
| 1st June 2010 |
Got rid of the photo slideshow thingy that used to be at the bottom of the page, as I discovered that on the initial page open, it wanted to preload the photos into it. If you have a couple of photos that's fine, but not when you have 110!! So removed the module and repositioned the "Next Doctor Who In The UK) module to the left. Pages load much quicker now ;) |
A new project - the Steampunk Keyboard - is underway! Progress, blogs and photos in the Steampunk Keyboard Project Section. At a bit of a halt now! Mainly due to winter (too cold in the workshop!) but also due to the lack of materials! The next bit to do is the sides, so I am currently looking (albeit not terribly hard!) for 1/4" brass plate. |
Added a blogging module to the site so that The Author can rant and rave at leisure. (And he has!) |
Alan is a Doctor Who fan. He also doesn't have a very good memory for somethings....noteably faces and names!! Therefore, when reading the blurb for what was then the forthcoming fourth series of (the new) Doctor Who, the face (and name) of a certain actress rang a bell but couldn't place her!! Turns out that he had been watching Georgia Moffett for years without realising just who (no pun intended!) she was! And thus began the long trek into the Georgia Moffett Fan Website!
This was mainly borne out of the fact that Alan had always wanted to do a "useful" website. Not just one that displayed pictures of his holidays, or one that had weak and watery content...but one that served a specific purpose...like a Fan Website. Having done the Girlschool one and discovered that not only was there an official site (hence the "unofficial" in the title) but there were several others around, there didn't seem to be much around on the internet for Georgia Moffett.
Deciding that this was indeed a shame - as she is a very good actress indeed (as evidenced in programmes like The Bill etc) - Alan decided to make tentative enquiries as to the availablility of site names. On discovering that the very domain name he was wanting was available (georgiamoffett.co.uk) he promptly bought up not only that one, but the .org, .com, .net ones as well!
That done, Alan's task was to design a website. Now having mentioned that Alan is not artistic, he then spent several weeks flailing around madly waiting, nay hoping, for inspiration to strike. That came in a flash and the "Mark I" site was designed. Thinking that information about this great actress was few and far between, mistakenly designed a website that would only be three or four pages at the most. (As per usual) He was wrong and the website soon outgrew itself. Hence the move to Joomla! CMS-based website and web 2.0 technology...and he hasn't looked back since!
Alan decided from the very outset (in February 2008) that this should be a "proper job" and not just a half thought-out and not very well researched one. So he has invested a considerable amount of time in not just scouring the internet for articles, but investigated the way to make your website popular and to reach the intended audience. This he has done with reasonable success, as at today's date (12th September 2008) the Georgia Moffett Fan Website stands at No 3 in Google Rankings when the search term "Georgia Moffett" is entered. A considerable acheivement, although there has had to be investment - very worthwhile, however.
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