Web 2.0 really better than web 1.0?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:17 pm
Last year, when I had returned from a trip to the States, I built a website to display my photos. As per usual, I built it on Wordpress, which is quick and easy to do.
For the most part you can do pretty neat stuff with wordpress and most other mature CMS.
There were a couple of issues with using wordpress though. Firstly, I was relying on plugins, which changed functionality, when they were updated. Secondly I was using flash to deliver some audio tracks. using a CMS (content management system) also requires regular updating, to keep on top of security issues.
Also, while I was able to get the website to mostly do what I wanted, there were a few things that weren't quite how I wanted them.
It's not a website that I intend on updating very often, so I decided to rebuild it from scratch, using old fashion static html pages. Over the last few weeks, I have completely rebuilt the site, and tonight, replaced the old one with the new one.
At less than 12 MB, it is about 143 MB smaller than the old one, whilst having more content. Using HTML5 for delivering the audio instead of flash; leaving it alone, it will become more accessible, not less, as people upgrade their web browsers over time. Being much simpler in construction, it should have much fewer security vulnerabilities than the previous version.
Any how, heres the link http://stuartcrawfordmedia.com/
There are more technical details included in the 'about' page.
For the most part you can do pretty neat stuff with wordpress and most other mature CMS.
There were a couple of issues with using wordpress though. Firstly, I was relying on plugins, which changed functionality, when they were updated. Secondly I was using flash to deliver some audio tracks. using a CMS (content management system) also requires regular updating, to keep on top of security issues.
Also, while I was able to get the website to mostly do what I wanted, there were a few things that weren't quite how I wanted them.
It's not a website that I intend on updating very often, so I decided to rebuild it from scratch, using old fashion static html pages. Over the last few weeks, I have completely rebuilt the site, and tonight, replaced the old one with the new one.
At less than 12 MB, it is about 143 MB smaller than the old one, whilst having more content. Using HTML5 for delivering the audio instead of flash; leaving it alone, it will become more accessible, not less, as people upgrade their web browsers over time. Being much simpler in construction, it should have much fewer security vulnerabilities than the previous version.
Any how, heres the link http://stuartcrawfordmedia.com/
There are more technical details included in the 'about' page.