Been Out Of It For A Bit
Who ever said blogging was easy! Ha. We've had massive problems here clearing up a bad install. It took days to find help because we have our blog on WordPress.org which is like the Wild West. You need to know code and you need some technical people on hand.
WordPress.com is different. That's where folks go and are hosted with set Themes and little customization. Maybe none really.
So learning about plugins and code and all I want is to just be a writer on here. Not so easy. Since we want the flexibility and the control so we're taking the high road.
I am going to start posting again because when you phase out like that it's not good. Things slow down.
Next, we'll be changing our theme here. We could do that in a minute - but you have to check on your every move. Don't want to jam things up like we did before.
Anyway, I love having a blog. And I hope I am back at the keypad again!!
Struggling With The Blog Software
I had this idea today to post a lot of research updates I had blasted out to my clients via email. I had trouble getting one to fit into the post window and I've stored what I did somewhere and I can't find it.
I peaked into the documentation for some clues. I hate reading documentation, never mind that I wrote it professionally for five years for behemoths like Time Inc and the NY Times for industrial software installations back in the Eighties.
I've made a commitment to spend some time with this WordPress software over the holidays. This quiet time hasn't started for me yet. Or maybe I'm forever a techno-ruin here wasted by nanosecond inpatience.
If something takes longer than 30 seconds (gosh, even that's long!!) I have to switch windows do something else. How am I ever going to self-tutor myself with an attention bandwidth like that? Maybe using Twitter is driving me to micro everything.
I have to master this space. If you've struggled like this too - send me to a good place! I really would rather have a mentor and not use a book or online documentation.
Writing I know how to do. Blogging is something else. I hope you'll notice my progress ad I move along here.