So today on my website front was rather productive. I finally got FTP working into my domain! Woot.
It was my fault really due to the router but it’s sorted now. I’ve also installed Wordpress on my website and eventually this blog will reside there. Heres a rundown of my blog’s over the interwebs.
Wordpress – http://www.rockbigdave.co.uk/blog/ (currently at http://www.rockbigdave.wordpress.com/)
This blog will be my critical blog, where all the in-depth evaluations of my work and Uni course progress will reside; along with anything work related that catches my eye. As it will be my professional blog, I won’t use expletives unless quoting something and everything will be as detailed as possible. Hopefully, this will be better for me from the view of someone who potentially want’s to hire me. I won’t use the Queens English, I will still type how I talk otherwise you will get VERY bored VERY quickly and that’s not what I want on my blog. Plus, it shows my character and I belive that will aid me in gaining work or contacts.
Blogger – http://www.rockbigdave.blogspot.com/
This is where all the random pictures, funny stuff and swearing goes on. (No, not swearing for the hell of it, but if I want to rant then I am going to rant!
) This will link to my professional blog but this one will be more for personal use like advertising a video I just made that isn’t Uni related, websites or imagery I take/make and the likes. So, for a giggle, head on over there!
Twitter – http://twitter.com/rockbigdave/
This is a micro-blogging platform for anyone out there who hasn’t heard of Twitter. (And if you haven’t, what rock have you been hiding under for the last 6 months?!) This, that I’ve noticed, has become what my Blogger is now there for. If I see a video, I tweet “Haha, omg! xD *insert link here*” and it’s end of. The same goes for anything that inspires my work. Really I should blog it on my professional blog (Like I did before I got a Twitter account..) and say why I like it and such-like.
Now, to instantly recognise that these blogs are mine, they will all have the same theme. But this leaves me with a problem. Wordpress looks to be a really had platform to ’skin’. Which, for me not being down with the coding side of things, will prove to be a tough task for the blog to fit into how my Blog page currently looks on my website. This means me making the banner and modifying the blog post’s layout and imagery used to make it look fancy. Hopefully, it wont be a hard task, but knowing my luck it will be and will take a loooooong time. Untill I’ve skinned it to match my website, this web wordpress blog will remain my professional blog.
Twitter has already been customised as much as it can to match my layout. I’ve used the sunny cloud style from the homepage on Twitter (and my YouTube for that matter..) as it’s a more fun and vibrant style than the dark nighty skyline my blog page is.
Blogger should be a doddle to skin. I’ve skinned Blogger before when it was my only blog. Plus, the upside for me is that there are LOTS of theme builders online. I know that using them is kinda cheating, but I DO go into the code once it’s made to edit things. I can edit the code when I see it but I can’t create it from scratch. This should be easy to do and I hope to have it done asap.
So, blog wise keep your RSS feed’s pointing to my Professional Blog and my Personal Blog – and follow me on Twitter too if you think I’m interesting enough.
