She has owned and run Looking Glass Press—a boutique publication design company since 1987, but has studiously ignored web design up until now. Wanting to take control of the content of her company’s website and its design, she had a brief flirtation with WordPress in 2013, but wasn’t able to really commit, so the site stood untouched, unloved for three years.
Inspired by the people she met at a recent WordPress WordCamp (Sunshine Coast May 2016) and others at her local WordPress Meetup in Brisbane, she has grasped the nettle and has recently redesigned and relaunched her site.
‘Honey, you’re not even responsive’ is Sharon’s ‘good, bad and ugly story of go to whoa’. She freely admits she is still somewhat mystified by parts of the great WWW but is happy to share tips, hints and her ‘don’t do this’ list with anyone who is just starting out.
And no, you can’t follow her on Twitter because she doesn’t see the point (yet).
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Honey—you’re not even responsive
How I learned to stop worrying and love WordPress: a beginner’s tale
Three years ago I decided to wrest back control of my website and what better way to do that than to build a WordPress site?
So I did that, with a little help from a coding friend, and there it has sat, like a lump ever since: not updated, not doing anything, definitely not responsive (does it need a shot of adrenaline?) and definitely my own personal testament to fear of both web design and the internet’s unceasing affair with change (shudder).
But today that changes. Today I commit to resuscitating my website and on the way I shall do my best to chronicle the journey: the good, the bad and the ugly… hopefully there is not so much ugly!