I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.
I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?
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On 08/10/2019 10:03, Mike Halmarack wrote:
I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.
I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?


I built my own.
Really to learn enough basic HTML to create a gallery is not so hard.

Lots of people find wordpress works,. but I found it harder to
understand how it worked than to write my own code.

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the ultimate consequences to which these principles will lead. They must
face it, then decide whether this is what they want or not.

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On 08/10/2019 10:03, Mike Halmarack wrote:
I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.
I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?

Try mocking it up in BlueGriffon which at the basic use level is a drag
and drop wysiwyg interface but will let you look under the hood too.
It is also free (although they charge for the manual).

Depends really how complex you want to go. Irfanview can be persuaded to
output reasonable web gallery HTML script to tinker with too.


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On 08/10/2019 10:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 08/10/2019 10:03, Mike Halmarack wrote:
I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.
I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.
Â* Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?


I built my own.
Really to learn enough basic HTML to create a gallery is not so hard.

Lots of people find wordpress works,. but I found it harder to
understand how it worked than to write my own code.

The code WordPress generates for the simplest website is something
appalling.

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Max Demian

On Tuesday, 8 October 2019 10:03:33 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?

The free hosted Wordpress at wordpress.com is so limited it's hardly worth bothering with (their ads, no custom themes, no plugins, no Google Analytics, etc). You'd be better using Google Sites IMHO.

If you want powerful Wordpress you need to pay wordpress.com (quite a lot of) money for a 'business', or use a Wordpress installation on your own server (self hosting), which unless you have your own physical server usually means paying someone for a virtual server - and most of those can automatically set up a standard Wordpress hosted site with a couple of clicks from a package manager.

Basic HTML is okay for static sites but once you want to add in responsiveness to smartphones and tablet browsers, commenting and social media plugins etc I'd be looking at some form of Content Management System, of which Wordpress may be most suitable.

If it's good enough for the White House, Cap Gemini and Network Rail ...

There are scripts to import a free wordpress.com site into a self-hosted wordpress.org site if you want to start simple/free.

Owain

On 08/10/2019 10:03, Mike Halmarack wrote:

I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.

I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.

Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?

As with all these things there are loads of way to get this kind of
thing done. My suggestion in this case would be to have a look at:

https://www.wix.com/

It will get you something quickly and easily that looks ok...

Note if you go the wordpress route, you will often find that many
hosting packages out there will have the option to install it
automatically. That way you don't have to pay for use of it like you
would if you go to the wordpress site itself.




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On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:03:31 +0100, Mike Halmarack
wrote:

I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.
I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?
--

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I know there are a lot of Wordpress critics, probably for very good
reason. I saw a youtube vid on using a free template that was
basically a customisable portfolio setup. I may regret it ultimately
but I'll probably learn something useful from the experience.
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 04:45:08 -0700 (PDT),
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On Tuesday, 8 October 2019 10:03:33 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?

The free hosted Wordpress at wordpress.com is so limited it's hardly worth bothering with (their ads, no custom themes, no plugins, no Google Analytics, etc). You'd be better using Google Sites IMHO.

If you want powerful Wordpress you need to pay wordpress.com (quite a lot of) money for a 'business', or use a Wordpress installation on your own server (self hosting), which unless you have your own physical server usually means paying someone for a virtual server - and most of those can automatically set up a standard Wordpress hosted site with a couple of clicks from a package manager.

Basic HTML is okay for static sites but once you want to add in responsiveness to smartphones and tablet browsers, commenting and social media plugins etc I'd be looking at some form of Content Management System, of which Wordpress may be most suitable.

If it's good enough for the White House, Cap Gemini and Network Rail ...

There are scripts to import a free wordpress.com site into a self-hosted wordpress.org site if you want to start simple/free.

Owain

Always informative and encouraging, you've convinced me to give it a
try.
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 13:14:31 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 08/10/2019 10:03, Mike Halmarack wrote:

I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.

I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.

Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?

As with all these things there are loads of way to get this kind of
thing done. My suggestion in this case would be to have a look at:

https://www.wix.com/

It will get you something quickly and easily that looks ok...

Note if you go the wordpress route, you will often find that many
hosting packages out there will have the option to install it
automatically. That way you don't have to pay for use of it like you
would if you go to the wordpress site itself.

