It is not so much a moan as a musing on websites. Everybody seems to build them, wield them, decorate them at a drop of a hat. I, on the other hand, remain baffled. Maybe I am not of the correct generation.
When I began The Publishing Cupboard I bought an off-the-peg website and was optimistic that I would be able to handle it quite easily. It is Zencart, after all. Which always makes me think of a shopping trolley. Which makes me think it must be as easy as a trip to the supermarket.
But two years later I approach the back of my website (the bit you don't see) with a girding of the loins and some trepidation. It still remains a mystery to me. Now and again I try following the tutorials in the hope it will all come clear and that I will be adding pages, links and sound with the best of them.
In search of a clearer understanding of websites, I bought a secondhand copy of a Ladybird How it works: the Computer. I reckoned that this would help me understand a world where the workings depend on a yes/no answer. Reader, I gave up.
I fear it is like my attitude to bicycle gears. I know they are useful and necessary but I just don't understand how they work. Perhaps what I need is a Nod off to Zencart.
2 comments:
That looks like a true classic of the, what, mid 70s? Probably a collector's item. Nothing dates faster than the future, so they say.
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Hi Caroline! - I was trolling around the internet and came upon your blog. I, too, am a website-phobe, unable to work on my own site. I am just about to jump into the deep end, however, by hiring a professional designer who will build us an e-commerce site worthy of the 21st Century. He is going teach me how to do simple maintenance and upkeep myself - terrifying, but I am determined...
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