I know, I know…..I haven’t done anything with my blog or my websites – when am I going to get off my butt?
Well I am making good progress on my redo of my main website, LaReau Lops & Cavies – my old site was made entirely with tables – and lots of bulky code. Although the site looks OK in most browsers – any changes I want to make to the site must be done manually, page by page. AARRGGGGHHH
This is specifically what killed my interest in my other large directory site, The Rabbit & Cavy Directory – that site grew quickly, but I became overwhelmed with requests from breeders to make so many changes, so often, to their listings.
Now, that doesn’t seem unreasonable to the average web designer – in fact, info on a site should remain updated – but that site, like my main site, was designed with HTML pages using tables also. All changes had to be done manually on each page, and since each breeder listing was on multiple pages, this quickly grew into an unmanageable fiasco!
My redo of my main site will be done using CSS. As with the HTML sites I had before, I am learning (CSS) as I go. Sometimes it takes me a while to tackle a specific fix or problem because I’ve got to learn as I go (the hard way….) but how satisfying when I figure out how to make something and it finally turns out the way I want it!
Of course it took me a week to make my first page, but I had to experiment with different looks, styles and layouts before I could decide on one: Now I can use this one page as a template to quickly grow my site!
Once I get my main site finished and working the way I want – I’ll begin working on the new rabbitbreeder.net site – my replacement for The Rabbit & Cavy Directory. Hopefully I’ll make that entire site using CSS, and also incorporate a database so changes to information can be made in one place and will update on all pages – and of course, I know nothing about databases.
I can’t close until I mention a special thanks to Robert up in Alaska – I could not do all this without your help (and your cool graphics) If anyone is looking to spice up a page or website with some cool graphics, be sure to visit Light Speed Web Graphics!
My rabbits are doing well – they haven’t even noticed all the dang snow we’ve gotten around here! I’ve got a couple does due tomorrow and I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
All for now
Cathy