I'll definitely be going for that option John, thanks.
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It also depends on whether you want accessible web sites for disabled users.
Wordpress has a good record on this I gather, at least we dont have to
suffer flash created sites any more.
Brian

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On 08/10/2019 10:03, Mike Halmarack wrote:
I'm not very good at web editing but I'd like to construct an online
portfolio for my daughter to show her work.
I thought of going to a web editing forum for advice but I would be
more likely to be baffled by the experts there, promoting their own
preferential methods.
Basically, I'm wondering whether I should go for an off the peg
Wordpress template or attempt the simplest, go it alone tutorial I can
find?


I built my own.
Really to learn enough basic HTML to create a gallery is not so hard.

Lots of people find wordpress works,. but I found it harder to understand
how it worked than to write my own code.

--
Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper
name. They must face the full meaning of that which they are advocating or
condoning; the full, exact, specific meaning of collectivism, of its
logical implications, of the principles upon which it is based, and of the
ultimate consequences to which these principles will lead. They must face
it, then decide whether this is what they want or not.

Ayn Rand.

On Tuesday, 8 October 2019 15:16:33 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Always informative and encouraging, you've convinced me to give it a
try.

Next week, I'll be taking questions about minor surgical procedures.

I played with free Wordpress a couple of weeks back, it really is so limited and everything is a sell to try to get you to upgrade to a paid plan.

Owain

On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 09:19:58 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Tuesday, 8 October 2019 15:16:33 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Always informative and encouraging, you've convinced me to give it a
try.

Next week, I'll be taking questions about minor surgical procedures.

You must be Psychic! You can clearly understand just how many minor
surgical procedures I need. On which day do you do bum lifts?

I played with free Wordpress a couple of weeks back, it really is so limited and everything is a sell to try to get you to upgrade to a paid plan.

Is this so even if I build a portfolio locally using WAMP, and then
host it on my own, or my daughter's site?

Owain
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 16:03:53 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
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It also depends on whether you want accessible web sites for disabled users.
Wordpress has a good record on this I gather, at least we dont have to
suffer flash created sites any more.
Brian

I'd like to think I could eventually develop the ability to produce a
site that was accessible to the disabled. Truth to tell, I'll be lucky
if I can manage to come up with something that's accessible to anyone
at my level of expertise.
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On Friday, 11 October 2019 13:42:16 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
You must be Psychic! You can clearly understand just how many minor
surgical procedures I need. On which day do you do bum lifts?

The day after they've been demonstrated by The Yorkshire Vet. I'm a quick learner.

I played with free Wordpress a couple of weeks back, it really is so
limited and everything is a sell to try to get you to upgrade to a paid plan.
Is this so even if I build a portfolio locally using WAMP, and then
host it on my own, or my daughter's site?

No, if you use the wordpress.org software on your own LAMP/WAMP host it's free (apart from any plugins/themes that have been developed commercially).

Owain

On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:51:16 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Friday, 11 October 2019 13:42:16 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
You must be Psychic! You can clearly understand just how many minor
surgical procedures I need. On which day do you do bum lifts?

The day after they've been demonstrated by The Yorkshire Vet. I'm a quick learner.

Hope you don't charge vets rates, or I'll have to start doing the
lottery fast.

I played with free Wordpress a couple of weeks back, it really is so
limited and everything is a sell to try to get you to upgrade to a paid plan.
Is this so even if I build a portfolio locally using WAMP, and then
host it on my own, or my daughter's site?

No, if you use the wordpress.org software on your own LAMP/WAMP host it's free (apart from any plugins/themes that have been developed commercially).

I can see from what you say that I''l be able to get far enough in to
learn something useful. Thanks.

Owain

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On Friday, 11 October 2019 17:13:50 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
I can see from what you say that I''l be able to get far enough in to
learn something useful. Thanks.

There's a free sandbox setup at

http://expensive-meerkat.w5.wpsandbox.pro/wp-admin/

Owain

On Friday, 11 October 2019 13:46:58 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 16:03:53 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

It also depends on whether you want accessible web sites for disabled users.
Wordpress has a good record on this I gather, at least we dont have to
suffer flash created sites any more.
Brian

I'd like to think I could eventually develop the ability to produce a
site that was accessible to the disabled. Truth to tell, I'll be lucky
if I can manage to come up with something that's accessible to anyone
at my level of expertise.

adding alt tags to pics is easy.


NT