Filed under: Web Applications
The question I’m being asked is, why did I choose WordPress.com?
I’m into website design, why not host my own blog software? I thought I’d save the hassle of maintaining another system, by using a hosted service I loose all control over the applications customization which therefore, will prevent me from making “just another little change here and there”…
I’ve seen my friends blog become a maintenance burden, although he doesn’t admit it! I’ve been helping Nick convert his custom blog software to a “more accessible” CSS layout. Oh how Nick loves his accessibility! 
WordPress.com wasn’t my first choice, years ago I created an account with Internet World so I could post an article I wrote at the time. Since then I’ve forgotten my accounts password! So I requested a reset but the system never actually sends out an email, as a last resort, I emailed the webmaster, still no response. I gave up.
WordPress offers me an advert free system, with a clean CSS based interface, that was me sold!
Filed under: Sport Relief 2006
I set a target of £75, already, thanks to people’s generosity, I have £72 pledged! You can view the progress online, on the Sainsbury’s Sports Relief website.
Eleven sponsors so far, which includes associates from over the interweb as well as colleague’s from my workplace.
The top sponsor so far has been Gerard Maguire, with £15! I must give Emily a shoutout for going round our workplace, getting people to fill in a sponsorship form!
My good friend, Tom Vickers, has managed to convince me to take part in the Sports Relief, one mile run for charity.
The aim of the game is to raise money though sponsorship, this can be done either online or offline. The online option supposedly being the easiest, ha!
In reality, the online option doesn’t even work, it hangs on the confirmation of payment details!
Another issue I found, has been the increasing of my fundraising target, the box echo’s your current target, it includes the pound symbol before your current amount, now try and increase the value after the symbol, what happens? The form returns an error message:
“Please ensure your online goal is a valid currency input.”
Okay, so the easy fix is to remove the pound symbol, but shouldn’t the developers have thought this one through?
My point? Errr… Test your web applications before allowing the public to use them.
Filed under: General Banter
So I’ve finally got round to starting a blog, why? I thought it was time to unleash my creative (or mostly, not so creative) mind for the world to see.
What do I plan to blog? I’m not sure, it depends how I feel, whether I want to post or not!
