available to help you with theming bbPress.

  4. phpBB
     Still a popular forum software, though quite a number of people have had bad experiences with it.

     And while there’s an easy-to-use and comprehensive plugin to integrate phpBB as WordPress’ comment system, there doesn’t seem to be any guides on integrating phpBB as a conventional forum solution for WP (e.g. just combining user accounts, authentication, etc.) nor one on layout integration. There is, however, a plugin to list recent phpBB topics on your WP blog.

  5. PunBB
     Last but not least, let me introduce PunBB. In my opinion, it’s lighter than phpBB and perhaps even SMF – though heavier than Vanilla and bbPress.

     I can’t find any information on integrating the backend of PunBB with WP in general (i.e. just user accounts and authentication), though guides on other aspects of integration are available:

     1. Like for phpBB above, there is a plugin to use PunBB to replace WP’s comment system.
     2. If you just want to show your latest forum topics on your blog, follow these instructions.
     3. And if all you want is for your forum to look like your blog, then rest assured that there are a couple of detailed guides on that subject lying around.
• One-Stop WordPress Forum Plugins:
  Don’t want the hassle of integrating an external forum software? Then use one of these forum plugins designed just for WordPress:

  1. RS Discuss
     While only in Alpha stage, it already boasts a strong feature set, including multiple forums, search, theming, admin moderation, rss feeds, and etc. No backend integration instructions required since its a WP plugin. Documentation on full layout/design integration is not available yet (some nuggets of info are available), though I’d think much can be done by modifying the packaged template.css file. You can also achieve partial integration via the “dynamic theming” option at Forum > Configuration.

  2. XDForum
     This is a more established forum plugin for WP compared to RS Discuss and has all the forum features most will need. Like above, backend integration isn’t required. Also, there isn’t a guide available for layout integration, though (again) I feel that you can already do most things by modifiying the packaged xdforum.css file.

Conclusion

Your ideal approach will first depend on whether you’re looking for a full-featured external forum software (e.g. SMF, Vanilla) to integrate, or just a WordPress forum plugin (RS Discuss or XDForum). Obviously, the latter will be easier to setup, though there are several other factors you will want to consider. Mainly, an external forum software will have an entire community working on it – meaning that they’ll have a whole host of add-ons/plugins which a WP forum plugin won’t have, and your questions will generally be answered faster. External forum software is usually more stable and extendable as well.

Personally, I prefer integrating external forum software. And if you are going down this path as well (like most people I’d wager), I suggest going with either SMF or Vanilla. On the one hand, backend integration on SMF is a breeze since there’s are two “bridge” plugins available, but guides on layout integration aren’t available. On the other hand, backend integration on Vanilla is more tedious, but documentation on integrating every aspect are available.

But then, all this is based on only what I know though. So, feel free to chip in any tidbits that might make this post more useful.

RSS subscribers might have noticed my latest post disappear earlier today after appearing in your feed readers. It was the usual “private post” problem, which I managed to rectify thanks to all of you who contacted me about it.

Yep, contrary to some of your uhmm… really interesting ideas, it wasn’t me pulling off the post or anything like that.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused, and thanks again.

It’s hard to believe this is the third installment of the series already. The first was in mid-July, while the second was in mid-August – featuring 19 new WordPress (WP) plugins in total.

For those out of the loop, each monthly installment of the WordPress Plugins Feature series highlights WP plugins released that month (or more accurately, the 30/31 days from the last installment) which either provide sufficiently unique functionality or substantial improvement over existing alternatives.

Of course, the standard disclaimer applies: This list is inevitably subjective despite significant effort to ensure objectivity. What exactly constitutes “unique” and “substantial improvement” does vary between people, though I do try my best to explain my selections and provide examples of their use.

1. Whisper
   Private comments are here. Via this plugin, your blog’s registered users can leave “whisper”-type comments to Admins or other registered users. If you want to, you can even allow non-registered users to “whisper”, but only to Admins.

   IMO, while blogging purists will tell you that comments should be public, this plugin is useful for a community blog, and somewhat replicates the Private Message (PM) functionality normally seen in forums – which allows registered users to talk to each other without e-mail addresses.

2. Themed Login
   Tired of WP’s default login/registration page? Want to integrate it with your blog’s theme? This is the plugin to do it. It allows you to customise the form titles, wrapper CSS elements, as well as the header and footer template files used. You can even change where you get redirected to when you login (which is normally your WP Dashboard at /wp-admin/). There is one key drawback though: It replaces your default wp-login.php and wp-register.php files (i.e. modifies core code) – meaning that WP upgrades could break the plugin. Edit: I misunderstood. No core code edited. However, core code is duplicated within the plugin, and then modified.

3. My Page Order
   Mass changing page order in WP requires you to edit the Page Order of your pages one by one. That is, until now. This plugin provides an intuitive interface to order all your pages via up/down arrows – all in the comfort of a single admin page. Simple and effective. Now, all we need is Drag and Drop functionality.

4. WordPress Image Tracker
   This plugin allows you track the view and clickthrough stats of images/buttons/banners that you provide to others to place on their own blogs/MySpace profiles, etc. Seems useful for those “Proud YourBlogName Reader” chicklets that appear now and then, or even stuff like the Performancing Banner.

