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WordPress Platform: Dissections and Decisions

A very brief thought As I write this first post, I am so excited about all that I plan to do using WordPress. I have chosen the website theme, activated the Askimet plugin to prevent comment scam, and have created an “About” page. I look forward to creating a solid and informative collection of posts […]

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My WordPress Experience

Drawbacks? While this a great way to communicate with others, it has drawbacks as opposed to using a social media platform or some other platform. First, one thing that can either be a benefit or a drawback is the number of choices one has with this type of platform. Personally, I would prefer a social […]

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Drawing Connections in DH :Coding, Voltaire and Ice Cream

Brief Introduction After a couple readings done on the topic of coding, I gathered that coding is considered, by those familiar with its secrets, to be an extremely beautiful language. The perfection of its logic is described as exquisite. Many advocate for its distribution around the globe, affirming that *everyone* should learn it. Is this […]

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“Hello World” – A Role Reversal

Last week we had the opportunity to learn a little about coding, and this week we also did a light dive into CSS, JAVA, and HTML. The phrase that seems to have perforated all those lessons and truly, at least for me, marked their advent was “Hello World.” In starting the unit we were introduced […]

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The Ups and Downs of Making My Own Website

Making a website on WordPress was NOT easy. Despite it being a popular site for blogs, I found myself struggling every step of the way to create my own blog. Too often I felt overwhelmed by the many options WordPress gave me when I was trying to change something minimal like the text alignment on […]

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I Think I’d Love Squarespace

Judging by my title, I’m sure you might be able to guess where my blog post is going. Overall, I wouldn’t be able to say that my process of building my website (which you can access here) went as smoothly as I originally thought. I found the overall process to be quite clunky, and the […]

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From Unicorns to University

The first website I ever created was a gaming website, as in it was a website wherein I inserted as many Miniclip game plug-ins as I possibly could and then declared myself the true Miniclip. It was 2010, I was 9 years old, and people theoretically still used MySpace. I cannot remember the URL (nor […]

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Creating My First Website Blog!

I have always wanted to create a personal blog to share my comments and interpretations on art pieces. As an art history major student, I need to write in order to learn and retrospect. I felt rewarding when setting up my website following the instructions. However, I do not expect this website could attract more […]

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“Hello Humanities”

In this course’s introduction to coding, I had the opportunity to refresh my knowledge and abilities in programming. In high school I had the opportunity to take a computer programming class. A class in which we spent an entire term learning how to code using Java. My experience with the tutorials offered by HTML Dog […]

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