Let me just start by wishing those in the United States a happy July Fourth. Canada, I’m sorry that I missed you a few days before but hopefully, you were able to celebrate your nation’s independence safely just as I hope the same for my fellow Americans today. I am working on this holiday so to speak, continuing with the creation of the ICC website. I am using WordPress to build the pages, theoretically, it is easier than writing code. It is still, however, a rather laborious process when you are creating four different pages. Formatting in particular can be a great challenge. What I have learned about websites over the years is that there is a process known as WYSIWIG. Pronounced “wizzy-wig,” the term is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get.
That is not always the case because when I go to position an image and text below in a chosen alignment, there is some code on the back end that prevents the desired layout from happening. If that sounds complicated, it is, and a big reason why making four pages takes such a long time. I am not complaining, though, because I need to get the hours in. We could probably throw in bells and whistles if we wanted to, but I know that as a user I get rather annoyed with features that cause the “too much energy” warning to pop up on my MacBook. So I would rather that the website be as basic as possible, still visually appealing, but not burdensome to the visitor or their computer.