<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Average Gamer &#187; Website Admin</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/category/browse-posts/website-admin/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com</link>
	<description>Video games news and reviews from the UK</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:41:40 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Upgrade in Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2010/07/17/upgrade-in-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2010/07/17/upgrade-in-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[layout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/?p=2891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doing some website admin with the theme so things might get a little weird for a while. Bear with us, please! Go check out Game People while you&#8217;re waiting. Edit: Upgrade complete! Well, the tricky bits anyway. Check out our amazing new layout! :) Do you like it?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><del datetime="2010-07-17T22:03:14+00:00">Doing some website admin with the theme so things might get a little weird for a while. Bear with us, please!</del> Go check out <a href="http://www.gamepeople.co.uk/">Game People</a> while you&#8217;re waiting.</p>
<p><strong>Edit: </strong>Upgrade complete! Well, the tricky bits anyway. Check out our amazing new layout! :) Do you like it?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2010/07/17/upgrade-in-progress/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>WordPress Upgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/27/wordpress-upgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/27/wordpress-upgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/27/wordpress-upgrade/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Sunday night WordPress upgrade&#8230; &#8230; aaaaand, everything works fine. Hooray! :D]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another Sunday night WordPress upgrade&#8230; </p>
<p>&#8230; aaaaand, everything works fine. Hooray! :D</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/27/wordpress-upgrade/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Comments Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/18/new-comments-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/18/new-comments-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moderation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/18/new-comments-policy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to a recent glut of spam and maybe-spam comments, I&#8217;ve written up a short comments policy. It was pretty much our moderation policy anyway. This way, you&#8217;ll know why your comment didn&#8217;t make it. Here are the highlights: No hate speech Be constructive Read the whole post No spam Normal sentences please Here&#8217;s the<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/18/new-comments-policy/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Due to a recent glut of spam and maybe-spam comments, I&#8217;ve written up a short comments policy. It was pretty much our moderation policy anyway. This way, you&#8217;ll know why your comment didn&#8217;t make it. Here are the highlights:</p>
<ul>
<li>No hate speech</li>
<li>Be constructive</li>
<li>Read the whole post</li>
<li>No spam</li>
<li>Normal sentences please</li>
</ul>
<p>Here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/comments-policy/">the full comments policy</a> if you want more detail.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/07/18/new-comments-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A New Way of Working</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/04/28/a-new-way-of-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/04/28/a-new-way-of-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/04/28/a-new-way-of-working/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re changing the way we review games. You may have noticed that our reviews are a) not what you&#8217;d call timely and b) few and far between. More often than not, I find that I want to discuss a particular aspect of a game, rather than the game itself. What normally happens is, I decide<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/04/28/a-new-way-of-working/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re changing the way we review games. </p>
<p>You may have noticed that our reviews are a) not what you&#8217;d call timely and b) few and far between.</p>
<p>More often than not, I find that I want to discuss a particular aspect of a game, rather than the game itself. What normally happens is, I decide to save it for the review and then never get around to writing the review itself. Even worse, when I can&#8217;t find anything nice to say about a game, I simply don&#8217;t write anything. Instead of continuing this bad habit, we&#8217;re making a change.</p>
<p>The review category will still be there. Rather than writing full reviews in a single post, we&#8217;ll probably split a review up into a series of posts that explore the more interesting characteristics of each game, good or bad. This way, I don&#8217;t feel bad for absolutely slating the occasional free game that comes my way and you get more thoughtful content. Each post will be tagged with the game name, so you&#8217;ll have no trouble finding all our comments about a single title, should you want to.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/04/28/a-new-way-of-working/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Site Upgrade in Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/02/06/site-upgrade-in-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/02/06/site-upgrade-in-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lovecraft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/02/06/site-upgrade-in-progress/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m upgrading the site. Things may behave strangely for the next few minutes. Please rest assured that the Ancient One has not awakened in restless R&#8217;lyeh and havoc is not being wreaked upon the Earth. Probably. [1] All done.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strike>I&#8217;m upgrading the site. Things may behave strangely for the next few minutes.</strike> Please rest assured that the Ancient One has not awakened in restless R&#8217;lyeh and havoc is not being wreaked upon the Earth. Probably. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos">1</a>]</p>
<p>All done. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/02/06/site-upgrade-in-progress/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>All About You</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/16/all-about-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/16/all-about-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/16/all-about-you/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with our new look, we&#8217;re being much more proactive this year. You&#8217;ll find more frequent reviews and an almost-regular posting schedule. But first things first &#8211; I&#8217;d like to know who you are. Why? Well, aside from the simple fact that I&#8217;m curious, we&#8217;d like to know what kinds of games you play.<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/16/all-about-you/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In keeping with our new look, we&#8217;re being much more proactive this year. You&#8217;ll find more frequent reviews and an almost-regular posting schedule. But first things first &#8211; I&#8217;d like to know who you are.</p>
<p>Why? Well, aside from the simple fact that I&#8217;m curious, we&#8217;d like to know what kinds of games you play. May as well review the stuff you&#8217;re actually interested in.</p>
<p>The other reason is this: As well as our new game videos category, we sometimes run sponsored videos in the sidebar. This week a Superbad advertising video has been available to our UK readers and.. well, let&#8217;s just say that some parents would <em>not</em> be impressed. It&#8217;s not explicit by any means. It just has a few dildo-shaped items in it.</p>
<p>So, here are a bunch of polls to tell me a little more about you. Please be nice. If there&#8217;s anything you want us to cover more (or less) often then leave a comment below.</p>
<h5>Age</h5>
