Okay, so I'm redoing my website. I have a few reasons. My domain registry expires next month. The registry I currently have is a bit pricey with no extra features. I can pay for web hosting, including free registry for not much more. Second big reason for the change is I'm not completely satisfied with my site on Microsoft Office Live. I can no longer log into my CMS to update my current site and have not been motivated to figure out how to fix this. Also, I would like more control over my site than I have with Microsoft Office Live. I'm planning to integrate my blog into my website as well. So I will probably also be saying farewell to this blog with Blogger and moving it over to my new site. I also want to integrate more. I want to make it easier for me to update my site and my blog at the same time. Also, for people who are trying to keep up with what I am doing, everything will be at one place (well, two places... my site and facebook).
I spent most of my "free time" yesterday and last night debating about paid hosting for my new site. I narrowed it down to two: Web Hosting Hub and Host Gator. They seem pretty comparable. In the end, I decided to go with Host Gator for one simple reason: money. I can pay Host Gator on a monthly basis, but I would have had to pay Web Hosting Hub for the whole year upfront.
Now, to create the new site!! I thought it would be simple, but there are so many different ways I can go about this. I want a static site, with 2 blogs and e-commerce... So after more research, I've decided that I like Wordpress for the blog and Zen Cart for the e-commerce. So now the question is how to combine all the features I want... Make the site with WordPress, with a tab for the Zen Cart? Make the site in Zen Cart? I'm a bit more against this due to the e-commerce being a smaller/non-existent part of the site for now. Or do I make the site with either a template or a site builder and have tabs for both the blogs and e-commerce? This is the choice I'm leaning towards... So now I have to decide about templates and/or site builders... It's just about enough to make my head spin!! Too much freedom!! And not enough knowledge about all of the different software.
Well, I think I'm just going to have to plunge in and do it!! The best way to learn about all these tools is to just start using them. The site may have some growing pains and transform itself a few times over the next bit until I figure out how all of these wonderful, fun new tools work! (Yes, I am a closet tech geek.) And I'm off to work on my site! ;)
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Making Judgements on Craigslist
For some reason this really bothered me. Someone made a post on Craigslist which I consider to be inappropriate.
Here is the post:
Christmas Shopping on CL
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Date: 2010-11-12, 8:56AM EST
Reply to: see below
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Maybe you "could afford" a little more if you had a JOB instead of posting all those ads from your shopping list? CL READERS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO AID THE EBEGGARS. Donate new & used toys to the Salvation Army, VOA, shelters and Toys for Tots not these greedy lazy lowlife scammers who then return or sell their donations.
PostingID: 2056005799
This post is making a lot of assumptions that are all negative. (And the person did not have the nerve to post a scrambled email that people could send a reply to.)
It assumes that all people are able to work. Many people are not able to work for various reasons. Maybe they cannot find a job in this economy. Maybe they cannot afford to work due to the cost of daycare. Maybe they have some kind of physical or mental condition that makes it impossible for them to work.
This post is also assuming the worst of our fellow people. And this really irks me as well. Maybe there are people who look for free handouts so they can resell them. Well, so what? Maybe they need the money for day-to-day living expenses. And maybe they honestly cannot afford an item that they would like to have for their loved one.
I guess the biggest thing that bothers me is that it seems to be a huge stereotype. People who are looking to buy items on Craigslist and saying they cannot afford to pay for them = people who are lazy and have no motivation. Well, then I guess that makes me a lazy person with no desire to work who just wants free handouts and to scam the system.
I do wish that people would not make such stereotypes when they have no idea of individual people's situations. My biggest wish is that people would think before they open their mouths and post messages online. Okay, enough of my soapbox for the day.
Here is the post:
Christmas Shopping on CL
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Date: 2010-11-12, 8:56AM EST
Reply to: see below
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Maybe you "could afford" a little more if you had a JOB instead of posting all those ads from your shopping list? CL READERS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO AID THE EBEGGARS. Donate new & used toys to the Salvation Army, VOA, shelters and Toys for Tots not these greedy lazy lowlife scammers who then return or sell their donations.
PostingID: 2056005799
This post is making a lot of assumptions that are all negative. (And the person did not have the nerve to post a scrambled email that people could send a reply to.)
It assumes that all people are able to work. Many people are not able to work for various reasons. Maybe they cannot find a job in this economy. Maybe they cannot afford to work due to the cost of daycare. Maybe they have some kind of physical or mental condition that makes it impossible for them to work.
This post is also assuming the worst of our fellow people. And this really irks me as well. Maybe there are people who look for free handouts so they can resell them. Well, so what? Maybe they need the money for day-to-day living expenses. And maybe they honestly cannot afford an item that they would like to have for their loved one.
I guess the biggest thing that bothers me is that it seems to be a huge stereotype. People who are looking to buy items on Craigslist and saying they cannot afford to pay for them = people who are lazy and have no motivation. Well, then I guess that makes me a lazy person with no desire to work who just wants free handouts and to scam the system.
I do wish that people would not make such stereotypes when they have no idea of individual people's situations. My biggest wish is that people would think before they open their mouths and post messages online. Okay, enough of my soapbox for the day.
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