Welcome to the Technowarriors' Homepage! We hope you will like the new design we have created for our visitors. This site has evolved greatly since our days at Blogsome, or even when we wore red and our site was basic HTML using a Times New Roman font.

• The site now features a PHP script, setting up what you're reading right now on our index page. As we post, this script will update almost immediately afterwards.
• Our Google Calendar is featured in the left column, in a restyled gadget provided by Google. Want to add the event to your Google Calendar? Simply click on the event to open a new window with more information and saving options.
  
• Our Updates section in the right column will now open up a new window to see posts we've made in the past.
• While we do support Internet Explorer, this site was designed to work best under Firefox. There may be slight graphic difficulties in IE, but nothing that should break the design.

Feedback is always a good thing, so if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, contact us via our forums, email, or via our Facebook group.

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We hope you like the renovations and expanded space! There are still changes planned for the website, but overall, you're looking at team768.org for the 2008 FIRST Robotics season. Without further adieu, lets look at the changes!

• The home page changes dynamically; links not leading to other websites will open in this center frame, so there is no more waiting for an entire page to load up. Some exceptions include our gallery and...
• A new Forum! This is the beginning of a real community boost and influence around the Technowarriors. Team members, mentors, and website admins will now be able to communicate easily with other teams, members of FIRST, and generally anyone that is interested. Forum activity is still light, and probably will remain as such for a time, but we believe our new forums will soon be a key part of the website and a team as a whole.
• Practicality is an important part of our website, and so we have minimized the number of pages used throughout the site, along with dynamically shifting content to fit your screen resolution.
  
• Any recent news posts that have been made will show up in the right column dynamically; when we talk, you'll know.
• A bookmark drop-down list is available under the Updates section. Add us to your online web bookmarks such as del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Google Bookmarks, and more, with just 2 clicks.
• We have a new banner, along with a revamped Tommy Techno (as we have named him).
• A new admin has been chosen to assist in the website, forum, and blog. Mike has been a member of our team since 2005, and has volunteered to be a part of the experience that is team768.org.

Any questions about the website, suggestions about website improvements or add-ons, and other questions can be posted on the forum. Remember, the FIRST Kickoff is January 5th. See you in the New Year, and Happy Holidays!

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We've been featured on our school district's home page!

http://www.bcps.org/news/2007/1127/

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This is Zero, the head admin of the Technowarriors website and blog. I would like to personally apologize for the lack of updates between the Battle O' Baltimore and now. My schedule has been very convoluted between working on the present website and the new upgrade that was really due some time ago. Most of the work I did myself, when there were clearly others that were able to help but I never relied upon; this is my fault, and as of now, I am attempting to remedy it. While I can't confirm at this point, there will be one or two admins besides myself in the very near future, as team members and mentors, and several other members of the team filling different roles of the website as well. Our ever-expanding and improving website simply needs more hands.

Now, for the recap:

• The Technowarriors traveled to The Duel on the Delaware, an off-season Robotics event (actually hosted in New Jersey), despite our Homecoming day being on the same date. The team finished its run in the Quarterfinals, and the entire event was very lively and organized, especially to some of our newest members. We were also able to see FTC (FIRST Technical Challenge) matches take place, a new territory The Technowarriors haven't explored...
• Until Now! The team is attempting to build up an FTC team for our newest members to start off their first Technowarriors season. More on these developments in a later post.
• Our next off-season event (we like to keep ourselves busy) was the Brunswick Eruption, another event in the state of New Jersey.
• The Ramp Riot Off-Season event in Ambler, Pennsylvania was a real blast for the Warriors. We traveled all the way to the finals of the competition, thanks to a great robot, a great driving crew, and great team members.
• Media and footage of these events and more will be posted in a later update, hopefully by the week's end.
  
• As I stated earlier, there are indeed new features coming to the website. Whether they will come before or after the redesign is still in planning, however.
  

Labels: event, FRC, FTC, update, website

After many days of testing and debugging, our brand new gallery is operational.

• We're using Zenphoto 1.0.6, which allows comments!
• All albums from the Picasa Web Gallery have been carried over to our new gallery.
• A new album for FIRST @ Capitol Hill will be added shortly after this post.

Visit the new Gallery page and check our team in action!

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The team came back from the Atlanta Championships in the highest of spirits. We reached the Quarterfinals in our division (There are 4 divisions within the Championships), which is the farthest a team from Maryland has ever reached! After a break, we'll be back for some off-season events; count on it!

The website never stalls, though, so here are some updates:

• We now have a Facebook account! You can find a link to it in our Contact Page.
• The site is now a part of FIRST TopSites. Vote for us!
  

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Today's the day! We're off to Atlanta for the FRC Championships!
Just because we're gone doesn't mean we'll be out of touch, though. There will still be updates from Atlanta, and the Picasa gallery will be updated daily. Here are some site updates for you all:

• The Homepage has been changed, as you saw. Team and Website updates can now be found in the Updates tab of the site.
• The Navigation Bar has been shrunken and fixed to prevent over-reaching past the site borders. The Updates tab has also been added.
• We have a new Gallery section in Alpha testing. Expect it soon!
• The Contacts page has been updated. There's a picture of our school now!
• The Picasa gallery has new pictures! If you haven't seen them, pictures from the Chesapeake Regional have been added!
• The Downloads page has been renamed to the Extras Page.
• Some of the button templates we created last year are in the Extras Page. Download, Print, and Show Off!
  

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Sorry for the late updates, but as you can see, we're back!

• There's information on the hotel the team is staying during the Atlanta Championships! Click here to view it. The link can also be found in the Event tab.
• The Scouting Program has been updated! The program updates when we find any bugs, so tell us if you find any!
  
• Stability Updates for the website.

Photos and videos have not been updated yet, but they should be up by the end of the week. Look for changes in the Gallery and Downloads tabs.

Labels: hotel, update, website

Several big changes for the website:

• As you can see, we have our own blog! Expect quicker updates and notification changes. Povided by Google's Blogger.
• With a blog, comes RSS and Atom feeds. Keep up with updates almost anywhere!
• Added a "Download" Section. Still under construction, but will have videos and other downloads.
• Updated the "About Us" pages. A couple are still under construction, but we've split the section into 4; expect several updates here in the future!

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