Part of the contract on my first book requires me to have a website, which is why I have one now. I used up a few day's worth of time trying to make it. It was exciting up until the point that I started to build it on my actual computer. That's when the fun stopped. It was frustrating. My first mistake was to explore some "best of" sites and then design my ideal, perfect site on paper. Unfortunately a first time web site builder is not going to be able to duplicate a professionally built site on the first go around or even the second or third. I used two different site building apps and completely scrapped my efforts on each before I found one with click and drag functions, which was the best fit for my level of patience with this sort of thing. Inevitably things can and will go wrong with any project, but when technical related things go wrong it's sort of a nightmare for me. Each and every "simple fix" came with a short but steep learning curve.
"Just clear out your cookies and then log in again." Yea right, because I know exactly what you're talking about when you say that Mr. help line guy. Luckily no one else was home or they would have heard me making sarcastic and unbecoming comments. For the record, everyone I spoke to at BlueHost was exceptionally kind and patient and any technical site that offers 24 hour help and they actually answer the phone is an excellent one. I can not say the same thing about the other hosting companies, one of which still has not responded to my emails asking very specific questions that were not in the help section documents. Nice of me not to name names. I stuck with it, determined to do this myself rather than pay someone because I wanted to able to make updates on my own. I didn't know that once published it can not be hidden again, so I accidentally published it and here it is, a work in progress. Next step - building LinkedIn profile and hopefully having time to write a little.
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1/20/2017 02:53:14 am
Well, now you have a website. I hope you will enjoy blogging. Good luck!
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3/29/2017 10:52:06 am
For me, I find managing website very hard. I am not actually savvy when it comes to technical things such as what you are talking about. But I have some friends who are actually into these kind of things and I learned from them that you don't really need to be good at first. I mean there are training and seminars that will enable you to learn a lot about that. I believe that these seminars will enhance your skill and will give you more insights that will help you better understand the technicalities of websites.
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3/8/2017 03:02:54 pm
I already have a Linkedin profile! So I can add you in my friend list :)
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