5. WP Article Import
   This plugin allows you to mass import articles from (TXT? CSV?) files which have been compressed into .zip archives. These .zip archives can either be uploaded manually via the plugin’s admin panel, or uploaded to a folder on your server. You’ll have to purchase a license (US$25) before being able to download it though.

   Truthfully, while the functionality offered is unique, I really can’t think of any situation where I’ll have to use it (can anyone point me to some?). The only time I’ll need to mass import articles is when I’m migrating from another blog platform, and there are already importing scripts available for most platforms. And considering the number of free desktop blogging editors available and WP’s built-in post-to-email functionality, I can already compose articles offline to publish later easily.

   But then I have seen a number of theads in the WP Support forum requesting something like this, so there are surely potential users available. One last thing: It would be nice to see integration with WP-Cron such that the plugin automatically searches a particular folder every XX hours and publishes the .zip files that are in there.

6. EasyPayPal
   I know there’s already a plugin that provides pay-to-register functionality via PayPal (featured in July, see No. 2), but that one requires you to pay US$15 to download. EasyPayPal is completely free, and while it doesn’t seem to be as robust as the paid version (e.g. reminder emails), all key functionality is available.

7. Incoming Hits Count
   I have a vague recollection of something like this already existing, but I can’t seem to find it via Google, so here it is. What this plugin does is to rank the links on your blogroll by the number of incoming hits they provide (determined via referral URLs). A partner script – so to speak.

8. mPicasaIntegration
   There are already plugins that show your most recent/random Picasa Web Album pictures in your sidebar, but to my knowledge, this one is the first to display them in gallery format, or inline with posts.

   Basically, it’s similar to the Flickr Photo Album plugin, but for Google’s Picasa Web offering instead.

9. phpGedView Integration
   Here’s a plugin with a very specific target audience: Genealogy (family tree) blogs, or blogs with genealogy component. It integrates the popularphpGedView software with WordPress.

10. JPF Link Pages Plugin
    As a simple extension to the link_pages or wp_link_pages function, this plugin allows you to place both next/previous links and page numbers together – something WP’s default functions don’t allow… yet (I hope).

11. Spamgarden
    Here’s some fun for this month. Ths plugin creates (via Flash) a tree with branches made out of your comment spam. You can even “trim” the tree by removing old comment spam. ‘Nuff said.

12. Most Popular Categories by Posts
    Now for some shameless plugging of my own plugin (pun not intended). What it does is to “…list your blog’s most popular categories based on the number of posts assigned to those categories within a user-configurable time period.” It could be useful, for example, on commmunity/multi-author blogs to indicate categories that your bloggers liked writing about this month.

That’s it for this month. Anything else that should be in this list?

This question might seem trivial on the outset, but it’s one I take into consideration every time I begin writing a series of posts. That’s why sometimes you’ll see me announcing that I’m writing a new series right at the beginning of it, while at other times, you’ll see that happening only after I’ve started writing a couple of posts on it.

Generally, when I announce that I’m writing a series of posts right at the beginning of it, I:

1. Have Planned In Advance Enough Posts to Fill It Up
   I don’t mean just putting a few titles on a to-do list. I’m referring to actual drafts of at least two posts, or at least five for more ambitious series. This way, the readers who persevere with my writing in expectation of more content from a particular series I’ve announced won’t be left hanging. Remember, there’s an implicit promise involved everytime you say you’re going to write a series of posts.

   So, if you happen to be one of those who came over here via Digg & del.icio.us, and just sticking around for more posts on the Using WordPress as a CMS series, rest assured that there are at least four posts on the subject fully planned out in my drafts – just waiting for heavy editing. The same goes for those who came over via del.icio.us for the Using Microformats in Your Blog Software.

2. Am Certain that I’m Interested in Writing About the Topic
   This point is highly related to the previous one. After doing all the necessary research, planning and drafting, only then I can confirm my interest in the topic. After all, a series of posts involves many, many articles on the same core topic – which will be very difficult to complete without the motivation that comes from sheer interest.
3. Am Confident that I Have the Necessary Expertise
   Again, this is related to point No. 1. Via research, planning and drafting, it’s easy to ascertain whether I have the necessary skills and experience to write extensively on a new series of posts.

4. Am Reasonably Sure Someone Will Read It
   During the research phase, I take the opportunity to analyse the demand and supply for the topic. If I’m going to invest tens of hours of my time, might as well make sure that demand is high enough and supply low enough such that someone will end up reading it, no? Checking supply is usually pretty easy. Just Google around for the topic (and anything related to it) to see how much has already been written on it.

   Demand is generally more difficult. While it was pretty easy for me to gauge the potential interest in extending WordPress for more website-ish CMS use via the various support threads on the WP support forum and the exposure articles on the topic got (from blogs in the industry and social bookmarking services), it’s hard to determine whether anybody will be interested in a completely new topic that no one has written on. But then, if nobody has written on it, you should write about it anyway.

