Hi, everyone,

My name is Ben Pfeiffer, and I am working on a website for the collective, KansasBathtub.org, which will hopefully help us raise the collective's profile. That is, make us more visible, professional, and give us a new place to post to each other and to the world.

For this fabulous new site, I am recommending a powerful Content Management System (CMS) -- programed by a race of highly advanced aliens -- called Drupal. Yes, I know the name is stupid. But wait 'til you see what it can do! This is the CMS that powers RedRoom.com. Forums, blogs, etc., etc., even complete integration with Google Calendar and with your own, personal blogs. For an overview of how a drupal-based site works, you're welcome to click over to RedRoom or to our struggling online literary journal, The Pocket Review, and test out some of its more interesting features. By the way, if anyone's interested, what Pocket Review needs is submissions of poetry and fiction. Managing editors Jen Edwards and D. Gilson have been starved for good reading lately, which is why we haven't put out an August issue.

Now, where was I? Drupal allows for a wide range of themes. You can dress up the site however you like. Nice and simple is best, I must say. But if you'd like an overview of our choices, you can click over to THEMES on the Drupal page and check out the (free) options.

That's the best thing about Drupal: It's free.

Comments, questions, rants, and personal attacks are encouraged. If you have an idea, please, don't hesitate to share it with everyone... It will help.

First and foremost, I need to know about Bathtub's professional aesthetic: That is, which do you like, an antique marble bathtub (pictured above) or something sleek and new (pictured below)?