Moving articles, building sites
Most of my websites are being redesigned with WordPress.
Basically, it’s blogging software and it makes updating sites a breeze.
Even better, it’s great for organizing large websites, like Aisling.net was before I split off smaller sites so that people could find more of my articles.
Now, I can recombine most of them, here at Aisling.net. I like that! When I built the smaller sites, I lost a lot of name recognition.
(It’s not that I need the fame; it’s that many friends and fans like my articles… but they haven’t been certain who wrote them or how to find more.)
The first site to move (well, partly) back to Aisling.net is my Art Careers – The Business of Art website, arts-careers.com. Most of the articles are here now. (I’m probably selling that website, later. I’m not sure why I thought I could maintain so many websites and still have time for art! *LOL*)
Sites such as Art Books Reviews will remain separate and distinct. Besides, that one is a collaborative project with many great artists contributing their reviews to the site. (When I finish moving 14 more reviews, that site will formally switch to its new design.)
When the sites are complete (I’m doing all of the website work myself), I’ll be able to add new articles and information about art. I’m very excited about this!
For now, it’s a huge project and a little overwhelming. But, the rewards will be worthwhile.
I’m writing this late in December 2008. I’m looking at the blizzard outside my NH window, and reflecting on how much has changed online in the past 12+ years.
Back in the mid-1990s, I was one of a handful of people with online diaries. We were considered a little weird; maybe even exhibitionists or narcissists.
Few of us could articulate why we did it. A psychologist studied us and concluded that we were generally shy people, but had a higher-than-average profile as “risk takers.”
Today, it seems as everyone puts their lives online. The word “blog” is part of everyday vocabulary.
I don’t put as much of my life online now. Not in text, anyway. I’m certain that my art reveals far more than words ever could.
I’m excited by the future, including the upcoming changes at Aisling.net and my other websites.
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