Friday, June 15, 2012

Under Construction

So you might be wondering where in the world did Linda go? I wish I could say some exotic 2 month excursion...to the Swiss Alps, Tahiti, or a villa in the Tuscany region of Italy. But no. Here at home is where I've been. A few day trips here and there, a night at the Old Mystic Inn, in Mystic CT with my husband but that's it.
So what's under construction? My website and blog. After learning that iWeb will no longer be hosting websites, a program I've been so happy with for 4+years will no longer exist as of June 30, 2012.

 Really?! You've got to be kidding me!
Was my first reaction because I just finished designing my last website...at the beginning of April. Ugh... starting over didn't excite me one bit. I test drove at least 6 different website design programs in 4 weeks to finally settle on a Weebly.com website.... Weebly?

"I've never heard of Weebly?"

 Me neither.
 Until I meet two graphic designers at a women's event back in March that introduced me to Weebly. Little did I know then that I would be shopping around 3 weeks later for a new Website design program. Coincidence? No... God acting anonymously.

I'll explain why I chose Weebly in another blog post but this is my dilemma I've been struggling with for a few weeks. Weebly offers blog pages inside your website. I love this concept because for me that helps to eliminate a step from having too many places on the internet to keep track of. I don't know about you but maintaining a website, a separate blog and a facebook business page seems overwhelming at times.

Plus, I know it seems trivial but when printing business cards I used only one URL for my website and art blog. Makes sense right?

Dilemma:
Blogspot/Blogger or Wordpress are the most common blogging websites. These blogging sites offers a "join this site" and I myself, love to see how many people are following a blog. my question is... will I be missing out if I don't post here and just post on my website blog? I'm hoping Weebly will be adding this feature soon but for now... I'll be posting on my NEW Website blog page... here's the link:
www.lindasmarinoart.com

 If you have any suggestions, insight or comments please share....