Have You Missed Me?
After spending the fall editing and posting my LDS youth novel BOZ, the American Grandpa took a well-deserved holiday break. While on break, I followed through on a promise I made to myself to learn more about website design and apply it to my blog site.
A New Way of Learning
I found a beginning WordPress course on Udemy.com that was on sale ($15). It was all that I wanted and then some. It was presented in 90 short videos, which was a lot, but I was able to play them back as often as needed (and believe me, I needed). The whole course is archived and updated, so I can go back and review as often as I want.
Applying What I Learned
After completing the course, I went to work on my site. For those of you who’ve never built a website, you need to know it requires a whole different way of thinking. I use WordPress, so I don’t need to do any coding, but even with that it was a chore. And I have to apologize to my subscribers who kept receiving notices of new posts and pages because I forget to click the privacy button.
New and Improved
So now, as of February 1, AmericanGrandpa.org has a new look. It is not pretty and professional, but it is mine and think it reflects my personality.
I’ve also added some new features including a page with my readings of favorite poems and satire; a page where I recommend cool things my friends are doing; some (coming soon) post on politics, current events and life in retirement.
And speaking of changes, readers will probably notice a change in both content and attitude in my posts. Instead of elaborating, I’ll let you have the joy of discovery.
Let Me Know
Take a look at the new AmericanGrandpa.org and and let me know what you think.
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Thank you for reading and please make 2021 a great year.