Having slacked off for the last couple of weeks, i’m very much back to my best this week.
ischocolatedangeroustodogs.com was created yesterday and I also did a lot of work on irishgolfer.ie yesterday. Today, i got home from college early and i’ve spent the past 5 hours or so working on charitybypass.com
It’s coming along very nicely indeed. Here’s a sneak preview of the homepage;
It’s a complicated set up, but the map is gonna play a key role in developing the site. I’ll be creating ‘hot spots’ where charity collectors can regularly be seen. Initally, i’ll be grabbing locations on forums, comments, my own experience etc… but eventually i hope to open it up so that users can add locations themselves.
The site will also have a video section and i’ll be writing about charity related stuff too. I’m going for an entertainment angle rather than a serious angle, but at the same time the site is no joke – i mean business with this site and i think it will be of use to people.
I’m happy with my progress today on the site. The layout and style is pretty much done and dusted and now it’s just a case of getting some content ready and getting rid of all the default joomla crap.
If this goes well, and i think it will, you’ll start to see me experimenting more with joomla. I like to think of it as an advanced version of wordpress. You’ve got more power, more control but you do need to know what you’re doing 
WordPress is idiot proof compared to joomla… certainly from an end users point of view. The average webmaster with little or know coding knowledge will struggle to get to grips with joomla, whereas wordpress is that bit easier to use and less daunting.
Away from Charity Bypass and i’m expecting word back on a .ie domain name registration at some stage this week. If it comes through ok, there’ll be another project on the way very shortly and i’m looking forward to it too
The whole idea of burrying myself in all of these projects is to force myself in to learning hard and working hard. There’s a sharp learning curve involved in building any site – i’ll always do research before i go near domains or developing a site. Whether it’s about giving chocolate to dogs or trying to come up with a novelty idea like charity bypass, each and every one of those sites and ideas take time and must make it through my own mental filtering system. For every charitybypass.com, there’s probably 100 other ideas that i discard for whatever reason.
