I’ve had "learn Joomla" on my to do list for a while now. But I really think Wordpress is a better deal. It goes together so easily! A couple clicks and it's done, everything obvious, intuitive. Voila.
Not that Joomla might not be more suitable for the purpose… more powerful… more everything… and I can learn it if I need to! But can THEY? I read in an article (here):
"When I train clients on how to manage their websites It usually takes about 40 minutes with Wordpress, often a few hours with Joomla, though Joomla has more powerful features, every day tasks the client wants to learn take much longer to train.
"Unfortunately once a client has received training in Joomla they often need tips or hints at how to perform a task again a few weeks later, that scenario hasn’t come up once with Wordpress."
Now that is what matters to me! The people who want my help want it because they’re NOT the techie type. They just want to be able to update their own websites, not be dependent on me. That’s it, I’m sold. Wordpress it is.
Now goes on the to-do list "learn to customize Wordpress" and that’s a much smaller and funner-sounding assignment, honestly.
So with the sunshine today… I am a happy girl.
Links to other cool articles,
http://www.leveltendesign.com/podcast/drupal-vs-joomla-vs-wordpress-speak-easy-drupal-01
http://www.goodwebpractices.com/other/wordpress-vs-joomla-vs-drupal.html
Gütermann Nähseide
Gütermann Nähseide
Okay yes, that is showing off Colemak’s shortcuts for international characters :-)
I went to the fabric shop yesterday and no fabric or supplies hopped into my basket, but this did. A tin for $4, and not empty, but with spools of thread inside. Tin made in China, thread made of polyester, so my authenticity antennae were wavering, but I just couldn’t resist that picture.
Comes with four spools of sewing thread inside!
More not-exactly-cookies
No sugar not-cookies
The challenge, make cookies with no sugar.I guess it was cheating to use vanilla yogurt because that's sweet, but there was a container of it on the counter in front of me at the time :-)
So what I used was:
3 eggs
1/2 c butter
1 c vanilla yogurt
2 mashed bananas
3 c flour
2 c oatmeal
2 tsp baking soda
2 c raisins
You know the drill, mix the wet stuff, mix the dry stuff, add the raisins. I chilled the dough in the freezer while the oven was heating, but from the looks of the cookies they might not have spread too much anyway. I baked them at 375 for 13 minutes.
Light Snacks
Have a look. It's chopped spinach and onions mixed up with sour cream. By the time you're done chewing you've burned as many calories as this has in it.
Next item is spinach, tomatoes and cucumber mixed in sour cream.
knitting socks
Something I've always wanted to do. Someone gave me three balls of red wool yarn, which I had thought was a bit useless since it was lighter than worsted, and it sat around a while. Then I got reading sock patterns on the internet. They said following a sock pattern is an act of faith. You have to trust that this idiocy is going to produce a sock. Okay, so finally I did it!
Knitting on double-pointed needles isn't so bad either, if you remember to knit snugly. We're taught to practice keeping the yarn loose on the needles. If you do that the dpns fall out. But if you knit snugly they don't. In fact it's easy once you practice a little.
And look what I have now, nice wool socks.
The pattern I used was called Joan's Socks. Yep I know the toes are ugly. Between then and now I've practiced Kitchener Stitch so the toes will look better next time.
I had no idea how wonderful wool socks were until I walked in them a while. All day long, warm and cushiony. MUCH better than store-bought socks at least the kind I've always bought :-)
Now I wouldn't sell them for fifty bucks.
I'm making some for the boys out of cotton, mostly to practice. See, I've made two (2) socks and I think I'm an expert, and don't have to use patterns, and I'm inventing my own way of doing things which will have to go on my page. So far it's working out! One sock is done and the boys can't agree on whose sock it will be. I might have to make another pair before anybody gets anything.
Knitting on double-pointed needles isn't so bad either, if you remember to knit snugly. We're taught to practice keeping the yarn loose on the needles. If you do that the dpns fall out. But if you knit snugly they don't. In fact it's easy once you practice a little.
And look what I have now, nice wool socks.
The pattern I used was called Joan's Socks. Yep I know the toes are ugly. Between then and now I've practiced Kitchener Stitch so the toes will look better next time.
I had no idea how wonderful wool socks were until I walked in them a while. All day long, warm and cushiony. MUCH better than store-bought socks at least the kind I've always bought :-)Now I wouldn't sell them for fifty bucks.
I'm making some for the boys out of cotton, mostly to practice. See, I've made two (2) socks and I think I'm an expert, and don't have to use patterns, and I'm inventing my own way of doing things which will have to go on my page. So far it's working out! One sock is done and the boys can't agree on whose sock it will be. I might have to make another pair before anybody gets anything.
messing with website
Boy I am so relaxed between classes. I really do love doing college online, but the time crunch is so hard! I just can't keep everything up. Something has to be let go. I had forgotten what having a couple hours to myself feels like.
I've been fiddling around with my website to show off my class results (Media 111 and Media 204) and then somebody gave me the idea of Google Adsense... just for fun I submitted my site. They turned it down because they only accept finished websites. What was keeping it from being finished was mostly a state of mind and the "under construction" text on the front page. I removed the offending text, resubmitted it and they accepted it within an hour.
Then I messed with page layouts, changed all the graphics, etc... eventually just added a white content box, cleaned up the dust again and put ads beneath.
Mainly I just wanted to show you the banners I was working on. They're very pretty, so was the layout. But I went back to the Russian Flowers theme again because it's familiar and feels like home.
The biggest problem I was having with that was trying to think of what text to use!
If I get into web design my ideal client will be the type of person who knows pretty much what she wants her website to look like and I just have to accomplish it. I'm not all that creative / original designer type. I'm a problem solver! Tell me what you want, I make it happen.
I've been fiddling around with my website to show off my class results (Media 111 and Media 204) and then somebody gave me the idea of Google Adsense... just for fun I submitted my site. They turned it down because they only accept finished websites. What was keeping it from being finished was mostly a state of mind and the "under construction" text on the front page. I removed the offending text, resubmitted it and they accepted it within an hour.
Then I messed with page layouts, changed all the graphics, etc... eventually just added a white content box, cleaned up the dust again and put ads beneath.
Mainly I just wanted to show you the banners I was working on. They're very pretty, so was the layout. But I went back to the Russian Flowers theme again because it's familiar and feels like home.
The biggest problem I was having with that was trying to think of what text to use!
If I get into web design my ideal client will be the type of person who knows pretty much what she wants her website to look like and I just have to accomplish it. I'm not all that creative / original designer type. I'm a problem solver! Tell me what you want, I make it happen.
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