exploring nature’s infinite connections
A task that fell off my radar long ago was to create a bird photography gallery for various backyard, songbirds, grassland birds, blackbirds, etc, that didn't quite fit into the other segmented categories I had. But I didn't know what to call this new gallery because...
Since my last major website redesign in 2018, it seems like I have been in a constant "tweaking" mode. Part of it was learning two new platforms (Divi and NextGen Gallery) to build it with, combined with building from scratch in WordPress, combined with my own...
This classic line from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (one of my favorite films) is from a bewildered Han Solo as he was trying to get the Millenium Falcon to jump to hyperspace to escape the Empire. It is highly symbolic of some website issues I've been having...
The waning days of summer are finally upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere and one I am sure many of us don't care to repeat again. Michigan weather has a way of reminding us not to start counting those changing leaves just yet. Cherish those occasional cool,...
This month I start a series of month-end summary posts about the goings-on around my site and my photography work. I stole this idea (with permission) from Alexander Kunz who has for a long time published a series of monthly "End Notes" in a similar fashion. It is...
Last year I began a task to start converting my old online galleries over to a new format based on Wordpress. It involves not only the behind the scenes moving things around organizationally, but a culling of a lot of images, as well as redeveloping many with my...
Several months ago I wrote about how I was redoing the galleries of my website. Work is still ongoing on this front, but I am making progress. Overall, I am still fairly happy with my selection of NextGen Gallery Pro as the foundation for...
I made progress this week in converting more galleries over. I knew this was going to be a tedious chore, but wow, it is tedious with a capital "T"! Not only am I pruning a lot of old work, but my music library is getting a good workout. ๐ It...
Ever since I started on this project to completely rebuild my website within Wordpress, it always triggered nervous twitches and sudden cursing when it came to my online photo gallery. The reason I have put it off for so long is I knew how much work it...