{"id":856,"date":"2014-09-21T22:21:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T22:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boucherphotographie.com\/?p=856"},"modified":"2014-09-21T22:25:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T22:25:26","slug":"its-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boucherphotographie.com\/?p=856","title":{"rendered":"It’s Alive!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"images-2\"Over the last few weeks, my site, or sites, \u00a0have been in develop to bring different and dispirit web content into one location. I would \u00a0 \u00a0 really like to say this has been a pleasant experience, but the days and weeks have been fraught with frustration, anxiety and a reduced follicle count; I can honestly say that it has not been the most pleasant of experiences. I should have anticipated as such; it seems that anything billed as simple, a few clicks of the mouse and voila a successful launch, should\u00a0be taken with skepticism. Never having really built a website and previously having relied on “ready-made” offerings that were quite easy to negotiate and apply content, I wasn’t ready for the sinking feeling of being lost in the forest of cyber code and unfamiliar funciton. Self hosting turned out to be an animal the likes of which I have not previously experienced.<\/p>\n

Hours upon hours spent trying to wrestle menus into submission were rapidly becoming futile \u2014 I was ready to trash what progress I had made and return to comfortable ground. If not for a really great support tech at Go Daddy named Joey, who took pity on my plight, I would still be here with a site that was not ready for prime time or most likely returned to previous configurations \u2014 a pesky little toggle that I had unwittingly activated and told to do something else was causing the difficulty. Nevertheless, I am up and running, with the exception of the offering of Limited Edition prints on the site. This will be available in the coming days.<\/p>\n

As I learn more about the underlying engine that drives the site, you may notice changes, some subtle, some additional, all which I feel provide a better offering.\u00a0However, in the end (I now understand that there will be no end) the experience has been satisfying and provided a sense of accomplishment \u2014 the accomplishment of being successful after engaging something beyond current capabilities and the struggle of climbing a steep learning curve. So, at the moment I am satisfied. Satisfaction however, wanes and is temperary\u2026there will always be more and other elements to tackle.<\/p>\n

So, to those who have stuck with me and those who have found this sight\u2026WELCOME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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