This is Sam. He liked to sit inside bags and boxes and other such things.
I’d like to introduce a new section of the blog here: Photo Friday (yes, I know this is Saturday…)
I really like taking photos. I tried a project365 – basically you take at least one photo a day for year. It lasted about a month, so I’m going to start this little project. I’ll take some pictures throughout the week, pick the best one, and post it on Friday. Pretty simple.
I’m not much of a website development guy, but I get into building websites. I discovered Joomla a long, long time ago. I had just started thinking about creating a website for my music, and I was looking at solutions. Once I wrapped my head around Joomla, I really, really loved it. It is very powerful – you can display content in just about any way imaginable, and there are some very good companies making templates for it, so it can look really good, too.
I ran this site on Joomla for a while, and then I discovered WordPress. WordPress is blogging software, but it can act as a content management system if you are creative with it. While Joomla is very powerful, it can be a bit difficult to use. WordPress is very elegant in its simplicity, and it is a joy to use – a lot easier for a person to just jump right in and start building a site. So, I jumped platforms, and I’ve been running WordPress for quite a while, now.
I’m getting to the point, though, where the versatility of Joomla is something I keep looking for, and WordPress just can’t do what I want it to, while Joomla can. At least, not with my knowledge of tweaking WordPress “under the hood”. Both systems are built on PHP, so if you are good with code, you can do pretty much anything with either of them. I’m not a code guy.
If I were to compare the two, here is my brief and uneducated synopsis:
WordPress is very elegant and a joy to use. With the right template, it can easily act as a content management system and display your content in very creative ways, but you seem to be locked into the confines of your template if you aren’t good writing PHP and CSS code. If you’re running a blog or a simple site, using WordPress is almost a no-brainer.
Joomla, on the other hand, is very powerful and flexible, allowing you to display your content in almost unlimited ways. If you are looking to build a bit more complex site and showcase different content in different ways inside of your site, Joomla is definitely worth a look.
I’m building a mirror of this site in Joomla right now – I think I might just make the switch. Again. You can view the Joomla site while it’s in development here.
“Deconstruction” by Justin McRoberts is one of my favorite songs ever. It’s on his album also named “Deconstruction”, which happens to be one of my favorite albums ever as well. You can check out Justin’s stuff here and follow him on twitter here.
I wrote this song a long time ago – back in 2003, actually. This is a song about struggling with sin and temptation – God promises us that He will provide for us in temptation – this song is a cry to God from within the struggle of sin.
I originally released this song on my “13 Miles” album.
So you might have noticed that my website looks a LOT different. I just updated the design. The template I’m using is a bit more complicated than templates I’ve used before, but it has more functionality. Anyway, I’m still working out the kinks a bit, but things should be working smoothly soon.
