Epworth League Valentine social at Winans. Had dandy time. Home about 12 o’clock.
Year: 2012
Diary of Llewellyn: February 14, 1924
Basketball game. M.E.W.’s played Roselle M. E. Score 21 to 19 favor M.E.W.’s. Return game to be played Mar. 13th. Crowd down from Caldwell.
Next Entry: February 15, 1924
Diary of Llewellyn: February 13, 1924
Vote on school proposition. Very cold night went down to school house to vote but such a crowd, we did not stand around and wait.
Next Entry: February 14, 1924
RMC: My Design Inspiration Sketch
When you have any kind of redecorating project, it’s always a good idea to look around for some inspiration. My website encompasses a blog and a genealogy database, so it’s important that I plan and consider both those factors in my new design. As I was playing around in the test section I created during my TNG tutorial, I found out I liked something I never thought I’d like. Almost every website I’ve every created has had a fixed width design. This means that no matter how big or small your screen size is, I’m perfectly aware that my design is going to be certain size. Variable width designs scare me quite frankly.
I don’t know why they do. I think it’s the horror of the design falling flat in a 24″ inch monitor like mine. What if it is too scrunched in a smaller monitor size. To avoid this fear, I’ve just been doing fixed width. In my original About Me page, I wrote that I was trying to discover things about myself. That was back in 2010. Well I’ve discovered many things about myself in that time. One of them being that I like to learn, but once I’ve learned something, I’m scared of the advancement to the next level. That puts me in the stuck position.
Well, this year the training wheels are coming off. I’m making more efforts to get out there and learn. So one of the steps I’m taking is…. My new website design will be a variable width design! Oh gosh, that’s just crazy. I know, I’m weird.
My first sketch was on paper when I was going with a fixed width design. So when I switched, I decided to go into PhotoShop and hash it out there. I played with fonts and images. This is just a rough draft. The banner will get a little more ornate, and I haven’t decided how to handle the links on the side yet, but it’s an ongoing process. What I really hope to accomplish is a design that’s more easily changed out when I like.
I like the more subdued colors too. I loved the splashes of color from my previous working design, but it just wasn’t working in the long run.
Next we’ll talk about programs you’ll need in the customization process!
Diary of Llewellyn: February 12, 1924
Holiday. Sewed on my green evening dress all day. Snowed hard all day. Had my hair washed at night. Pa closed at 10 o’clock.
Next Entry: February 13, 1924
Diary of Llewellyn: February 11, 1924
George went to a dance in North Caldwell. I went up with him and sat in barbers while he got his hair cut. He then took me home and went over after Florence. Took her to dance.
Next Entry: February 12, 1924
Diary of Llewellyn: February 10, 1924
Snowed very hard until around 3 o’clock. Only had 3 out to S.S. in my class. Folks took ride around black around 4 o’clock. Went to Suffern at night. Home about 10 o’clock.
Next Entry: February 11, 1924
Diary of Llewellyn: February 9, 1924
Had Valentine’s party for S.S. children. All out. Mama helped me up at Church. Went to movies at night. Mr. Van Duyne taken with heart attack at noon. Beautiful Day.
Next Entry: February 10, 1924
RMC: Creating a Database and Installing TNG
Alright folks, today is the big day! Are you ready to install TNG? I do have to warn you, you will have to have some kind of webhosting. If you haven’t found one yet, you just have to be sure that they support PHP and MySQL, and if you’re paying for a webhost that doesn’t support them, you should probably switch. There are great options. I use Dreamhost, but have used others in the past. I believe Darrin has some recommedations at the TNG website, so check those out if you haven’t already!
Before we start, other then webhosting you will need at least one other program for installing. If you want to delve into customization, then I recommend a second program also for editing. We aren’t going to get into that today though. Today is just the nuts and bolts of getting TNG installed for the first time.
The program you’ll definitely need is an FTP program. I currently use FileZilla, but there are many free FTP programs out there that work just the same. If you’ve set up a webhost, they should have sent you a login for an FTP program.
Diary of Llewellyn: February 8, 1924
Got things together for Valentine’s party for S.S. kids. To bed about 10 o’clock. Geo & Florence went to basketball game at Irvington – Caldwell H.S.