Well my art has taken a back seat over the last couple of weeks while I decided to stop procrastinating and convert my old business based website into a brand new art website using WordPress!
Easy, right?
Well, not so much but I have never been one to let learning a new skill get the better of me and, of course, I’m too mean to spend any money getting someone who knows what they’re doing to assist. The first step was to actually get into WordPress from my cPanel (that’s a technical term for the place you go to access all the tools available to you through your hosting provider). No idea what any of it meant, of course, but found that my provider (Crazy Domains) had a sensational chat facility with someone almost instantly at the other end to answer all my questions. A bonus was that they didn’t get cranky when I’d pester them for different advice and fixes several times a day.
So, finally I’m in to WordPress and faced with they whole new world of themes and plug-ins and templates. Who know there could be so much choice?
I quickly realised that I’d need to purchase a theme builder and editing system and found Elementor to do the job. The best thing here was their very complete series of instruction videos that I have followed by the letter to create home pages, landing pages, menus, galleries and, finally, an e-commerce solution. Yay, me!
All this means that my new website is up and running and although I still have a lot of work to do loading up images and refining the site, you can now browse through my paintings and even buy online!
And, of course, if anyone needs a web developer for no more than the cost of a couple of drinks, I’d be happy to help!
