A couple of posts back I explained I am learning to use this CMS type website creation program. I am enjoying the learning process and it really is a learning experience. Before I started I was wondering if it was a “shake the Box” and out pours a functioning website. The answer is NO. You have to work at it like anything else worthwhile in life. But it does take a lot of the tedious...
Continue reading...A Driving Desire
My desire is to be safe and live a long enjoyable life. One of the biggest risks to that is driving an automobile. Yeah, I have a VW GTI so I enjoy driving and the car (or is it me) likes to perform. I was exceeding a posted (speed trap) 35 mph speed limit awhile back. I was cited for 50 MPH while approaching and entering a State Highway on which traffic was moving at...
Continue reading...Humid
The excessive Texas heat and humidity here in North Texas area have kept me pretty well out of my workshop. I can spend a few hours there with the fans blowing but then I want to escape to the air conditioning. The heat ~100 degrees is not too bad when the humidity is low, but we have been getting Houston like weather for a few weeks. Year 2010’s first hurricane Alex was a big part...
Continue reading...Content Management Systems
I mentioned in a previous post am working with Joomla web site publishing tool. I have been using Macromedia Dreamweaver, now Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 for many years. Before that I used Canadian HTML software called HoT MetaL Pro, now out of business. The Blogs, BBS and Ecommerce sites I run all use a high level authoring, called a Content Management System (CMS). HTML programming is not required but it certainly helps. Most of the development work...
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