And when I do the announcing only after I’ve written quite a bit on the topic, it could mean that:

1. I Started Writing On It Spontaneously
   This means that I decided to go with the flow and write a post or two based on an idea of a new series without doing the necessary research, planning and drafting. This means no confirmation on whether I have the necessary interest or expertise for extensive writing. And no checks on the demand and supply for the topic.

   But by writing those spontaneous posts, I verify my interest and expertise. And via the visitors and comments that pour in for those spontaneous posts, I get concrete evidence that there’s an audience for that topic. Instead, if I discover that I’m not interested, or there’s no demand for the topic, I can just avoid announcing a new series.

2. It Was Never Meant to Be A Series in the First Place
   Many a time, you’ll want to extend the discussion on an issue you’ve written in an individual post written weeks or months ago. In such cases, you’ll inevitably be announcing the new series after having written something on it already. Nothing much to discuss here.

I’ve learnt the hard way that not thinking about this question can sometimes result in perpetually unfinished series, or low quality writing as you push yourself to complete the series. So, the next time you get a spontaneous idea for a new series of posts, you might want to go with the flow and write a few posts on it first before declaring a new series, or slow down and do the necesssary research, planning and drafting before announcing it.

Yes, Movable Type (MT) 3.3 has been out since early July, but considering the unimpressive changes touted for it in late May, I chose to ignore it. At least, until now.

Recently, I finally decided to move my MT blogs to a new host, and instead of keeping with my older MT 3.2 install or switch to WordPress (WP), I decided to import my entries into a fresh install of MT 3.3. What? Surprised I’d consider anything but WP? While I’m now an ardent WP fan and run most of my blogs on it (and focus most of my blog platform-related articles on it), I actually first started out with MT, so I still have a soft spot for it – tiny as it has become over the past year. Besides, diversity on this blog is always important, eh?

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Yesterday, we looked at five simple steps to take note of when conducting regular maintainance on your blog – most on the more technical side of blogging (e.g. backups, 404s, sitemaps). Today, we’ll look at five more. I’ve to admit these are on the more subjective side of “maintainance” though (i.e. less maintainance and more blog tip-ish), so it would be great to hear your thoughts on these.

1. Highlight Old (and Hopefully Popular) Series of Posts
   This step probably won’t apply until your blog is at least a year old (aiks, I’ll have to wait a few more months too), when your quality posts start sinking in your archives. While setting up a Most Popular or Best Posts section attempts to mitigate this problem, if you’re a prolific writer, you might still have tons of posts as relevant now as they were last year – even if you can’t find space for them in your Best Posts section. A good example of a blogger taking this step is Problogger’s Darren Rowse. Last month, he highlighted a series of posts written one year before that.
2. Identify Outdated Posts
   On a related note to the above, you might also want to take note of posts that are no longer relevant today. This way, you’ll obtain a (practically free) stock of topics you might want to rewrite on in the near future – which will then help cement your position (e.g. search engine rankings or general authority) on the topics in question. One example of an easily outdated post is a product/service review.
3. Recognise Your Top Referrers
   Even though I’ve not done this myself yet, I’m sure you’ve seen many examples of this. Often, this comes in the form of a post linking out to your top referrers, and is fundamentally good blogger etiquette. However, it does come with a couple of pretty unavoidable and mostly insignificant problems. One: Like any sort of outbound linking, a small number of bloggers you don’t link to will feel slighted (only in the spur of the moment in this example). Two: Your readers might just call you out (only jokingly here!).
4. Optimize/Change Affiliate Ads
   I’m not sure about most of you, but I tend to take the place-and-forget mentality from contextual advertising into affiliate ads. I tend to dump Amazon, Clickbank, etc. ads inline into posts, and forget all about them until months later since it isn’t possible to regularly optimize them given the amount of work involved (you’ll have to manually change aff links for each post compared to a single template change for contextual ads). So, if you’re anywhere like me, you might want to look at your affiliate links during your regular maintainance sessions, and make some positive changes. For example, you might want to swap out a poorly performing product/service for a possibly better alternative (especially information products, i.e. e-books).

5. Update/Optimise Navigation
   As the only real maintainance-type point on the list, I’ve kept it as last as it can be difficult to do due to the lack of information and subjectivity regarding navigational problems. It isn’t exactly easy to determine whether your readers are being forced to make two, three or four more clicks to access the content they want, if they are being forced to do that at all. And if that’s happening, is it good or bad? Think page view inflation, which some webmasters still deem beneficial for some reason or another.

   And assuming that it’s bad, then what? Are you going to dig into the path records of your readers to see how they moved around your blog? This tends to be crazily time consuming, and is often not worth the trouble. But there are a couple of simple steps you might want to consider periodically. One: Stop using “Continue Reading” / “Read More” tags or more specifically, suspend the practice of showing only excerpts on your front page, if your articles are now short enough to display in their entirety. You may have been writing long articles a few months ago, but not now. Two: Place prominent links to your most popular articles. This way, a reader who arrives by word-of-mouth won’t have to wade through all your posts just to find what they were told to come for.

And… that’s all I have on things to do when going about your periodic maintainance sessions. Anything else to add on the list?