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First Contact

This category has to do with early pages and posts and comments, where the conversation is just getting started.

Making progress …

Well, I’ve been playing with two different WordPress accounts over the last 10 days, and I’m learning some things, but there’s a long way to go. It makes me think of the numerous times I’ve hiked deep into the Grand Canyon. The climb back up to the rim is long, and can feel relentless, but each step gets a bit closer to the goal. So, yes, each round of working with this new system gets me a bit closer to some form of being functional on WordPress. But I’m also aware that, in learning software, there’s no point when I’ll get to the top, and be able to say that “I did it!” I’m rambling on here, because I’ve been wondering how far down I’d have to go until the text wrapped underneath the picture. I guess I’ve found that out. I still don’t know how people can comment on… Read More »Making progress …

Learning WordPress …

As the song says, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” I’ve just installed WordPress with almost no idea about what I’m doing. Today, I’m just exploring the way this works, and trying out some stuff. I’ll probably delete this entire site sometime soon, and start over again with a little better sense of the options. It does seem to me, on a first reaction, that this theme (Twenty Sixteen) has more white space than I’d like. The paragraphs are very spread out, with wide margins. For my long writings, that’s going to make them seem really long! I’ll be interested in seeing reactions and comments from people. So long for now.