Peek Under the Hood

Curious to know how this site works?  Considering a project of your own?

I knew nothing about WordPress initially, except that maybe it had something to do with blogs.  I got some sound advice from an engineer at WorldSpice here in Memphis, did a little exploring, and three part-time weeks later it was working.  If you like the look and feel of this site, understand that it literally took only a few mouse clicks to do some really cool things.

WordPress is a fantastic website platform for someone with no knowledge of, or experience at, building websites.  Of course, I take full credit if and when such action may result in a lottery-type payoff, or high praise and a free meal from my mom.  C’mon, I’m not stupid.

  • Blogs Individual bloggers can only post to their own blog; all blogs were easily integrated into this website.
  • YouTube Most videos are embedded from YouTube or other Internet sources, with native WordPress support.
  • Fotki Individual photos are inserted in the pages and posts; photo albums and photo slideshows are Fotki links.
  • Slideshare We support PowerPoint slideshows using Slideshare embedding.
  • Google Email and calendar provided by Google.
  • Inexpensive Basic WordPress service is free, but we do pay approximately $25 annually for enhanced DNS.  We already owned our domain name.  Everything else has been developed at no cost, with the exception of a $23 reference book (from which I got about $4 in value, I figure).
  • EASY WordPress sites can be  managed from anywhere.  You can post at the website, with an iPhone app, or by email.  It takes no previous experience.  There are great how-to tutorials.   They handle your backups.  Its hip.  Uhh, hello?  I didn’t have to be hit in the head to see a perfect fit.

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