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What Next?

Nick Momrik1 Comment

When I started redesigning the site a little over a month ago, I had a plan (which changed several times) mapped out. That plan has now been completed and I have the basic pages up and running that I wanted to. So now what?

For the past week or so I’ve basically only been tweaking a few things here and there. I haven’t really added any new pages. I don’t know what to do next. I’ve jotted down a few things lately that I want to work on. They are:

  • meta tags
  • “head” content of pages
  • XHTML validation
  • some photoblog hacks

I’m still not quite sure if I like the background for my pages. I just changed it again today…we’ll see how long I keep it. Maybe I’ll never find something that I really like.

Another problem I’m facing is how to get people interacting with my site and coming back on a regular basis. My goal is to get people that I do not know reading my weblog and responding to the things I write about, which is not happening so far. I’ve joined a few webrings and attempted to find a few weblogs that interest me. I’ve found 2 weblogs so far (besides Hamoudy of course) that I frequent. The Digital Pimpress is a blog I read daily and Photo Matt is one that I check a few times a week. Both individuals are very intelligent and their blogs keep me interested.

Hamoudy's Weblog

Nick Momrik3 Comments

My friend Mohamad now has a weblog running at his site. You can access his weblog with the link in the weblog links section on the right side of this page.

I’ve been helping him get his site setup and getting some of the things running with his hosting company. It feels good to help someone out and see the fruits of my (and his) labor. I’m still new to using all the PHP stuff, but I consider myself pretty good at troubleshooting when something doesn’t work. I need to get a book or study PHP online somewhere. Recommend any resources? I’ll be a pro in no time, it’s finding the time that is a problem.

I took a vacation day for tomorrow, so it’s time to go have some fun!!

Free Web Hosting

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I don’t know how they are doing it, but a company called 1&1 is offereing a special promotion giving out 3 years of web hosting for free to those who sign up. I have signed up and moved my momrik.com domain over to their site. Everything is all setup and I’m able to access my site already. Some of you may not be able to access it for another day or two until the DNS entries are updated across the Internet.

My advice is to sign up for this promotion and get the free hosting. I know about 5 people who have signed up already. Happy surfing.

I planned to get some pictures up on my site this weekend, but that isn’t going to happen. I ordered a new digital camera and it was delivered today, but our leasing office closed early today (for their x-mas party) and I didn’t get there in time to pick it up. What are the chances!