{"id":5151,"date":"2015-11-13T00:54:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T04:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=5151"},"modified":"2015-11-13T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T05:00:21","slug":"two-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/two-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fully 25% of the web uses WordPress<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Some 412 posts ago on August 15th, 2008 I converted this site to WordPress<\/a>. \u00a0My first post was about the Japanese Hand Made Camera Club<\/a>. I chose WordPress for one big reason: it was so easy to use anyone could quickly learn it and use it effectively. I had in mind that at some point I would\u00a0have to turn over running this site to another person and WordPress would make that task easier for me and the incumbent.<\/p>\n

The first versions of this site in the mid 1990s were coded by me directly in\u00a0HTML. As this site and the web in general became more complex and sophisticated, I moved on to a variety of editors like Go Live and Dreamweaver; editors with a much steeper learning curve than WordPress. My goal was to make this site universally readable in any popular browser.<\/p>\n

Wishing to make the operation and management of this site simpler so anyone could take it over from me without need for special training or programs, I began to investigate the various browser-supported content management systems (CMSs). Of the bunch, only WordPress seemed simple enough to quickly learn but sophisticated enough to do what I wanted from a website.<\/p>\n

A recent blog noted that fully 25 percent of all sites on the web today are coded with WordPress<\/em><\/strong>; and I am not surprised. Periodic updates have slowly added to the program’s capability. So if you wish to run a blog or other website, take a look at WordPress. The price is right – free – and WordPress even offers a free advertisement supported ISP as well so you can get your feet wet without risking a penny!<\/p>\n

Oh, about the title of this post… \u00a0a\u00a0quarter coin – 25 cents – was casually called two bits by my dad. So if 25% of all sites use WordPress, then a quarter of all sites use WordPress (I once asked how you get two bits to equal 25 cents – dad said it was easy – there was a little bit (a dime) and a big bit (a nickle and a dime)).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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