<p><object width="250" height="375"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39502"/><param name="FLASHVARS" value="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0"/><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39502" width="250" height="375" FLASHVARS="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/widget/create/?link=p_39502" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/CreatePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/poll/39502/How_old_are_you_/?link=p_39502" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/ViewEntirePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href='http://sodahead.com/poll/39502/' style='text-decoration: none; font-size:xx-small; font-family: Arial;'>Poll Answers</a></p>
<h5>Gender</h5>
<p><object width="250" height="375"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39509"/><param name="FLASHVARS" value="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0"/><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39509" width="250" height="375" FLASHVARS="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/widget/create/?link=p_39509" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/CreatePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/poll/39509/Gender_/?link=p_39509" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/ViewEntirePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href='http://sodahead.com/poll/39509/' style='text-decoration: none; font-size:xx-small; font-family: Arial;'>Poll Answers</a></p>
<h5>Video game genre</h5>
<p><object width="250" height="375"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39512"/><param name="FLASHVARS" value="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0"/><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39512" width="250" height="375" FLASHVARS="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/widget/create/?link=p_39512" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/CreatePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/poll/39512/What_s_your_favourite_video_game_genre_/?link=p_39512" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/ViewEntirePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href='http://sodahead.com/poll/39512/' style='text-decoration: none; font-size:xx-small; font-family: Arial;'>Poll Answers</a></p>
<h5>Platform</h5>
<p><object width="250" height="375"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39515"/><param name="FLASHVARS" value="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0"/><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://widgets.sodahead.com/images/flash/poll.swf?poll_id=39515" width="250" height="375" FLASHVARS="width=250&#038;height=375&#038;lightColor=7e8aa2&#038;darkColor=33&#038;graphicColor=fc9900&#038;headerTextColor=ffffff&#038;textColor=ffffff&#038;rowColor=2a364c&#038;rowOpacity=0" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/widget/create/?link=p_39515" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/CreatePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sodahead.com/poll/39515/What_video_game_platform_do_you_like_the_most_/?link=p_39515" target="_blank"><img src="http://sodahead.com/images/widget/ViewEntirePollSmall.png" height="13" width="53" border="0" /></a><a href='http://sodahead.com/poll/39515/' style='text-decoration: none; font-size:xx-small; font-family: Arial;'>Poll Answers</a></p>
<p>Thanks! I&#8217;ll post the results late next week.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/16/all-about-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Theme!</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/13/new-theme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/13/new-theme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[premium news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redesign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/13/new-theme/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at The Average Gamer, we&#8217;ve been plodding along for just over two years with a design that I hacked together myself. It was ugly but servicable. We now have a proper theme, designed by a proper web designer and everything! I have tweaked it here and there and it&#8217;s lovely. It&#8217;s a complete redesign<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/13/new-theme/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here at The Average Gamer, we&#8217;ve been plodding along for just over two years with a design that I hacked together myself. It was ugly but servicable.</p>
<p>We now have a proper theme, designed by <a href="http://www.adii.co.za/">a proper web designer</a> and everything! I have tweaked it here and there and it&#8217;s lovely. It&#8217;s a complete redesign so if you&#8217;re subscribed to the feed, stop by and have a look.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll find <a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/category/featured/">featured posts</a>, support for <a href="http://site.gravatar.com/">Gravatars</a>, space for <a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/category/browse-posts/videos/">videos</a> and lots more.</p>
<p>What do you think of the new look?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2008/01/13/new-theme/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Housekeeping &#8211; Layout Now Fixed</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/05/21/housekeeping-layout-now-fixed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/05/21/housekeeping-layout-now-fixed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/05/21/housekeeping-layout-now-fixed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I was told that our right sidebar hasn&#8217;t been displaying properly in Internet Explorer this week. This was due to a long URL in a recent comment. I have now fixed the problem. All items should be displaying properly. For those who were affected, I&#8217;d like to recommend the Firefox web browser. It&#8217;s free<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/05/21/housekeeping-layout-now-fixed/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I was told that our right sidebar hasn&#8217;t been displaying properly in Internet Explorer this week. This was due to a long URL in a recent comment. I have now fixed the problem. All items should be displaying properly. For those who were affected, I&#8217;d like to recommend the <a href="http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/">Firefox web browser</a>. It&#8217;s free and works very well.</p>
<p>Let me know if you encounter any more bugs in the site, please. You can comment or email me directly through the link in the sidebar.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/05/21/housekeeping-layout-now-fixed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another Site Redesign</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/03/11/another-site-redesign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/03/11/another-site-redesign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/03/11/another-site-redesign/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to acknowledge our slightly-altered colour scheme and layout. I got bored of the blue on blue with blue concept and I&#8217;ve moved a few things around.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a quick note to acknowledge our slightly-altered colour scheme and layout. I got bored of the <em>blue on blue with blue</em> concept and I&#8217;ve moved a few things around.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/03/11/another-site-redesign/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Upgrading WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/01/28/upgrading-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/01/28/upgrading-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie "Weefz" Timmins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Admin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/01/28/upgrading-wordpress/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully all will go well. Hooray, nothing broken! All done, normal service resumes on WordPress 2.1 Hey, this WordPress upgrade cuts off posts at the &#8220;more&#8221; tag in the RSS feed. I&#8217;m don&#8217;t like that. I&#8217;m definitely a full-feed kinda girl. I&#8217;ll try and sort that out over the next few days. In the meantime,<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/01/28/upgrading-wordpress/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strike>Hopefully all will go well.</strike></p>
<p><strike>Hooray, nothing broken! All done, normal service resumes on WordPress 2.1</strike></p>
<p>Hey, this WordPress upgrade cuts off posts at the &#8220;more&#8221; tag in the RSS feed. I&#8217;m don&#8217;t like that. I&#8217;m definitely a full-feed kinda girl. I&#8217;ll try and sort that out over the next few days. In the meantime, many apologies if our site feed goes a little crazy.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2007/01/28/upgrading-wordpress/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
